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<\/a><\/p>\nVCV is seeking a passionate and dedicated Political Outreach Director to manage our electoral activities, coordinate issue advocacy campaigns, and hold lawmakers accountable. This role provides a unique opportunity to connect with voters about the important issues facing Vermont, and to help elect and inform pro-environment champions that will advocate for better protections for our environment and communities.<\/p>\n
Key responsibilities include serving as a media contact and initiating outreach to get VCV’s issues into both print and digital media; developing substantive message and position statements; engaging with legislators and tracking and shepherding bills through the legislature; coordinating with partner organizations on shared policy agendas; publishing the annual Common Agenda and updating VCV’s Environmental Scorecard; managing electoral activities including candidate recruitment, endorsement and direct assistance; and working on membership appeals, major donor relations, and grant writing.<\/p>\n
Qualifications include demonstrated political and strategic skills, with at least 3-5 years of experience working in advocacy or political campaigns preferred; strong written and verbal communications skills; fundraising experience; ability to work successfully both independently and as part of a team; knowledge of state and federal election laws, and familiarity with NGP VAN software strongly preferred; experience in event planning, canvassing, phone banking, public speaking and\/or giving presentations; and interest in or awareness of VCV’s priority issue areas (climate action, clean water, toxic chemical reforms, healthy forests, and sustainable communities)<\/p>\n
This is a paid, full-time position based in Montpelier with a total salary and benefits package of $57,500-$63,000. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but must be submitted by August 19. To apply, email a letter of interest, resume, and three references to\u00a0aconnizzo@vermontconservationvoters.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vermont Conservation Voters is seeking a Political Outreach Director VCV is seeking a passionate and dedicated Political Outreach Director to manage our electoral activities, coordinate issue advocacy campaigns, and hold… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4920,"featured_media":818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[55916,343901,124988,104698,59853,343904],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy","category-design-and-communication","category-environmental-studies-science","category-full-time","category-outreach","category-politics-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/enstopportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}