Field Organizer

About the Eugene Clean Energy Fund Initiative

Local climate, health, housing, labor, and social and racial justice organizations* have come together to launch the Eugene Clean Energy Fund (ECEF) Initiative, planned for a vote on the November 2026 ballot. By establishing a business license fee on the gross profits of Eugene’s wealthiest businesses, ECEF would fund programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and household energy burden; expand public-owned renewable energy, transportation, and other green infrastructure; create high-road jobs in the green economy; and build community-wide climate resiliency, especially for Eugene’s frontline and historically marginalized areas.

*Steering Committee organizations include Beyond Toxics, Breach Collective, Oregon Just Transition Alliance, Oregon League of jobshiringnearme.org Voters, and Oregon Sierra Club.

Click here to learn more about ECEF’s Steering Committee and endorsements.

Job description

The Eugene Clean Energy Fund (ECEF) is hiring two (2) full-time Field Organizers for the 2026 election. This is a position for passionate and experienced campaign operatives who will be working with volunteers and paid canvassers, and executing an ambitious field program to support the Eugene Clean Energy Fund ballot measure. The Field Organizers will report directly to the ECEF Field Director, with an anticipated start date in mid-September.

The Field Organizers will help execute the campaign’s coordinated field effort, which is focused on persuading and turning out climate motivated voters to vote yes on Measure 20-388. The Field Organizers will collaborate closely with community partners to ensure that all of Eugene’s communities are engaged and empowered in order to be successful this November.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Implement a City-wide field plan
• Recruit, train, and manage volunteers and paid canvassing staff
• Work with Field Director to execute a volunteer voter outreach program, including door-to-door canvass, phone bank, text operations, and ballot parties, etc.
• Lead in field work implementation including writing scripts, cutting turf, and setting up phone banks, texting, and validator call operations, utilizing tools such as Votivate, VAN, Scale to Win, etc.
• Create volunteer training materials
• Report appropriate metrics and manage systems of accountability for paid canvassers and volunteers
• Collaborate with member organizations and partner campaigns
• Help staff community and fundraising events, as needed
• Report in weekly check-ins to Field Director
• Additional duties as assigned by the Field Director

Skills and Qualifications

• At least one cycle of political campaign experience, preferably in field
• Experience training, supporting, and managing paid canvassing staff or volunteers in an electoral or community engagement capacity
• Proficiency using Votebuilder (VAN), including turf cutting and creating phone banks
• Demonstrated commitment to electing progressive candidates/ballot measures up and down the ballot
• Access to reliable transportation
• Ability to work long or irregular hours (including evenings and weekends)
• Strong verbal and writing skills; the ability to communicate persuasively in a charged atmosphere
• Must be a results-oriented self-starter able to work under pressure on several projects at one time
• Commitment to social and economic justice
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds with a proven commitment to fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture for others.

Preferred, but not required, qualifications:

• At least two cycles of political campaign experience, preferably in field
• At least one cycle of work specifically on local or state ballot initiatives
• Experience working in Eugene’s political landscape
• fluency in a second language, preferably Spanish, is encouraged

Start Date: Mid-September 2026

Duration: Immediate start through Mid-November 2026.

Location and Travel: The position is full-time and based in Eugene, Oregon. Candidates in Eugene are strongly preferred. You may need to travel for events and meetings.

Schedule: The position involves working days, evenings and weekends as necessary.