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We are hiring!
Needed: NYC Outreach Coordinator


Salary: $50,000 excluding bonus; health coverage
Education: Bachelor (BA, BS, etc.)
Location: New York, New York, 10112, United States
Job Category: Activism & Organizing, Social Enterprise
Language(s): English
Area of Focus: Politics, Social Enterprise and Economic Development, Voting, Democracy, and Civic Engagement
Type: Full time
Last day to apply: September 5, 2008

Description: Organization Mission: GenerationEngage is a nonpartisan youth-civic-engagement initiative that connects young Americans, especially those who have not attended a four-year university, to political leaders, to other civic organizations, and to meaningful debate about the future they will inherit. GenerationEngage is built on three principles:
1. Young people suffer not from a lack of interest, but from a lack of access;
2. Our democracy should be a dialogue, not a monologue;
3. The best investment we can make in the health of our democracy is in young leaders at the local level.

How We Do It: GenerationEngage employs young social entrepreneurs who have a specific vision – and plan to achieve that vision – for the change they want to effect within a given community. We use innovative technology to make it cost-effective and efficient for young people and politicians to communicate in the places young people already hang out. We promote civic participation, political involvement, and make politics fun and social for young Americans. GenGage iChats have been keynoted by Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Al Gore, Chuck Hagel, and Nancy Pelosi, among many others.

Position Description: You would be responsible for developing and leading GenerationEngage’s community outreach model in NYC. This would include, at least: expanding GenerationEngage’s membership base and mobilizing young adults throughout the area; event organization; community network development; political outreach; media outreach; and fundraising responsibilities.

General Position/Candidate Parameters: NYC resident (preferably lifelong) with strong community ties and preexisting relationships with grassroots social organizations of any nature (community service, religious, political, artistic, etc.); undergraduate degree; registered voter (party affiliation irrelevant); proactive; hard-working; comprehensive knowledge of NYC politics and grassroots civic engagement efforts; strong communication and management skills; creative and resourceful; positive, amicable, energetic personality; academic achievement; commitment to the GenGage mission and organizational principles.

How to apply: Email résumé, a cover letter, and if available, a writing sample to Jobs@generationengage.org.
Timing: Accepting applications now.

Visit us at www.GenerationEngage.org