Campaigns Organizer

OneAmerica (OA) was established in 2001 by U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal and has since grown to become a locally and nationally recognized leader in advancing immigrant, civil, and human rights. We utilize grassroots organizing, policy advocacy, and civic/electoral engagement to promote justice in three areas: immigration, education and early learning, and democracy reform. Our family of organizations consists ofOneAmerica(501(c)3),OneAmerica Votes (OA)(501(c)4),OneAmerica Votes Justice Fund(State PAC),OneAmerica Votes Justice for All Fund(Federal PAC).

POSITION DESCRIPTION

OneAmerica is seeking an ambitious Campaigns Organizer to drive absorption and cultivate member leadership in our local, state, and federal policy campaigns. In partnership with the Immigration Advocacy Manager, they will grow and activate a campaign team of grassroots members, coordinate coalition infrastructure within Washington's statewide federal immigration table, and track and analyze local, state, and federal policy.

The ideal candidate is agitated by our political moment and ready to apply their relational organizing skills to our policy campaigns. They are a detail-oriented project manager who is not afraid to manage up, down, and sideways to make a campaign successful, and are excited to build their skills to develop, drive, and pass policy in a power-building organization. They bring a racial justice lens and/or a lived experience with immigrant issues, familiarity with legislative policy analysis, and strong organizing skills.

Location: Hybrid/In-Person in either Seattle, Vancouver, or Yakima Office

RESPONSIBILITIES

Organize Immigrant Justice team,a group of allies advocating and exercising leadership for immigrant justice in state and federal policy(25%)

- Grow OA's immigrant justice team from 50 active members to a broad grassroots base
- Lead absorption efforts at mass rallies and events in King, Clark, and Yakima counties
- Represent OneAmerica at community and partner events to recruit new people to take action with us
- Develop member leadership through political education, opportunities to testify and meet with elected officials, and organizing others and take meaningful responsibility in policy advocacy campaigns
- Organize monthly virtual political education
- Mobilize members in policy advocacy to push state and federal elected officials on our priorities: email, phone-banks, in-person actions

Manage the infrastructure of statewide federal immigration table (20%)

- Manage the subcommittee structure for the OA-convened statewide federal immigration table (30+ aligned organizations in Washington), including administrative support like agenda management, note-taking, and relationship stewardship
- Lead efforts to expand participation in the table to new partners
- Facilitate the advocacy subcommittee; steward and deepen partner relationships with subcommittee members, creating a culture where members take leadership and own responsibility
- Support emerging rapid-response efforts

Policy Analysis and Advocacy Support (45%)

- Analyze assigned local, state and federal legislation and executive actions through an immigrant justice lens; prepare summaries for staff and membership
- Develop factsheets for OA staff, partners and our base to better understand policy issues
- Educate and train fellow staff on current policy proposals and amendments, including helping staff and leaders prepare talking points for meetings and testimony
- Manage and track legislative and congressional schedules, including when elected officials or candidates are holding town halls and community events
- Build and steward relationships with assigned state and federal offices
- Schedule state legislative lobby meetings for our key issues and manage the schedule for organization-wide lobby day of 150+ members
- Track local, state, and federal policy issues: specific committee assignments to be determined by session.
- Participate in OAV’s endorsement process to ensure policy questions and commitments included in the endorsement process are part of policy campaign strategy

Participate in organizational work (10%):

- Develop own base of community members to move around organizational mission and turn out for events and actions
- Attend and participate in OA events, like Citizenship Day naturalization clinics and door-knocking to connect with our base
- Cultivate dues-paying members and participate in organizational fundraising.
- Additional staff support, as needed, to benefit OA and OAV and the shared organizational mission

QUALIFICATIONS & ATTRIBUTES

OA is seeking candidates who are passionate about our mission and are highly proactive. While no one candidate will embody all the qualifications below, our ideal candidate would bring:

Required

- 2 or more years of community organizing experience
- 1-3 years' experience doing legislative policy analysis on local, state or federal issues
- Strong written and oral communication skills and a track-record of successful project management
- Ability to execute routine administrative procedures with a focus on smooth and efficient operation
- Deep passion for social justice and building power in immigrant communities
- Driven to build and sustain authentic relationships
- Excitement around own leadership development and growth, and an interest in helping others to grow and develop both personally and professionally
- Detail- and action-oriented with a willingness to take initiative and independently generate creative solutions

Preferred

- Washington state relationships with local elected leaders or ally organizations
- Training as an organizer in a community or labor setting
- NationBuilder or similar database experience with an ambition to learn more
- High proficiency with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams)
- Bilingual or multilingual

Other Requirements:

- Willingness to accommodate community-based scheduling needs, such as evening and weekend meetings
- Access to reliable transportation and willingness to travel throughout Washington State and nationally on occasion

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

- Ability to work on a computer for majority of the day
- Ability to travel within the state (roughly 3-5 times per year if Seattle based. If located in other parts of Washington, roughly 1-2x per month)
- Ability to hold multiple phone and/or video calls a day

Work environment

- This is a hybrid position within Washington state and can be based out of our Seattle, Vancouver, or Yakima offices. The organization requires employees to be in-office twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays regardless of location.
- Flexibility within Washington

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Employment: Full Time; Non-Exempt. Full Time Salary Band: $61,000 - $66,000.

- Comprehensive health insurance coverage, including vision, dental, life insurance long-term disability; 20 weeks of family and medical leave; and more;
- Other benefits include cell phone and transportation stipends, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), 403(b) retirement plan
- Five weeks of PTO in years 0-3, six weeks for years 4-6, seven weeks of PTO after 7 years of service;
- Three months paid sabbatical after every five years of service;
- OneAmerica is committed to work/life balance and encourages meeting-free Fridays, and Summer-free Fridays (3-day weekends for two months in the summer);
- We have a transparent compensation philosophy and offer cost-of-living and annual merit-based raises;
- We are committed to employee growth and advancement, including professional development investments
- Virtual second panel interview with a performance task. All candidates who submit performance task and attend the second interview will receive a $60.00 e-gift card as compensation for their time.
- Virtual or in-person final interview with the Hiring Manager and Director

OneAmerica is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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