Battleground Iowa Deputy Voter Protection Director
We seek a talented Deputy Voter Protection Director to ensure that all eligible Iowans are able to cast their ballot in 2020. Our right to vote is fundamental to all that we hope to accomplish; the Deputy Voter Protection Director is a crucial role that will manage a robust and proactive voter protection program, ensuring free and fair elections in Iowa.
This is a general election position through November 15, 2020 and will report to the Voter Protection Director.
Salary Range: $6,000 - $6,500/ month
Responsibilities
As Deputy Voter Protection Director, you will have four main areas of responsibility:
1. Support the Voter Protection Director to expand access and defend against incursions to the franchise at the state, local, and municipal level
● Research and develop proactive strategies to expand access to the franchise, including voter registration, ballot access, and ballot counting processes.
● Monitor and inform the coordinated table of legislation related to voting and elections.
● Collect and document information on local voting practices, including polling locations, early voting sites, and vote by mail rules.
● Identify potential threats to the franchise and support the mobilization of a coordinated response within the Party.
2. Lead the execution of voter education, outreach, and intervention programs, both ongoing and specific to the election cycle
● Ensure that all programs, deliverables, and experiences are on time and of high quality.
● Manage a robust poll watcher program for the general election, including training volunteers, precinct prioritization and assignment, reporting mechanisms, and issue resolution processes.
● Ensure that all communications to voters include timely, relevant, and accurate information about voting, including the voter protection hotline number.
● Support the Voter Protection Boiler Room on Election Day, making sure that voters' issues are thoroughly documented, resolved where possible, and escalated and aggregated where appropriate.
● Support the Voter Protection Hotline with volunteer training, operations, reporting, and issue resolution. Monitor calls to the hotline to identify trends and proactively resolve issues.
3. Support strong partnerships with county-level officials
● Cultivate strong relationships with county-level officials to advance proactive improvements to voting, respond to threats, and resolve issues for individual voters.
● Recruit, train, and manage volunteer attorneys to serve as County Liaisons, who will work with you to maintain strong relationships with county elections officials in their counties. Support regular communications with Liaisons, ensure accurate and timely reporting, and effective issue resolution.
4. Design and maintain strong data practices
● Administer LBJ, VAN/Votebuilder, Google Forms and other database tools to track issues, volunteers, and voters.
● Ensure that all volunteers and staff properly utilize databases and that their reports are timely, accurate, and escalated appropriately.
● Develop regular review processes to monitor reports, ensure all voter issues have been resolved, and aggregate and escalate trends.
Qualifications
We are seeking someone who, at their core, is fueled by the satisfaction of fighting for justice. You should be an organizer or political operative, eager to build an army of people who together will create meaningful change. You do not need to be an attorney. Additionally, you should be or have:
● A strong, data-driven organizer and/or political operative: Demonstrated ability to support and lead large-scale, diverse volunteer organizations that effectively deliver results by motivating and holding volunteers accountable for their goals. Adept at using data to inform strategy development, monitor progress to goal, and report on and analyze outcomes, including familiarity with VAN/Votebuilder, LBJ, Excel, and other tools.
● Superb project management skills: Demonstrated excellence in developing and leading the execution of multiple, complex projects simultaneously. Able to anticipate issues ahead of time, creatively resolve them, and keep the team on track to meet its goals.
● Self-starter who is highly skilled at managing up. The ideal candidate knows how to leverage limited manager or leader time to get the information needed to move decisions, and the work, forward.
● Strong lens and judgement on issues of race and equity: Clearly and consistently articulates a sophisticated understanding of racial equity and structural racism as it relates to the work we do and how we operate internally at the Iowa Democratic Party. Organizes from a racial justice perspective, with emphasis on voter suppression's disproportionate impact on communities of color.
● Commitment to Democratic values and electing Democrats in Iowa
How to Apply:
This is a full-time position. Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and qualifications. Please apply online at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeva0hQfkSLD-mAKH0tDMvOyznh_o96GVq8CeJyo45i5IdWGQ/viewform
Please contact Jennifer Fiihr at 515-244-7292 or jfiihr@iowademocrats.org for any accommodations you need for the application and interview process.
The Iowa Democratic Party is an equal opportunity employer, and employs without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, family medical status or genetic information, military service, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, height, weight, creed, economic status or disability.
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