Field Organizer- Arizona Non-Partisan organization

[jfen...@crossroadscampaigns.com]

Field Organizer

OCA-Phoenix is a civic engagement organization focusing mainly on the Asian Pacific Islander communities in and around Maricopa County. We are looking for a Field Organizer, for the short term lasting through the November General Elections, to help with voter registration as well as recruiting and managing volunteers and paid canvassers for voter contact efforts.

 

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

● Recruiting, training, and managing volunteers and paid canvassers.

● Training canvassers to represent the campaigns to voters in a professional manner, and to collect accurate information

● Handling day-to-day operations of a campaign field office

● Developing volunteer leaders to help carry out phone banks, canvasses, voter registration drives and other events designed to contact voters and engage volunteers.

● Meeting voter contact and volunteer recruitment goals.

● Representing the campaign at community meetings and events

● Providing accurate and consistent reports of progress to goal.

● Running canvasser payroll in the field.

 

 

Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:

● Strong commitment to progressive politics and ideals.

● Great time management, organizational and interpersonal skills

● Discipline and a solutions-oriented attitude toward tasks

● Ability to train and instruct volunteers and paid canvassers

● Excellent listening skills and ability to speak and write effectively and professionally

● Experience in setting and achieving measurable targets, managing teams, and coordinating between multiple stakeholders.

● Ability to handle multiple priority projects and meet established timelines.

● Candidates with experience with managing volunteers or building relationships with diverse groups of people are preferred.

● Candidates with past experience running payroll on paid operations are preferred

● Candidates with language proficiencies in Asian and Pacific Islander languages is preferred

● Candidates should have experience working with Voter Activation Networks

● Having a vehicle is strongly recommended.

 

Salary is competitive and commensurate to experience. OCA-Phoenix is an equal opportunity organization and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. If interested, please send any resumes and cover letters to sch...@gmail.com and mention "OCA-Phoenix Field Organizer". No calls, please.