GOTV Organizer
- Pay
- $5,000 per month
- Location
- Harlingen, TX · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-level
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- volunteer management
- event planning
- Votebuilder
- Mobilize
Also useful
- Google Suite
- Excel
Stated benefits & perks
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
About the Role
The Texas Democratic Party is seeking GOTV Organizers to join our Texas Together 2026 Coordinated Campaign, supporting Talarico for Texas and Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. GOTV Organizers will be on the front lines of our large-scale effort to mobilize voters across Texas during the most critical period of the campaign.
Organizers will build and lead the volunteer and voter contact infrastructure which will translate this high energy election into a high turnout election. They will gain hands-on experience with the systems and organizing practices used on competitive federal campaigns while contributing to the lasting infrastructure necessary to flip this state blue and keep it that way.
This position will begin the week of August 24 and end November 15, 2026.
Pay
Gotv
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.
- GOTV Organizers are eligible for union membership in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Essential Duties
- Organize voter contact events: Plan and lead 2+ voter contact events each week, including canvasses, phone banks, etc.
- Recruit and develop volunteer teams: Recruit new volunteers, collaborate with existing supporters, and support teams in hitting voter contact goals.
- Develop volunteer leadership: Identify prospects, develop them into leaders, and support them in developing their own teams.
- Represent the campaign in turf: Serve as a primary voice of the campaign to activists, supporters, volunteers, and voters, to maintain strong local presence.
- 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.
- Build GOTV infrastructure: Identify, secure, and confirm staging locations in turf, and ensure those locations are appropriately prepared for GOTV.
- Execute during GOTV: Take responsibility for the successful operation of assigned staging locations and volunteer teams during GOTV, troubleshooting quickly and ensuring voter contact programs remain on track.
- Report results: Provide regular, accurate reporting on voter contact, volunteer recruitment, staging-location readiness, 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
- Task and time management skills
- Experience planning, setting up, and staffing events
- Volunteer management or team-building acumen
- Access to a reliable car and drivers license
- 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 a plus
- Familiarity with Votebuilder, Mobilize, Google suite, and other campaign tools
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Organizers work full time and are non-exempt, meaning they are eligible for overtime pay (this overtime is already calculated into monthly pay rates based on weekly hours caps).
- This is an intensive, time-limited role at a pivotal moment for Texas Democrats.
- Organizers should expect long days and a 6 day workweek beginning in August as the campaign scales toward Election Day.
- We anticipate working between 55 and 66 hours per week and will end the campaign on 7 day work weeks.
About the Texas Democratic Party
Founded in 1846, Texas Democrats continue the march towards a state as great as its promise.
A fair shot for all, that’s what drove Democrats to build this great state, and that is what drives us today. A belief that no matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, or who you love if you work hard in Texas, you can make it.
We believe democratic government exists to achieve as a community, state, and nation what we cannot achieve as individuals.
The Texas Democratic Party is a movement of millions of Texans coming together to fight for our Texas values. We know our state cannot succeed when the deck is stacked against working Texans and their families.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
The Texas Democratic Party is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. Women and members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
To apply, please complete this application and submit a current resume and brief cover letter written in your own words -- anywhere between 200 and 400 words is perfect. We prefer to read human-generated content and encourage applicants to forgo generative AI in favor of less polished cover letters. This isn’t a spelling test!
In the cover letter, please mention your connections to Texas activist communities, why community organizing is important to you, and what skills you are excited to develop in this role.
- About Company ---
We believe in equal opportunity, fairness, freedom, family, community, and a responsibility to ourselves and each other. These are the values our elders passed down to us, the values we hope to share with our children, and the values we expect from our elected officials.
From Texas Democratic Party's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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Common questions
What is the salary for the GOTV Organizer role at Texas Democratic Party?
The GOTV Organizer posting at Texas Democratic Party states compensation of $5,000 per month. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Texas Democratic Party's official career site.
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