Virginia Regional Organizing Director (Richmond)

Nextgen America Youth Organizing Program

Nextgen America is seeking passionate and hardworking candidates to join our youth organizing program in Virginia, working to engage young people in electoral politics by registering thousands of young people to vote across the state. NextGen is committed to engaging young people in Virginia in the political process and increasing participation among 18-29 year olds. This role will be focused on organizing in one of several regions in Virginia as part of this ambitious effort.

In Virginia, this effort will focus on organizing young people on campuses and the surrounding communities to bring progressive change to government through voting. Our work will engage young people in voter registration efforts, volunteer recruitment, and pledging young people to vote. Regional Organizing Directors need to be comfortable and confident in : mobilizing their own community, growing their network to include new volunteers to train, and motivating community leaders to help register and mobilize their own networks. Regional Organizing Directors are directly responsible for managing a team of organizers in their region to hit weekly and phase metric goals.

This role will be based in Richmond, and reports to the Virginia Organizing Director.

FLSA Classification : Exempt

Remote Position : No

Union Position : Yes

Travel Requirements : 20-25% outside of assigned turf

Start Date : 10 / 06 / 2025

End Date : 11 / 15 / 2025

What You'll Achieve

• Recruit and train organizers to organize effectively and efficiently on their campuses and in their communities
• In-person organizing, including voter and community engagement, businesses, campuses and NextGen-sponsored events
• Manage organizers to hit their goals
• Recruit and manage volunteers as necessary
• Promote and execute events worthy of press and media
• Support NextGen student clubs on campuses and work with student leaders to run these clubs and host events on campus and online
• Develop relationships and partnerships with local community, student groups, and campus administrations in order to hit goals
• Execute campaign plans and effective organizing tactics including traditional grassroots voter contact, creative earned media actions, recruitment, event planning and turnout
• Meet all data and field reporting deadlines
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Schedule & Availability

This role has a structured schedule as defined in the collective bargaining agreement between represented field staff and NextGen. As with most jobs in field organizing, the schedule for this role will fluctuate based on the time of year. This position is a full time exempt position and the hours here are general expectations for what the time requirement will be to effectively complete your responsibilities. Applicants must have the willingness and ability to work the following schedule :

About You

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Salary Information

Salary of $5,808.90 / month plus a comprehensive benefits package. This salary is non-negotiable per Campaign Workers Guild (Union) and NextGen America's collective bargaining agreement.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package plays an essential part in how we recognize you for your critical contribution toward our organization's mission.

About NextGen America

Nextgen America is the leading national organization for engaging young people through voter education, registration and mobilization. We invite 18-to-29 year olds the largest and most diverse generation in American history into our democracy to ensure our government works for them and to find new solutions to the dire challenges facing our society and the world. Since 2013, NextGen America has registered more than 1.4 million young voters and educated many millions more.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people of diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We value and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as an organization in theory and in practice, and our culture reflects that value and commitment. We are committed to furthering issues like climate change, health care, and immigration from a progressive perspective, and we seek to engage the public in these areas as well as others. We also recognize the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity within our political system and strive to make positive changes within our system as a result.