Program Director—National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness

The National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness is committed to ending hunger and homelessness by educating, engaging, and training students to directly meet individuals’ immediate needs while advocating for long-term systemic solutions. Over the past thirty years, the Campaign has become the student-arm of the anti-hunger and homelessness movement.

We’re looking for a Program Director to engage thousands of students in community service and political campaigns, developed local long-term projects like food salvage programs, and raised millions of dollars to fight hunger and homelessness here and abroad.

The Program Director serves as a source of information and a liaison between national and student organizations, while developing students’ leadership skills to become better organizers and activists. Specific responsibilities include:

• Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week: Coordinate with hundreds of campuses across the country, with the National Coalition for the Homeless, to educate the public, draw attention to the problem of poverty, and build up the base of volunteers and supporters for local anti-poverty agencies. Colleges spend this week generating publicity about hunger and homelessness and holding a series of events to engage their communities.
• Spring Hunger Clean Up: Assist students in developing one of the largest student-driven days of service and fundraising. During this event, students hold a day of service in their community to benefit local agencies that fight poverty and run fundraising events for local, national, and international poverty relief organizations.
• Disaster Relief: Provide skills and resources for students to fundraise in support of on-the-ground relief work and pay for food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and other supplies.
• Student Conference on Hunger and Homelessness: Provide in person and webinar trainings throughout the year and organize our annual Hunger Conference so students have the tools they need to fight hunger and homelessness in their communities.

PAY & BENEFITS:

Target annual compensation for this position is commensurate with the relevant professional experience and/or advanced degrees that a candidate has. We value experience with project management, networking and running grassroots campaigns. The Student PIRGs offers a competitive benefits package.

LOCATIONS:

Boston, MA or Washington, DC.

TO LEARN MORE AND APPLY:

Apply at https://jobs.uspirg.org/apply.html?utm_source=massachusetts-nonprofit-network&utm_medium=web-ad&utm_campaign=USPspring2019&utm_term=215&utm_content=LAT_F_2-1 and direct your application to Leigh-Anne Cole, Deputy Director, at lcole@studentpirgs.org.

The Student PIRGs is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.

New Voters Project Director

Do you envision a future where everyone has clean air and water and access to affordable health care; where it’s clear that all our voices matter; and everyone—even big corporations and billionaires—play by the same rules? If yes, then consider a job activating the largest voting block in the country.

The Student PIRGs are hiring a New Voters Project Director to run one of the nation’s largest youth field programs.

The 2020 elections are right around the corner and the people elected will make decisions about issues we care about—like jobs, the economy, college affordability and the environment.

It’s our future, let’s vote on it.

One thing is for sure, the stakes are high and together, we have the power to elect the next generation of leadership who care about the things we do, and will fight for our vision for the future, but only if young people vote.

This generation is the largest and most diverse group of potential voters in the country, with their own values and ideas. Ensuring a strong turnout among young people is the first step to making sure our elected officials fight for the public’s’ interest.

The New Voters Project Director will work with staff and students across the country to activate the largest voting block in the country. Core responsibilities include:

• Manage a field program that will recruit, train & develop over 40 staff and 8,000 student volunteers, and make over a million personal reminder contacts leading up to Election Day.
• Cultivate relationships with donors and foundations to raise over $1 million annually to support the program.
• Partner with leading researchers & analytics, testing new models, and advancing our technology to develop best practices around voter registration and get out the vote programs.
• Serve as the spokesperson for the campaign in the media, with coalition partners and at conferences and trainings.

APPLY:

Apply online at https://workforprogress.org/apply/tpin-rd/?id=289&utm_source=massachusetts-nonprofit-network&utm_medium=web-ad&utm_campaign=PCAspring2019&utm_term=289&utm_content=LAT_F_1-25 by February 22nd. Please direct your application to Leigh-Anne Cole, Deputy Director with the Student PIRGs.

SALARY & BENEFITS:

Target annual compensation for this position is commensurate with the relevant professional experience and/or advanced degrees that a candidate has. We value experience with project management, networking and running grassroots campaigns. The Student PIRGs offers a competitive benefits package.

ABOUT THE STUDENT PIRGS’ NEW VOTERS PROJECT:

For almost fifty years, we’ve built a legacy of recruiting, training, and inspiring young people to engage in democracy. We believe that for our democracy to work, young people need to be engaged. And the first step to engaging young people is exercising their voice at the polls. The New Voters Project is the largest non-partisan, on-the-ground young voter mobilization effort in the nation. Since 1984, we have helped to register more than 1.7 million young voters and made over one million personalized get-out-the-vote contacts.

The Student PIRGs is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.

Students have been at the forefront of social change throughout history, from civil rights, to voting rights to protecting the environment. For over 40 years, the Student PIRGs have hired year-round, full-time Campus Organizers who help students get organized, mobilized and energized so they can create a greener, healthier, more meaningful future. Our organizers work with students on college campuses across the country, giving them the resources they need to make a difference on the issues they care about.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
With the Student PIRGs, you’ll start a career working with the next generation of students who, like you, believe students have the right and the responsibility to shape the future they will inherit. You will work with students at colleges to make sure they have the skills, opportunities and training they need to run strategic campaigns and win. Our 35 chapters on campuses provide the training, professional support and resources students need to decide the strategies and tactics they’ll use to run campaigns that promote clean energy, public health, a stronger democracy and more. As a Campus Organizer you will:

• Engage and mobilize hundreds of students

• Train students to run effective campaigns, using skills like organizing news conferences, building strong coalitions, generating grassroots support, and coordinating lobby days

• Build a strong, sustainable, student-funded, and student-run organization on campus

• Build relationships with other student groups, faculty and administrators

• Run a citizen outreach office during the summer, where you’ll recruit and lead a team of canvassers to fundraise for important issues

QUALIFICATIONS
Qualified candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to environmental, public interest, and/or student power issues, as well as a track record of leadership. We’re looking for goal-driven and results-oriented individuals who have excellent communication skills and enthusiasm for the work.

PAY & BENEFITS
The target annual compensation for this position is $27,000 in the first year. Each of the groups that partner with the Student PIRGs offers a competitive benefits package. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

APPLY
To learn more visit https://pirgcampusaction.org/apply.html?utm_source=other&utm_medium=web-ad&utm_campaign=PCAfall2018&utm_term=28&utm_content=OPT_F_10-4. We have immediate positions available and positions available starting Aug 2019.

LOCATIONS
We’re hiring organizers to work on college campuses in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, North Carolina, Connecticut, Maryland, & Washington. We have a current opening in Boston, MA.

The Student PIRGs are part of The Public Interest Network — a group of organizations that share a vision of a better country, a set of core values, and a strategic approach to getting things done. Visit www.publicinterestnetwork.org to learn more.

The Student PIRGs is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, disability, pregnancy or veteran status.

For Los Angeles-based positions: the Student PIRGs will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.