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Job Description
Communications/Community Organizer
DEADLINE TO APPLY:  JUNE 25, 2010

The League of Young Voters, the League of Young Voters Education Fund, and the League of Young Voters Maine PAC is looking for a dedicated, tech savvy, and passionate progressive to coordinate our media outreach and to help organize young people in their communities.

Our ideal candidate:

• Has a sense of humor
• Is relentlessly optimistic
• Can relate to people from all walks of life, races, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations
• Is open-minded yet fiercely progressive
• Can work under pressure and under deadline with smile
• Can work well independently and in a group
• Has an eye for detail
• Is an artful delegator and a patient trainer
• Is good at designing materials from scratch
• Is skilled with design programs and has wicked good computer skills
• Has excellent verbal and written skills 
• Understands the importance of fundraising to the progressive movement
• Has a vision for keeping us on the forefront of cutting edge media tactics
• Is willing to be trained on skills s/he may not have

Duties include:
Communications Organizing (40% of time)

• Drafting our communications plan (both old and new media)
• Drafting our eBlast communications
• Coordinating our social media outreach (our database, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc)
• Coordinating volunteers to help do data entry
• Conducting outreach to traditional media outlets , including drafting media advisories and releases, talking to reporters, scheduling editorial board meetings, and organizing media events
• Conducting outreach on behalf of and/or in conjunction with the coalitions that the League is on the steering community of, including:
• Maine Alliance for Sustainable Transportation (MaST)
• Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE)
• Engage Maine
• Greendrinks
• Updating our website

Community Organizing (40% of time)

•  Organizing the League’s membership on behalf of issues of local and statewide importance
• Volunteer recruitment
• Helping to organize “hubs” of activists across Maine, with particular emphasis in Lewiston/Auburn, Waterville/Augusta, Bangor/Orono
• Helping organize Greendrinks actions (4-5 hours a week)

Organizational Building (20% of time): TRAINING PROVIDED

• Help with grant writing
• Helping with major donor outreach, cultivation, and stewardship 
• Helping with direct mail fundraising 
• Helping organize events (both fundraiser and friendraisers)
• Administrative duties, including keeping our records up to date
• Keeping our databases up to date

Salary: approx. $30,000 year

Excellent benefits package including full healthcare, life insurance, personal days, two weeks vacation, 10 holidays, and more.

Interested candidates should email Will Everitt, Maine State Director, [will@theleague.com ] PDFs of your:

                       1. Cover letter
                       2. Résumé
                       3. Writing sample or blog or website or graphic design sample that you wrote                              and/or created (these samples can be provided as links, PDFs, jpegs, or                                  videos as appropriate)

 PLEASE EMAIL YOUR MATERIALS BY JUNE 25, 2010.

More info about the League of Young Voters, League of Young Voters Education Fund, and League of Young Voters Maine PAC

The League of Young Voters Education Fund is a non-profit, 501(c)3 non-profit organization engaging young people under 35 in the democratic process through voter education, trainings, leadership development, and by providing support to existing youth, cultural and student organizations to include voter organizing in their work.  For more information:  http://www.youngvoter.net  

The League of Young Voters is a political, 501(c)4 advocacy organization for young people under 35 to build a progressive governing majority in our lifetime.   We develop leaders and build political power to create public policies that reflect our core values:  family, community, inclusion, freedom, equality, sustainable jobs and peace.  We lobby at the local, state and national level to hold elected officials accountable to our agenda.  For more information:  http://www.theleague.com/me

The League of Young Voters and League of Young Voters Education Fund have staff in Brooklyn, NY; San Francisco, CA; Milwaukee, WI;  Pittsburgh, PA;  Albuquerque, NM;  Portland, ME.

The League of Young Voters PAC (LYV PAC) is a political action committee in the State of Maine for young people under 35 to build a progressive majority in our lifetime. We develop leaders and build political power through elections that reflect our core values. Membership independently endorses candidates, ballot questions, and referendums and then work to ensure victory for our endorsees. We hold our candidates accountable to our agenda at the local, state and national levels. 

The League family of organizations are equal opportunity employers.  We do not discriminate in employment against persons based on color, race, religion, age, ability, gender, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran or marital status. People of all genders, backgrounds, orientations, and senses of humor are encouraged to apply.