Dangerously Persistent: Scheduling and Airtable Automation Contractor

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About the Organization:

TREEage (Client)

TREEage is a youth-led climate justice organization in New York State that trains and mobilizes young people to win bold policy change through organizing, grassroots advocacy, and direct action. Their Albany Youth Day of Action is their annual lobby day at the State Capitol, mobilizing 800+ students from across the state to advocate for concrete climate justice wins in the budget and key legislation.

The program takes place in mid-March 2026 and combines scheduled meetings with legislators, a rally, and community moments like art-making, performances, and a breakfast reception with representatives, alongside provided transportation and food for participants.

More from prior years:

• https://www.nyrenews.org/news/2024/albany-youth-day-march-27

• https://www.meltedsolids.com/treeage

Dangerously Persistent (Executive Producer)

Dangerously Persistent helps leftist moral visionaries communicate clearly. Led by principal Kevin Rabinovich, DP is executive-producing this day-long event, supervising production and logistics.

Over the last decade, our team has served: Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Socialists of America, Democracy Now, IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbis For Ceasefire, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, New York Communities for Change, Sunrise Movement, and Working Families Party.

What Will You Do?

The scope is primarily building tools (likely a mix of Airtable Automations supported by scripting / low-code workflows); specifically:

1. Build a scheduling workflow to:

2. Assist a scheduling team in scheduling meetings between ~800 lobby day attendees and ~250 legislators/staffers

3. Identify availability conflicts as they arise in real-time, e.g.

4. Student A is double-booked for a meeting with Legislator 1 and Legislator 2, OR

5. Student A is booked to attend a meeting with Legislator 1,

6. Display custom itineraries for event attendees based on meetings scheduled track/solicit/update missing registration info (signed waivers/permission slips/etc).

7. Adapt/optimize the Airtable database using best practices to:

8. Automatically collect/update participants' registration info

You will report to the Dangerously Persistent team, who liaises with the client.

Who Are You?

Ideally, you are:

1. An experienced developer (7–10 years)

2. Active in one or more leftist organizing spaces

Ideally, you understand:

1. Airtable features (forms/interfaces/schemas)

2. Airtable API

3. General relational DB schemas

4. Calendaring APIs (e.g. GCal)

5. Scheduling/conflict management/handshake problem processes

6. Basic email automation flow

7. Zapier/Make.com no-code automation

Ideally, you already have:

1. A background in computer science

2. Strong scripting skills (Javascript, Python)

3. Participated in / organized a lobby day and understand the time-management stress faced by both attendees and organizers

4. Designed a similar scheduling/handshake-problem system

If you don't meet some of these requirements but are still interested, please try your hand and apply! It's great for us to know folks who might have similar skillsets for other projects later on.

What Is The Timeline?

Assuming senior-level development experience, the anticipated timeline is:

• ASAP: Hire/onboard

• January 28 – February 3: ~15 hours total of work

• February 3: V1 of scheduling workflow complete; begin using & testing

• February 5 – February 13: ~10 hours of scheduling workflow tweaks/debugging

• March 16 – 17: On call remotely to troubleshoot any last-minute issues during event

Rate

$1,200 – $2,000 flat rate, negotiable based on experience. This should be a simple project for an experienced developer.

25% up front, 25% upon halfway completion, remainder Net 30.

Dangerously Persistent, LLC is committed to diversity among its team and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to hiring and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to our mission. Dangerously Persistent, LLC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic identity, physical disability, or any other legally protected basis.