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.