PA Working Families Party is hiring a Temporary full-time WFP Lehigh Valley Organizer. This person would focus on a few key races in the Lehigh Valley for 2026, as well as support PA WFP’s legislative efforts - both in the Lehigh Valley and statewide as necessary.
This role includes organizing aspects of multiple projects across the Lehigh Valley and will mean working in collaboration with WFP members, elected officials and partner organizations.
We are seeking a WFP Lehigh Valley Organizer with 3-5 years of campaign (electoral OR issue) experience. Candidates based in or with ties to the Lehigh Valley are preferred, but all candidates are encouraged to apply. The race will run through December 15th, 2026.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Manage an Internship Program of 2-3 interns, focusing on developing new skills and talents for youth in the Valley. Internships are meant to be tailored to each intern's interests, skills, and gaps in the campaign team.
- Lead Intern meetings
- Organize weekly volunteer canvass launches, paid field canvass launches, and Election Day Programming.
- Manage tabling and community outreach efforts
- Manage text banking efforts
- Work closely with the WFP Legislative Director to execute local issue campaigns, particularly around the Lehigh County Wealth Tax and other fall ballot referendums.
- Help lead turnout to various county/council meetings as needed, run trainings and meetings as needed with partner organizations
- Support the Tax Billionaires, Fund PA campaign
Coordinated Campaign
Legislative Organizing
Skills and Qualifications
- Campaign (electoral or issue) experience is a must, with at least one cycle in a leadership role
- Experience managing teams and investing in their development
- Demonstrates the ability to set clear expectations and hold team members accountable to meeting them
- Commitment to practicing patience and discernment, solving problems, and maintaining an optimistic mindset is essential
- Must have availability to work an average of 40-45 hours per week and the flexibility to work long hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Preferred: experience using traditional campaign software including but not limited to google sheets, VAN, Spoke, Mobilize, Scale to Win etc.
- Movement experience and connections to grassroots leaders are important, this race is deeply rooted in community.
Skills Required
- 3-5 years campaign (electoral or issue) experience with at least one cycle in a leadership role
- Experience managing teams and investing in their development
- Ability to set clear expectations and hold team members accountable
- Commitment to patience, discernment, problem solving, and maintaining an optimistic mindset
- Availability to work an average of 40-45 hours per week with flexibility for long hours, evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Movement experience and connections to grassroots leaders
- Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
- Experience using campaign software (preferred: Google Sheets, VAN, Spoke, Mobilize, Scale to Win)
- Candidates based in or with ties to the Lehigh Valley
What We Do
The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive political organization for the multiracial working class, dedicated to building a party that fights for workers and people over the powerful. WFP recruits, trains, and runs people-powered candidates for office to advance a progressive agenda, aiming to win major victories for working families, such as higher wages, fairer criminal justice, and getting money out of politics.
