Hiring Paid Canvass Directors - Planned Parenthood - NOVA
Scott Kalota
Organization: Community
Outreach Group
Title: Canvass Manager
Position: Temporary
Location: Northern VA
Organization
Overview
Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. The Community Outreach Group is a part of Planned Parenthood, but a separate organization that supports Planned Parenthood with short-term staffing and large-scale advocacy campaigns.
General Description
Community Outreach Group is seeking enthusiastic Canvass Managers to serve in locations across the country. Canvass Managers will lead a robust door-to-door program to persuade or turn out voters for Planned Parenthood’s preferred candidates or around our issues. Each Canvass Manager will supervise 1-2 professional staff as well as a team of hourly canvassers and team leaders. As a Canvass Manager, you will hold responsibility for the day-to-day management of the canvass office, including taking primary responsibility for meeting goals, managing staff, payroll, recruitment, supporting team leaders, training, office culture and environment, turf, reporting, and quality control. Some of these duties will be delegated to supporting staff.
Responsibilities
This is a mid-level role. In this position, you will have the opportunity to:
· Collaborate with field leadership to develop and implement all components of a strategic canvassing operation in a key metropolitan area
· Create a canvassing plan to break down campaign-wide goals into daily and weekly benchmarks
· Oversee a budget to support the payroll and operations of your office
· Recruit, train, and supervise canvassers in each area
· Analyze daily and weekly reports to track progress to goals and implement rigorous quality control measures.
· Communicate and coordinate regularly with client and/or partners
Qualifications
Applicants for this position should bring the following knowledge, abilities, and attitude:
· Knowledge of and commitment to progressive causes
· Strong interpersonal skills, including comfort meeting and talking with new people
· Effective communicator face-to-face and in writing
· Familiarity with advocacy or electoral campaigns, and the use of data to set goals and measure progress
· Flexible and self-motivated to identify priorities and complete work without being micro-managed
· Prior staff or volunteer management experience
· Experience in leading canvasses as a volunteer leader, organizer, or canvass management staff
· A basic understanding of how to break large goals into smaller pieces of work
· Has set goals and deadlines for other people, and helped them meet those goals or deadlines
· Comfortable with technology, and can learn new tools quickly
· Willing and able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends
· Ability to maintain confidentiality (in handling of HR documents)
· Licensed driver with access to a vehicle
We especially encourage applications from people who bring some of these additional skills or experiences:
· Directly-related experience in the same type of campaign or program
· Staff management experience
· Has strong ties in the city in which you are applying to work
· Brings some knowledge of or experience in reproductive health issues
· Has lead trainings or facilitated workshops
· Has worked with or built coalitions
· Knows how to use the VAN voter database software (strongly preferred)
· Knows how to use Excel
· Knows how to use Google email, documents, etc.
· Budget management experience
· Experience with hiring
· Experience managing logistics or office operations
There is no formal education requirement for this position.
Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt, mid-level position with the Community Outreach Group, with an annual base salary between $54,000 - $66,000 depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
Full-time exempt employees are also eligible for a cell phone reimbursement up to $75/month, and employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
This is a short-term position with an expected end date of November, 15th.
To Apply
Please email your resume and a paragraph explaining your interest in the position to jo...@communityoutreachgroup.net. Include the title “NOVA Canvass Team” in the subject line and please let us know where you found out about this job. We strongly encourage women, people of color, working-class, LGBTQ, and differently abled people to apply.
The Community Outreach Group, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Community Outreach Group, LLC is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
Organization: Community
Outreach Group
Title: Deputy Canvass Manager
Position: Temporary
Location: Northern VA
Organization Overview
Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. The Community Outreach Group is a part of Planned Parenthood, but a separate organization that supports Planned Parenthood with short-term staffing and large-scale advocacy campaigns.
General Description
Community Outreach Group is seeking enthusiastic Deputy Canvass Managers to serve in locations across the country. Deputy Canvass Managers will assist with leading a robust door-to-door program to persuade or turn out voters for Planned Parenthood’s preferred candidates or around our issues. Along with 1-3 additional leadership staff, you will collectively supervise a team of hourly canvassers and team leaders. As a Deputy Canvass Manager, you will support the day-to-day management of the canvass office by taking responsibility for some of the following areas of responsibility, depending on your skills, experience, and interests: payroll, recruitment, supporting team leaders, training, office culture and environment, turf, reporting, and quality control.
Responsibilities
This is an entry-level role. In this position, you will have the opportunity to:
· Collaborate with your Canvass Manager to develop and implement all components of a strategic canvassing operation in a key metropolitan area
· Meet ambitious weekly goals for recruitment and results
· Track a budget to support the payroll and operations of your office
· Recruit, train, and supervise canvassers in each area
· Analyze daily and weekly reports to track progress to goals and implement rigorous quality control measures.
· Communicate and coordinate regularly with client and/or partners
Qualifications
Applicants for this position should bring the following knowledge, abilities, and attitude:
· Knowledge of and commitment to progressive causes
· Strong interpersonal skills, including comfort meeting and talking with new people
· Effective communicator face-to-face and in writing
· Flexible and self-motivated to identify priorities and complete work without being micro-managed
· Highly organized and detail-oriented
· Comfortable with technology, and can learn new tools quickly
· Willing and able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends
· Ability to maintain confidentiality (in handling of HR documents)
· Licensed driver with access to a vehicle
We especially encourage applications from people who bring some of these additional skills or experiences:
· Can tell us about your experience meeting goals and deadlines
· Has set goals and deadlines for other people and helped them meet those goals or deadlines
· Has organized before (as staff, intern, or volunteer)
· A basic understanding of how to break large goals into smaller pieces of work
· Has strong ties in the city in which you are applying to work
· Brings some knowledge of or experience in reproductive health issues
· Knows how to use the VAN voter database software (strongly preferred)
· Knows how to use Excel
· Knows how to use Google email, documents, etc.
· Experience with hiring
· Experience managing logistics or office operations
There is no formal education requirement for this position.
Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt, mid-level position with the Community Outreach Group, with an annual base salary between $48,000 - $54,000 depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.
Full-time exempt employees are also eligible for a cell phone reimbursement up to $75/month, and employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
This is a short-term position with an expected end date of November, 15th.
To Apply
Please email your resume and a paragraph explaining your interest in the position to jo...@communityoutreachgroup.net. Include the title “NOVA Canvass Team” in the subject line and please let us know where you found out about this job. We strongly encourage women, people of color, working-class, LGBTQ, and differently abled people to apply.
The Community Outreach Group, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Community Outreach Group, LLC is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that