JOB: Paid Canvassers sought for (Lake County) targeted Illinois General Assembly race

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JOB: Paid Canvassers sought for targeted Illinois General Assembly race in Lake County

 

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Do you enjoy talking to friends and neighbors about politics?  Do you want valuable, ground-floor experience for a career in politics, while being an integral part of winning elections?  All with flexible work hours?  Paid canvassing – knocking doors for a political campaign – is right for you. 

 

A targeted general assembly race in Northeastern Illinois has openings for Paid Canvassers through the November 6^th election.

Position Description

 

Paid canvassers serve one of the most important roles in a campaign.  During the week and on weekends, canvassers knock on doors in neighborhoods across a district and help introduce their candidate to voters. 

 

This campaign’s canvassers do the following:

 

·         Knock doors for at least 20 hours a week.  Hours are flexible – choices include Monday through Thursday evenings, Saturday and Sunday mornings / afternoons

·         Enter data for those door knocks

·         Pull lists of voters and cut canvassing turf from a database

·         Manage teams of volunteers and other canvassers

 

 

Requirements / Qualifications

 

Prior campaign experience is preferred, but not required.

 

Qualified applicants are excellent communicators, with the ability to think on their feet, be extremely polite, and articulate issue position to voters.    

 

Qualified applicants will demonstrate some proficiency with Microsoft Office – canvassers will use Word and Excel occasionally.

 

Qualified applicants have full-time access to a car and cell phone, and are capable of working in the evenings and on weekends.

 

 

Positions start in June of 2016.  For additional details, and to apply, send a resume and two references to paidcan...@gmail.com.