Michigan State Coordinator

Remote, must reside in Michigan

Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project (CVP) was launched in 2012 to expand our work on student voting issues. We work with universities, community colleges, faculty, students, an delection officials to reduce barriers to student voting. CVP helps campuses institutionalizere forms that empower students with the information they need to register and vote.

Position Description

Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project seeks a Michigan State Coordinator to join ourorganization’s work to institutionalize civic learning and democratic engagement programs for campus communities and empower students to participate in our democracy. The Michigan State Coordinator is a key member of our team. They are charged with developing and managing relationships with campus administrators and faculty to carry out our goals. They also supervise “Democracy Fellows,” stipend student positions committed to planning and running democratic engagement programs on their campuses. Democracy Fellows coordinate with administration and faculty, helping organize student voter registration, voter education, and voter turnout activities. The Michigan State Coordinator will report directly to a CVP Regional Manager.

Goals of the Program:

Engage campuses at an institutional level to help create nonpartisan democraticengagement programs that promote voter registration, voter education, voterturnout, and foster student leadership across the entire campus community.
Provide campus administrators, faculty, and student leadership with accuratenonpartisan information on the voting process and elections through training,materials, and one-on-one support.
Ensure campus administrators, faculty, and student leadership conductcomprehensive voter engagement programs and begin institutionalizing andcultivating a long-term culture of democratic engagement on their campuses.
Implement CVP’s program with approximately 30 campus partners and 40 DemocracyFellows across Michigan.
Supervise other Michigan staff positions as necessary.
Coordinate with CVP’s coalition partners also conducting nonpartisan civicengagement programs on campuses, including making CVP materials and resourcesavailable to partners, and foster greater administrator/institutional-level engagementof these partners’ programs.
Coordinate on state specific programming as needed including but not limited to theCollegiate Student Advisory Task Force with the MI Secretary of State’s Office.
Complete progress reports highlighting sharable best practices and lessons learnedfor other institutions and conduct an evaluation of all efforts throughout and at theend of each year.
Organize an annual summit with statewide organizational partners to facilitatebuilding a statewide network of democratically engaged campuses across the state.

Requirements:

At least 1-2 years of organizing work either on campuses or with political/issuecampaigns.
Superior communication skills both written and oral.
Willingness to travel and access to reliable transportation as travel is required in orderto attend events, partner convenings and campus visits across the state.
Experience engaging diverse constituencies and experience with institutions of highereducation is a benefit.
Must reside in Michigan.

Approach:

Professionalism: A high level of professionalism is always required when working on behalf of the organization.
Self-motivation: Being self-motivated is necessary to successfully fulfill the program goals.
Leadership: A positive and persuasive leader will thrive in this position and is important for managing Democracy Fellows and working with campus partners.

This is a full-time remote position, with a salary range of $58,000 – $67,000, depending on experience. Fair Elections Center offers generous employer paid health, vision, and dental insurance, 3 weeks vacation, and a 403(B) retirement plan with employer contribution.

Fair Elections Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity in our work environment and believe it furthers our mission to create and preserve an inclusive democracy for all voters and for underrepresented and marginalized communities in particular. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

To apply, email a resume and cover letter to Kristina Moore at kmoore@fairelectionscenter.org. The priority deadline is November 8, 2024 but applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Michigan State Coordinator

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