• Develop and implement statewide campaigns on MNA’s key legislative, regulatory, and electoral priorities, designed to educate, agitate, and organize MNA membership to mobilize and assist in the passage or defeat of legislation pertaining to nursing practice, labor, and healthcare.• Plan, implement, and evaluate grassroots political organizing programs with the MNA membership, including email, phone, door-to-door, and earned media campaigns.• Research, write, and deliver political content for MNA publications (in print and online).• Lead staff on development and implementation of MNA Independent Expenditure campaigns, and work in collaboration with coalition partners, such as the AFL-CIO, America Votes, and Win Minnesota.• Lead staff to participate and provide recommendations to the AFl-CIO State Federation on electoral programs that align with the best interests and goals of nurses.• Assess and build member leaders to support campaign goals through training, development, and action.• Coordinate the work of the MNA Political Committee on electoral work.• Coordinate large and medium sized member events, as well as worksite and in-district meeting programs.• Work with the Director of Governmental and Community Relations to develop the leadership skills, critical thinking, and best practices for department staff and political organizing assignments, budgeting, goal setting, and other structural functions of the department.• Serve as Lead on coalition tables, ensuring MNA’s political and policy priorities are on the table, and build relationship for them to help assist in advancing MNA’s political priorities.

• Build relationships and work with local, state, and federal elected officials and candidates for office through electoral, legislative and contract campaigns to advance MNA’s policy agenda and build member political power through organizing and advocacy.• Support legislative policy programs to educate and organize MNA membership to mobilize and assist in the passage or defeat of legislation pertaining to nursing practice, labor, and healthcare.• Work with lobbyists, political staff, and coalition partners to track and analyze policy at state and local levels that concern MNA policy priorities, including healthcare, public health, labor rights, earned sick and safe time, and $15 minimum wage. • Lead Organizer assigned to MNA’s annual Member Day on the Hill event; includes membership recruitment plan, develop policy agenda for member lobby visits and member education on MNA’s political priorities along with other MNA Governmental Affairs staff.• Oversee MNA’s Political Committee Screening and Endorsement program; includes endorsement strategy, developing questionnaire and screening questions, and help build relationships between members and candidates through the screening and endorsement process.• Lead Organizer assigned to the MNA Governmental Affairs Commission, working alongside MNA Lobbyists to help form MNA’s legislative agenda.• Field coordinator for MNA’s electoral Independent Expenditure campaigns; developing and applying field and electoral strategy, education, messaging, and recruitment to mobilize members and build their advocacy and political power at the voting booth.• Coordinated and participated in coalition external campaigns, including Duluth Earned Sick and Safe Time and St. Paul 15 NOW.

Conducted research to provide analysis, research, messaging and critical thinking to help develop legislative strategy of MNA’s position against the Nurse Licensure Compact during the 2018 legislative session; under the instruction of MNA Lobbyists, attended committee hearings, tracked legislative process, attended meetings with legislators, conducted research, and created messaging for elected officials and MNA members for in-person meetings and email campaigns, and tracked bill introductions and movement of other legislation that could impact the Nurse Compact, such as elder abuse and telemedicine.

• Supported MNA’s member-to-member Independent Expenditure and legislative programs, including database maintenance, logistics, bill tracking, weekly legislative reports and member engagement, at the guidance of MNA Political Staff.• Planned and executed Day on the Hill, the annual member lobbying event, which includes legislative appointments, coordinating content, leading team planning meetings, and strategy discussions for legislative priorities, targets, and action events pertaining to the event. • Assisted logistically with coordinating the candidate screening endorsement process while adhering to the MNA Political Committee policy, including tracking endorsement recommendations, endorsement decisions, and contributions from the MNA Political Committee PAC.