Get Professional Experience Working on a Congressional Campaign - Frontrunner in a Blue District - Northern Illinois
Get the valuable experience you need to jumpstart your career in progressive organizing, advocacy or politics while working to get a true Progressive into Tammy Duckworth's open seat. Here's your chance to prove your commitment and ability by field organizing on a Congressional campaign to win the Illinois Mid-March primary in a very Blue district - leaving you trained and experienced to work on highly contested 2016 General Elections!
Raja Krishnamoorthi is a strong Progressive and has been called the "favorite" and "frontrunner" to succeed Tammy Duckworth in Congress by the lead political reporter for the Chicago Tribune, and NBC Chicago. Keeping a critical Democratic seat blue!
And it's done through Field Organizing: setting goals, and meeting goals. It's long hours, team building, developing great communications skills, and mastering the art of identifying self-interests of voters. Critical skills to make progress happen!
Need to start as soon as possible; must have a car and cell phone. In addition to salary, in-District housing is provided.
To apply, please send your resume, brief cover letter and at least 3 professional or academic references to: Jo...@DemocracyPartners.com Please include your name and 'Field Organizer' in the subject line. References are not contacted until you have a successful interview and are notified.
We value diversity and an inclusive, positive workplace. We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.