Just the messenger.
-- Below is the job description for a key position in the IL Fair Tax ballot campaign. They are looking for an energetic self-starter with some experience in supervising field staff. Knowledge of Illinois is a must.
Project Manager – Issue Campaign: Fair Tax Constitutional Amendment
Vote Yes for Fair Tax is a ballot initiative committee working to pass the Fair Tax
constitutional amendment, which will be on the ballot in November 2020, by engaging
Illinoisans throughout the state and educating our residents about the importance of
creating a more fair tax system. We are a diverse coalition of organizations directly
working with and for communities and families across Illinois that believe the Fair Tax
is a common-sense reform needed to fix the Illinois's finances, strengthen our
communities, and prevent cuts to the vital programs and services that working families
depend on.
Illinois's constitution limits how Illinois can raise money, resulting in an overall state
and local tax system that is among the most regressive in the nation. The Fair Tax
constitutional amendment changes the state constitution to eliminate the requirement
that Illinois tax income at a single rate, also known as a "flat tax." This change in the
constitution will allow us to modernize our tax code, including higher rates for higher
incomes and lower rates for people with low and moderate incomes.
General Overview:
Vote Yes for Fair Tax is looking for a Project Manager to spearhead the campaign's
"Validators Initiative," a state-wide effort to develop community leaders in support of
the Fair Tax.
The project manager will collaborate with supporting organizations, ballot committee
staff, and community stakeholders to develop grass-tops community relationships, train
leaders on the campaign, and develop a network of endorsers of a Fair Tax throughout
the state. The project manager will work collaboratively with a working group made up
of organizational stakeholders leading the validators initiative and, as the campaign
progresses, may provide oversight to a team of organizers to advance the effort.
The project manager will also collaborate with leaders of corresponding campaign
strategies, including direct voter contact and communications. As the campaign moves
into the summer/fall of 2020, efforts will shift into a Get Out the Vote effort to help us
ensure success in November 2020.
The project manager is a contract position. This work begins November/December
2019.
Responsibilities:
• Develop a high-level workplan for the validators' initiative.
• Develop and implement regional and sector-specific strategies, in collaboration
with the validators working group, for identifying endorsers of the Fair Tax and
training and supporting local champions for the Fair Tax.
• Supervise regional organizers, as needed.
• Identify key spokespeople and champions throughout the state.
• Along with the direct voter contact and communications teams, train and activate
Fair Tax champions throughout the state.
• Recruit, engage, and/or collaborate with organizational stakeholders to advance
the validators initiative.
• Act as an external spokesperson, as needed, on behalf of the Campaign, including
helping lead town halls, educational forums, or round tables on Fair Tax.
• Other duties as agreed upon by Vote Yes for Fair Tax and the contractor.
Qualifications:
• A minimum of 2-3 years experience in field and volunteer organizing, ideally with
a mix of electoral and issue organizing
• Self-starter with excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Experience providing oversight/supervision
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends
• Experience with digital tools for managing and activating campaign supporters
preferred
• Ability to communicate in both English and Spanish preferred
If interested, please email a resume and contact information to
voteyesforfairtax@mail.com. Please include "Project Manager" in the subject.
Vote Yes for Fair Tax does not and shall not discriminate on the bases of race, religion, creed, gender,
gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status
in any of its activities or operations.
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