WFP Political Director

Salary Range: 71400 to 94500 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with other senior leadership to developing the state power building plan with the WFP organizing committee, elected leaders, and aligned partners

Build and maintain relationships with endorsed and aligned candidates and campaigns, to implement the political and electoral strategy in the state power building plan

Manage our Know Your Neighbor Canvassing Program

Identify key strategic opportunities and priority electoral races aligned with the state power building plan

Candidate recruitment and vetting, including providing key leadership with state director and organizing committee of electoral endorsement process

Run events such as candidate trainings with and without partner organizations

Build a statewide container for WFP and aligned elected officials to connect across Wisconsin

Work with WFP-endorsed campaigns to assess campaign needs so that WI WFP can build digital and organizing plans that take advantage of our tools (e.g., dialer, peer-to-peer text, etc.) and offer services to best support their campaigns

Coordinate with WFP national staff to support endorsed candidates as necessary

Support fundraising for coordinated campaigns and independent expenditures so that these initiatives can be successful

Electoral program development and management, including both independent expenditure and coordinated campaigns and maintaining a long term strategy to engage and build WFP membership 

Support the development of electoral tactics that rest on and build the strength of WFP’s membership, volunteers and leaders, working in consultation with staff across the organization 

Align our political strategy with major organizational partners and organizing around shared priorities

Help ensure compliance with campaign finance rules and reporting to all relevant entities 

Relationship management and in-person events and meetings up and down the state

Help the State Director maintain national relationships with organizations including Vera Action, Seed the Vote, and others as appropriate; support on the ground membership and party building in Madison, WI in absence of organizing staff

Supervise paid canvass manager/vendor, organizers, etc. as needed

Other duties as assigned. 

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

At least 4 years of electoral experience, including in-state specific experience, and at least 5 years in the workforce

2+ cycles as a campaign manager

Existing relationships with WI electoral organizations, candidates, and elected officials

Demonstrated ability to cultivate powerful relationships and build alliances

Experience managing “hard” side campaigns coordinated with candidates, and “soft” side independent expenditure campaigns

Experience with WI compliance laws for c3, c4, state PACs, and federal compliance laws of national PACs

Working knowledge of all aspects of electoral campaigning, including field, paid media, earned communications, fundraising, volunteer recruitment, and digital organizing

Experience with coalition-building - especially aligning plans across allies into one coherent whole

High competency with numbers, and comfort using NGP-VAN, Catalyst, databases, spreadsheets, and learning new campaign software

Strong communications skills, including writing, public speaking, and listening;

Commitment to values of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Ability to mobilize quickly and inspire others to do so 

Valid Driver’s License and ability to travel to in person events and meetings in other parts of the state

Flexibility and willingness to be resourceful and communicative is a top priority

LOCATION

Anywhere in Wisconsin

SCHEDULE

Full Time Permanent

UNION AFFILIATION

WFP is a unionized workplace. This is a nonmanagerial role eligible to join WFP's staff bargaining unit after six months of employment. WFP's union employees are represented by the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United union.