NCPIRG Education Fund’s New Voters Project Campus Organizer
APPLY ONLINE at http://workforprogress.org/job-board/?entry=333 or send a resume and brief cover letter to Dan DeRosa at dan@ncpirg.org.
LOCATIONS: We are hiring campus organizers from August to November in Raleigh, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro and Greenville. After the November 2016 Election there may be opportunities to continue.
Get Out the Youth Vote in North Carolina in 2016
The elections this fall are rapidly approaching and the people elected will make decisions about issues we care about – like jobs, the economy, college affordability and the environment. We are working to make sure that students turn out to the polls in a big way on Election Day, so we can raise our voice on the issues we care about. That’s why we are hiring organizers to run non-partisan voter registration and turnout campaigns on college campuses across North Carolina this fall.
Our Future. Our Voice. Our Vote.
What’s in store for our future? Will we be able to get jobs, and pay off our bills and our student loans? Will the big issues of our day, like protecting our environment, student debt, or big money in politics get dealt with, or will they keep getting kicked down the road, only to get bigger and harder to solve?
One thing is for sure, we know a better future isn’t going to happen if we just sit around waiting for it. We can’t expect our elected leaders to pay attention to the issues we care about, or for things to start moving in the right direction if we don’t make ourselves heard. That’s why we need to vote. So on Election Day we need to show up, and show up big. It’s pretty basic: If we’re going to be heard, we all need to work together, raise our voices together and vote together.
What is the New Voters Project?
For forty years, we’ve built a legacy of recruiting, training, and inspiring young people to engage in democracy. We believe that for our democracy to work, young people need to be engaged. And the first step to engaging young people is exercising their voice at the polls. The New Voters Project is the largest non-partisan, on-the-ground young voter mobilization effort in the nation. Since 1984, we have helped to register more than 1.7 million young voters and made over one million personalized get-out-the-vote contacts. The New Voters Project is a project of PIRG Campus Action and NCPIRG Education Fund.
The New Voters Project Campus Organizers will:
- Run a non-partisan voter registration and turnout campaign in a campus community. Campus Organizers recruit and train a cadre of volunteers to register 18-29 year olds, collect pledges to vote from 18-29 year olds who are already registered to vote, and contact all of these young people to turn out to vote on Election Day.
- Educate students and train new leaders. Campus Organizers teach citizenship and organizing skills. Campus Organizers also oversee an internship program, through which students can earn academic course credit for their work to boost youth voter engagement.
- Build a coalition. Campus Organizers work with student volunteers and interns to build a diverse, invested coalition of organizations and people, such as the student government and others, to boost youth voter turnout.
APPLY ONLINE at http://workforprogress.org/job-board/?entry=333
SALARY & BENEFITS:
Target annual compensation for this position is commensurate with the relevant professional experience. We value experience with advocacy and organizing campaigns. The Student PIRGs offers a competitive benefits package. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.
NCPIRG Education Fund is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.