Turnout 2020, Chicago, IL
Position: Lead Activist/Fellow Coordinator
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Start Date: 3/1/2020 (Flexible)
Salary: $45,000-65,000 / year
Turnout 2020, a Nationwide Volunteer Phone Bank campaign, seeks a Lead Activist Coordinator. The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about organizing mass, nationwide engagement into key presidential and Senate battleground states to enact political change. We're looking for a motivational organizer to help us build out a volunteer base to support the National Phone Bank in nationwide participation leading up to the 2020 election.
Turnout 2020 is a massive virtual phone bank program that will enable volunteers to make commit to vote, vote plan, and GOTV calls into swing states. Volunteers will be able to make calls from anywhere across the country using a predictive dialer system that will be calling inconsistent Democratic voters in those states.
The Lead Activist Coordinator will work with the Deputy Director in recruiting and supporting volunteer and stipended Area Coordinators. These Area Coordinators will organize local volunteers and open up Call Hubs around the country.
This is a full time paid position based in Chicago, Illinois. Compensation offered will be commensurate with experience. The position is eligible for benefits, including healthcare stipend, student loan stipend, public transportation stipend, paid time off, and paid holidays.
There are no formal education requirements for this position. People of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
● Develop outreach materials and work to recruit stipended and volunteer Area Coordinators nationwide.
● Coordinate with the Deputy Director to develop a system for supporting Area Coordinators in creating, organizing, and managing Call Hubs, Call Parties and local volunteers who prefer to call from home.
● Coordinate with the Deputy Director to develop materials and systems to assist Area Coordinators in organizing and facilitating local Phone Bank Events and maximum participation
● Coordinate with Online Volunteer Coordinator to build effective and simple instructions and outreach materials to support Area Coordinators in organizing events and increase retention.
● Identify opportunities to increase effectiveness of program and ways to better incentivize organization and volunteer engagement.
● Work with Social Media and Communications team to engage volunteers through Social Media.
● Other tasks as needed.
Required Qualifications (You will be a good fit if):
● You are passionate about winning in 2020 and working to engage activists to help make that happen
● You can quickly learn new skills and tools
● You enjoy coming up with ways to engage large numbers of people in a way that they feel included and inspired to take action again
● You are comfortable managing or learning to manage a team of people to work intensely over a relatively short period of time to produce large volunteer engagement results
● You are good at finding ways to get people excited about taking action through Social Media
Preferred Qualifications (Not Required):
● You have an entrepreneurial spirit and would be excited to help create a new program
● You have the experience of building a customer service related business or organization
● You have worked with EveryAction or helped to manage a predictive dialing program
● You have experience working as an organizer
Applications are now being accepted.
To Apply: Email cover letter and resume to terra@turnout2020.org
Resumes will be reviewed and first round interviews will be scheduled for qualified candidates.
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