Political Organizer

Political Organizer (4-month temp / 20hrs weekly) Our client is seeking a Political Organizer (State Manager) for South Carolina. In this role, you will be responsible for developing advocacy infrastructure in target legislative districts by identifying, cultivating and organizing SCAN supporters, student activists, and volunteer leaders. You will develop key relationships with coalition partners, elected officials, and community stakeholders to advance SCAN’s advocacy campaigns. In partnership with the State & National Campaigns team, you will help assess our supporter base, determining key audiences and demographic segments to target, selecting strategies (both online and offline), to educate and engage targeted individuals and groups to meet our annual goals and deliverables . What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Dutie s) Build, develop and sustain an advocacy and campaigning infrastructure and SCAN presence in key districts (6

• 5%)Assess Save our Network’s supporter base, determine key audiences and demographic segments to target, selecting strategies both online and offline to educate and engage targeted individuals and groups to meet our annual goals and deliverab
• lesRecruit, engage and maintain a supporter base that includes volunteer leaders, students, and other community members. Engage supporters in online and offline activities, such as letters, phone calls, petitions, social media, in-person meetings, letters to the editor, e
• tc.Create and/or sustain community action teams to coordinate local, state and national campaigns loca
• llyWork collaboratively with SCAN’s student engagement team to build student clubs on targeted college campuses and support the outreach and advocacy efforts of college and high school student ambassad
• orsConduct training and provide ongoing support for volunteer leadership developme
• nt.Work collaboratively with the SC Family Engagement Sr. Associate to train and support parents and caregivers to advocate on behalf of high-quality early childhood education and child hunger prevent
• ionManage volunteer data, ensuring accurate report ing External Relationship Building (
• 35%)Cultivate relationships with local, state and federal lawmakers in state to help advance our legislative ag
• endaRegister as lobbyist to advance state legislative priori
• tiesEngage with coalition partners and community stakehol
• dersPromote SCAN’s agenda in coordination with partners by collaborating on events, outreach and other local engage ment Required Qualifica
• tionsHigh School diploma or equivalent, plus at least three (3) years of relevant exper
• ienceDemonstrated field experience in at least one election
• cycleProfessional proficiency in spoken and written En
• glishProfessional proficiency in MS Office suite and social
• mediaDemonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with individuals and teams at all l
• evelsDemonstrated commitment to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belo
• ngingWillingness and ability to travel up to 30% to priority dist ricts Preferred Qualific
• ationsExperience working on state legislative or local camp
• aigns.Experience in campus and youth outreach and engagement camp aigns. Job Types Temporary, Pa rt-timeWork Location In person Apply To This Job

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