Communications, Field or Fundraising Volunteer

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Progressive city council candidate in Washington, DC is looking for a communications, field and fundraising volunteer who is willing to work until June 2018.

Roles and Responsibilities

Fundraising volunteer is responsible for raising the money that will allow the campaign to accomplish its goals. The finance director works closely with the candidate, campaign manager and a finance committee to meet the financial goals of the campaign. They are in charge of keeping the candidate on track with fundraising, preparing for and staffing call time, and overseeing all fundraising events. A good fundraiser must be highly organized, outgoing and willing to push the candidate and campaign toward meeting their fundraising goals.

The communications volunteer/scheduler is in charge of all of the campaign’s interactions with the media. They build relationships with the press, communicate with the media as the key spokesperson, set up interviews and identify media opportunities for the campaign. They may help write and develop campaign literature, edit the website, draft speeches for the candidate and create copy for the campaign web site. The director should have prior experience and contacts with the media, be a good writer and communicator, and be a pro-active thinker and strategist.

The person is responsible to accepting and acting on all invitations, seeking out potential events and putting together the candidate’s schedule. The person makes sure that the candidate is briefed about each of the events and is given proper directions, contact information, and collects briefing information from the other team members on each event. The person also ensures that candidate call-time and voter contact time remains the top priority. The scheduler needs to be assertive, meticulous with details, pleasant on the phone and able to say "no" when necessary.

The field director is in charge of making sure the campaign gets its message out through direct voter contact. Their main responsibility is to develop a comprehensive plan that includes door knocking and phoning in order to ID voters and persuade them about the candidate. They may also coordinate voter registration efforts. Finally they coordinate the GOTV effort if there is no staff person specifically responsible for GOTV. The field director needs to be highly organized, energetic, capable of motivating and managing staff and volunteers and able to manage large quantities of data. As with most things, the number of field staff will depend on the size of the campaign.

Qualifications

• Must be able to have daily check-ins with the candidates
• Must be able to attend some evening meet and greets with the candidates
• Have a general interest in local politics
• Be able to commitment for the next 11 months
• Passion for left-leaning progressive policies
• Preference for DC Residents

Compensation:

Unpaid but can reimburse for transportation once the candidate fundraising operation begins. This position is a good fit for someone who is retired, looking for a long-term volunteer opportunity or is looking for campaign experience

Please send the name of the position you are interested in and your resume and cover letter to: primaryday2018@gmail.com