Campus Vote Project (CVP) was launched in 2012 by the nonpartisan Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN) to expand our work on student voting issues. We work with universities, community colleges, faculty, students, and election officials to reduce barriers to student voting. Our goal is to help campuses institutionalize reforms that empower students with the information they need to register and vote.
Position Description
Campus Vote Project seeks a State Campus Coordinator for North Carolina. The State Campus Coordinator is a key member of our team. They are charged with growing existing and establishing new, lasting relationships with campus leadership to carry out our goals (stated below). They also supervise student fellows promoting democratic engagement programs on their campus working with administration and faculty, helping organize student voter registration, and voter education activities.
Goals of the Program:
- Engage campuses at an institutional level to drive nonpartisan civic engagement programs in 2016 that promote voter registration and ballot access and reach across the campus community.
- Ensure campus administrators, faculty, and student leadership are provided with accurate nonpartisan information and conduct programs on-campus across voter registration, voter education, and ballot access/GOTV to begin institutionalizing and cultivating a longer term culture of democratic engagement on the campuses.
- Progress CVP’s efforts with 6 campus partners and 10 student fellows across these campuses as well as engage campus leadership and build a program at another 4-6 schools in North Carolina.
- Coordinate with a number of CVP’s coalition partners also conducting nonpartisan civic engagement programs on campuses. The State Campus Coordinator will continue to engage with these partners and make CVP materials and resources available to help foster greater administrator/institutional-level engagement of these partners’ campus and student programs.
Requirements:
- Access to a car as travel throughout the state will be required
- History of organizing work either on campuses or with campaigns
- Experience engaging diverse constituencies and experience with institutions of higher education a benefit
- Superior communication skills both written and oral Approach
- Professionalism: A high level of professionalism is required at all times when working on behalf of FELN and CVP.
- Self-motivation: Being self-motivated is necessary to fulfill the program goals.
- Leadership: A positive and persuasive leader will thrive in this position and is important for managing student fellows and working with campus partners.
This position is full time through November 2016. Salary based on experience, range of $3,500 – $4,500 a month. FELN and CVP are equal opportunity employers and enthusiastically encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
To apply, email a resume, cover letter with salary requirements, and a writing sample to mburns@campusvoteproject.org.