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Montana Women Vote (MWV) 2016 Community Coordinator

This placement offers the benefit of working closely with a non-partisan, non-profit coalition to plan and carry out voter registration, volunteer recruitment, quality control system implementation, and leadership development in either Missoula or Great Falls. This placement is a 15 hour/week position from June through October, pays $12-15 per hour depending on experience, and includes paid vacation days. To apply, submit resume and cover letter or email to Micah Nielsen at [email protected] no later than June 3rd. We will call you for an interview.

Your experience will include:

  • Registering voters in the Missoula or Great Falls communities at events, stores, schools, etc.
  • Conducting voter ID survey with new registrants about MWV coalition issues
  • Assisting in retention, recruitment, training, and management of volunteers at voter registration events
  • Participating in general administrative and quality control support
  • Working alongside MWV staff as a participating as a member of the Montana Women Vote team

Suggested skills:

  • Self-directed – comfortable setting own work plan and achieving goals
  • Flexible and willing to adapt strategies and problem solve
  • Comfortable having one-on-one conversations in a variety of settings
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to work efficiently
  • Technical/data entry skills

Everyone interested in our political system, women’s issues and civic engagement is encouraged to apply. Students in political science, communications, social work, and sociology may be interested. You do not necessarily need experience doing this kind of work- If you are passionate and interested, we are willing to train and support you.

This position will help you build a wide-range of skills and provides the opportunity to bring unlikely and sometimes disenfranchised women voters into the democratic process.

More about us: MWV is a coalition of non-profit women’s organizations working statewide to educate and mobilize low-income women and their allies to participate in the democratic process. MWV works to show the connections between issues of economic justice, reproductive rights, environmental health, violence against women, human rights, and empowering women in advocating for public policies that support women and families. Member organizations include the Montana Human Rights Network, Blue Mountain Clinic, Planned Parenthood, MT Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Pro-Choice/NARAL, WORD (Women’s Opportunity and Resource Development (WORD), and the YWCA of Missoula.

MWV’s goal is to activate and encourage Montanans to participate in the political system. We target our outreach towards low-income Montanan women and help show how policies passed by elected officials directly impact their lives. This is an opportunity to learn how to organize outreach/educational efforts, develop effective communication strategies and work with a diverse coalition dedicated to social change.

To apply, submit resume and cover letter or email to Micah Nielsen at [email protected] no later than June 3rd. We will call you for an interview.