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• Wed 09 May, 2012
  Senior Campaigner
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  We are currently seeking a full-time permanent Senior Campaigner to join our team.

  RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • New Campaigns- Analyze, interpret and evaluate the circumstances around local/national political and social events for their potential to become a campaign by utilizing personal campaign instincts and Presente’s online organizing Theory of Change.
  • New Campaigns- Create plans and provide well-thought-out strategy and work plans for new campaigns. 
  • New Campaigns- Provide start-to-finish oversight of campaigns for which Campaigner is the lead.
  • Current campaigns- Monitor and respond quickly to the fast-paced changes that occur during current campaigns through direct outreach writing (emails, blogs, print/digital media opinion letters) to members of the constituency.
  • Current campaigns- Write regular outreach emails with input from the team to alert/inform the membership of the progress of a campaign or an opportunity for action.
  • Manage relationships with partners in order to maximize the impact of a campaign; ensuring strategy and messaging is consistent and clear
  • Recruit and supervise additional staff and consultants as needed to achieve campaign goals
  • Participate in general campaign strategy sessions, evaluations and other meetings.
  • Manage multiple field operations including hiring local staff, organizing national actions coordinated in multiple cities and states.
  • Prepare materials for grant proposals and reports pursuant to campaigns for which Campaigner is the lead. 

   

  THE WORK:

  The Senior Campaigner is expected to be entrepreneurial in practice every day.  There are hundreds of issues, events, and government policies that affect the constituency daily.  Campaigners are expected to utilize their experience, skills and creative energy to determine which issues have sufficient momentum and a clear plan of action, to be put forward to members.  As campaigns evolve and change in fast-paced political and social environments, the Senior Campaigner must utilize discretion and in-the-moment judgment to identify key “opportunity moments” to engage members of the constituency and call them to action.  With the range of campaigns, this work is extremely varied in nature.  Utilizing a methodology/theory of change that guides all of this work.

   

  DESIRED SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Someone who is sensitive to/has worked on Latino issues
  • Background in organizing and grassroots advocacy- not necessarily online organizing only
  • 2-5 years professional work experience
  • Deep understanding of Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other social networking platforms.
  • Experience working with social networks and leveraging social media for impact on campaign targets.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills with ability to present ideas and information clearly.
  • Must have exceptional traditional writing and grammatical skills.
  • Extreme attention to detail and outstanding organization skills.
  • Collaborative team player able to integrate with a diverse team full of opinions and ideas.
  • College degree preferred in liberal arts, journalism or new media.
  • Interest in Latino politics, social justice, and popular culture a must.
  • Diligent work ethic and insatiable desire to expand skills and be the best.

  How to Apply:

  Send your resume, cover letter and a 3 page campaign-related writing sample to jobs@presente.org by May 14th, 2012.

• Wed 09 May, 2012
  Field Coordinator
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  We are currently seeking a full-time organizer to join our campaign and work with us through November 2012.

  RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide leadership on Presente.org’s civic and voter engagement work including representation at state and national organizing tables.
  • Implement and provide oversight over the Presente.org civic engagement and GOTV plan.
  • Recruit, train, mobilize, and oversee volunteers and field interns.
  • Communicate regularly with volunteers, via phone and email
  • Plan, organize and execute local coalition building, canvasses, phone banks and visibility events
  • Assist with development of field plan
  • Manage relationships with partners in order to maximize the impact of a campaign; ensuring strategy and messaging is consistent and clear
  • Recruit and supervise additional staff and consultants as needed to achieve campaign goals
  • Participate in general campaign strategy sessions, evaluations and other meetings.
  • Manage multiple field operations including hiring local staff, organizing national actions coordinated in multiple cities and states.
  • Coordinate email outreaches and the usage of social media to fulfill the goals of the program.

  THE WORK:

  Presente.org will mobilize and engage our members and the Latino community to long-term civic engagement, activism, and accountability work in order to increase voter participation in the 2012 presidential election. We will also work with local partners to increase Latino voter registration and turn out and increase grassroots organizing group capacity to do on-line organizing.

  We prefer that the field director is based in the one of our electoral focused states – California, New Mexico, Florida, Arizona, and Colorado.

  DESIRED SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Minimum 3-5 years experience in field campaign management
  • Exceptional communication, organizational and diplomacy skills with strong written communication skills
  • Exceptional time management and prioritization skills
  • Flexible at setting (and re-setting) priorities and managing multiple projects
  • Computer literate, and comfortable with acquiring new skills
  • Flexible schedule, including availability to work evenings and weekends, and to travel periodically throughout the country.
  • Dedicated to working closely and cooperatively on a campaign with diverse staff, volunteers, and community members
  • Background in organizing and grassroots advocacy- not necessarily online organizing only
  • Excellent verbal communication skills with ability to present ideas and information clearly.
  • A bachelor’s degree preferred in liberal arts, journalism or new media.
  • Interest in Latino politics, social justice, and popular culture is a must.
  • Diligent work ethic and insatiable desire to expand skills and be the best.

  How to Apply:

  Send your resume, cover letter and a 3 page campaign-related writing sample to jobs@presente.org by May 14th, 2012.