NY 19 Field Organizer

Job Description

About the Working Families Party

The Working Families Party (WFP) is the progressive party for the multiracial working class, fighting for a nation that works for the many, not the few. We recruit, train, and support transformational candidates up and down the ballot — and run them to win.

We believe that no matter where we come from or what our color, most of us want the same things. We want to earn enough to thrive, not just survive, and leave a better future for our kids. We want healthy food and clean water, safe neighborhoods and a safe world. We want to be free.

The Working Families Party is regular people coming together across our differences to make a better future for us all. We’re a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over the powerful. We want an America which realizes the promise – unrealized in our history – of freedom and equality for all.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Field Organizer program will support our Vote WFP campaign in NY19, a must-win general election race in the state. In this district, we will help defend NYWFP-endorsed Democrat Josh Riley and defeat his Republican challenger Peter Oberacker by driving up votes for Riley on the Working Families ballot line. The Field Organizer will receive comprehensive field training, including on field strategy, community organizing, voter contact tools, persuasion, and volunteer recruitment and management. This program runs from September 21, 2026 to November 6, 2026.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute strategic field plans; plan and host phone-banking, canvassing, and other voter contact events; talk to voters
• Build, recruit for, and lead multiple in-district community canvasses each week
• Record data on a daily basis
• Recruit, train and develop volunteers into field leaders; build membership for the Party
• Outreach community organizations and constituency groups
• Build deep relationships with our priority campaigns and candidates and serve as a day-to-day operations contact

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of, employment visas at this time.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply for or perform the essential functions of the job should contact us at jobs@workingfamilies.org with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.

• Experience doing field organizing (including as a volunteer) at a community organization, at a union and/or on an electoral campaign
• Familiarity with some voter contact/field tools
• This person must be a data and people person — able to spend some days in spreadsheets and voter files and other days calling and meeting with volunteers
• Deeply relational and can build trust with people from different backgrounds and with different work styles
• Values alignment on our theory of change, which is that we are electing progressive champions to form a governing bloc to deliver material results for our people
• Operating effectively in a fast-paced, “startup” environment with a lean team
• Demonstrated commitment to, and experience in, centering equity and inclusion in your work - removing barriers to participation and engaging people across lines of race, class, age, language and geography, especially when it’s not the path of least resistance