Voter Contact Director

Swing Left

. Own the delivery of Ground Truth voter contact tactics, including canvassing, phone banking, and volunteer-hosted grassroots fundraising events.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $110,000 - $115,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the delivery of Ground Truth voter contact tactics, including canvassing, phone banking, and volunteer-hosted grassroots fundraising events.
Directly manage four full-time Ground Truth organizers.
Partner with the head of program on voter contact program strategy and tactic development, including the development of voter contact script variants.
Work directly with external partners to develop, maintain, and improve systems that support voter contact tactics.
Lead implementation of the pilot fundraising house party program in collaboration with the head of program and senior organizing director; oversee volunteer intake, support, and follow-up processes managed by organizers.
Build and manage systems and workflows to streamline cross-team coordination around voter contact programs; collaborate cross-functionally to align Ground Truth program execution with broader organizational priorities.
Manage list creation for organization-led and volunteer-led Ground Truth phone banks.
Help manage turf planning and tracking in coordination with the program team; adapt processes as new tools and systems are developed in collaboration with the technology team.
Maintain and manage program tools, including Mobilize, EveryAction, the People App, Asana, and Lightdash.
Track and report on program outcomes and progress against goals to internal and external stakeholders.
Build and maintain a recruitment calendar to drive the recruitment planning process across all Ground Truth voter contact tactics — canvassing, phone banking, and grassroots fundraising events.
Manage list prioritization and creation for volunteer recruitment phone calls and texts.
Partner with political, marketing, program, and other teams to identify and orchestrate recruitment opportunities and ensure priorities are reflected in external communications.
Monitor RSVP status and recruitment health across all tactics and direct organizer priorities accordingly.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A strong interest in and alignment with Swing Left’s mission.
6+ years of experience, including at least 2 cycles of electoral organizing experience.
At least one cycle of experience training, supporting, and supervising full-time organizers in an electoral capacity.
Deep knowledge of electoral organizing and voter contact tactics, including canvassing, phone banking, and volunteer mobilization.
Demonstrated success managing and coaching organizing staff, and holding them accountable to goals.
Comfort managing up and across; ability to steer cross-team staff and external collaborators to align priorities and drive execution.
Excellent project management and organizational skills – ability to hold a big-picture view of priorities while tracking the small details, and to build and maintain systems and workflows in a fast-moving environment.
Deep familiarity with tools and technology used to support organizing (including Slack, VAN, Mobilize, phone banking tools, digital platforms, and project management tools).
Experience managing list creation and targeting for voter contact and volunteer recruitment.
Comfort working in a data-informed environment; ability to track, interpret, and report on program outcomes.
A commitment to equity and belonging across all identities, and ability to learn and grow in this space.
Flexibility to work outside of standard business hours to support volunteer engagement programming that occurs in the evenings and on weekends.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Platinum medical, dental and vision insurance plans: 100% employer-paid for employees and 50% for dependents
Employer-paid life and disability insurance
Health and dependent care FSA accounts
Retirement plan
Professional development and remote work stipends
Our office is closed for approximately 25 business days each year, including federal holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

electoral organizingvoter contact tacticscanvassingphone bankingvolunteer mobilizationlist creationtargetingproject managementdata interpretationreporting

Soft Skills

coachingaccountabilitycross-team collaborationorganizational skillsbig-picture thinkingdetail orientationflexibilitycommitment to equitycommunicationleadership