Young Voter PAC + Michigan Youth Caucus Job Opening
                                       

Position:  Michigan Youth Vote Director (based in Royal Oak, Michigan)

Salary + Benefits:  $35,000 annually, health/dental insurance, reimbursement for pre approved expenses such as cell phone and travel as required for fulfillment of duties.

Job Description:  The Michigan Youth Vote Director reports directly to the Executive Director of the Young Voter PAC and coordinates all activity with the Michigan Youth Caucus.  The Youth Vote Director is responsible for the overall infrastructure, internal operations, coordination of other youth vote programs in the state and creating a youth vote strategy for 2008. 

Specific job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Work with the Executive Director to create a strong state-based youth vote plan for 2008.
• Create an immediate, as well as, a two-year fundraising plan.
• Actively recruit and conduct initial vetting of state candidate endorsement surveys.
• Generate press on blogs and traditional media outlets.
• Assist with social networking on Facebook and other sites.
• Keep state website up to date with activities as well as write one blog post a month for the national Young Voter PAC website.
• Develop press contacts and relationships.
• Serve as the lead spokesperson for the organization and direct media inquires to the Young Voter PAC and Michigan Youth Caucus as appropriate.
• Recruit other youth groups to sit at a state-based table and hold monthly youth table meetings.
• Work with the Youth Caucus and other groups to organize the Youth Coordinated Campaign.

About Young Voter PAC + Youth Vote Director Program:  The Young Voter PAC is based in a simple idea, politics would be better off with more young people involved.  We have both a Federal Pac and a non-federal 527 so we can work directly with candidates, state parties and other youth groups. 

The Youth Vote Director program is a critical next step not only for our organization, but also for the larger youth vote field and the state infrastructure in Michigan. 

The Youth Vote Directors (we will have one in MI, CO and NV) will give the Young Voter PAC and our state allied partners—in Michigan it is the Michigan Youth Caucus—the experience and examples of what works, what doesn’t will assist states as they move in the direction of creating long-term youth vote programs. 

Send resume, cover letter and references to Steve Pontoni  steve.pontoni@youthcaucus.org