Organization: Community Outreach Group
Title: Canvass Manager
Position: Seasonal
Location: Dallas/Houston
Organization Overview
Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. The Community Outreach Group is a part of Planned Parenthood, but a separate organization that supports Planned Parenthood with short-term staffing and large-scale advocacy campaigns.
General Description
Community Outreach Group is seeking enthusiastic Canvass Managers to serve in locations across the country. Canvass Managers will lead a robust door-to-door program to identify new contributors to support Planned Parenthood's work. Each Canvass Manager will supervise 1-2 professional staff as well as a team of hourly canvassers and team leaders. As a Canvass Manager, you will hold responsibility for the day-to-day management of the canvass office, including taking primary responsibility for meeting goals, managing staff, payroll, recruitment, supporting team leaders, training, office culture and environment, turf, reporting, and quality control. Some of these duties will be delegated to supporting staff.
Responsibilities
This is a mid-level role. In this position, you will have the opportunity to:
· Collaborate with leadership to develop and implement all components of a strategic canvassing operation in a key metropolitan area
· Create a canvassing plan to break down large goals into daily and weekly benchmarks
· Oversee a budget to support the payroll and operations of your office
· Recruit, train, and supervise canvassers in each area
· Analyze daily and weekly reports to track progress to goals and implement rigorous quality control measures.
· Communicate and coordinate regularly with client and/or partners
· Comply with all state and local solicitation regulations
Qualifications
Applicants for this position should bring the following knowledge, abilities, and attitude:
· Knowledge of and commitment to progressive causes
· Strong interpersonal skills, including comfort meeting and talking with new people
· Effective communicator face-to-face and in writing
· Familiarity with advocacy or electoral campaigns
· Familiarity with or excitement to learn the use of data to set goals and measure progress
· Flexible and self-motivated to identify priorities and complete work without being micro-managed
· Prior staff or volunteer management experience
· Experience in leading canvasses as a volunteer leader, organizer, or canvass management staff
· A basic understanding of how to break large goals into smaller pieces of work
· Has set goals and deadlines for other people, and helped them meet those goals or deadlines
· Comfortable with technology, and can learn new tools quickly
· Willing and able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends
· Ability to maintain confidentiality (in handling of HR documents)
· Licensed driver with access to a vehicle
We especially encourage applications from people who bring some of these additional skills or experiences:
· Staff management experience
· Has strong ties in the city in which you are applying to work
· Brings some knowledge of or experience in reproductive health issues
· Has lead trainings or facilitated workshops
· Has worked with or built coalitions
· Knows how to use the VAN voter database software (strongly preferred)
· Knows how to use Excel
· Knows how to use Google email, documents, etc.
· Budget management experience
· Experience with hiring
· Experience managing logistics or office operations
· Experience with site-based or door-to-door fundraising
There is no formal education requirement for this position. At least one cycle of leadership on an issue-based or electoral campaign preferred.
Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt, mid-level position with the Community Outreach Group, with a monthly base salary between $4,000-$5,000 depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
Full-time exempt employees are also eligible for a cell phone reimbursement up to $75/month, and employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
This is a temporary position with the potential to become long-term.
To Apply
Please apply via email to jobs@communityoutreachgroup.net. Please include "Fundraising Canvass Manager <preferred city>" in the subject line. Application deadline is 10/16.
We strongly encourage women, people of color, working-class, LGBTQ, and differently-abled people to apply.
The Community Outreach Group, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Community Outreach Group, LLC is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
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