Campaign Organizer Job Posting - Friends of Medicare

Friends of Medicare (FOM)
2009 Campaigner Job Description

Organizing the ground campaign for Friends of Medicare’s spring offensive to reverse the provincial government’s initiatives to delist services, extra bill, allow private clinics and to close public health facilities around the province. Also, our campaign is to develop a vision of what public health care should look like, with input from Albertans across the province.
The FOM Campaigner is accountable to the Alberta FOM provincial board which sets out the direction and responsibilities of the FOM Campaigner.

The FOM Campaigner is responsible for:
building capacity within the Friends of Medicare both within the internal operation of the organization and by increasing the number of supporters, members, and overall engagement of the public for the FOM spring campaign.
increasing the involvement in and capacity of regional FOM chapters and constituency rapid response teams, and connecting these groups with the work of the provincial FOM
raising the overall profile of Friends of Medicare within the general public, media and government circles
creating various opportunities and avenues within the campaigns and activities of Friends of Medicare to put forward examples of alternatives to privatization of health care including innovations and public solutions
focus the spring campaign of FOM on engaging citizens to take action to protect and expand public health care

This is carried out in a number of ways, including but not limited to:

Internal

Initiate and help with fundraising and outreach initiatives such as direct mail

Overall support for the campaigns of FOM

External
Promote the campaigns of FOM through public speaking, presentations to member organizations, facilitation of meetings and workshops and acting as a general resource
Organize public events and press conferences to promote key issues and voices related to FOM campaigns
Identify and engage with health care activists across the province
Engage, support, and build capacity within regional health coalitions
Work to connect campaigns of regional health coalitions to the work of other health coalitions and the overall work of the FOM
Work to increase the overall profile of FOM


General
Work together with other staff and volunteers to share general office tasks and coordinate work schedules
Valid Driver’s License required

Terms of Contract:

February 2nd to July 31st 2009
Remuneration: 25 dollars per hour based on 35 hours per week

Please Submit Resume electronically, by mail, by fax or in person to:

Friends of Medicare Provincial Office
#35 9912 106th Street Edmonton AB
T5K 1C5
fominfo@telus.net
fax: 780 423 4581

Closing date: 5 p.m. January 26th 2009
Please note that only candidates being considered for interviews will be contacted.