Field Coordinator- Community Voices Heard (New York- Hudson Valley)

[Aaron]

Field Coordinator

 

The Field Coordinator is responsible for developing and implementing a field plan that consist of both C3 and C4 components, to be carried out at different moments, for Community Voices Heard's (CVH) voter engagement project in either Westchester County, Orange County, or Dutchess County (specific locations to be determined at a later date).

 

The Field Coordinator (FC) will perform ongoing strategic analysis on the implementation of their field plan and adjust the field plan based on the results. The FC is responsible for recruiting and mobilizing a combination of volunteers and paid outreach workers for canvassing, using various outreach methods to include potential phone-banking shifts, door-knocking, tabling, and more. FC is responsible for the training of staff and volunteers, in coordination with other staff at CVH. The Field Coordinator reports directly to the Mass Engagement Director of Community Voices Heard.

 

Timeframe: August 2016- November 2016

Pay: Based on experience

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

·         Writing, updating and implementing the field plan;

·         Working with voter database (VAN) to analyze and create target universe and subsequent outreach strategies;

·         Developing messaging and materials – in consultation with the Mass Engagement Director - for the voter engagement work;

·         Recruiting, training, and managing staff and/or volunteer teams

·         Developing and implementing comprehensive reporting systems to track and report on field/voter contact progress.

·         Developing reporting system to track staff and/or volunteer hours and work.

• Coordinating tailoring of materials
• Setting up appropriate systems to manage project
• Cutting turf and printing lists from C4 or C3 VAN when appropriate
• Tracking all data in C4 or C3 VAN when appropriate
• Inputting pertinent data in our organizational database
• Identifying volunteers and potential leaders (for engagement in the project and beyond)
• Ensuring that mailings get out by appropriate deadlines (this may require printing labels, purchasing postage, and having a team prepare the mailing for drop off)
• Setting up a comprehensive GOTV plan
• Nightly online numerical reporting
• Biweekly tracking of hours in ADP online payroll system
• Daily check-in calls with the statewide team &/ or your supervisor
• Coordinating with local organizer(s) as legally appropriate
• Completing an exit memo and thorough report out

 

QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED INCLUDE:

·         Minimum of two campaign cycles in a management position or as a field organizer;

·         Commitment to building community power;

·         Experience working with low-/ moderate-income communities of color;

·         Volunteer management experience;

·         Working knowledge of the structure of electoral campaigns and campaign technology; preferred, but not required

·         Experience quickly adapting to changing environment(s);

·         Experience meeting deadlines and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously;

·         Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills;

·         Strong attention to detail;

·         Some experience with voter ID, voter persuasion, and get-out-the-vote drives;

·         Self-motivated and willingness to work long hours;

·         Ability to work quickly and cooperatively under pressure;

·         A can-do attitude that combines a "team spirit" and creativity to drive and motivate others.

·         Bilingual Spanish speaker preferred, but not required

NOTE: Job Description and Qualifications for this position may be adjusted as certain pieces of the work become more clear OR for the right candidate!

ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND

Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a member lead organization comprised of low-income people building power in New York City and State to improve the lives of our families and communities. Since its first meeting in 1994 with 80 people in attendance, Community Voices Heard was established and would eventually become one of the leading organizations working for economic justice in the country.

Community Voices Heard (CVH) believes that we must build the power of low-income people and people of color, particularly women, by developing an organization that they control and lead. We also believe we have a successful model that has and can continue to mobilize large numbers of low-income people and people of color to DEVELOP into community leaders,PARTICIPATE in the policy making process, WIN concrete policies that improve our members’ lives, and CREATE a more fair and equitable community for everyone.

 

ELECTION & PROJECT BACKGROUND

CVH has a history of doing non-partisan voter engagement efforts in the community, but the upcoming elections, with an empahise on our local and state elections are going to shape the direction New York State goes in. We’ve been motivated by the recent visable support in the federal elections for a change in how government does business, but we know the real impact starts at home and so it’s important to take our efforts up a notch in this year's election – with such big stakes at hand – and getting to a different scale, of both numerical contacts and volunteer engagement. We are looking to get large numbers of eligible voters excited and engaged in one of the oldest forms of participatory democracy- voting. We also want to empower people – both people off our lists and new people – to be engaged in the voter project, learning the skills of: canvassing, phone banking, electoral strategy, and more.

TO APPLY:

Send your cover letter & resume to Aa...@cvhaction.org