Field Canvasser - Kenosha

PART-TIME, TEMPORARY, HOURLY POSITION
 

ABOUT YOU 

Great candidates will have some of the skills and experience listed below: 

● You LOVE canvassing. You really really love it: A massive portion of this job is focused on canvassing, in addition to other direct voter contact. You love canvassing and enjoy doing it all the time. 

● Experienced in field, organizing, and/or civic engagement: You’ve knocked on doors, done phone banking, and know the ins and outs of direct voter contact. 

● You enjoy working with a field team to accomplish big goals: You’ve managed volunteers or a similar kind of field campaign to achieve big goals, and you relish the opportunity to do field work, train people to do better field work, and optimize field outcomes. 

OVERVIEW

The climate emergency is here. The world as we know it is running out of time and the window for small, incremental action has closed. Instead, we need an emergency-level response to avert climate catastrophe—and leaders with the courage and mandate to take bold action. Our critical window of opportunity to sound the alarm is ever-narrowing and the time to act is now.

ACE’s mission is to educate, inspire and support young people to lead the fight for their future. We achieve our mission by reaching tens of millions of young people with our programs each year, training a new generation of leaders, amplifying youth voices to shift the narrative, and increasing diverse youth participation in our democracy.

Our staff and board members are dynamic, diverse and talented, and our team is currently growing to meet this critical moment of opportunity.

Job Summary

The Field Canvasser will implement ACE’s 501(c)(3) nonpartisan civic engagement program in key priority areas across the state. The scope of responsibilities will include, but is not limited to: direct voter contact, cutting and managing turf, managing data and digital tools, relational organizing, voter registration activities, in-state communications (e.g. text, email, and other modes), and managing a large number of canvassers doing voter registration and other voter contact work. 

In this position, the Canvasser will work to strengthen ACE’s role and impact in advocating for an end to the era of fossil fuels, a swift and equitable transition to renewable energy, and an increase in diverse youth participation in our democracy, by supporting young people to take action for climate justice and raise their voices to protect voting rights and civic participation. 

The Canvasser must be available for frequent and regular travel within the state, to participate in fieldwork, actions, organizing, events, and other work as needed. This position requires access to a car and must maintain a current, valid driver’s license. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

● Voter contact Conduct field-based civic engagement work to increase diverse youth participation in our democracy, locally in t