We're looking for a Parent Power Building Cohort State Contractor to join the Early Childhood Education (ECE) team. This person will be supervised by the Early Learning Team National Directors.
About the MomsRising Organizations:
MomsRising Together is a 501(c)(4) virtual organization with staff working around the country. MomsRising Education Fund is its affiliated 501(c)(3) public charity. Our core team of paid staff and volunteers work collaboratively to develop our strategies and campaigns. As virtual organizations, we use conference calls, IM, and email extensively to communicate, to create, and to care for each other. Our team enjoys a results-oriented work environment where the challenges and joys of balancing work, family, and personal time are understood.
Essential Responsibilities:
The following are the minimum deliverables for the 12-month contract period:
Together with the MomsRising ECE team, advance MomsRising Together’s movement for child care through mobilization and movement building. The core goals of this work are to build a powerful and engaged base of moms and families and to raise the issue of early childhood with candidates running for office, with a primary focus on Federal candidates running for Congress and the Presidency. This work includes:
Attend regularly occurring and ad hoc meetings with the MomsRising ECE team to engage in planning and strategy, and provide updates on activities. Reasonable travel and accommodation costs associated with these meetings will be covered by MomsRising Together.
Support MomsRising Together’s outreach efforts in the early childhood Parent Power Building campaign with creative, engaging, and action-generating strategy and content. This work will include:
Administering MomsRising Together’s Child Care Challenge to get candidates engaged and accountable for advancing policy change for childcare
Crafting engaging mass communications (petitions, letters, story collection, and the like) to support testimonial recruitment and generate direct contacts with candidates running for office, state or federal decision-makers, or other lawmakers/leaders
Developing in Collaboration with the ECE team and staffing two MomsRising Together on-the-ground events in the state directly connected to raising the profile of early childhood as an election issue which could include:
A candidate or issue town hall
Postcard writing party
Election day activity
Candidate accountability event
Organizing event to engage mom and parent voters
Track what you are hearing locally about candidate movement, issue interest, and voter attitudes, and report back to the MomsRising Together team as needed.
Working closely with the ECE Team, identify five new parent leaders across the state to support local actions, attend in-state meetings with elected leaders or candidates, speak to the media, and more.
Generate five pieces of traditional media with MomsRising in state press outlets in coordination with the MomsRising media team.
Outline, draft, and complete a debrief wrap-up report on the project by the end of the contract with direction and approval from the ECE Team.
Consult on internally created state resources and content as needed (not to exceed 5 hours a month)
Physical requirements:
Must be able to work at a desk for blocks of time. Must be able to communicate verbally. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to move objects/operate keyboards, reach with hands and arms, speak and hear. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals living with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Compensation:
$2,000/per month
To apply:
Please visit MomsRising.org/jobs and click on the relevant job title to apply. Attach your resume and a letter telling us how you heard about this position and why you are interested. Only applications that include the requested materials will be considered. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
It is expected that you will spend some of your time working for both MomsRising Together and MomsRising Education Fund and that you will have an employment relationship with each organization.
MomsRising Together and MomsRising Education Fund are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to diversity – all qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.