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CALPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group) · 20 hours ago

Public Health Campaign Associate

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$38K/yr - $40K/yr

CALPIRG is hiring a Public Health Campaign Associate to work on public health campaigns addressing significant health threats. The role involves advocating for policy changes, organizing community support, and collaborating with various stakeholders to promote health and well-being.

Political Organization

Responsibilities

Work with coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for our campaign goals

Organize support, hold events, and work with volunteers: Build broad public support for your campaign and recruit organizations and members of the public to be involved. Organize webinars, community events and public meetings to educate, persuade, and motivate

Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize media events and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign

Lobby elected officials: Coordinate strategy with champions in Congress or in State Houses. Make a convincing case to legislators who are undecided on a particular vote. When a critical vote is happening on your campaign, work to demonstrate the support you’ve been building on the ground to help line up the votes needed to win

Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff

Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Run a campaign office for the summer, knocking on doors to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns. Your responsibilities will include meeting your own fundraising goals and managing a team of paid staff. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move