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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Use your grassroots and digital organizing skills to fight for voting rights and representative government in Georgia. Common Cause is seeking a passionate, strategic, self-reliant, and collaborative organizer to expand our efforts to build a democracy grassroots movement throughout the state. As part of the organizing team, the Outreach & Engagement Organizer will be instrumental in moving priority campaigns by educating, training, and mobilizing CCGA members and partners.  Position is based in the Atlanta-Metro area. All staff are currently working remotely during COVID.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engage our current members so that they are more connected to Common Cause Georgia and have the tools they need to stand up for our democracy:

  • Work with the team to develop, strengthen, and maintain grassroots organizing network across Georgia, with a focus on the western and middle regions of Georgia;
  • Develop and coordinate trainings for grassroots activists on legislative advocacy, campaign finance, elections reform, and other skills as needed;
  • Recruit and manage volunteers and interns;
  • Schedule and deploy volunteers for election protection, disinformation, and other campaigns.

Build support for Common Cause’s work and campaigns:

  • Coordinate rapid response in-person events that may include petition deliveries, rallies, stand-up news conferences, and other creative actions that earn media attention;
  • Assist in developing materials (factsheets, blogs, emails, graphics) to inform and educate our members and the public.
  • Coordinate grassroots actions with coalition partners to advance campaigns including redistricting transparency, anti-disinformation, voting rights, ethics, and money and politics.

Build and diversify our membership:

  • Recruit and develop diverse leadership of grassroots members, especially youth, rural, and people living in low-income communities;
  • Stay abreast of legislative and organizational developments across constituencies. In other words; know what’s going on across the issues we care about and know which ones are most important to communities of color, low income communities, and young people;

Engage activists and partners in anti-disinformation work:

  • Recruit volunteers for tracking program
  • Assist with tracking mis- and disinformation trends
  • Collect and analyze data
  • Summarize results of social media interactions
  • Assist with and/or manage administrative tasks as needed.

                                              

 QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience, education, and technical proficiency:

  •  At least 2 years of experience in organizing, advocacy, project management, fundraising or similar fields.
  • Working knowledge of statewide democracy issues, including voting rights, redistricting, money in politics, ethics, and more.
  •  Excellent communications skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Canva, and current social media platforms.
  • Familiarity with VAN, VoteBuilder and various texting platforms
  • Demonstrated strong commitment to equity justice

 

Ideal candidate will have:

  •  Experience working with many kinds of people and a working knowledge of the dynamics of power, privilege, and bias. 
  • Experience coordinating other advocacy programs, GOTV, and/or experience working in organizing, issue advocacy, and/or political campaigns.
  • The ability to craft compelling messages and explain complex ideas in accessible ways. 
  • Commitment to political reform and social and economic justice.
  • Strong empathy, and ability and desire to work in diverse settings.
  • Commitment to working as part of a team. 
  • Commitment to professionalism including standards for self and others.
  • Demonstrated ability to strategize and plan backward.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated commitment to cultural competency, including the experience in working effectively with those belonging to groups of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, language, ability, age and socioeconomic status.
  • Ability to speak more than one language, Spanish preferred. 
  • Understanding of the political landscape and policy trends in Georgia. 
  • Action Network (or similar website and advocacy management program) mastery.

 

You’ll thrive if you have/are:

  • A “can do” attitude and exceptional organizational skills, with a strong capacity to manage systems, projects & people.  
  • Self-starter with an ability to work independently in a deadline-driven environment with competing priorities – this position involves significant contact with members, key stakeholders, and volunteers
  • Willingness to travel and flexibility to occasionally work evenings and weekends.

 

SALARY RANGE:
$50,000 – $55,000

 

EQUITY & INCLUSION:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. Common Cause is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the organization and believes strongly in the increased effectiveness that comes from a diverse workforce.  

 

TO APPLY:

Please submit resume, cover letter and salary requirements(optional) to Director of Human Resources at hr@commoncause.org and include Outreach & Engagement Organizer- Georgia in the subject line; or fax to 202.355.7546.  No phone calls please. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Applications without a Cover Letter will not be considered.  Covid-19 vaccines are required, except where prohibited by law.  Reasonable accommodations will be provided when required by law.

 

ABOUT US:

Common Cause (501(c)(4)) and Common Cause Education Fund (501(c)(3)) are nonpartisan, nonprofit grassroots affiliate organizations dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process. 

 

Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Washington, DC, Common Cause has more than 1.2 million members and supporters living in every Congressional district in the United States, and offices in 30 states around the country. More information can be found at: www.commoncause.org and www.commoncause.org/Georgia.

 

 

Common Cause is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applicants of any race, creed, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, income class, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or marital status, as well as applicants who have b

 

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