The Durham People’s Alliance is seeking candidates for its paid staff position. The position requires 10-12 hours of work per week. Candidates should have excellent organizational skills, proven communication abilities and a desire to help PA promote progressive political ideas locally, regionally, and state-wide.
The duties of the staff position include:
• Maintain the member database and be able to use it to target communications and identify members’ areas of interest;
• Assist with fundraising efforts, including coordination of membership renewal notices and new member recruiting;
• Coordinate PA communications by producing hardcopy and e-newsletters and other materials to inform members about PA activities;
• Assist with financial management, including general bookkeeping, help to prepare annual budget and track budget progress, and pay bills;
• Serve as initial point of contact for members, orient new members to the organization and help connect members who have mutual areas of interest; and
• Help maintain the PA website, work with members to provide content for the website and otherwise identify other means of promoting PA’s mission and work to the broader community.
Qualifications should include:
Experience and/or training in basic computer skills: word processing; databases; spreadsheets. Social networking technology skills desirable.
Experience in organizing educational events
The PA bylaws, mission statement and other information about the organization are available at www.durhampa.org. Please send a resume and cover letter (electronic file much preferred) to Dave Austin at durhampa@mindspring.com, David Harris, PA 2009 President, at harrisdl2003@yahoo.com; and Page McCullough, 2009 Vice-President, at page.mc@verizon.net
Application deadline: Nov. 24, 2009
- Location: Durham, NC
- Compensation: $15 / Hr
- This is at a non-profit organization.
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