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.