High School Coordinator - Detroit

Position Title: High School Field Coordinator
Employment: Part-Time, 20-30 hours weekly
Location: Detroit, MI
Travel: 40-50%
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: Fall 2023

Turning Point USA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk. The organization’s mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government. Turning Point USA believes that every young person can be enlightened to true free market values. Since its founding, Turning Point USA has embarked on a mission to build the most organized, active, and powerful conservative grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses across the country. With a presence on over 3,500 campuses, Turning Point USA is the largest and fastest-growing youth organization in America.

Job Description: Turning Point USA is seeking a highly skilled, professional, and motivated individual to assist in one of the nation’s largest and most innovative political field operations. The High School Field Coordinator is responsible for working specifically with Turning Point USA student groups and student activists to launch new chapters, maintain established chapters, organize daily campus activism initiatives, recruit new activists, help students register to vote, and develop strong activist networks throughout their assigned territory. Field Coordinators are also responsible for importing and organizing recruitment-related data, conducting outreach to prospective members and activists, giving oral presentations, representing the organization at events and conferences, promoting those events and conferences on the field and on social media, representing the organization and the efforts of our student activists on social media, developing new activism plans, and networking on behalf of the organization both on and off campuses. The ideal candidate works as a team to ensure the success of chapters, activists, and the Field Program overall. The ideal candidate will first fit the company culture, embodying the following traits: grassroots humility, warrior spirit, and persistent innovation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of project management software (Google Apps, Airtable, HubSpot)
• Proficiency with social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
• Willingness to fulfill all duties listed and any additional duties assigned
• Passion for conservative politics
• Flexibility and enthusiasm for dynamic work environment
• Unrelenting, positive attitude
• Strong work ethic and goal oriented
• Self starter and self motivated
• Punctual and very responsive
• Ethical and responsible behavior
• Innovative nature & desire to try new things

“WOW!” Skills:

• Past/present involvement in conservative youth organizations
• Experience starting campus organizations
• Leadership experience in conservative youth organizations
• Recruiting experience