Wi Voices

Wisconsin Voices

Employment

Donor Database Administrator
Salary range: $43,000 to $53,000

Wisconsin Voices envisions a Wisconsin where every person has the means, motivation, and freedom to fully participate in s just democracy that provides opportunities for all people to thrive. We unify a dynamic network of progressive nonprofits in Wisconsin around achieving shared goals to build a better democracy. We build our partners’ capacity, amplify their impact, nurture new leadership, promote racial equity, champion transparent policies, and foster civic
engagement so that everyone has an equal voice. We help create the conditions for Wisconsinites who share our values to strengthen Wisconsin’s democracy for everyone.

Wisconsin Voices plays a unique role in the progressive movement by creating the structure to empower organizations in the c3 community through:

  • Capacity building
  • Ongoing year-round civic engagement
  • Convening and connecting
  • Long-term strategic planning for collective impact

Position Description

The Donor Database Administrator records and acknowledges donations, maintains integrity and accuracy of donor data, produces robust reports, offers clear analysis of their contents, resolves technical issues, and assists other staff in working with and using donor data and reports. In addition, the Donor Database administrator provides support for implementing a comprehensive fund development plan that focuses in the areas of annual giving, grant gaining, planned to give, events and capital/endowment campaigns. This position will provide support for the direct cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual, corporate and foundation giving. More specifically, this position will be the primary point of contact for all tasks related to the organization’s donor development software. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Database Management and Reporting

  • Serve as Database Administrator for Wisconsin Voices by managing the donor database, including maintenance, user accounts, global changes, gift entry, reporting, queries, and data cleanup projects to ensure database integrity.
  • Develop clear and accurate reporting systems, key metric tracking, instruction manual(s) to access reports, and dashboards and data extracts.
  • Establish Standard Operating Procedures for entry and reporting to ensure all entries conform to those procedures.
  • Produce timely mailing lists for invitations, newsletters, and direct mail piece; pledge reminders; and donor invoices.
  • Monitor and track all event revenue from sponsorships.
  • Maintain and organize reservation lists for events.
  • Reconcile and close monthly development financials on time.

Gift Processing

  • Reconcile pledges and revenue with all event invoices.
  • Oversee and secure acknowledgement letters to donors. 
  • Develop and execute timely donor audits to ensure accurate gift entry and acknowledgments.
  • Perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Co-Executive Director of Fundraising and Development.

Qualifications:

Education/Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or 3 to 5 years’ experience administering relational database management systems and other information systems in an educational or non-profit environment.
  • Minimum two years of fundraising experience

Skills and Abilities

  • Highly skilled in database programs, such as EveryAction, word processing and spreadsheets
  • Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Excellent project and time management skills, including the ability to perform multiple tasks accurately.
  • Knowledge of nonprofit donor records management and nonprofit database experience preferred.
  • Able to take direction well and work with minimal supervision.
  • Requires initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work successfully with others.
  • Requires excellent dependability and some flexibility in work hours.

Benefits: Competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and 401K.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to [email protected] Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. In person or phone inquiries will not be accepted or considered for hire. 

Wisconsin Voices is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin and any other protected status.

 

Communications Director
Salary range: $60,000 to $70,000

The Director–Communications leads the organizational and  programmatic communications strategies of the organization. This includes developing, managing, and implementing a variety of media plans, including social and print media. This role consults with, supports, and trains partners on communication strategies. The Director leads the departmental team, manages the departmental budget, and supports the structure of all communications.

Leadership & Oversight

  • Create and find opportunities for communications staff to develop their skills and abilities as leaders and owners.
  • Provide strategic communications consulting and training support to partners, as needed.
  • Collaborate with the Co-Executive Directors to build and maintain funder relationships, including writing plans and reports, attending meetings and calls, and providing updates and post program results.
  • Manage media vendor and consultant relationships, including voter registration and election protection programs.
  • Manage a team that coordinates WV digital media plans for coalition campaigns, including Fair Maps, Election Protection, and Census.
  • Manage team that coordinates programs in conjunction with partners, including Digital Cohort Experiment; build and strengthen connection between civic engagement and the art community.
  • Build Wisconsin Voices’ brand and presence, as the expert in progressive democracy reform.

Operations

  • Attend and co-lead meetings with other departments and  subcommittees, providing communications insight. Onboard caucus members and maintain the white caucus library and resources.
  • Collaborate with Accelerate Change staff to brainstorm and debrief the state of the project and next steps.
  • Collaborate with other leaders to write and edit proposals and updates to funders.
  • Contribute to overall strategy and direction of WI Voices; actively engage in annual planning process.
  • Co-create, oversee, and navigate paid strategies, PR, and marketing of our app, approving and brainstorming content and targets.
  • Manage communication and digital regrant process, including rapid digital responses and yearlong programs.
  • Write RFPs, coordinate receipt, and oversee payment in coordination with other departments. Draft reporting templates and coordinate submissions, ensuring templates are approved internally.
  • Write statements, press releases, and advisories.
  • Manage relationships with reporters and media; update statewide press list.
  • Facilitate integration and connection of Race Class Narrative between RCN Midwest and partners.
  • Other duties as needed.

Qualifications:

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in communications, marketing, media relations or similar field.

Experience

  • Five or more years working in a leadership role with management duties that include directing, coaching, evaluating, developing, and leading others.
  • Experience creating and implementing strategic communications programs to advance business objectives.
  • Three years of experience in a community-based organization.

Skills and Abilities

  • Demonstrated leadership skills including coaching, leading, evaluating, and managing direct and indirect reports.
  • Ability to make solid decisions independently.
  • Ability to meet deadlines, build and cultivate relationships, and leverage resources to accomplish strategic objectives.
  • Exemplary communication skills (both written, verbal, public relations, and presentation).
  • Attention to detail, project management.
  • Ability to prioritize, plan and manage multiple projects concurrently.
  • Proven ability to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with diverse and key stakeholders including effective engagement with the community.
  • Proficient with technology and data management.
  • Impeccable tact, judgment, and experience vetting/verifying information.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to new environments.
  • Team player with a desire to collaborate with others.

Benefits: Competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and 401K.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to [email protected] Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. In person or phone inquiries will not be accepted or considered for hire. 

Wisconsin Voices is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin and any other protected status.

Policy Director
Salary: $60,000 to $70,000

The Policy Director is responsible for helping to build a progressive, community and partner sourced and centered, collaborative policy agenda in conjunction with all of Wisconsin Voices’ partner organizations.

Highly qualified candidates will have a deep knowledge of the functions of government at all levels in Wisconsin (with a focus on the Wisconsin State Legislature) and have knowledge of how the legislative process works from start to finish.

This person should be a long-term relationship builder, able and willing to interact with diverse Black, Brown, and otherwise communities, Wisconsin Voices partners, and government officials alike. The candidate should be highly collaborative and able to work symbiotically and effectively with Wisconsin Voices Co-Executive Director leadership and other Wisconsin Voices staff.

This person should flourish in a fast-paced environment while being able to communicate clearly to Wisconsin Voices leadership, colleagues, community partners, and legislators- complex policy issues and objectives. The Policy Director should be highly organized and able to lead the planning, tracking, and lobbying efforts of the entire Wisconsin Voices community partner coalition in deep collaboration with their
partner organization peers.

This person, with the support of their departmental team, should be able to effectively manage multiple policy issues and projects simultaneously, create and edit detailed policy position documents, possess a deep understanding of a broad range of civil liberties and civil rights issues, advocacy strategies, and Wisconsin politics and, most importantly, be able to make that knowledge effectual for the people we serve.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Convening and facilitating the Wisconsin Voices Collaborative Policy Partnership Committee.
  • This committee will convene partners and community members from across the state to help create and inform the policy initiatives Wisconsin Voices takes on.
  • Developing and implementing a collaborative truly progressive (as in making real progress from the community’s perspective) legislative strategy as well as a strategizing for non legislative
    policy actions, including policies, guidance, and regulations issued by executive agencies.
  • Managing and supervising professional staff and contractors engaged in legislative and policy advocacy.
  • Researching and analyzing, in collaboration with our partners, proposed legislation and policies.
  • Drafting and presenting testimony on legislative and policy proposals before legislative and other government bodies.
  • Drafting new legislation and policies and amendments to existing laws and policies.
  • Preparing legislative and policy memoranda, reports, briefing papers and letters for Wisconsin Voices partners.
  • Representing Wisconsin Voices in key policy coalitions and coordinated advocacy campaigns.
  • Cultivating strategic relationships with legislators and otherwise partnerships to further the Wisconsin Voice's collaborative mission and strategic objectives.
  • Collaborating with all the departmental leadership and staff of Wisconsin Voices to coordinate and synergize all of Wisconsin Voices’ organizational efforts as they relate to policy.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
Education

  • Bachelors in Political Science or related field AND/OR a demonstrable equivalent level of experience in political lobbying, policy drafting, and analysis.

Experience

  • 3-5 years of experience working in progressive politics specifically on policy.
  • 1-3 years of sustained lobbying experience.

Skills and Abilities:

  • Very high level oral and written communication skills. (in policy and legislation every word is important).
  • Proficient in the usage of Office Suite, collaboration, lobby tracking, and policy analysis tools.

Benefits: Competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and 401K.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to [email protected] Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. In person or phone inquiries will not be accepted or considered for hire. 

Wisconsin Voices is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin and any other protected status.

Digital Campaign Manager
Salary: $44,000 – $52,000

The Digital Campaign Program Manager works closely with staff and partners to manage digital content. This role ensures that campaigns are integrated across all digital channels and optimized to convert email,
website, and paid advertising audiences into financial supporters. The program manager implements a strategic, online engagement and fundraising plan, to acquire, convert, and retain constituents through
digital channels most effectively.

Key Results Areas:

Social Media 

  • Create and update social media planning to ensure clear messaging and coordination across social platforms. 
  • Combine graphics, copywriting, and relevant news articles to manage and maintain social media channels to regularly keep followers engaged and informed. 
  • Uplift partner organization events, successes, and activities by sharing partner social content and creating shout-outs. 
  • Generate monthly analytic reports to track engagement and growth, and to identify trends and opportunities of improvement. 
  • Generate website and social media traffic through effective digital techniques, e.g., online platforms and communities.
  • Generate opportunities to identify and engage campaign supporters and drive measurable online actions through alerts, infographics, key messages, etc.
  • Deepen supporter sense of identity and involvement with WV’s work, online and offline.
  • Keep updated with social platform algorithms and best practices to ensure effective social campaigns. 

Digital Advertising 

  • Create digital advertising plans within budget constraints. 
  • Create detailed geographic and demographic audience-targeting sets, to optimize ad campaign effectiveness.
  • Intentionally craft integrated messaging to encourage civic engagement and combat misinformation. 
  • Create graphic artwork, videos, and copy for ad campaigns based on research-driven messaging guidelines. 
  • Monitor campaign metrics and adjust to optimize performance.
  • Understand and apply data analytics to improve effectiveness of all work.

Fair Maps 

  • Create graphics to support Fair Maps Coalition’s branding, digital, and print needs.
  • Collaborate with Fair Maps Coalition to conceptualize and execute digital ad campaigns that raise awareness and garner support. 

Partners 

  • Provide guidance and digital best practice training to partners, in support of their online efforts.
  • Create unbranded graphics for use by partner organizations.

Qualifications:

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in digital marketing, social media, or related field.

Experience

  • 3+ years of experience of campaign program management with success executing campaigns that get results.

Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to translate complex ideas into easy-to-understand, digestible print and graphic content.
  • Exceptional communication skills—written, verbal, presentation, and listening.
  • Time and project management skills.
  • Ability to prioritize workload effectively.
  • Strong graphic design and skills including layout, writing copy, and reporting.

Benefits: Competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and 401K.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to [email protected] Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. In person or phone inquiries will not be accepted or considered for hire. 

Wisconsin Voices is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin and any other protected status.

Data and Technology Specialist
Salary: $40,000 – $48,000

The Data and Technology Specialist monitors Wisconsin Voices’ data systems to guarantee security, protection from attacks or breaches, and proper arrangement of data. This role gets results independently and as a team member, depending on the volume of data systems. The Specialist assists in developing policies, procedures, and protocols; upgrading and installing software, updating hardware and storage equipment, assisting team members with data-related tasks, and overseeing systems.

Key Result Areas:

Data

  • Manage data, reporting, and spreadsheets using Microsoft, Google tools, Catalist, Tableau, and Periscope.
  • Identify external data sources to supplement VAN data, such as voting history, polling locations, early voting sites.
  • As a member of the national data team, build and maintain shared state and national data infrastructure to support partner program work, including participating in regular data calls, and Deputy Director of Data and Technology calls.

Systems

  • Set and oversee training offerings on VAN, tech tools, and reporting.
  • Administer, use, train, and support best practices using data management and database tools, e.g., Access, SQL, ArcGIS, and QGIS.
  • Achieves most backend connectivity with partner committees and tools (Apis); approves exports.
  • Administer, use, train, and support best practices for VAN tools–My Voters, My Campaign.
  • Identify, champion, and facilitate test and experiment opportunities, assisting staff and partners with same.
  • Seek new tools and applications to enhance the work of other (partner) organizations.
  • Manage handheld technology inventory, including tracking assignment of same to partners.
  • Engage in and provide feedback on the annual state planning process.

Qualifications:

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or statistics or an Associates Degree in computer science and 4 years’ experience working with, analyzing, and manipulating data for high level decision making.
  • Experience working with private and sensitive information.
  • Experience in VAN tools-My Voters, My Campaign.

Skills and Abilities

  • Able to compile and organize statistical information retrieved and present findings to management.
  • Confident problem solving and decision-making skills.
  • Exceptional communication skills including verbal, written, listening, and presentation.
  • Analytical and critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Interpersonal and team skills, including strong customer focus.
  • Able to explain complex, technical information in a nontechnical, understandable manner.
  • Technology skills related to data protection, security procedures and protocols, and system connectivity.
  • Tech savvy with MS Office Suite, database systems, etc.
  • Excellent multitasking and task management skills.

Benefits: Competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and 401K.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to [email protected] Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. In person or phone inquiries will not be accepted or considered for hire. 

Wisconsin Voices is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin and any other protected status.

Digital Partner Manager
Salary: $44,000 to $52,000

The Digital Partner Specialist will define and execute digital communication strategies. This role collaborates with partners in Solutions Marketing Management, Product Management, Content
Creation, and Digital Marketing, as well as with agencies and media partners to execute measurable, multichannel campaigns that build and engage supporters.

Key Results Areas:

Digital Organizer Support

  • Convene regular cohort of 6 digital organizers and chat-fuel specialist (Accelerate Change) to learn and share best practices and challenges, and to process new information while rolling out biweekly experiments.
  • Regularly monitor results with digital organizers including digital experimentation, points of support, and appropriate assistance; coach them to resolve conflict, communicate effectively, and reduce stress.
  • Arrange calls with executive staff at partner organizations to support 6 digital organizers.
  • Assist partner organizations’ digital organizers in identifying and crafting stories that appeal to non- or quasi-political audience and engage them in the political process.
  • With the support of national digital organizations, help partners carry out experiments around platforms and messaging, to overlay digital tactics (especially with social distancing).
  • Assist partners and WV with mobilizing and organizing strategies, e.g., through physical art builds and the promotion/teaching of best practices.

Organizational Growth

  • Expand the scope and scale of advanced digital engagement tactics, including organic and paid content, to increase civic participation, voter registration, census completion, etc.
  • Define project evaluation factors and success factors.
  • Support Digital Campaign Program Manager to develop content for digital channels and ads.
  • Translate material or content into Spanish as necessary.
  • Provide support, facilitation, and accountability for partner organization digital campaigns, in coordination with national partners.

Racial Equity

  • Co-lead Racial Equity efforts of Wisconsin Voices (America Votes racial equity working group).
  • Facilitate gatherings (virtual or in person) for WV staff to continue developing, based on recommendations by Ubuntu Research and  Evaluation.
  • Develop and prepare educational/training aids and materials, to help racial equity progress.
  • Provide political education around racial equity topics as needed (e.g., characteristics of white supremacy culture, differences between diversity, inclusion, and liberation, etc.).

Qualifications:

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in digital marketing, communications, or related field.

Experience

  • 3+ years of experience acting as a resource and liaison in the digital marketing arena, including a track record of executing marketing campaigns that get results.

Skills and Abilities

  • Spanish speaking and writing is required.
  • Ability to translate complex ideas to easy-to-understand, digestible content for a broad range of audiences.
  • Strong analytical, written, presentation, listening, and verbal communications skills.
  • Time management, political savvy, collaboration, and approachability.
  • Ability to prioritize workload effectively to meet deadlines.

Benefits: Competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, and 401K.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to [email protected] Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. In person or phone inquiries will not be accepted or considered for hire. 

Wisconsin Voices is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to make all personnel decisions without discriminating based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, physical disability, mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national or ethnic origin and any other protected status.