REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Campaign Director: Countering Third-Party Presidential Spoiler Threats
Position Type: Contract
Time Frame:Now through November election
Position Description:
Senior level political organizer to organize and support institutions and activists to drive campaigns to help inoculate progressive and other non-MAGA constituencies from voting for RFK Jr and other third-party presidential spoiler candidates in key battleground states (AZ, GA, MI, NC, NV, PA and WI).
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following ...
Education & Outreach:
● Educate and sound the alarm within the progressive ecosystem among national and state actors to ensure they understand the threat, have the critical information they need to assess their particular role and ability to help, and provide strategic thought partnership to inform the work.
● Educate the press and serve as a spokesperson to the anti-RFK Jr efforts across the political ecosystem.
Strategic Plan Development & Execution:
● In partnership with key voter engagement intermediaries and allies, develop, align and drive a strategic plan that will help ensure we address third party vulnerabilities with progressive voters in key battleground states and districts.
● With national and state partners, strategize ways of countering the threats, including digital and in-person organizing, earned media, bird-dogging and seeking to incorporate third-party threats into the regular plans and activities of the intermediaries and state-based groups.
● Help organize resources and provide support and guidance to organizations and activists within the progressive ecosystem to develop and execute plans to reach core constituencies.
● Partner regularly with national research partners on information, strategy and producing fact sheets, talking points, memes, video clips, etc. customized as makes sense for core issue- and constituency-based groups
Tracking & Coordination:
● Track, coordinate and make adjustments with national and state partners, intermediaries and state groups based on feedback and lessons learned from both state and national partners.
Proposal submissions: Please submit a resume and a proposal which includes the following information below:
● Background: Name, title and contact information.
● Experience: Tell us about your relevant experience. A resume may be submitted in lieu of this section if your relevant experience appears within your resume.
● Approach: How you would approach the above scope of work (max 2 pages).
● Equity: Please explain whether and how your firm has advanced the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion within the firm, and state how that is reflected in the leadership ownership, and work of the firm. Please share how you will center equity in your work for this project.
● Location: RFP is open to individuals/firms based in the U.S.
● Cost and availability: Include an estimate for hourly rate or project rate in your proposal and any limitations on your availability.
● References: Past clients (3) that MoveOn may reach out to as references, with contact info.
Most-favorable terms:
● MoveOn reserves the right to make an award without further discussion of the proposal submitted. Therefore, the proposal should be submitted initially on the most favorable terms that the vendor could propose. There will be no best-and-final-offer procedure. MoveOn does reserve the right to contact a vendor for clarification of its proposal.
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No obligation to contract: This request for proposal does not obligate MoveOn to contract for services specified herein.
Rejection of proposals: MoveOn reserves the right at its sole discretion to reject any and all proposals received without penalty and not to issue a contract as a result of this request for proposal.
Nondiscrimination: The vendor will adopt and disseminate a policy that the vendor, in employment, recruitment, selection, compensation, benefits, promotion, demotion, layoff, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, age, sex, national origin, ethnic identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, economic status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected basis.
To apply: Please send your proposal submission to proposals@moveon.org