Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $4,000 per month

Overview:
Blue Wave America is seeking motivated individuals to join our team as full-time FieldOrganizers for the 2025 election cycle, leading the effort to drive turnout in the rural counties ofVirginia.

Field Organizers will work to elect Democrats up and down the ballot and will beresponsible for implementing an aggressive field plan and managing the GOTV operation inrural Virginia. In addition, Field Organizers will be responsible for engaging in relationalorganizing and deep canvassing strategies by cultivating relationships with relational volunteers and assisting with regional events.

Field Organizers will report directly to the Regional Field Director. This is a hybridposition requiring in-person travel throughout Central Rural Virginia, which includes AmeliaCounty, Amherst County, Appomattox County, Buckingham County, Cumberland County,Fluvanna County, Goochland County, Louisa County, Lynchburg, Nelson County, NottowayCounty, and Powhatan County. Candidates with prior personal or professional experience inrural Virginia are strongly encouraged to apply.

This position is classified as non-exempt and will be compensated at $4,000 per month,paid in installments twice monthly, with 100% employer-paid medical insurance. Assignedovertime will be required for this position and paid at time and a half of the hourly rate.Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. This full-time, temporary position is based inVirginia and ends on November 15, 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implementing all aspects of the field program in assigned region.
• Coordinating and participating in direct voter contact programs to persuade and mobilize
  voters including phonebanking, door-knocking, and textbanking.
• Recruiting, training and managing volunteers and interns.
• Meeting weekly voter contact and volunteer recruitment goals.
• Building strong relationships with relational volunteers and volunteer event hosts, having
  strong 1:1s with supporters, candidates, and stakeholders, and facilitating relational
  voter contact.
• Representing Blue Wave America with professionalism at designated events

Qualifications and Desirables:

• Great interpersonal skills ability to listen well and communicate effectively.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Adept at relationship-building with volunteers and voters.
• Willingness to work campaign hours, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Experience volunteering or working for campaigns is a plus but it is not required.
• Valid drivers license, proof of insurance, and reliable access to a vehicle, mobile phone, and laptop.
• Strong commitment to Democratic politics and ideals, and electing Democratic candidates.

Women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and individuals with disabilities are stronglyencouraged to apply. Studies have shown that folks with these backgrounds are less likely toapply for jobs unless they believe they meet every requirement. We are most interested infinding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may come from a less traditionalbackground. We may consider an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education, andexperience to meet minimum qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.

Blue Wave America is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis ofrace, creed, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, religious affiliation,disability, or any other classification considered discriminatory under applicable law.

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