EQCA
Equality California
About EQCA

Jobs

At EQCA, we believe outstanding people are the key to our success. 

As an equal opportunity employer, we recruit individuals without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender (including gender identity), sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran status or age.

 

Major Gifts Officer
The EQCA Major Gifts Officer (MGO) supports the Director of Development and the overall Development team by managing the major donor program (Capitol Club) and membership giving tied to field and development operations. The MGO coordinates EQCA’s acknowledgement program to ensure the appropriate recognition of EQCA donors. The MGO is also responsible for team participation in both donor recognition events and financially successful fundraising events. The MGO reports to the Director of Development and serves as member of an outstanding Development Team focused on creating new ways to promote and raise funds for EQCA.

Organizing Internships
Equality California is seeking applicants for a summer organizing internship. This is a great opportunity to experience the inner workings of a major political campaign and to make a difference for the LGBT community in your day-to-day work.

Jim Nickoff Internship
The Jim Nickoff Internship was founded in 2007 as an annual program to provide LGBT, questioning and allied youth an opportunity to connect with the community and gain hands-on experience in LGBT rights advocacy. This part-time Summer internship will be based in Sacramento, California under the direction of the Government Affairs Director. The position will be paid with a stipend.

LGBT Mental Health Strategic Planning Project Coordinator
The Project Coordinator is responsible for facilitating and guiding all work of the LGBTQ Strategic Planning Workgroup (SPW), a statewide coalition funded by the California Department of Mental Health (DMH) to develop the LGBTQ Reducing Disparities (RD) Population Report, for collaborating with DMH and its partners, and for providing administrative oversight of the Assistant Project Coordinator. 

This full-time position is funded for 24 months. The position can be based in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco or in other locations that fit the needs of the project. This position requires frequent travel throughout California.



Internships

As an intern, you will gain experience working for California’s dynamic LGBT civil rights organization, where you will learn a broad range of skills. These skills include: working with the media, lobbying elected officials, oral and written advocacy, combating the religious-right, opposition research, event and issue organizing, and fundraising among other exciting activities. Interns will participate in staff meetings thus ensuring their voices are heard and their opinions are valued.



Spanish-Bilingual Communications Internship
The Spanish Communications Intern will assist EQCA with the writing of media advisories, outreach on online social networks, viral marketing, website content and media communications projects as needed.

Regional Field Manager

The Regional Field Manager is pivotal in engaging community members in Equality California’s campaign to win back equal marriage rights for all California couples, regardless of gender or sexual orientation. The Regional Field Manager will be primarily responsible for developing a plan for their designated region in coordination with local partners, and for the implementation of that plan. The Regional Field Manager will ensure that volunteers are appropriately trained, motivated, and engaged in meaningful activities likely to enhance EQCA’s grassroots lobbying campaign, aid in the local development of EQCA action teams, and seek to engage key business and civic leaders in ways likely to influence support for our marriage rights.



Gerente Regional de Campo

El Gerente Regional de Campo es crucial en involucrar a los miembros de la comunidad en la campaña para reconquistar los derechos iguales al matrimonio para todas las parejas en California, sin distinción por género u orientación sexual. El Gerente Regional de Campo será responsable primordialmente de desarrollar un plan para su región designada en coordinación con los socios locales, y de implementar ese plan. El Gerente Regional de Campo se asegurará de que los/as voluntarios/as estén entrenados/as apropiadamente, motivados/as e involucrados/as en actividades que fortalecerán la campaña de abogacía en el campo, ayudar en el desarrollo de los grupos locales de acción de EQCA e involucrar a líderes de comercios y cívicos en maneras que puedan influenciar el apoyo a nuestros derechos matrimoniales



Communications Internship
The Communications Intern will assist EQCA with outreach on online social networks, viral marketing, website content and other communications projects as needed.

Development and Special Events Intern
Equality California is looking for an enthusiastic and talented intern to join the Development department and learn the ropes of the Special Event planning process. The position of Development and Special Events Intern reports to the Events Manager. This position is unpaid, and can be full or part time, at least 16 hours a week. Our office is located in the Castro in San Francisco and is easily accessible by public transportation. The office is small and sometimes chaotic, and is filled with dedicated, fun, and driven staff members and volunteers. You’ll work and learn from people who work hard, but laugh often, and love what we do.
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