JOIN THE TEAM
Want to help fight for affordable care in North Carolina? Join the Piedmont Rising team as we work to amplify North Carolinians' stories and demand our leaders fight for us:
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CURRENT OPENINGS
DIGITAL ORGANIZER
Job Title: Digital Organizer
Reports To: Digital Director
About the position:
Digital Organizers will report to the Digital Director and help execute an advocacy / education campaign based around building a statewide relational organizing outreach program. Outreach will focus on targeted outreach to key persuasion universes, crowd building for our schedule of virtual events and collecting health care stories from North Carolinians to help us amplify our key messages. We are looking for someone who is eager to affect change, hard-working, and not afraid to try new strategies and tactics. We’re a fast-moving place with ambitious goals, so the right person for the job is not afraid of taking on new opportunities to move people to action and quickly responding to an ever-changing news cycle.
As a Digital Organizer you’ll:
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Be responsible for creating and executing large volume digital organizing strategies on a daily basis and be expected to meet daily and weekly contact goals.
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Utilize new digital tools to build relational organizing into Piedmont Rising’s advocacy efforts.
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Script and execute Hustle text campaigns to send SMS messages to targeted universes and ensure engaging, quality conversations.
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Draft compelling social media, email, web, and/or peer-to-peer SMS copy.
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Work in relational organizing tools daily to work on both persuasion and story collection.
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Persuasion: Encouraging folks to share our message with their friends and family. Start with low bar asks to share our posts on social media, build to higher asks like hosting a virtual event themselves.
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Story collection: Contact targeted lists of North Carolinians to collect health care stories for amplification. Organizers would be expected to develop personal relationships with storytellers and regularly check in with them to encourage the likelihood that they move up the ladder of engagement.
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Create and maintain personal relationships with people who are actively engaged with us.
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Keep a pulse on the latest trends (including trending topics on social media platforms) and best practices for digital – and integrate them into our online organizing efforts.
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Perform other duties as assigned.
About you:
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You are hard-working and looking for an opportunity to make a difference.
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You have an interest in non-profit work and support progressive ideals.
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You have the ability to work remotely, including access to high-speed internet.
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You have an eagerness to adapt to the latest trends.
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You have a sense of humor, adventurous spirit, and an openness to evolving responsibilities.
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You’re a big picture thinker, detail-oriented, and analytical.
In addition, it would be a bonus if:
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You have prior experience working on a campaign or at an advocacy organization.
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You are familiar with digital tools like Hustle, OutreachCircle, Team, Asana, etc.
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You have experience working or living in North Carolina.
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You are familiar with how to communicate about our issue areas.
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You are familiar with issues important to residents.
Piedmont Rising’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, compensate, and administer any and all employment actions without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, military or veteran status, disability, HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you need an accommodation related to the application and/or the hiring process, please notify Digital Director Sarah Flowers at info@piedmontrising.org. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
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To submit your application, please send your resume and cover letter to info@piedmontrising.org.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
PRESS SECRETARY
Project Scope
Piedmont Rising is fighting for more accessible, affordable health care for all North Carolinians - and we're demanding our leaders do the same. We believe in decreasing premiums, lowering prescription drug costs, and protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions
We are looking for an experienced and strategic communications expert to serve as a “Press Secretary” and supplement our outreach to local and national press. This includes but is not limited to: engaging reporters on rapid-response moments, pitching reporters on policy and advocacy-related news, serving as an on-the-record spokesperson, and drafting press materials.
Proposal Requirements
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Approach and methodology: Provide a description of your approach to press pitching and rapid response and why that is a fit for what Piedmont Rising is requesting.
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Prior experience: Please share examples (i.e. clips or previous scopes of work) of how you have worked with previous clients on similar projects.
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Background of contractor(s): Please share your resume(s) and bio(s).
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Schedule and timeline: Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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Cost: Include an estimate for all work in your proposal, including related tasks, deliverables, and a final report.
Selection Criteria
Proposals will be evaluated by the Piedmont Rising team. Criteria will include, but not be limited to:
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Demonstrated experience on similar projects;
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Demonstrated experience in North Carolina;
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Qualifications; and
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Cost-effectiveness of proposal.
Point of Contact
Please submit proposals or any questions to casey@piedmontrising.org with “Press Secretary” as the subject line.
Most-Favorable Terms
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Piedmont Rising reserves the right to make an award without further discussion of the proposal submitted. Therefore, the proposal should be submitted initially on the most favorable terms that the vendor could propose. There will be no best-and-final-offer procedure. Piedmont Rising reserves the right to contact a vendor for clarification of its proposal.
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The vendor should be prepared to accept this request for a proposal for incorporation into a contract resulting from this request for proposal. Contract negotiations may incorporate some of or all of the vendor’s entire proposal. It is understood that the proposal will become a part of the official procurement file on this matter without obligation to Piedmont Rising.
No Obligation to Contract
This request for proposal does not obligate Piedmont Rising to contract for services specified herein.
Rejection of Proposals
Piedmont Rising reserves the right at its sole discretion to reject any and all proposals received without penalty and not to issue a contract as a result of this request for proposal.
Nondiscrimination
Piedmont Rising’s policy is to compensate and administer any and all actions with contractors without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, military or veteran status, disability, HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you need an accommodation related to the response to this proposal, please notify the Executive Director of Piedmont Rising at casey@piedmontrising.org. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.