Description

About the Opportunity

The Alaska Democratic Party is seeking to hire a Coordinated Campaign Deputy Voter Access Director. The Deputy Voter Access Director will be a key leader in the voter access program, helping to build and execute an innovative, data-driven statewide plan to identify and address the barriers to casting a ballot in Alaska. Each Deputy Director will be responsible for managing one or more areas of the voter access program’s work: election administration & advocacy; community engagement & voter education; poll observation; voter assistance hotline; ballot cure; and post-election day planning. This position is full-time and based in Alaska (Anchorage strongly preferred).

To apply, please use this form: HERE. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement and execute your piece(s) of the voter access plan
• Identify opportunities across Alaska to expand voter access and mitigate inhibitions to voting, develop solutions, and organize toward them
• Recruit volunteers through 1:1 meetings, events, phone calls, and texting
• Design and provide engaging volunteer trainings that prepare volunteers to complete the requested tasks
• Collaborate with other departments to understand voter education needs, and collaborate to produce materials, events, and other resources to ensure voters have the information they need to cast a ballot conveniently
• Collaborate with the Data Team to create data & tech pipelines that create a smooth experience for volunteers, and maintain high data quality within the NGP/VAN and LBJ platforms
• Build and maintain strong, trusting relationships with key stakeholders in order to learn about voting problems, implement solutions & mitigation measures, and recruit volunteers
• Maintain a current knowledge of voting laws and related issues, including conducting legal research and answering staff’s, volunteers’, and voters’ questions relating to voting procedures and the election administration
• Promote volunteer leadership at every level of the campaign, with an eye toward building sustainable and permanent grassroots activism
• Additional duties as assigned by the Voter Access Director

Requirements

• 1+ cycle of experience on a campaign or civic engagement program in organizing, political, or voter access
• Proven project management and planning experience, overseeing and leading strategic projects from ideation to completion
• Strong problem-solving and prioritization skills with the ability to quickly develop solution(s) to a new problem, assess what resources they would take, and start moving toward action
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize among competing demands, assessing the potential value/impact of a project or task, evaluating the time and resources it will take to meet deadlines, and developing a recommendation of whether and in what priority order to move it forward
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders
• Strong track record of managing volunteers – You have recruited and supported volunteers to accomplish goals and developed volunteers into leaders
• Commitment to the values and practices of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, with the ability to take feedback and learn
• Commitment to electing Democrats up and down the ballot in Alaska