Program Associate - Membership Services (NYC)

[Kristina Sepulveda]

Program Associate-Membership Services

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest democratic socialist organization in the United States and has experienced massive growth over the past two years. We now have 56,000+ members and over 200 groups in 50 states and the District of Columbia engaged in movement-building, public education, direct action, advocacy, and electoral politics. Our goal is to build multi-racial working class power and win transformative reforms like Medicare for All, protect programs like Medicaid expansion at the state level, support a stronger labor movement, and elect socialists to office, all while shifting the public framing around capitalism and democratic socialism.

This position will report to the Development Director and work closely with other staff to develop and strengthen Democratic Socialists of America’s response and service to our members.

Responsibilities

• Manage new membership and renewal packets, donation receipts, and miscellaneous mailings

• Respond to member and donor inquiries by email and phone

• Coordinate with various volunteer-run working groups

• Provide administrative support to the Development Director as needed

Requirements

• One to two years professional administrative support experience with a non-profit or advocacy group

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS and Google Office Suites

• Exceptional listening, interpersonal, and general communication skills

• A strong relationship-builder and team player

• Self starter that can efficiently manage multiple projects at once and use limited resources effectively

• Handles high pressure situations with positive attitude, tact and professionalism

• Commitment to democratic socialist, feminist, anti-racist, anti-heterosexist and pro-worker action and identify as a socialist and be grounded in democratic socialist politics; general agreement with the positions and perspectives of YDSA and DSA

Preferred

• Grassroots fundraising experience

• Familiarity with Asana

• Popular or political education background

• Creativity

• Sense of humor

Reports to: Development Director

Work Schedule: Full-time. Work hours will fluctuate according to campaign needs and members’ availability.

Salary: Depending on experience, $43,500 - 48,500.

Benefits: We offer employer paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their spouse/partner and/or dependent children, and three weeks of vacation in the first year of employment, then four weeks each year thereafter.

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild.

Application Deadline: Apply as soon as possible, as interviews begin immediately.

To Apply: Email the following documents to jobsw...@dsausa.org with the subject line: Program Associate-Membership Services LAST NAME.

• Resume

• Cover letter with statement of your qualifications related to organizing, project management, and fundraising

• 3 references with direct supervisory knowledge of relevant work

No phone calls or recruiters, please.

Democratic Socialists of America is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a staff that reflects the working class. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, as well as members of the LGBTQ communities.