Campaign Associate

PIRG

Sacramento (CA)

On-site

USD 38,250 - 43,347

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid sick time

Vacation time

Commuter benefit program

401(k) with employer match

Long-term disability insurance

Needs-based student loan assistance

Training program and advancement opportunities

Job summary

A non-profit organization is seeking a Campaign Associate to lead initiatives that protect consumers and promote advocacy for health care and environmental issues. The role involves organizing events, building coalitions, and lobbying officials. Ideal candidates should have strong leadership, writing, and public speaking skills. This entry-level position offers comprehensive training and a robust benefits package.

Qualifications

Entry-level candidates encouraged to apply.
Ideal candidates will have leadership experience and strong writing skills.
Eagerness to learn and take on challenges is valued.

Responsibilities

Work with coalitions across political spectrum.
Organize support and public events for campaigns.
Earn media attention and manage social media.
Lobby elected officials on campaign issues.
Recruit and manage volunteers and staff.
Run grassroots campaign office during summer.

Skills

Leadership experience

Writing skills

Public speaking skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

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Base pay range

$38,250.00/yr - $43,347.00/yr

PIRG is hiring campaign associates to lead our campaigns to protect consumers, stand up for the public’s right to fix their own products, advocate for higher value health care and promote a zero waste economy.

Representative Responsibilities

Work with coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
Organize support, hold events, and work with volunteers: Build broad public support for your campaign and recruit organizations and members of the public to be involved. Organize webinars, community events and public meetings to educate, persuade, and motivate.
Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize media events and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign.
Lobby elected officials: Coordinate strategy with champions in Congress or in State Houses. Make a convincing case to legislators who are undecided on a particular vote. When a critical vote is happening on your campaign, work to demonstrate the support you’ve been building on the ground to help line up the votes needed to win.
Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff.
Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Run a campaign office for the summer to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns while honing your organizing and management skills. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move.

Qualifications

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Though we expect you to take on real responsibility and run with it, we provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight by an experienced advocate. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience, top-notch writing and public speaking skills, an eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge. We value organizing experience, including building campus or community groups.

Compensation and Benefits

The target annual compensation is $38,250 (but compensation may range between $38,250 and $43,347 depending on location). PIRG offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid sick time (60-72 hours/year depending on location), vacation time (accruing 10 days over year 1, 15 days over year 2, and 20 days over year 3 and thereafter), a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Location

PIRG has offices across the country with larger offices in Boston, MA; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles, CA; Oakland, CA; Portland, OR; and Sacramento, CA. We are also hiring associates to work in Chattanooga, TN; Madison, WI; Tampa, FL; St. Louis, MO; Columbus, OH and Cleveland, OH. Please state your location interests on our application form.

To Apply

Apply: https://jobs.publicinterestnetwork.org/postings/6c367f3e-3f0a-459f-828d-dabbdcf87177?token=atRnDzW5QT3WVa6tTQ9G8vh6

Why work with PIRG? Check out 10 reasons: https://pirg.org/why-work-with-us/

About PIRG

PIRG is an advocate for consumers, advancing solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our well-being.

Being a consumer advocate means being a champion for a marketplace that is not only honest and transparent, but also wastes less because it reduces, reuses and recycles more; prevents toxic threats to our health and safety; and considers the impact of new products and technologies on the next generation, not just the next quarterly earnings report.

The true North Star of a successful marketplace should not be the quantity of “stuff” we consume. It should be the quality of our lives.

Our Mission and Values

PIRG is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit the PIRG core values page for more information about our network when you apply.

Please note: PIRG is an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

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