Title

Community Coordinator

Job Summary

The Community Coordinator will work primarily on recruiting a large team of volunteers. SAVE DADE's goal is for its large volunteer team to become actively involved in helping accomplish the goals of the organization.

The Community Coordinator's job is to recruit and organize a team, or teams, of volunteers from the LGBT and allied community in the localities in which SAVE DADE is operating.

The field operation may engage in grassroots advocacy, person-to-person campaigning, further volunteer recruitment, and fundraising, depending on the current campaign or campaigns in which SAVE DADE is engaged.  In order to engage in these activities at a scale in which they can have a meaningful impact, the primary focus of the Community Coordinator must be recruitment of volunteers and development of volunteer leaders.  The Community Coordinator must also be able to engage in the campaign activities that include a volunteer's assistance. Ultimately, the Community Coordinator must maximize the effectiveness of the field operation by recruiting the largest number of volunteers possible and making each volunteer as effective as possible in accomplishing SAVE DADE's goals.

The heart of the job is volunteer recruitment, training, and development.

• Recruit a large team of volunteers through in-person volunteer recruitment, and phone banks
• Recruit and train a base of volunteers into organizational leaders
• Motivate and retain volunteers for continued service
• Mobilize 10-50 volunteers each week and up to hundreds for major events such as Election Day, lobbying day, etc.
• Work with executive director, board of directors, and committees to execute a field plan with emphasis on voter contact, phone banking, voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives, and all other forms of voter persuasion and identification
• Assist in coordinating one quarterly fundraising phone bank including volunteer recruitment, and training for the initiative.

Programmatic Responsibilities

The Community Coordinator will also assist in the development and implementation of established and future programs such as:  

The Domestic Partnership Registry:

• Develop and implement educational curriculum for DP registry workshops
• Train facilitators on DP registry curriculum and train community at large on DP registry
• Coordinate and organize DP registry drives

Community Outreach:

• Recruit, manage, and retain volunteers for community outreach programs set forth by the Board of Directors

Campaign Work:

• Recruit and train volunteers for all campaign efforts including but not excluded to: in person volunteer recruitment, phone banks, endorsements, Election Day, Voter ID, etc...

Minimum Qualifications and Desired Skills

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, energetic, hard working; knowledgeable about politics, the electoral process and eager to learn more. Additionally, excellent interpersonal skills, excellent communication (verbal and written) skills, organized, and efficiently manages time. Must be resourceful, flexible and possess the ability to initiate creative approach to projects.

Experience in public speaking, training, fundraising, and the ability to write and speak Spanish are a plus.

• Recruitment.  Without recruitment, the operation will not grow to the size necessary to have a meaningful impact.
• Training.  Newly recruited volunteers from the community often lack political experience.  Most will not be effective at campaign work without training.
• Coaching.  Volunteers who begin to take on leadership roles within the effort will need help developing their skills.
• Planning.  A campaign which operates on a sufficient scale will require advance planning to assemble and build.
• Delegating and Supervising.  A large effort cannot function with only one leader, so a successful candidate will allow others to lead but provide supervision which helps them succeed.
• Motivating.  Many volunteers will have to make significant commitments to the campaign in order for it to be successful, so a successful candidate must be effective at helping volunteers decide to make large commitments in a sustainable, rewarding, and fulfilling way.

Reporting

To the Executive Director

Work Schedule

Varies, and must be able to be flexible and work evenings and weekends, and have reliable transportation.

Pay Range and Benefits

Commensurate with experience; Health insurance is currently NOT available through employment with SAVE DADE

Job Open Date

11/22/2008

Job Close Date

Until filled

Application Review will commence on

Rolling

Restrictions

A qualified candidate will be placed on a 90 day trail period ending with a performance review; at which time permanent employment will be established