Description

Justin J. Pearson for Congress is seeking a Field Director to manage community organizing and direct voter contact for her campaign to represent Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. 

About Justin J Pearson

Justin J. Pearson launched his campaign for Tennessee’s Ninth Congressional District on October 8, 2025, declaring it “a campaign for The People.” A movement leader and Tennessee lawmaker, he rose to national prominence as part of the Tennessee Three, standing up for gun reform and being overwhelmingly reelected after expulsion. A lifelong organizer, he helped lead the victorious Byhalia Pipeline fight, shut down a cancer-causing sterilization plant, and now challenges Elon Musk’s xAI data center. The second-youngest state legislator in Tennessee, Pearson is a national voice for justice. Read more about our campaign here.

Role 

The Field Director will be vital to the success of the Current Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson’s campaign to represent TN-09 in Congress. The Field Director will manage all direct field operations to help build relationships with voters in the 9th Congressional District and increase voter turnout. The Field Director will be responsible for the execution of the voter outreach plan as well as day-to-day management of field organizers and volunteer operation.

This will include recruiting, training, managing, and energizing volunteers; organizing and facilitating field and community events; and directing volunteer and field partner capacity effectively toward the goal of persuasion and mobilizing voters for Justin J. Pearson in TN-09.

Responsibilities 

• Develop and execute a large-scale field and organizing plan in collaboration with Campaign Manager 
• Directly manage field organizers
• Recruit, train, and manage volunteers; oversee a robust grassroots volunteer operation that can reach ambitious voter contact goals
• Provide leadership, resources, guidance, training, and technical support to field organizers and volunteers in every stage of the campaign
• Schedule, recruit for, launch phone banks and canvasses in an effective, timely manner.
• Organize, lead, and attend volunteer trainings
• Meet weekly door knocking and phone call metrics and ensure that volunteers are trained to properly perform their roles.
• Oversee and implement quality control measures to ensure a disciplined and effective field operation that can persuade and mobilize voters across TN-09
• Maintain accurate and reliable field data.
• Provide the Campaign Manager with daily quantitative and qualitative reports as part of an ongoing evaluation of the program’s success.
• Communicate effectively with campaign partners and stakeholders about field operation progress and direct field partner capacity strategically
• Manage and execute an effective GOTV and Election Day program 

Requirements

Desired Qualities

• Hard-working and motivated to win
• Good at motivating and energizing others, skilled at training volunteers
• Commitment to progressive change, aligned with that of the candidate
• Highly organized, including the ability to not only stay organized yourself but also to help ensure others are organized
• Ideally comfortable with spreadsheets
• Loves to knock-doors, talk to new people, and make hard asks
• Rigorous sense of how quantitative metrics translate into people power to make change
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, good at listening, effective ability to communicate professionally and empathetically.
• Comfortable giving, receiving, and integrating feedback effectively and quickly
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-intensity, high-impact environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, takes initiative, and a resourceful organizer who can build new systems and strategies from the ground up
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Willingness to work irregular hours and weekends.

Experience & Skills

• Two cycles of campaign field experience preferred, ideally with one cycle serving in a paid role with demonstrated leadership experience.
• Experience with community organizing and movement building;
• Experienced leading big scale door-knocking and phone banking operation preferred
• Experience using GoogleSuite and NGP VAN is highly preferred. Experience with Mobilize, Reach, Scale to Win, or similar system(s) is preferred, but not required.
• Passionate about creating an environment where volunteers from diverse backgrounds feel safe and respected
• Must have a driver license, access to reliable transportation, a smartphone, and a computer.