Field Directors- For Better Roads and Safe Streets in Fresno

We are currently seeking Field Directors to join us on an important and exciting Fresno-based ballot initiative campaign focused on building a community-driven transportation plan for Fresno County. This campaign is centered on ensuring that future transportation funding reflects the real needs of residents, safer streets, reliable public transit, improved walkability and bike safety, and better connections for working-class and rural communities. We are hiring for Lead Director and Deputy Director positions, with a strong preference for candidates who have experience working in Fresno or California field programs.

For decades, transportation decisions in Fresno County have been dominated by top-down planning that prioritizes highway expansion over neighborhood streets, transit access, and safety. As a result, many residents face long commutes, unsafe walking conditions, limited transit options, and uneven investment across communities. This campaign aims to change that by empowering voters to shape how transportation dollars are spent, ensuring accountability, equity, and people-first infrastructure investments.

Field Directors will recruit, train, and manage a team of local petitioners who will gather signatures from registered Florida voters to qualify this initiative for an upcoming election. Additionally, the Lead Campaign Director will manage a team of one or more Deputy Field Directors, and will be responsible for building an office to scale from the ground up. This position reports to the Project Director.

We are hiring immediately. This position can run through April 3rd, with opportunities to extend.

Location: Fresno County, CA. Strong preference for in-state candidates, short-term travel may be required.

Management Responsibilities:

• Work with our recruitment team to find and hire members of the community to work as petitioners and assist voters in carefully and correctly completing the petition.
• Manage a team of 40 petitioners, setting and driving goals along the way
• Implement safety protocol
• Build a database of successful locations for gathering signatures from registered voters.
• Coordinate petitioning sites for your staff, and work with partner groups to avoid overlapping efforts in the field.
• Go out in the field yourself several days per week to collect petitions, train staff, and help drive office goals.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Work with the HR Director on payroll, onboarding and offboarding staff, and managing state compliance.
• Monitor and train staff to stay compliant with state signature collection requirements
• Maintain accurate inventory of office materials, petition forms and overall office organization
• Manage the printing, storage and distribution of unique paid circulator petition forms
• Manage staff schedule

Qualifications:

Must have

• Leadership experience, ability to motivate, grow, and manage a large team.
• Eagerness to lead from the front, get into the field and petition several days a week.
• Extreme attention to detail and a proven ability to instill that quality in others.
• Self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong passion for community organizing and fostering civic engagement.
• Track record of building inclusive teams.
• Ability to work long hours, including evenings and weekends.

Nice-to-have

• 1-3+ years of experience running paid canvasses or other canvassing operations.
• Management experience

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Salary: The salary range for this position is $1,352 - $1,500 per week. We offer a generous benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave, health insurance, and hands-on training. At the end of the campaign, there may be opportunities for advancement and bonuses.

Our Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

At The Outreach Team, we prioritize equity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage Black, indigenous, people of color, women, people with previous felony convictions, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and others who identify with underrepresented groups to apply. We believe that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us stronger and better at what we do.