
Southwest Coalition for Life
The Southwest Coalition for Life is searching for several energized community organizers to lead the upcoming 40 Days for Life prayer vigils in Las Cruces and Santa Teresa which will take place between September 28 and November 6, 2022. This temporary position lasts approximately 14 weeks beginning approximately seven weeks before the campaign begins and ending a few days after the campaign ends. At the end of employment, ongoing job opportunities may be available, and for some this position has led to full-time work in the pro-life movement!
The Opportunity
Our Core Values
Vigil Coordinators must embody and execute Southwest Coalition for Life’s Core Values within their day-to-day duties and responsibilities:
- Humble: Be respectful, share credit, and lift up your team even at a potential loss for yourself.
- Hungry: Take initiative, strive for excellence in your work, and take the next step no matter the obstacles.
- Smart: Be conscious of the impact of your words and actions on others, and communicate clearly to handle conflict effectively.
- Heart: Be compassionate, prayerful, and woman-centered, empathetic towards others and able to both love joyfully and act soberly when needing to give aid.
What the Role Entails
40 Days for Life vigils have been successfully conducted by young adults, business owners, full-time students, Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, 18-year-old students, 86-year-old retirees, post-abortive women, former abortion workers, and people of all walks of life. If you have the drive to make a difference to end abortion in our community, we will help enable and train you to have the biggest impact as possible! As a local coordinator, you’ll receive comprehensive training; access to online resources and tools; one-on-one mentoring and around-the-clock access to Coalition for Life staff; and a variety of tools, templates, and resources to help with the vigil.
The following are detailed performance objectives for Vigil Coordinators. When measuring overall aptitude and cultural fit, all candidates will be benchmarked using these standards.
Performance Objectives:
- Recruit and coordinate seven volunteer Day Captains to help recruit and manage 168+ weekly prayer volunteers with a goal of at least two weekly prayer volunteers per hour, creating an unbroken chain of prayer each hour from 7AM to 7PM each day for 40 days.
- Begin community outreach to fill vigil hours weeks in advance by tabling, making announcements, and communicating with local churches, priests, pastors, youth groups, music ministries, volunteers, and more.
- Conduct team meetings, promote flyers and church announcements, help plan and coordinate campaign rallies and events, track and record volunteer hours, and record stories and photos from the vigil.
- Work interdependently with other vigil coordinators to plan joint events and communications between local vigil locations.
- Communicate effectively with hundreds of volunteers by phone, email, and text.