More Suggestions for Hiring Students for Voter Engagement

Posted by HE-SVE Forum on December 10, 2019

Here is a job possible description from Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, Columbia College Chicago:

Voter Registration Assistant

Job Responsibilities:

The Voter Registration Assistant will work with faculty, staff and other students on Columbia College Chicago’s non-partisan, 50-state voter registration drive. Tasks will include :

• visiting classes to present and/or assisting with voter registration presentations
• staffing the front desk at the Student Center to assist with voter registration
• checking forms prior to collecting them
• mailing completed forms and photocopies (for out-of-state IDs) to the appropriate state election offices
• updating a spreadsheet of classes presented in and students reached
• helping students check on their registration status
• helping students request absentee ballots
• providing efficient, accurate answers to questions about the voting process

Job Skills and Qualifications :

• passionate about voting
• excellent attention to detail
• excellent time management and organization skills
• comfortable with basic use of spreadsheets
• enrolled at Columbia College Chicago during the 2020/2021 school year
• maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress
• public speaking skills a plus