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Legal Defense Fund

Policy Fellow

Atlanta, GA · On-site

$47.10K - $63.90K/yr

This may include executing LDF's affirmative state-level voting rights strategy; contributing to defensive efforts such as fending off anti-voter legislation; protecting and securing Black voter ...

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CADA VOTO CUENTA ADVOCACY CONTRACTOR/TEMP- PENNSYLVANIA

CADA VOTO CUENTA ADVOCACY CONTRACTOR/TEMP- PENNSYLVANIA

LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Manhattan, NY

$45/hr

Full-time, Temporary

Posted 20 hours ago

Job description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Working under the direct supervision of the Chief of Advocacy, the Cada Voto Cuenta (CVC, Every Vote Counts) Contractor/Temp-Pennsylvania, will serve an essential role in increasing organizing and mobilizing capacity for the Advocacy team by engaging primarily in advocacy and community engagement voter education and outreach campaigns. The ideal candidate is passionate about ensuring that every eligible voter has meaningful access to the polls; has basic knowledge of voting rights issues, including language access; and is a strong communicator with a collaborative spirit. This position will support the Advocacy Team.

This position is physically based in Pennsylvania and does not entail supervisory duties.

GENERAL DUTIES

  • Provide Cada Voto Cuenta voter programming in Pennsylvania to increase Latino civic engagement, support enforcement of voting rights and identify and investigate voting rights violations.

  • Educate and mobilize Latinx and Black voters to the polls, ensure those votes are cast and counted through increased language access assistance, and defeat post-election attempts to nullify duly cast ballots from marginalized communities.

  • Identify new coalition and stakeholder partnerships in voting rights, work with ongoing and established LJP partners (CASA PA, PA State Voices, etc.) and provide poll monitor training to all partners as requested.

  • Engage Pennsylvania voters via phone banking on voter rights and voter registration dates and providing coalition partners with poll monitor training for the primary election in May 2026 and midterm election in November 2026.

  • Support and participate in shifts in the Pennsylvania command center and elevate language access-related field-reported complaints and violations to supervisors of elections and other elections officials for swift remediation as the LJP-appointed language access experts on our behalf (with appropriate training and direction).

  • Engage substantively with rapid response election sabotage and combating mis/disinformation campaigns, in partnership with Communications Department.

  • Preparation of a detailed report or white paper on primary and midterm elections learnings and findings, including analysis of prominent language access-related and other violations experienced by Latinx voters in Pennsylvania, election sabotage, election mis and disinformation issues and key partnership trends.

  • Participation in weekly supervision meetings with the Chief of Advocacy and monthly check in meetings with the National Advocacy Manager for Voting Rights and SE Advocacy Coordinator for Voting Rights.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • A minimum of two-three years of voting rights advocacy required.

  • Strong writing skills, for community education, advocacy, organizing and policy, required.

  • Strong communications skills and ability to support and facilitate community engagement meetings strongly preferred.

  • Bilingual English-Spanish speaking skills strongly preferred.

  • Formerly incarcerated individuals and other systems-impacted individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.

REQUIREMENTS

  • This is a fixed term contract terminating on December 31, 2026, for a time commitment of 19 hours of work per week, which may be divided between in-person and remote work as mutually agreed upon by the consultant and the Chief of Advocacy.

COMPENSATION

This is a Non-Union position with a starting salary of $45 per hour, based on experience.

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