Deputy GOTV Director

About the Role

The Texas Democratic Party is seeking Deputy GOTV Directors to join our Texas Together 2026 Coordinated Campaign, supporting Talarico for Texas and Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.

Deputy GOTV Directors will manage, develop, and support a team of Regional GOTV Directors and GOTV Organizers to build and execute a large-scale voter contact effort. They are responsible for supporting Regional GOTV Directors in their management of their teams, troubleshooting problems as they arise, coordinating supply distribution across their regions, and ensuring strategic decision-making is informed by feedback from the field.

This position will begin the week of August 17 and end November 15, 2026.

Compensation

Pay

Deputy GOTV Directors are compensated at $6,500 per month.

Benefits

They are eligible for generous benefits including health care, vision, and dental insurance and stipends for cell phone and eligible transit.

Essential Duties

• Manage and support Regional GOTV Directors: Lead a team of Regional GOTV Directors through weekly one-on-ones, coaching, feedback, etc.

• Establish a culture of collaboration: Foster accountability, collaboration, learning, and support amidst the fast pace of the campaign. Support Regional GOTV Directors in establishing strong regional culture.

• Drive voter contact goals: Support and hold organizers accountable for meeting voter contact, volunteer recruitment, and volunteer leadership goals.

• Communication structures : Maintain strong communication structures, including daily check in and check outs, team chats, reporting channels, shared calendars, etc.

• Drive Training and Development: lend expertise in creating and facilitating GOTV trainings for staff and volunteers, draft and distribute one-pagers, guides, and written reference resources for staff.

• Share strategy: Share campaign priorities, strategic shifts, and plans to ensure organizers understand how goals contribute to overall success.

• Troubleshoot and solve problems: Respond quickly to challenges to keep organizing programs running effectively.

• Reporting: Support development of reporting structures. Analyze reports and recommend strategic action based on analysis.

Qualifications

Need to haves:

• Commitment to the Texas Democrats mission and our organizational values, goals, and objectives
• At least 2 years of experience managing a team
• At least 3 cycles of organizing experience on a campaign, at a union, or related
• Administrative experience in Votebuilder, including account creation and script management
• Clear written communication skills
• Access to a reliable car and drivers license
• Access to a phone and laptop computer
• Excellent mastery of systems like Google Suite, Excel, and online databases
• There are no formal education requirements for this position

Nice to haves:

• Experience as a union member
• Experience managing unionized staff
• Experience as a Regional Organizing Director
• Training, coaching, instruction, or facilitation experience

Time Commitment

This position will begin the week of August 17 and end November 15, 2026. This is an intensive, time-limited role at a pivotal moment for Texas Democrats.

Equal Opportunity & Commitment to Diversity

The Texas Democratic Party is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. Women and members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.