Political Coordinator

TITLE: Political Coordinator

DIVISION: Political Affairs

REPORTABILITY: Political Affairs Director

DIRECT REPORTS: None

SALARY RANGE: $23.00/hr. to $26.00/hr.

SUMMARY
Provide support to the Department of Political Affairs by assisting with campaign reporting, fundraising, grassroots activities, political donations, and coordinating special events to further the California Farm Bureau’s political objectives and grow its political presence at the state and federal level.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Facilitate fundraising projects such as direct mail campaigns, digital fundraising, and FarmPAC events, including data entry of contributions received and disbursed.

Coordinate accurate political campaign reports for state and federal PACs in a timely manner with outside compliance firm and in accordance with appropriate deadlines.

Write summary briefs on legislative matters and competitive political races throughout California and the U.S.

Manage and regularly update the membership database to ensure current records.

Utilize the membership database to generate reports to evaluate fundraising programs and progress.

Assist in executing grassroots activities for the general membership, including coordinating with policy staff to draft action alerts and planning special events to increase the organization’s exposure to elected officials and candidates for office.

Assist in developing presentations, handouts, and materials to further the political affairs division’s agenda.

Other related office duties, as needed.

COMPETENCIES

• Ability to multi-task and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment without sacrificing accuracy and quality of work while able to meet different deadlines.
• Proactive with the ability to exercise sound judgment in areas of responsibility.
• Effective and clear written and verbal communicator.
• Responsive and able to work well with other departments.

EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Interest in agriculture, agribusiness, political science, communications, or related field preferred.
• Familiarity with PAC contribution tracking and report preparation preferred.
• Involvement in the Federal or State legislative process or governmental relations preferred.
• Intermediate proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as the ability to learn and work regularly within a cloud-based membership database program.

California Farm Bureau Federation is an Equal Opportunity Employer