Free Speech For Individuals is in search of a Marketing campaign Organizer with grassroots organizing and broad movement-building expertise to hitch a cutting-edge non-profit combating for democracy.
Free Speech For Individuals, is a nationwide nonprofit nonpartisan group working to resume our democracy and our United States Structure for we the individuals. Since our founding in January 2010, on the day of the Supreme Courtroom determination in Residents United v. FEC, we’ve got served as a number one power within the nation to defend our Structure and to reclaim our democracy.
Free Speech For Individuals is a frontrunner within the battle to advance mannequin laws that ends political spending by firms with important overseas funding. Our mannequin laws has been launched on the federal, state, and native degree. In help of our mannequin laws, we work in coalition with lawmakers; native and nationwide organizations; key stakeholders; and activists and native communities.
The Marketing campaign Organizer will work instantly with the Marketing campaign Director to assist advance our mannequin laws to finish foreign-corporate spending in U.S. elections and work on different associated democracy campaigns.
Our different latest initiatives embody litigation difficult unlawful intimidation of voters, voter suppression legal guidelines, and insecure voting techniques; laws to get rid of tremendous PACs; and complete mannequin laws to carry social media corporations accountable once they interact in focused amplification of disinformation and threats of violence on their platforms. As well as, Free Speech For Individuals has been one of many main organizations to implement Part 3 of the 14th Modification and bar insurrectionists from the poll. Most of our initiatives contain daring new approaches to advocacy and organizing and we’ve got a monitor file of success in advancing our initiatives.
Job Duties
We’re in search of a Marketing campaign Organizer to assist develop additional our campaigns in help of our mission to reclaim our democracy for we, the individuals. This consists of:
Researching native grassroots teams in key states to be potential native companions;
Main outreach to native legislators and native grassroots organizations;
Coordinating with native leaders to schedule conferences, occasions, actions, trainings, and constructing out the marketing campaign;
Offering teaching, coaching, and help to construct up management of native leaders;
Supporting technique growth of statewide campaigns;
Researching metropolis and state legislative our bodies for promising locations and potential champions of laws.
{Qualifications}
4+ years of related expertise most popular;
Expertise in organizing to advance coverage;
Demonstrated success in neighborhood constructing and grassroots organizing;
Expertise organizing and constructing various coalitions of nationwide and native
Sturdy interpersonal, written, and verbal communication abilities;
Glorious follow-through and reliability;
Sturdy venture administration abilities;
Demonstrated skill to work each independently and with a staff;
Expertise working remotely is a plus, however not
Dedication to renewing a democratic course of wherein all individuals have an equal voice and an equal vote;
A super candidate for this place has labored on a minimum of two campaigns in a full-time capability. These campaigns might embody any of the next: issue-based initiatives, work to advance laws, electoral campaigns, or efforts to arrange a office. The candidate has expertise recruiting, teaching, coaching, and dealing with grassroots leaders. Our best candidate is extremely organized, has nice communication abilities, and wonderful follow-through. They method their work with enthusiasm, in a well timed method, and take initiative. They’ve expertise in venture administration and may successfully handle a staff to make sure objectives are met. They’re skilled and work properly in a staff whereas additionally having the ability to work independently.
Location: This can be a full-time, absolutely distant place, with occasional journey.
Wage Vary: $50-60K, relying on expertise. Along with a aggressive wage, a complete advantages plan is obtainable, together with 100% employer paid dental, imaginative and prescient, and medical well being protection.
Software directions: Ship a canopy letter and resume to Rosemary Hamington at:employment (at) freespeechforpeople (dot) org.
Free Speech For Individuals is an affirmative motion employer and recruits, employs, retains, and promotes individuals in a fashion that doesn’t discriminate towards any individual due to race, colour, ethnicity, faith, intercourse, sexual orientation, gender identification, gender expression, nationwide origin, age, veteran standing, or bodily or psychological skill which is unrelated to job efficiency.
