Thanks for your interest in Maryland Forward Party.

Please know that this is currently an all-volunteer organization and that any time you are able to contribute with us will dramatically help to push us Forward as a new and emerging political movement. Please know that all tasks and roles can be entirely customized to align specifically with your interests and availability.

Here at Maryland Forward Party, we consider this to be a "team sport", where all ideas are valid and diverse thinking is required. We will make sure to connect you within teams that are aligned with your interests, comfort level and skill-sets. We will provide access to all the resources you might need and we have a large and talented group of individuals to help answer any questions you might have along the way.

Forward Party is a new and exciting community. This should be fun and empowering and we are excited to hear your thoughts!

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Teams and Roles

Outreach & Engagement

Central Outreach & Engagement Team

Contact new supporters and engage them in <30 min. virtual meetings to determine level of interest for volunteering.
Connect new volunteers with relevant teams and contacts.
Assist with orientation onboarding with new volunteers.
Research local community organizations and assist in outreach.

Local Outreach Coordinator

Liaison between the local county leadership team and the central outreach & engagement committee.
Lead local outreach team to connect with local businesses and organizations within each county.

Local Events Coordinator

Liaison between the local county leadership team and the central events coordinator.
Research local events to participate in.
Help organize local Forward events and coordinate efforts among relevant Committees, Forward Communities and local Clubs.

Local Volunteers Coordinator

Liaison between the local county leadership team, local events coordinator and central committees to identify local event needs and align opportunities with interested volunteers.

Local Priorities Engagement Team

Coordinate between local county leadership teams and the Legislative Affairs Committee to identify local priorities and possible grassroots or legislative advocacy.
Participate in the facilitation of local PEP Talks (Prioritized Epic Problems) to identify and better understand local issues.

County Leads

Goals (short term)

Welcome new local supporters and volunteers.
Engage at least once a month with local county supporter network with update email.
Slowly build local leadership team (local outreach coordinator, local events coordinator, local volunteer coordinator)

Goals (long term)

Expand local outreach & engagement efforts/team to identify local priority issues and build a lasting local support network.

Responsibilities

Primary
- Welcome new prospective supporters
  - Standard welcome email
  - Possible meet & greet
- Occasional supporter engagement
  - Monthly email, or
  - Focus group emails, or
  - Local social events

Secondary
- identify potential leaders from local volunteers
- mentor potential leaders
- Slowly fill local leadership team positions

Tertiary (optional)
- Identify and/or recruit local candidates
- Advocate locally for RCV
- identify potential local topics for Priorities PEP Talk
- Identify and/or attend and/or organize attendance at local events
- Share promotional local news with Communications Committee

Communications Team

Visual Content Specialist

Develop image-based content to be shared across multiple platforms.
Produce video content.
Cover events, gatherings, and meetings.
Educate target publics on our principles and priorities.

Blogger

Publish weekly or biweekly to our website.
Coordinate with social media manager to share.
Generate content to educate target audiences on our values and priorities.

Newsletter Editor

Publish a monthly e-newsletter to our website.
Coordinate with social media manager to share.
Maintain consistent voice and structure.
Cover Maryland FWD events and gatherings.
Produce editorial on FWD priorities (e.g. RCV).
Boost newsworthy items from FWD HQ.

Social Media Manager

Coordinate with visual content, blogger and newsletter teams along with local leadership, committee, Forward Communities and clubs to update on current events, priorities, outreach & engagement, candidates, and legislative efforts.
Maintain consistent voice and structure.
Establish templates and best practices for team expansion.

Central Committees

County Leads

Legislative Affairs Committee

Research and analyze voting results to find patterns and opportunities.
Liaison with statewide coalitions and other established partnerships to coordinate grassroots and legislative efforts.
Develop content to support our legislative priorities.
Legislative outreach and engagement.

Candidates & Affiliates

Research and analyze prospect candidates and affiliates.
Outreach and engage with prospect and established candidates and affiliates.
Coordinate volunteer efforts between candidate campaigns and local volunteer coordinators.
Coordinate campaign events with local events coordinators.

Outreach & Engagement

Growth and team management.
Fundraising.
Communications.
Statewide event coordination.
Statewide volunteer coordination.
Coordination with County Teams, Forward Communities and Forward Clubs.

Operations

Help develop and improve our standards, templates, resources and best practices.
Assist in operating our systems, tools and database.

Compliance

Assist with our internal legal team and with risk assessment and management.
Track, monitor and report finances per state and federal regulations.
Track, analyze and strategically manage our state ballot access.