Penn Leads The Vote, Penn’s nonpartisan, student-led voter engagement and education organization housed in the Netter Center in partnership with the Office of Government and Community Affairs, seeks a qualified candidate to join the PLTV team as Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator. Responsibilities will include:
- Developing and implementing a strategy for PLTV to increase civic engagement in historically underrepresented and disenfranchised communities on campus
- Strengthening relationships with cultural organizations on campus, including 6B and G12
- Collaborating and hosting events with cultural student groups on campus
- Exploring opportunities for additional partnership development and organizational collaboration across campus and Philadelphia
- Analyzing Penn demographic voting data to inform PLTV’s engagement strategy
- Assisting with other duties as they arise within the organization
- Collaborating with the Undergraduate and Graduate Partnerships Coordinators
We are looking for someone who possesses the following:
- Strong writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365
- Demonstrated interest in voter and civic engagement
- Ability to complete high-priority tasks on a tight deadline
- Robust problem-solving skills and outside-the-box thinking
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity and voting rights
- Free for mandatory weekly team meetings once a week
- Experience in organizing communities of color / underrepresented communities, or prior leadership engagement in those spaces is a plus
If interested, please send the following in one email: your resume, a cover letter highlighting how you would engage with underrepresented communities in this role to hfeinman@sas.upenn.edu and evagonz@sas.upenn.edu. This is a paid position, work-study preferred.