Position Title: Canvass Coordinator
Position Type: Full Time / Exempt
Job Location: Milwaukee, WI
Level: Mid
Education Level: High School/Equivalent
Salary Range: $54,000/annually
Travel %: Up to 75%
Job Shift: Any
Job Categories: Nonprofit - Social Services
Number of Openings: 8
About For Our Future
Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across key states. Our vision is to expand the progressive infrastructure and advance economic prosperity for all, strong community schools, climate justice, and civil rights. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community's collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people's lives.
JOB SUMMARY
Want a job with impact? Want to help make a change in Wisconsin? Then come join our team in Milwaukee.
For Our Future Wisconsin seeks a motivated, outgoing, and results-driven Canvass Coordinator for a paid canvassing program in Milwaukee. You will be responsible for executing the regional field plan and supervision of paid canvasser operations within your assigned region in accordance with strict health and safety protocols. Candidates should have familiarity with Milwaukee, experience working with door-to-door field programs, comfort working long hours, and access to reliable transportation.
This is a full-time position through April 6, 2021.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
■ Responsible for training canvassers, launching canvass events, and supervising a team of canvassers in accordance with FOF health and safety guidelines.
■ Will serve on the front lines of a voter outreach program for local and statewide candidates in-home regions, including regular door-to-door canvassing.
■ Ensuring that daily, weekly, and monthly goals are met and exceeded.
■ Ensuring that all required reporting is accurate and timely and that all regional data is entered in a timely manner.
■ Ensure all health and safety protocols and procedures are met.
■ Adhere to all health and safety protocols and procedures.
■ Recruiting, scheduling, and confirming canvassers.
■ Assist with delivering training programs.
Qualifications:
■ At least 1-2 cycles of paid field campaign or other door to door canvassing experience.
■ Commitment to building power in the progressive movement a must.
■ Knowledge of Votebuilder/VAN/LAN preferred.
■ Basic computer literacy, database skills, and prefer access to a reliable portable computer. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel is a plus.
■ Must have reliable access to a vehicle and a valid driver's license.
■ Ability to work long and irregular hours in a fast paced, metrics driven work environment.
■ Ability to work independently and in team settings.
■ Strong coaching skills and abilities.
■ Ability to meet deadlines under pressure while handling multiple projects.
■ Strong interpersonal communications skills.
■ Bilingual experience is a plus, but not required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
● Manage one or more teams of canvassers.
● On-turf coaching, support, and accountability.
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS
● Door-to-door canvassing, in-person management, and training is considered an essential function of this job. As long as it is possible to safely and appropriately conduct door-to-door canvassing, it will be a high priority. Employees will be provided with health and safety training, and personal protective equipment (PPE). Employees may be required to work in extreme weather conditions, including rain, heat, and cold. This position is expected to interact regularly face-to-face with voters, volunteers or community partners. Because of COVID-19, state and local government stay at home orders, phased reopening orders, and other factors may sometimes limit For Our Future's canvassing program. When these limits apply, your work environment will likely be your domicile (teleworking) or a socially-distanced office.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
■ Employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours including weekends, holidays, and nights.
■ Employees may be required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle, and generally not allowed to take more than 2-3 days off consecutively during blackout periods. Emergencies will not be affected by this policy.
For Our Future Action Fund offers the following benefits to all full-time employees:
■ Health insurance coverage - 95% employer paid and 5% employee paid
■ Paid parental leave
■ Retirement savings plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%
■ $100 monthly cell phone bill.
■ 13 days paid time off every new calendar year, as well as all paid holidays
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
For Our Future Action Fund is an equal opportunity employer. This application will not be used for limiting or excluding any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law, including race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, creed, national origin, disability, ancestry, military service, or veteran status. Should an applicant need reasonable accommodation in the application process, they should contact a company representative.
AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT
The relationship between you and the For Our Future Action Fund is referred to as "employment at will." This means that your employment can be terminated at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, by you or the For Our Future Action Fund/For Our Future. No representative of For Our Future Action Fund has authority to enter into any employment agreement with you that is contrary to the foregoing "employment at will" relationship.
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