Electoral Intern Job Description
Location: Baltimore City, Maryland
Summary: Progressive Maryland was founded to empower communities to act for social and economic justice by developing leaders and cultivating allies in order to build a grassroots movement with the power to advance economic, racial, and environmental equity. We are made up of over 125,000 individual members and supporters and dozens of affiliated religious, community and labor organizations statewide.
Electoral Intern: The Electoral Intern will work in support of Progressive Maryland’s endorsed candidates by deploying our volunteer base and engaging voters. In addition to working toward specific electoral victories, the Electoral Intern will build an ongoing base of volunteers and community leaders who identify with and support the mission of Progressive Maryland. Under the supervision of our Canvass Director, the Electoral Intern is a member of our canvass team and works in concert with our organizing staff to execute organizing plans that further PMD’s electoral goals.
Responsibilities
- Participate and take a leading role in canvasses
- Participate and take a leading role in phone and text banks
- Recruit and manage volunteers to knock doors, text, and phone bank in support of Progressive Maryland’s endorsed candidates
- Deliver yard signs
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Basic computer literacy and a willingness to quickly learn and use new digital platforms
- Ability to meet deadlines under pressure while handling multiple projects
- Ability to work independently, as a member of a team, and a team lead
- Ability to train and manage member volunteers
- The ability to think, reflect, communicate, challenge the conventional wisdom, make judgments in complicated situations, and show flexibility.
- A clear sense of the challenges our communities face, impatience in the face of those wrongs, and a drive to address them
Pluses (but not required)
- Familiarity with Maryland political systems on the city, county, and state level
- Direct experience in grassroots community organizing, canvassing, and phone banking
- Experience working on a social justice issue and/or progressive electoral campaign
Travel: All positions require reliable access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license, laptop, phone, and willingness to travel throughout Prince George’s County or Baltimore City (regularly) and elsewhere in Maryland (as needed).
Pay and Hours: Pay is $20/hr, 15 hrs/week.
Progressive Maryland is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, People of Color, LGBTQ people, Returning Citizens, and Immigrants are strongly encouraged to apply.
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