Position: Legislative Political Coordinator (Eastern Region)
Location: Chicago, Illinois or Remote
Salary: $52,000-$72,800/year
Start Date: 12/6/2021 (Flexible)
End Date: 11/30/2022
Position Summary:
Progressive Turnout Project (PTP) seeks applicants for the Legislative Political Coordinator role for the 2022 election cycle who are passionate about connecting and strategizing with campaigns, candidates, and coalitions in the name of strengthening PTP’s support of Democratic wins in highly competitive state legislative races. This position will be based out of our Chicago, IL, headquarters with remote options available.
The Legislative Political Coordinator is directly responsible for outreach to campaigns and creating partnerships throughout the 2022 election cycle, including bridging the gap between campaigns and our Fellows Program, at the direction of the Legislative Political Director. The Legislative Political Coordinator is responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with state legislative political allies, while also implementing departmental initiatives for strengthening bonds and adding new ways we can support candidates. The duties of this position are subject to modification in response to program or organizational needs.
This position is eligible for benefits, including employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance, FSA, 401(k), student loan repayment assistance, public transportation stipend (for HQ-based staff), paid time off, and paid holidays.
There are no formal education requirements for this position. People of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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Questions about the position may be directed to in...@turnoutpac.org.
About PTP:
Progressive Turnout Project is the largest voter contact organization in the country. Our mission: Get Democrats to vote. We design, test, and execute specialized voter turnout programs targeting inconsistent Democratic voters in the most competitive elections up and down the ballot. Since 2015, our trained field staff, fellows, and volunteers have made more than 59 million voter contact attempts across 39 states. PTP is grassroots funded, with more than 2.2 million unique donors and an average contribution of $17.39.
Progressive Turnout Project is committed to building a staff that reflects the diverse communities that make up our country and the progressive movement. PTP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it is PTP’s policy to recruit, hire, train, promote, and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to age, color, creed, disability, economic status, ethnic identity, gender identity, national origin race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veterans status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.