The Leadership Conference Education Fund and its project Access Democracy seek an Ohio State Directorfor All Voting is Local, a campaign to defend and expand access to the ballot by identifying and fighting voter suppression at the local level.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,a 501(c)(4) organization, is the country’s oldest and largest civil and human rights coalition of more than 200 national organizations. The Leadership Conference has coordinated national advocacy efforts on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957. Learn more at www.civilrights.org. The Leadership Conference Education Fund,a 501(c)(3) organization, builds public will for federal policies that promote and protect civil and human rights in the United States. Founded in 1969 as the education and research arm of The Leadership Conference, The Education Fund’s campaigns inform, educate and empower local, state and national leaders to advance and protect civil and human rights and progressive change in the United States. To learn more about The Education Fund, visit www.leadershipconferenceedfund.org. To learn more about Access Democracy, visit www.accessdemocracy.us.

The All Voting is Local campaign is a collaborative effort of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), the American Constitution Society (ACS), the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), and The Education Fund and its project, Access Democracy. All Voting is Local offers an integrated approach to identifying, preventing and remedying voting barriers, by pinpointing opportunities to expand access to the ballot, and improving how elections are run. Building upon the work of national, state, and local voting rights organizations, the campaign seeks to strengthen local activist networks by equipping them with the tools and experience to determine how election administration practices are expanding -- or suppressing -- access to the ballot.

The Ohio State Director is responsible for the development and implementation of a program that effectuates All Voting Is Local’s mission to improve local election administration in Ohio. They will monitor whether local election administration creates obstacles to voting, or could be improved to expand access to the ballot. They will also monitor election rules and procedures for possible state or federal statutory or constitutional violations and they will assess the needs of individual voters in those jurisdictions. The State Director reports to the All Voting Is Local Campaign Director (located in Washington, DC).

Ideal candidates for this position will hold a Law degree (although a Master’s degree will be considered), with experience in voting rights or election protection. They must have political, organizing, or campaign experience and experience managing volunteers. They must also be a team player, with sound judgment, who thrives in a fast-paced collaborative environment, is a self-starter, can manage time efficiently, is flexible, and has strong public speaking skills.