Temporary Canvasser - Central New York

Nexus Management; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Citizen Action of NY is seeking a temporary canvasser to join our Central New York team, conducting door-to-door outreach in Syracuse. You'll engage residents on affordability and universal child care and record responses in our data tools.

This role reports to the Canvass and Mobilization Director and requires evening/weekend availability, reliable transportation, and comfort using digital tools to track activity.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Respect for diverse communities and commitment to justice.
• Able to follow a script and have authentic conversations.
• Comfort with door-to-door outreach and phone conversations.
• Reliable transportation and willingness to travel to canvass areas.
• Access to a tablet, laptop and phone with internet; basic software use.

Responsibilities

• Go door-to-door multiple times a week for 10 hours total weekly.
• Invite people to join the organization and record responses.
• Identify community members for follow-up by organizers.
• Meet quotas for door-to-door work and recruitment.
• Perform other duties as required by supervisor.

Skills

Communication

Diversity awareness

Scripted conversations

Door-to-door

Patience

Device access

Tech comfort

Independent work

Reliable transportation

Tool proficiency

Evenings & weekends

Tools

VAN

Scale to Win Dialer

Text

EveryAction

New/Mode

Google Drive

Slack

Asana

Action Network

Job description

About the organization

Citizen Action is a statewide grassroots movement organization that fights for political, social, racial, economic and environmental justice. We work at the grassroots to give people a sense of their own power. We collaborate with organizations and coalitions in communities throughout New York to address critical issues at the local, state and federal levels.

About the position

Citizen Action is looking to add a temporary canvasser to our Central New York team. The canvass position focuses on going door-to-door in low income communities and communities of color in order to activate community members on the issues of affordability and universal child care. This position will report to the Canvass and Mobilization Director.

What you’ll do and the impact you'll make

• Go door to door multiple times a week for a total of 10 hours per week.
• Invite people interested in the organization to join, record responses of community members and track data.
• Identify community members for follow up by organizers based on their interest in our campaign
• Consistently meet quotas for door to door work and recruitment
• Any other duties as required by your supervisor

Skills/Qualifications

• Great communication and people skills
• Respect for diverse communities and varied worldviews and a commitment to promoting racial and gender justice
• Ability to use a script as a guide and have authentic conversations
• Ability to go door-to-door and speak with community members on the phone
• Patience and persistence
• Access to a tablet, laptop and phone with internet access
• Comfort using basic online software with training
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Reliable transportation to travel to canvass turfs (valid driver’s license required if using personal vehicle)
• Ability and willingness to fully adopt use of VAN, Scale to Win Dialer and Text, EveryAction, New/Mode, Google Drive, Slack, Asana, Action Network, and any other tools used by the organizations.
• Availability on evenings and weekends

Location

This position will be based in Syracuse, NY, reporting to that chapters’ office location.

Pay rate: $21.50/hour

Working Hours: 10 hours/week for 8 weeks

Equal Opportunity Employer

Citizen Action of NY and The Public Policy and Education Fund are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We are looking for the most passionate people who want to join our team. People of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants may be entitled to reasonable accommodations under the terms of the ADA and state/local laws. Please let us know if you need assistance participating in the interview process.