Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Subject: Career Positions with Grassroots Campaigns
To: Rachel DeMotts
Hello Professor DeMotts,
My name is Regan, and I am a regional recruiter with Grassroots Campaigns. We run on the ground field campaigns for progressive causes and nonprofits. We are currently hiring graduating seniors for career positions running campaigns offices across the country after graduation. I will be on campus this week (2/28-3/1) as well as at the March 1 career fair.
Politics students tend to make some of the best candidates for our work, so please send our job announcement out to your current students. I have pasted the email below. Please BCC me when you send out this email so I know when to expect applicants from your direction.
Also, if you have any specific students that come to mind that you think would be interested in our work, please send me their name and email. I would love to get in touch with them with more detailed info, and they can set up a time to meet with me if they are interested.
People can apply by contacting me directly (rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com) or by going online to our website (www.grassrootscampaigns.com) – either way is great!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Regan McBride
Western Regional Organizer
rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com
617-922-1310
TO: Interested Seniors
Subject: Progressive Campaign Job Opportunities for Graduating Seniors – Nationwide!
"The struggle for peace and social justice never ends, and one has to make a greater vow not to be discouraged from the activist path. . ."
Even though countless battles have been won over the past several years, we're still up against similar fights and identical challenges. From efforts towards equal rights for all, protecting the environment and alleviating poverty, now more than ever, we need activists to stand up for what is right.
There will always be easier paths to take, but no path will be more rewarding than the one fighting for these issues.
Grassroots Campaigns is currently hiring Assistant Canvass Directors to run field campaigns on behalf of issue based organizations like Oxfam America, ACLU and The Nature Conservancy.
Grassroots Campaigns is looking to interview top students to join our teams as Assistant Canvass Directors! There is no better time get involved and shape the next generation of activists that will take this country in a more progressive direction and see change on issues that matter now.
Students who are interested should apply directly to:
Regan McBride
rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com
617-922-1310
Job Responsibilities:
• Recruitment: Build a team of 15-50 canvassers by recruiting from within the local community.
Interview prospective staff and make hiring decisions.
• Staff Management: Teach canvassing/fundraising skills. Work with your staff in individual and group settings, with a particular eye towards developing leaders.
Cultivate a welcoming and motivating atmosphere.
• Canvassing: Canvass in the field for four days per week, to train new and experienced staff in the field and meet personal fundraising requirements.
• Administration: Carefully track income and expenses. Manage the budget for your office.
Process staff payroll. Maintain records for future organizing efforts.
Qualifications:
Strong communication and motivational skills, work ethic, and desire for political change are essential. Candidates must be able to work within a team, have proven leadership ability and experience handling a lot of responsibility. Strong self-direction and the ability to take initiative are also necessary qualifications. Previous field or canvassing experience is a plus, and may qualify candidates for additional leadership positions.
Training:
Newly hired directors will typically spend three weeks doing field training, working intensely alongside experienced directors and will also attend week-long national classroom training. Additionally, directors receive support from regional management staff throughout their time on staff. After one year in the position, staff will have learned the basics of running a successful grassroots campaign, including, but not limited to, fundraising and donor recruitment, hiring and supervising staff and/or volunteers, and turf management.
Expectations:
Positions last through the 2012 Presidential Election. Campaign hours can run 80-100 hours per week, including work on weekends.
Salary/Benefits:
Annual salary for Assistant Canvass Directors begins at $24,000. Staff may opt into our health care plan (PPO). Paid training, vacation and sick days are included; student loan assistance is available.
Timing and Location:
Positions are available beginning post-graduation, in cities nationwide (MA, NY, PA, OH, IL, IN, NM, MO, NC, CO, CA, WA, OR, TX, FL and Washington, D.C.). Ask Regan for details.
To Apply:
Contact Regan McBride at 617-922-1310 or rmcbride@grassrootscampaigns.com.
Please visit our website, www.grassrootscampaigns.com, for more information about current and past campaigns.
Grassroots Campaigns past and current clients include: Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union, Oxfam America, the League of Conservation Voters, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Equality California, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals, VoteVets, the Democratic National Committee, MoveOn.org Political Action, Repower America, Working America, Common Cause, and the Center for American Progress and Save the Children. (Save the Children is an independent organization and is not religiously or politically aligned. Save the Children has no direct affiliation with the organizations Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. partners with.)
