Overview
The objective of the New York Organizing Coordinator is to support the recruitment, training, and ongoing coaching of Swing Left volunteer-led groups in the assigned metropolitan area, including established groups and new groups formed through Swing Left's Team Up program.
The Organizing Coordinator reports to an Organizing Program Manager and is a part-time, hourly role (expected 10 hours/week) starting as soon as possible and ending on November 15, 2024. The Organizing Coordinator must be based in New York, NY (with a primary focus on organizing in Westchester County) . The Organizing Coordinator will be expected to spend time recruiting, coaching, and engaging volunteers in Westchester County.
About Swing Left
Swing Left ( is a national grassroots organization working to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. We make it possible for anyone to make a big impact on the elections that determine the balance of power in our country, by volunteering and donating in key races. Since launching in 2017, Swing Left volunteers have raised $80 million for Democratic candidates, civic organizations, and voter mobilization efforts, and made more than 44 million combined phone calls, door knocks, and letters sent to voters via its affiliate Vote Forward and their partners.
Volunteer-led groups are at the heart of how Swing Left builds a lasting culture of grassroots participation. As a local presence, groups build deep relationships with their members and engage volunteers beyond one election cycle or a single volunteer shift. Group organizing drives more than half of Swing Left's overall voter contact shifts, and represents nearly all of our voter contacts outside of the final six weeks of election season. We are continuing to support new groups in the NYC area that emerged through the Team Up program ( , which brought together prospective leaders earlier this year to build new local groups with in-person training and ongoing support. We are also building a large scale bus program to take volunteers from NYC to nearby targeted districts during the last weekend of the election.
Hiring process overview
• This process includes a written application and an interview via Zoom.
• Application deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. We intend to close this application by August 26, 2024, but it could close earlier pending application volume.
• Expected start date: As soon as possible, no later than September 16.
• We will communicate about our expected timeline as the process progresses, and all candidates should expect to receive communication from our team regarding their application status. Our intention is to keep candidates in the loop as we work through each stage equitably and as efficiently as possible.
Responsibilities
Provide ongoing coaching and support to Swing Left groups, including new Team Up groups as well as existing groups in assigned metropolitan area
• Hold regular (every other week) one on one conversations with each group leader in assigned metropolitan area for the duration of the program to identify their needs, capacities
• Provide coaching, support, and connection to Swing Left priorities and resources to ensure the new groups that have emerged from the Team Up program in assigned metropolitan area achieve and maintain top levels of grassroots strength and alignment to Swing Left priorities
• > Support groups' regular execution of hosted volunteer recruitment and voter contact events
• > Provide and communicate opportunities to build group capacity and get out the vote in target races
• Execute ongoing virtual trainings (one to one or one to many) to teach volunteer leaders how to effectively deploy Swing Left's organizing toolkit, strengthen their work, and address needs identified via one on one conversations
• Provide a consistent point of contact for group leaders in assigned metro area to Swing Left through Nov 15, 2024
• > Consistently respond to volunteer messages within a reasonable timeframe (i.e. within about 48 hours of message receipt)
• Submit weekly debriefs and maintain regular communication via email and Slack with the Swing Left organizing staff to provide updates on current work, accurately track group capacity, and provide insights
• > Regularly attend scheduled bi-weekly team meetings and one-on-one meetings with a designated staff member on alternating weeks
• Maintain accurate data and tracking systems
Support Swing Left 2024 bus program from NYC
• Work with local groups to identify bus captains (volunteer leaders for bus trips)
• Support recruitment of canvassers to join the buses
• Provide logistical support, including on the days of the bus trips (Nov 2 and 3)
Successful Organizing Coordinator candidates will have
• A strong commitment to our mission and values ( and for supporting volunteer leaders around supporting Democrats in the elections that determine the balance of pow
Location: Yonkers, NY
Posted: Aug. 28, 2024, 10:43 p.m.
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