We’re Hiring: Organizer

We are looking for a new full-time Organizer to join our team! 

Please send a resume, cover letter/letter of interest, and a complete application to jobs@progresstoronto.ca by 10:00am Monday August 18 2025. You can download the application [.docx] here or download a version from this google document here. If you have any questions please email jobs@progresstoronto.ca.

ORGANIZER ROLE
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, outgoing, and motivated by building power in others to join us as an Organizer. Working with the Organizing Manager and other staff, this role will plan outreach activities, develop a training schedule (online and in person trainings), manage volunteers, and oversee implementation of the organization’s activities. The Organizer will coordinate, train, and deploy volunteers for our campaigns and events. The Organizer will also monitor volunteer progress, spend time with them 1-on-1, and help oversee their growth so that they can help to manage other volunteers and the work of the organization. 

The Organizer will also work with and foster relationships with allied organizations, communities, and movements alongside other members of our team. They will help to manage door, street, and phone canvasses for the organization and will help to set and achieve targets for our campaigns. They will also help to oversee the development and implementation of volunteer appreciation and engagement to cultivate relationships with volunteers and ensure they feel valued by the organization.
 

QUALIFICATIONS
Since we are a small team, we are looking for team members who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and help with many different types of work within the organization. If you’re a driven, creative, resourceful, and team player who is committed to building a progressive Toronto, this job may be for you! 

  • Commitment to building an inclusive team and dedicated to equity and respect for working across difference

  • A sense of urgency as it relates to justice in our city

  • An interest in working on progressive issues such as affordable housing, urban infrastructure, equity, public health, equitable access to transit, governance, democratic engagement, the distribution of resources in Toronto, and more as it relates to local decision-making

  • Familiarity with, or interest to learn about, Toronto City Hall, TDSB, and local governance 

  • Motivated by an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, highly-collaborative team environment

  • A curiosity for, if not experience in, organizing and outreach activities

  • A desire to train, invest in, mentor and build local leaders across Toronto 

  • Dedication to on-the-ground and local organizing

  • Understanding of local community-based organizations and respect for their leaders and programs

  • Comfortable with public speaking (e.g. training sessions, public meetings, rallies) 

  • Ability to work flexible hours and a willingness to work some evenings and weekends 

  • Strong communication skills

  • Willingness to travel throughout the city for events

  • Experience working on issue-based and electoral campaigns is an asset

  • Fluency in a language other than English also an asset

  • Proficiency in Google Suite is an asset

  • Knowledge of campaign outreach software such as Callhub is an asset

  • Knowledge of AirTable is an asset

Interviews will take place at the end of August. The role will begin in early September 2025 and run until November 2026 (with a possible extension). The starting salary for this role is $48,000/year (35 hour week).

Progress Toronto operates on a 4-day work week, from 9:30 am to 6:00pm. If hired, you will have access to an annual prorated 15 days of holiday and a health benefits stipend. 

Please send a resume, cover letter, and a complete application [.docx]  to jobs@progresstoronto.ca by 10:00am Monday August 18 2025. Please include “Organizer position application” in the email subject line. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Progress Toronto supports employment equity. Women, Black, Indigenous, and racialized persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+, and anyone from equity-deserving groups are encouraged to apply for this position. If you are a member of an equity-deserving group, you may choose to identify as such in your application.

We are committed to an environment that is barrier free. If you require accommodation at any stage during the hiring process, please do not hesitate to contact us at your earliest convenience at jobs@progresstoronto.ca to arrange appropriate accommodation.

ABOUT US
Progress Toronto is a non-profit organization working for a more democratic, socially just, and progressive city. We believe that when people get involved in local democracy we have the power to change the decisions made by our governments and make our city better. At Progress Toronto we think about power—who has it, how we can build it, and who it is being used for in our city. We work on-the-ground and online. We are active across Toronto running issue-based and electoral campaigns, providing training workshops, and making it easier for people to use our collective power to build a better city.