Deputy Field Director, Community Voters Project

[Jeff Frew]

The Community Voters Project, a non-partisan project of Fair Share Education Fund, is seeking a Deputy Field Director to manage our site-based non-partisan voter registration campaigns in communities of color across the country during 2017-2018.  We help to increase civic engagement among underserved and underrepresented communities, focusing primarily on African Americans and Latinos through non-partisan voter registration. In the 2017-2018 cycle, we plan to help 200,000 African American and Latino people register to vote in as many as 7 states through on-the-ground, site-based programs designed to reach as many unregistered potential voters as possible.

Responsibilities include:

• Hiring and managing a team of regional directors, administrators and office directors

• Working with the Field Director of The Public Interest Network to make the plan for our field program

• Planning and running trainings to kick off the campaign

• Setting up and maintaining systems to run offices, help people register to vote, and keep track of all our work

• Representing Community Voters Project by working with election officials and civic engagement coalitions

• And other duties as assigned

The ideal candidate will be:

• An effective team-builder who can recruit high-level staff, provide training and development, and shape a committed group.

• An experienced campaign director, who has managed multi-state outreach operations.

• Creative, effective at solving problems, and analytic with the ability to assess and improve the plan of a fast-moving campaign.

• Have demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion in solving problems.

• A good people-person/listener with a track record of successful hiring and staff retention.

• Detail-oriented: able to keep a budget and remain on top of finances. Can oversee and drive a business plan. Will ensure legal and financial compliance for the Community Voters Project.

Minimum qualifications include: 4 years of experience in campaign or program development and management, grassroots organizing, organization building, and/or campaign politics. Related advanced degrees such as a J.D. or Master’s may count towards experience, but are not required. Ideal applicants will have a track record that illustrates a strong work ethic and an uncompromising commitment to getting the job done.

Compensation for this position is commensurate with the candidate’s relevant professional experience. The Community Voters Project offers a competitive benefits package.

The Deputy Field Director can be based in Denver or Philadelphia.

Please apply online: http://www.publicinterestnetwork.org/application.html

The Community Voters Project is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, or veteran status.