Field Manager

Fed Up: The Campaign for a Strong National Economy

Job Title: Field Manager

Position Location: Preferably New York City or Washington DC, with a willingness to travel

About the Campaign:

Fed Up is the national campaign mobilizing to demand that (1) the Federal Reserve build a strong national economy with rising wages, lower unemployment, and less inequality for all people, including communities of color; and (2) that it reform its governance to be more transparent, democratic, and accountable to the public interest. It is a national campaign with local organizing; it is targeted at the most powerful economic policymakers in the country–who are, nonetheless, accessible and moveable; and it is fully funded and is already gaining serious momentum. Fed Up has an explicit focus on racial justice and fights for an economy in which the livelihoods of Black and Latino families are valued fully by our political and economic decision-makers.

Fed Up has already made waves with over 100 articles in the nation’s biggest media outlets featuring our high-profile protests at Jackson Hole and our meeting with Chair Janet Yellen. A little over a year into the campaign, our efforts are resulting in preliminary reforms within the Fed. The campaign has the deep support of the AFL-CIO, the Economic Policy Institute, and 20 partner organizations from around the country.

You can read much more about the campaign at www.whatrecovery.org

About the Job

We are looking for an energetic, creative organizer who can help run this campaign and build powerful local coalitions of low-income communities of color to fight against corporate and financial control of our nation’s economic policy. The campaign has 15 on-the-ground partners in Federal Reserve cities made up primarily of Black and Latino working class members, as well as major national partners in Washington DC. It has significant resources and staffing support. It needs somebody to help us pull all the pieces together to make it a success.

With support from the executive, organizing, policy, development, operations, and communications staff at CPD and ACG, the field manager will play a lead role in coordinating the work of our partners and this national effort. The campaign manager will report to the field director. This position offers generous salary and benefits, commensurate with experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

The field manager will have responsibility for:

Coordinating campaign strategy and decision-making with the Fed Up team;

Coordinating with field staff in target cities to design and execute field plans;

Providing deep support to field staff to execute plans, ensuring that the field meets its targets, and facilitating communication between geographies.

Organizing and executing coordinated national actions.

Developing a popular education program in collaboration with local partners.

Using digital platforms and multimedia creatively to educate and reach target populations.

Supervising the creation of messaging and public education documents for the field and online, including reports, emails, briefs, policy demands, op-eds, letters to the editor, etc.

Strengthening our local coalitions of labor, community, faith, small business, and elected officials;

Helping run local campaigns with local partners targeting Fed regional presidents;

Conceiving of and running corporate campaigns targeting Fed Board members.

Working with regional and national partners to execute the strategy so that our demands enter the national dialogue and become a relevant presence at Federal Reserve policy-making meetings.

Job Requirements:

At least 3-5 years organizing experience, preferably with low-income communities of color (excellent candidates with less experience will also be considered);

Understanding of issues facing communities of color, and low-and moderate-income families;

Experience building and working with broad-based issue coalitions, particularly conceiving and implementing effective systems of accountability;

Comfort with the creative implementation of a range of campaign strategies and tactics, including on-the-ground mobilizations and escalation, grasstops communications, policy negotiations, and digital campaigning;

Excellent communication skills;

Excellent organizational skills and good attention to detail;

Ambition, drive, energy, and the ability to work flexible and long hours when necessary;

Ability to work well with diverse groups and populations;

Spanish language skills preferred but not required.

How to apply

Please submit a cover letter and resume to us via our Hiring Portal tool: cpd.hiringthing.com/job/25678/field-manager

About CPD:

The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) promotes equity, opportunity, and a dynamic democracy in partnership with innovative base-building organizations, organizing networks and alliances, and progressive unions across the country. CPD works to build the strength and capacity of democratic organizations to envision and advance a pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and economic justice agenda. CPD’s model for change draws from the successful base-building and policy advocacy of core partner organizations such as Make the Road New York (MRNY), CASA de Maryland, and PCUN in Oregon, as well as New York Communities for Change (NYCC), Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and Action Now in Illinois, among many others. CPD is a rapidly-expanding, young, dynamic organization that offers an exciting opportunity to imagine ambitious local and state policy and partner with powerful community-based organizations across the country to win tangible victories that improve the lives of low-wage workers, immigrants, and communities of color.

CPD is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. People of color, women, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community are strongly encouraged to apply.