Brooklyn Political Campaign Field Director

Khari Edwards for Brooklyn Borough President is seeking a full-time Field Director for the June 2025 primary election cycle. This is a senior level position for an experienced operative who will be managing all field operations including ballot access petitioning, volunteer recruitment, ID program, and GOTV. The Field Director will report directly to the campaign’s general consultant, with an anticipated start date of January 15, 2025.

The Field Director will oversee the campaign’s ballot access efforts and overall field efforts, which will focus on reaching out to targeted voters and turning them out to vote via absentee ballot, early voting, or on election day. The Field Director will collaborate closely with other staff and volunteer leaders on the campaign.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a boroughwide field plan
• Recruit, train, and manage campaign volunteers and interns
• Oversee the management and implementation of the paid field program
• Create staff and volunteer training materials
• Create aspirational goals and coach volunteers and interns to success
• Develop appropriate metrics and manage systems of accountability for the campaign
• Collaborate with and facilitate communication between the campaign’s field teams, the rest of the campaign, and local grassroots organizations, tenant leaders, etc.
• Analyze data and modeling to create and track progress in voter contact universes
• Leverage voter contact tools, like relational organizing apps, and integrate them into the field plan
• Additional duties as assigned
  
  

Requirements

• Experience training, supporting, and managing staff and/or volunteer in an electoral or community engagement capacity
• 2-3 cycles of political campaign experience in field
• Proficiency using Votebuilder (VAN)
• Ability to work long or irregular hours, including weekends, as needed
• Additional language skills are a +
  
  

Preferred But Not Required

• New York campaign experience or ties to the state
• Experience organizing in city settings

Khari Edwards for Brooklyn Borough President is seeking a full-time Field Director for the June 2025 primary election cycle. This is a senior level position for an experienced operative who will be managing all field operations including ballot access petitioning, volunteer recruitment, ID program, and GOTV. The Field Director will report directly to the campaign’s general consultant, with an anticipated start date of January 15, 2025.

The Field Director will oversee the campaign’s ballot access efforts and overall field efforts, which will focus on reaching out to targeted voters and turning them out to vote via absentee ballot, early voting, or on election day. The Field Director will collaborate closely with other staff and volunteer leaders on the campaign.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a boroughwide field plan
• Recruit, train, and manage campaign volunteers and interns
• Oversee the management and implementation of the paid field program
• Create staff and volunteer training materials
• Create aspirational goals and coach volunteers and interns to success
• Develop appropriate metrics and manage systems of accountability for the campaign
• Collaborate with and facilitate communication between the campaign’s field teams, the rest of the campaign, and local grassroots organizations, tenant leaders, etc.
• Analyze data and modeling to create and track progress in voter contact universes
• Leverage voter contact tools, like relational organizing apps, and integrate them into the field plan
• Additional duties as assigned
  
  

Requirements

• Experience training, supporting, and managing staff and/or volunteer in an electoral or community engagement capacity
• 2-3 cycles of political campaign experience in field
• Proficiency using Votebuilder (VAN)
• Ability to work long or irregular hours, including weekends, as needed
• Additional language skills are a +
  
  

Preferred But Not Required

• New York campaign experience or ties to the state
• Experience organizing in city settings