Hiring: Campaign Communications Consultant with the National Democratic Training Committee

[Allison Senanayake]

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NDTC is hiring one consultant who specializes in Communications for candidate campaigns. This consultant will be supporting curriculum revision for NDTC’s Staff Academy, which is a program designed to recruit, train, and connect new staff to paid career opportunities in Democratic politics across the country. When selecting program participants, we prioritize leaders who are women, trans and non-binary, and people of color.

 

Campaign Communications Consultant

We are hiring a campaign communications consultant to support curriculum revision for our third cohort of aspiring campaign communications staffers (part of our Staff Academy). The consultant will:

• Assist NDTC in reviewing existing course content for accuracy and content gaps
• Develop webinar curriculum for online facilitation sessions
• Develop rubrics for the evaluation of trainee assignments
• Develop virtual live training materials for capstone live training event

 

Qualifications:

• At least 1 cycle of experience as a Communications Director on a candidate campaign and 4+ years of political communications experience
• Experience training others in political communications or other education/training experience
• The ideal person for this role is a full-time consultant who is NOT open to joining a 2020 or 2021 campaign full-time.

 

Time Expectations & Compensation: The contract will run September, 2020 to December, 2021.

We anticipate this contract will require on average 20-40 hours per month. The rate for this role is $60/hour. Additional hours will be compensated with prior approval. There is also a possibility for extension of this contract through April 2021 and additional hours per month for a successful candidate.

To Apply: Please submit the following items in PDF format (cover letters are not requested) via email to all...@traindemocrats.org with the subject line “Campaign Communications Consultant Application”. Applications received by August 28th will be given priority consideration but we will continue to accept on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

1. Your resume in PDF format
2. Please send these materials with your resume:
   1. Two examples of communications content you created with a 1-paragraph explanation of the key metrics used to evaluate the success of the content.
3. A short memo (less than one page) describing one scenario that you would provide as a simulation in a live training setting to help trainees understand an essential skill or job requirement for communications staffers.
4. Two references (preferably current or former consulting clients)