Student Organizer
About Battleground Texas Engagement Fund:
Battleground Texas Engagement Fund is a 501 c (4) organization dedicated to civic engagement and voter registration as tools to build stronger communities. We believe that regular people like us can significantly impact local, state and national elections. Every day, we’re expanding the electorate by registering voters -- and, as importantly, mobilizing Texans to engage in the civic process.
About the Student Voter Initiative:
Our Student Voter Initiative organizing program is a student education and voter registration initiative working to educate and empower Texas students. Our program is designed to support and empower student organizers, building up the next generation of Texas leaders while fostering lasting organizing infrastructure on college campuses across the state.
About Student Organizers:
Student Organizers are our leaders on college campuses, and the backbone of our efforts to increase young people’s voter participation and civic engagement. Student Organizers will engage, mobilize and register young people, provide civic education to their peers, and activate students into becoming lifelong voters. We’re looking for authentic, talented and resourceful organizers who are passionate about building grassroots political power for young people in Texas through voter registration and relationship building. Student organizers will report to the Campus Coordinator. This position is a 10 week program running from January 15, 2022 until April 2, 2022. Student Organizers work between 10 and 15 hours per week and report to the Campus Coordinator.
Responsibilities:
- Canvass for voter registration and commitments to vote on college campuses, community events, and other spaces
- Work on a team to execute large-scale voter registration and turnout programs targeting young voters in Texas
- Organize and lead workshops, trainings and class presentations on voting, civic engagement and organizing
- Build relationships with campus administration, faculty, student clubs and student leaders to advance the civic engagement of students
- Tell the story of the work you do through social media and other means
- Manage data and tracking systems as well as provide written and oral reporting on a regular basis with a high level of attention to detail
- Use relevant Software & Tools, including:
- Google Apps
- VAN/EveryAction
- Social Media Presence (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc)
What We’re Looking For:
- Authenticity in your commitment to organizing as a means for building power for young people in Texas
- Commitment to The Student Voter Initiative’s’ mission and the organization’s values, goals, and objectives
- Excitement in approaching and talking to hundreds of young people in the community
- Experience growing up or working in diverse communities and a demonstrated commitment to diversity and empowerment
- Highly effective verbal and interpersonal skills
- Reliable transportation and a driver’s license
- Eligible to become a Volunteer Deputy Registrar (VDR) in their county of residence
- At least 18 years of age
- U.S. Citizens
- Spanish language skills are a plus, but not required
- Currently enrolled as a student at the campus where the position is located
- Previous organizing experience a plus, but not required
- Some travel may be necessary, so access to reliable transportation is a plus.
- As digital organizing and online data management are required, access to the internet is a must
- Availability to work between 10 and 15 hours per week
Compensation: All Battleground Texas Student Organizers will receive a $2,000 stipend paid over the course of the 10 week program ($200 per week).
Time Commitment: Student Organizers are asked to work between 10 and 15 hours per week. Our Campus Coordinator will work to accommodate your class schedule and you will have flexibility in setting your own schedule at the beginning of the program.
Travel: Regular local travel between your campus and county elections office will be required in order to complete the voter registration process.
Hiring Timeline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority given to applicants who submit by 10:00 PM CST on December 15th, 2021.
How to apply: To apply, please complete this application and submit a resume and brief cover letter -- anywhere between 200 and 400 words is perfect. In the cover letter, please specify the campus where you are currently a student and mention why community organizing and voter registration are important to you. Example cover letters are available upon request (just email info@battlegroundtexas.org).
Commitment to Diversity:
Battleground Texas is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring, in programming, and in all other aspects of the work we do. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are deeply connected to our mission, our success, and to serving Texans. Some organizational priorities include:
- Building policies, procedures and services that uplift and protect everyone and do not lead to inequalities;
- Creating teams and relationships among staff, volunteers, and supporters that are reflective of the populations we serve;
- Increasing engagement of communities of color, women, those with disabilities, and all people historically shut out of electoral processes;
- Prioritizing the inclusion of diverse communities in internal leadership;
- Fostering a culture of open-mindedness, compassion, and inclusiveness
Equal Opportunity:
We recognize that continued success requires the highest commitment to recruiting and retaining a diverse staff who will provide the best services to supporters and constituents. Battleground Texas is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions on the basis of merit and without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and any other legally protected basis.