Election Support Corps Fellow (LNP)

EPIP; United States; Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A civic engagement initiative is seeking an MBA fellow for a 5-month position within the Election Support Corps. The role involves supporting election officials in various areas, including communications, operational planning, volunteer coordination, and disinformation tracking. Ideal candidates will possess strong planning and communication skills. Interested applicants should submit their resume and a brief application email to [e-mail].

Qualifications

• Current or post MBA fellow required for a 5-month position.
• Strong communication skills to develop a communications toolkit.
• Ability to manage operational planning and volunteer coordination.

Responsibilities

• Develop communications toolkit for voters.
• Build election operations model for voting resources.
• Source volunteer poll workers and coordinate logistics.
• Track and report disinformation impacting elections.

Job description

The Election Support Corps

To support the fragmented infrastructure of county, city, and state-level election administrators, Leadership Now is forming a team of current and alumni MBAs to provide essential support.

Alongside election experts and efforts like the National Vote at Home Institute, the Election Support Corps are focused on initial hot spots - Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Utilizing a business mindset and strategic approach, the team will offer direct operational support to election officials in order to plan for the complexities of this election cycle. The team will also direct volunteers and offers of corporate donations to a broader set of states, focusing on the highest impact use of time and donations. Workstreams include the following:

• Marketing: Develop communications toolkit for election officials to distribute to constituents with information regarding how and when to vote
• Operational planning: Build election operations model to determine resources needed for in-person and mail-in voting and support select counties at their request
• Polling station volunteer coordination: Source volunteer poll workers, space, and equipment and conduct marketing campaign to drive increase in poll volunteers
• Disinformation tracking: Produce weekly disinformation report highlighting false messaging and campaigns that undermine our democracy

Application

We are looking for a current or post MBA fellow to fill this 5 month position. Fellows will have the opportunity to engage in other projects across the Leadership Now Project portfolio as well. To be considered, submit a resume / LinkedIn profile and a brief paragraph explaining why you are applying to [e-mail] . Please include the title of the position in the subject line of the email.