Temporary Distributed Organizer

Full-time •  Temporary through 12/01/2024 • Competitive Pay • Excellent Benefits • Strong preference for residents of Arizona, California, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.

Start Date ASAP - End Date Dec 1st, 2024

Application Deadline: May 15th, 2026

MoveOn is a people-powered force for progress. We wield independent political power by bringing millions together to take action to create a country with a place of honor and dignity for everyone—where all are welcome, we take care of one another, and where everyone is set up to thrive.

For more than a generation, MoveOn has been a bulwark against the radical right and has channeled millions of voices to end wars, protect democracy, and advance justice for all. We've built political power for progressive change through mobilizing the left to Democrats so that we can advance our vision of an America for all.

MoveOn is the largest multi-issue digital first political campaigning organization in the country. We drive rapid-response campaigns at scale on a multitude of key issues at high-impact moments while building sustainable campaigns that resonate and grow over time. Whether its democracy, health care, foreign policy, economic justice, immigration or otherwise, MoveOn provides our members with timely ways to take action for change.

MoveOn is looking to hire a Distributed Organizer to join our innovative and dynamic organizing team as we build a distributed team of MoveOn member leaders who organize and host mobilizations in their own communities, leading up to the 2026 midterm elections. By adapting field tactics to make them engaging and effective at the national level, they will deepen leadership across the country and help MoveOn's election program build the base, turn action into power, and sustain that power beyond the election. This role is for candidates with experience in running successful distributed campaigns online and offline, who have an interest or experience in both electoral and advocacy organizing, and who have built volunteer groups that are making meaningful change. 

Responsibilities

• Participate in volunteer monthly calls, weekly staff calls, and hold regular 1:1’s with MoveOn members to build relationships and identify leaders.
• Recruit and onboard new leaders and develop their confidence and commitment in local organizing and hosting mobilizations  
• Alongside the Mobilization Director, help develop and run both advocacy and electoral mobilizations 
• Support volunteers and build community by conducting regular 1:1 meetings, community calls, office hours and other virtual events
• Develop online materials such as toolkits, trainings, sign-up forms, emails, SMS campaigns, social media materials
• Manage, report and track “real world” data and online engagement in MoveOns data systems 
• Support organizing tactics in rapid response moments and deploy team resources asneeded
• Responsible for meeting all distributed organizing goals and deadlines.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 2-4 years or 1-2 full electoral cycle of organizing experience, including inspiring effective volunteer teams
• Proven track record of leading effective trainings and organizing meetings
• Demonstrated commitment to and prioritization of racial and social justice and experience working effectively with different constituencies.
• Experience with distributed organizing or mobilizations at scale
• Comfort, experience with, or eagerness to learn technology-based organizing tools such as peer-to-peer texting tools, Mobilize, Zoom, CRMs, and phonebanking tools such as Scale to Win

Skills, Characteristics, and Values:

• Self-motivated and driven
• Acts with high integrity, professionalism, low ego, and camaraderie
• Attention to detail
• Able to adapt to rapidly changing environment
• Able to work flexible hours which might include nights, weekends, and long hours at times. Able to maintain work-life balance during a busy election sprint which includes flexible daytime schedules when evening work is required.

Reports to: Mobilization Director 

Location: Position may be based anywhere in the contiguous United States..  

Salary and Benefits: At MoveOn, we commit to equity in our compensation philosophy and practices. We are committed to equal pay for equal work. To counter systemic compensation issues in this country and pay inequality, we have a nonnegotiable compensation practice. We utilize benchmarking and peer organization data to ensure we provide competitive nonprofit compensation and benefits. The annual salary for this position is $97,138.89. In addition to the base salary, we offer a monthly home office subsidy. We also offer an internet and phone subsidy of $2,100 annually and a health and wellness subsidy of $900 annually. All of these cash benefits are added to your bimonthly paycheck. We offer strong medical, dental, and vision benefits, which are free to employees and children of employees (spouses or domestic partners can be added at a subsidized rate). We offer employer-paid premiums for life insurance; four weeks accrued paid vacation time per year, prorated for the period that you work; 18 weeks of paid parental leave (birth, adoption, foster care placement of a child), 10 days accrued paid sick time prorated for the period that you work; paid family medical leave; and 8 staff holidays and 6 floating holidays (annually). We also offer a $1000 in professional development budget each year for each staff member.

MoveOn.org Civic Action and MoveOn.org Political Action provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.