GOTV Distributed Organizer

About the Role

The Texas Democratic Party is seeking Distributed Organizers to join our Texas Together 2026 Coordinated Campaign, supporting Talarico for Texas and Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.

Our distributed organizing department is building a statewide volunteer program that allows Texans to take meaningful action for Democratic candidates regardless of where they live. Through virtual voter contact, volunteer recruitment, relational organizing, and other distributed tactics, the department turns enthusiasm across the state into sustained volunteer activity and voter turnout, while building the lasting infrastructure Texas Democrats need to win now and in the cycles ahead.

We are hiring Distributed Organizers across three distinct roles:

• Distributed Canvass Manager
• Call & Text Manager
• Volunteer Engagement Manager

Applicants may be considered for one or multiple roles based on their experience and interests. In your cover letter, please indicate which role or roles you are interested in.

This position will begin before Labor Day and end November 15, 2026.

Compensation

Pay

GOTV Distributed Organizers are compensated at $5,000 per month initially, with pay increasing with increased hours later in the campaign. 

Benefits

They are eligible for generous benefits including health care, vision, and dental insurance and stipends for cell phone and eligible transit. 

Union

The Texas Democratic Party staff are proudly unionized. This position is represented by IBEW Local 220. Distributed Organizers are eligible for union membership in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Roles

Distributed Canvass Manager

The Distributed Canvass Manager is responsible for building and managing the campaign's canvassing operations in volunteer-led areas across the state. Working within the distributed organizing department, they will develop the strategy, systems, and leadership structures that allow volunteers to lead canvassing efforts in their own communities.

This is a volunteer-driven program that spans a wide and varied geography. The ideal candidate brings strong field experience, sound logistical judgment, and a demonstrated ability to develop volunteers into leaders.

Essential Duties

• Own turf and targeting for volunteer-led areas: Cut turf, set targets, and maintain MiniVAN assignments across a large and geographically dispersed territory.
• Build canvassing operations in volunteer-led areas: Establish and run canvass programs across counties and communities, and develop volunteer leaders who can independently handle turf cutting, packet logistics, launch site identification, and materials distribution.
• Build volunteer communities: Serve as a primary campaign contact to activists, supporters, volunteers, and voters, to maintain strong presence across geographic boundaries.
• Manage voter contact systems and data: Ensure voter contact activities are created and uploaded in Mobilize, accurately reflected in VAN, easy for volunteers to find and join, and appropriately tracked.
• Maintain data integrity: Ensure timely and accurate data entry across voter contact events.
• Execute during GOTV: Manage high-volume distributed voter-contact programs and volunteer teams, rapidly troubleshoot volunteer and technology issues, and ensure daily voter-contact programs remain on pace to meet campaign goals.
• Report results: Provide regular, accurate reporting on voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and program performance, with increased reporting frequency during GOTV.
• Learn: Develop your own skills, cross-polinate ideas, and grow into a stronger organizer than you were before you started.

Qualifications

Need to haves:

• There are no formal education requirements for this position
• Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and our organizational values, goals, and objectives
• Direct experience cutting turf and running canvass launches.
• Administrative experience in Votebuilder, including turf cutting, list pulls, and MiniVAN setup.
• Task and time management skills
• Experience planning and staffing events
• Volunteer management or team-building acumen
• Access to a phone and laptop computer
• Attention to detail when reviewing documents, organizing personal workspace, and coordinating with volunteers
• Strong mastery of computer systems like Google Suite, Excel, and online databases

Nice to haves:

• Experience working or volunteering on electoral, union, or community organizing campaigns.
• Familiarity with Texas geography and regional political landscapes
• Spanish language proficiency.

Call & Text Manager

The Call & Text Manager is responsible for the development and execution of the campaign's virtual phone banking and volunteer recruitment texting programs. Working within the distributed organizing department, they will design and manage large-scale voter contact and recruitment efforts that engage volunteers across Texas and beyond.

Essential Duties

• Run the virtual DVC phone bank program: Own the statewide calendar of virtual phone banks, including scheduling, list requests, dialer setup, Zoom logistics, and quality control on data entry.
• Run mass volunteer recruitment texting: Work with leadership to build and send recruitment texts at scale. This includes audience selection, message drafting and testing, send scheduling, and response handling. Track conversion from text to signup to completed shift, and iterate on what actually turns a reply into a volunteer on a shift.
• Develop volunteer phone bank hosts: Identify volunteers ready to lead, train them to host their own DVCs, and coach them through their first few until they can run independently.
• Help build the out-of-state program: Recruit, onboard, and retain volunteers outside Texas, developing a distinct pitch and engagement ladder for supporters with no local stake in the race.
• Script and message management: Partner with leadership to draft, test, and load scripts, iterating based on volunteer feedback and contact rates.
• Drive voter contact goals: Set and hit weekly attempt, contact, and volunteer shift goals; adjust program tactics when numbers fall short.
• Manage voter contact systems and data: Ensure voter contact activities are created and uploaded in Mobilize, accurately reflected in VAN, easy for volunteers to find and join, and appropriately tracked.
• Maintain data integrity: Ensure timely and accurate data entry across voter contact events.
• Execute during GOTV: Manage high-volume distributed voter-contact programs and volunteer teams, rapidly troubleshoot volunteer and technology issues, and ensure daily voter-contact programs remain on pace to meet campaign goals.
• Report results: Provide regular, accurate reporting on voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and program performance, with increased reporting frequency during GOTV.
• Learn: Develop your own skills, cross-polinate ideas, and grow into a stronger organizer than you were before you started.

Qualifications

Need to haves:

• There are no formal education requirements for this position
• Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and our organizational values, goals, and objectives
• Experience with Scale to Win or a comparable dialer or peer-to-peer texting platform.
• Direct experience running phone banks, including recruiting volunteers into shifts and hosting shifts yourself.
• Task and time management skills
• Experience planning and staffing events
• Volunteer management or team-building acumen
• Access to a phone and laptop computer
• Attention to detail when reviewing documents, organizing personal workspace, and coordinating with volunteers
• Strong mastery of computer systems like Google Suite, Excel, and online databases

Nice to haves:

• Experience working or volunteering on electoral, union, or community organizing campaigns.
• Spanish language proficiency.
• Experience building a national or out-of-state volunteer program.

Volunteer Engagement Manager

Volunteer Engagement Manager is responsible for managing and engaging the campaign's volunteer community across our online platforms, and for coordinating house parties and relational events in volunteer-led areas. Working within this department, they will cultivate the spaces — digital and in person — where our volunteers connect with the campaign and with one another.

This role sits at the center of the volunteer experience and calls for strong communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to build community among supporters across a large and geographically dispersed state.

Essential Duties

• Own the volunteer online community: Build, run, and moderate the volunteer Slack, Facebook groups, and other volunteer-facing online spaces. Keep conversation active, and answer questions quickly.
• Drive volunteers from the community into shifts: Post opportunities, celebrate results, and turn online energy into signups on the calendar.
• Develop volunteer leadership: Identify prospects, develop them into leaders, and support them in developing their own outreach tactics.
• Build volunteer communities: Serve as a primary campaign contact to activists, supporters, volunteers, and voters, to maintain strong presence across geographic boundaries.
• Engage out-of-state volunteers: Build and manage the community of supporters outside Texas, developing a distinct engagement path for volunteers who cannot attend in-person events or canvass.
• Coordinate house parties and relational events in volunteer-led areas: Recruit volunteers to host house parties and relational events, help them plan and fill their events, and provide materials, agendas, and follow-up support.
• Execute during GOTV: Manage high-volume distributed voter-contact programs and volunteer teams, rapidly troubleshoot volunteer and technology issues, and ensure daily voter-contact programs remain on pace to meet campaign goals.
• Report results: Provide regular, accurate reporting on voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and program performance, with increased reporting frequency during GOTV.
• Learn: Develop your own skills, cross-polinate ideas, and grow into a stronger organizer than you were before you started.

Qualifications

Need to haves:

• There are no formal education requirements for this position
• Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and our organizational values, goals, and objectives
• Task and time management skills
• Experience planning volunteer events, house parties, or comparable community gatherings.
• Clear, warm written communication skills.
• Volunteer management or team-building acumen
• Access to a phone and laptop computer
• Attention to detail when reviewing documents, organizing personal workspace, and coordinating with volunteers
• Strong mastery of computer systems like Google Suite, Excel, and online databases

Nice to haves:

• Experience growing an online community from a small base.
• Experience with relational organizing programs.
• Graphic design or content creation skills.

Time Commitment

This position will begin before Labor Day and end November 15, 2026.

Distributed Organizers work full time and are non-exempt, meaning they are eligible for overtime pay (this overtime is already calculated into monthly pay rates based on weekly hours caps). 

This is an intensive, time-limited role at a pivotal moment for Texas Democrats. Distributed Organizers should expect long days and a 6 day workweek beginning in August as the campaign scales toward Election Day. We anticipate working between 55 and 66 hours per week and will end the campaign on 7 day work weeks.

Equal Opportunity & Commitment to Diversity

The Texas Democratic Party is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. Women and members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

To apply, please complete this application and submit a current resume and brief cover letter written in your own words -- anywhere between 200 and 400 words is perfect. We prefer to read human-generated content and encourage applicants to forgo generative AI in favor of less polished cover letters. This isn’t a spelling test! 

In the cover letter, please mention your connections to Texas activist communities, why community organizing is important to you, and what skills you are excited to develop in this role.