Title: Field Organizer
Hours: 160 hours per month on average
Compensation: $25-30/hour, depending on experience
Timing: Deadline to apply December 7th 2022
Reporting structure: Reports to Organizing Director, Bill Hogseth

Our mission is to build power together to create the change we need for everyone in our communities to make ends meet, live with dignity, and have a voice in shaping the decisions that impact us.

Position Overview:

GROWW is a homegrown power-building organization that serves as a vehicle for our people’s collective action. We are not a service, education, nor an advocacy organization. Our work is a reflection of the needs in our communities. We believe deep relationship building combined with leadership development and strategic action focused on concrete problems in people’s everyday lives is how we build power to create lasting change.

Organizers, and the bases they build, are at the heart of GROWW’s mission. The work of our organizers to build relationships, develop leaders, and launch campaigns is an engine that drives us forward. The organization is committed to continually investing in an organizer’s growth and development by offering a supportive structure, a culture of accountability, and spaces where organizers can learn. This is a remote position although attending in-person meetings and events will at times be necessary.

We will give preference to candidates living in our 7 county area of Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk and St. Croix. Many events are on weekends or evenings.

If you are someone who is passionate about building power to create transformation, keep reading. If you are someone who loves working in a fast paced environment with fantastic colleagues who strive for excellence and hold each other accountable, keep reading. If you are someone who loves our Western WI community and knows together we can build a brighter future, keep reading.

Qualifications:

• Strong commitment to GROWW’s mission.
• A belief that ordinary people possess the capacity to be leaders and agents of change.
• Growth mindset and an openness to learning through practice, reflection, and coaching.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to work independently in a remote location without direct supervision.
• Ability to multitask, create goals, meet deadlines and creatively solve problems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships with others.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and group collaboration
• Flexible, organized, motivated

Other Expectations:

• Access to personal computer, reliable internet connection, and smartphone to enable remote work
• Office work to be done remotely. In-person meetings, events, and actions will take place throughout our seven-county opportunity area.
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends.
• Access to reliable transportation. Mileage will be reimbursed for trips to GROWW events and meetings.
• Proficient with Google cloud tools including Docs, Calendar, Slides, and Sheets.

Responsibilities:

• Build relationships through weekly one-to-one meetings that explore self-interest, shared values, and mutual commitment in order to identify, recruit, and develop grassroots leaders.
• Create participatory team structures that are inclusive, welcoming and action-oriented. Sustain positive and motivational team cultures that support a high level of volunteer responsibility.
• Invest in the development of our grassroots leaders through training, coaching, mentoring, modeling, and accountability.
• Lead the development of campaign strategies with clear goals, tactics, and timelines that achieve measurable outcomes in collaboration with the organizing director and volunteer leaders.
• Organize and participate in phone banks, door-to-door canvassing, house meetings, mutual aid activities, and other events identified as key tactics. Offer logistical support to grassroots leaders in coordinating and implementing actions.
• Build the movement by collaborating with other organizations and coalitions as appropriate.
• Participate in learning opportunities including training, professional development, self study, organizing cohorts, learning circles.
• Track and report outcomes of organizing activities using EveryAction database.

Responsibilities:

We are a small, growing team with big ambitions! If this seems like a good fit for you, please apply by sending your resume and cover letter to Bill at bill@gro-ww.org

Together, we have the power to transform our world!