Albuquerque, NM; Ann Arbor, MI: Community Organizer - Organizing Fellow for 2020 Elections

[Alyssa Bernard]

Get out the youth vote in 2020

On Election Day, young people will be the largest and most diverse group of potential voters, with distinct values and ideas. But the issues that affect young people are not being addressed because the youth don’t vote in enough numbers. In 2018, 31% percent of eligible young voters cast a ballot, compared to an average of 50% for the entire population of voters. We can choose to let other people make decisions that impact the future, or we can vote and get a future that works for all of us.

That’s why the New Voters Project, a project of PIRG New Voters Project and its state partners, is hiring organizers to run its non-partisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaign, on college campuses across the country in 2020.

You can choose to let other people make decisions that impact your future, or you can vote and get a future that works for you. 

It’s your future, vote on it.

As a full-time organizer with the New Voters Project, your responsibilities will include:

• Run a non-partisan voter registration and turnout campaign in a campus community. Campus Organizers recruit and train a team of volunteers to register 18-29 year olds, collect pledges to vote, and contact all of these young people to turn out the 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 to boost youth voter turnout.

Candidates must have excellent judgment and discretion and the ability to oversee significant projects.

APPLY ONLINE: 

Apply today here. We are hiring for positions starting in August 2020. Immediate positions also available.

Pay & Benefits: 

The target annual compensation for this position is $27,500. The Student PIRGs offer a competitive benefits package. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Locations: 

We’re hiring organizers to work on college campuses in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, California, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, New Mexico, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Each of the groups that run the New Voters Project is part of The Public Interest Network — a group of organizations that share a vision of a better country, a set of core values, and a strategic approach to getting things done. Visit www.publicinterestnetwork.org to learn more.

Each of the groups that run the New Voters Project is an equal opportunity employer