State and Local Assistant
EMILY's List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, is searching for a State and Local Assistant to join our Campaigns team. We recruit and train candidates, support strong campaigns, research women's issues, and turn out women voters. We've trained over 9,000 women to run and helped elect over 100 women to the House, 19 to the Senate, 11 governors, and over 700 to state and local office. Since its founding in 1985, almost one-third of the candidates EMILY's List has helped elect to Congress have been women of color - including every single Latina, African American, and Asian American Democratic congresswoman currently serving.
Principal Responsibilities
The State and Local Assistant assists the Senior Director for State and Local and the Senior Director for Focus 2020 in carrying out a variety of projects related to recruiting, training, and supporting pro-choice Democratic women running for state legislative, constitutional, and key local offices.
Specific Duties
· Administrative support to the seven-person state and local team, including four remote staff;
· Scheduling support for the two Senior Directors;
· Preparing the Senior Directors for presentations and meetings;
· Maintaining contacts and files for the Senior Directors;
· Collecting and disseminating various information to the State and Local team;
· Liaising with the Digital and Communications Departments to help keep them informed on state and local candidates and to help brainstorm ways to continuously highlight these campaigns and candidates;
· Coordinating and tracking candidate endorsements and contributions;
· Coordinating resources for the State and Local staff, such as candidate press releases, research, targeting and data information;
· Assistance with planning and logistical preparation for campaign trainings;
· Helping with collecting information about state and other non-federal races and candidates;
· Assisting with the development of training materials, and performing candidate research;
· Attending trainings as needed and providing logistics support;
· Managing data integrity across systems;
· Attending strategic ally meetings and events;
- Serve as lunch hour back-up and break relief for front desk as needed;
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The State and Local Assistant must be organized, mature, possess good judgement, possess excellent verbal and written communications skills, possess strong analytical skills, be adept with social media, and have strong PowerPoint and visual presentation abilities. Outstanding technological skills are essential. The State and Local Assistant should be an innovative self-starter, able to work with a wide variety of people, and able to prioritize and handle a variety of projects. Professional demeanor and appearance are required. A strong interest in electing pro-choice Democratic women to office is required. Electoral experience, including volunteer or internships, is required. The State and Local Assistant must be comfortable speaking to large groups of people and willing to travel.
EMILY's List offers a competitive salary and a strong benefits package. To apply, email resume and cover letter to jobopening@emilyslist.org, - subject line "State and Local Assistant." No calls, please.
EMILY's List is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a multi-cultural, diverse working environment. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply.
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