Coordinated Campaign Director

 

To take full advantage of the layers of opportunities in 2022, we have built dedicated teams to: 

  • Support our Democratic candidates, 
  • Train hundreds of activists, campaign staff, and candidates, 
  • Protect the votes of people from our most marginalized communities, 
  • Build the biggest organizing program in Dallas County history. 
  • Build the most diverse coordinated program in Dallas County history. 

 

DESCRIPTION 

The Dallas Democratic Party is currently seeking a top-tier, self-motivated, and innovative Coordinated Campaign Director. This person will oversee, support and ensure coordination between the teams representing our core programs: candidate services, training, voter protection, and our countywide organizing Program. 

 

Specifically, the Coordinated Campaign Director will: 

  • Oversee, manage, and lead inter-team planning between the directors leading teams comprising the Coordinated Campaign effort: the DCDP’s countywide organizing program, candidate services, voter protection, and training. 
  • Develop a staffing plan and oversee recruitment of diverse coordinated campaign staff to execute the campaign program. 
  • Develop and supervise overall voter-contact strategy, including but not limited to voter-identification, voter-registration, and get-out-the-vote drives. 
  • Work with Data / Analytics team to set data-driven goals and develop a system to track progress to goals. 
  • Foster relationships with state and national organizations (i.e.TDP, DCCC, DNC, and national allied organizations) that financially and strategically support our plan's goals and objectives.
  • Engage existing partner organizations and new activist organizations to integrate their programs and volunteer capacity into the Coordinated Campaign. 
  • Build communication structures to collaborate, share information, and track progress toward goals with partnering campaigns, local, state, and national allies. 
  • Regularly update and offer guidance to campaign slate. 
  • Oversee and manage the coordinated budget, working with Compliance to ensure adherence to state and federal campaign finance rules and regulations. 
  • Research, suggest, and implement new and innovative systems or tools that enhance the coordinated campaign. 
  • Effectively communicating the goals, objectives, and progress of the coordinated plan to donors, the press, party leaders, and other stakeholders. 
  • Negotiate and manage vendor contracts for paid services. 
  • Oversee and develop a countywide GOTV plan to support Democrats up and down the ballot. 

 

The Coordinated Campaign Director will report to the Party Chair. 

Qualifications 

Required experience: 

  • At least 3 cycles (a) in a leadership role on a campaign for public office, or (b) as staff for a party organization, aligned organization, or a coordinated campaign. 
  • Proven record of accomplishment of effective recruitment, management, and development of diverse staff. 
  • Experience managing large multi-departments and/or multi-level staffing structures. 
  • Ability to speak, write, and communicate effectively to staff, and partners of diverse backgrounds and experience, as well as the public at large. 
  • Flexibility to work long, irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, and maintain a positive attitude. 
  • Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, complete projects under tight deadlines and maintain a positive attitude. 
  • Excellent attention to detail and highly organized. 
  • Time management skills are necessary. 
  • Proficiency in campaign and general technology including NPGVAN, Google Apps, Hustle, Microsoft Office apps, etc. 
  • An absolute commitment to complete the 2022 cycle at the Dallas County Democratic Party. 

 

Exceptional candidates have: 

  • Texas ties and / or battleground state experience.
  • Intentionality when developing a thriving, healthy internal team culture.
  • Demonstrated skill at setting and communicating priorities.
  • Familiarity with Federal and State financial compliance.
  • Experience with field or organizing (such as targeting, training, voter identification, and get-out-the-vote drives). 
  • Record of working with national, state, and local political players engaged in electoral strategies and programs. 
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively and clearly with several types of stakeholders, from high level elected officials to grassroots activists.

 

Required Tools: 

  • Reliable transportation 
  • Reliable cell phone 

Compensation: Salary is $70,000. This is a full-time, cycle-only position; there should be no expectation of employment beyond November 2022. 


How to apply: Send résumé to chair@dallasdemocrats.org

Diversity: The Dallas County Democratic Party is an equal-opportunity employer.  Consistent with The Dallas County Democratic Party’s commitment to including groups historically underrepresented in The Dallas County Democratic Party’s affairs, by virtue of race/ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, we strongly encourage members of underrepresented groups to seek jobs within The Dallas County Democratic Party.