Description
Position Summary
The Field and Outreach Manager owns the campaign's voter contact program from first knock to Election Day. This person will design and execute the canvass plan, recruit and retain volunteers, run phone and text banking, oversee data integrity in VAN, and represent the campaign at community events across the district. This is a senior campaign role reporting directly to the Campaign Manager. It is not a desk job. The right candidate spends most of the week in the field, in community spaces, and on doors.
Key Responsibilities
Field Program
Build and execute the weekly canvass plan, including turf cutting, walk list creation, and volunteer assignments.
Recruit, train, and retain a bench of neighborhood volunteers across the five towns.
Run weekly canvass launches, phone banks, and text bank sessions with clear goals and accountability.
Hit voter contact targets set by the Campaign Manager, including ID goals and persuasion universes.
Track every conversation and result in VAN with clean, timely data entry
Volunteer and Community Outreach
Represent the candidate at town events, parades, festivals, house parties, and community meetings.
Build and maintain strong relationships with local Democratic Town Committees, labor partners, issue groups, and allied organizations.
Develop a coalition outreach plan for constituencies such as seniors, young families, educators, and new residents.
Staff the candidate at field events as needed and manage day-of-event logistics.
Team and Operations
Supervise and mentor summer interns and deputy field leads as the program scales.
Coordinate closely with the digital, comms, and finance teams so field activity reinforces the broader campaign plan.
Prepare weekly field reports for the Campaign Manager
Maintain the field calendar, volunteer database, and event pipeline in Mobilize
Lead the Get Out The Vote program for the final weeks of the campaign, including staging locations, ride operations, and poll coverage
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Lives in or very near the towns of Southington, Prospect, Wolcott, Cheshire, or Waterbury.
At least one cycle of campaign field experience, on a federal, state, or municipal race
Comfort in VAN, including cutting lists and entering results
Strong people skills with the ability to motivate volunteers and have real conversations with voters at the door
Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for daily travel across the district
Availability to work long, flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, through Election Day
Commitment to the values of the Connecticut Democratic Party and to Jack Perry's campaign
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience managing volunteers or staff on a campaign or inside an organizing program
Familiarity with Mobilize, NGP, Daisychain, or comparable tools
Deep roots in Southington or the surrounding towns in the district
Bilingual English and Spanish is a plus, but not required
