Field Canvasser, Charlotte

Field Canvasser - Charlotte

**About ACE:** Are you passionate about tackling the climate emergency? Do you believe youth have the power to change the world? How does spending every day working with diverse, smart, and motivated coworkers who care about the future sound? At ACE, we love our jobs, our mission, and what we can do together. ACE is an equal opportunity employer that highly values diversity, equity, and inclusion and views the climate crisis as a social justice crisis. People of color, Indigenous people, people who experience gender oppression, people with disabilities, and people who identify as members of the LGBTQIA community are encouraged to apply.

ACE offers an excellent overall compensation package which includes a competitive base salary commensurate with skills and experience, medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA plans, 403b retirement savings plan with matching company contributions, generous vacation package, sick time, floating holidays, and 13 paid holidays.

**Field Canvasser - Charlotte** (Charlotte, NC) **Temporary | Entry Level | 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 fieldwork, train people to do better fieldwork, and optimize field outcomes.

**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, communications, 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. 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 the state of hire. This may include, but is not limited to voter registration, voter education, GOTV, and relational organizing.
• Coordinating and cutting turf with funders and partners
• Managing data and the associated digital tools
• Doing in-person and digital direct voter contact
• Support young people and other volunteers do direct voter contact

**QUALIFICATIONS:**

**Required Qualifications:**

• 1-3 years experience in civic engagement field organizing and experience leading civic engagement work including direct voter contact
• Experience in advocacy work, youth engagement, or youth development, preferably with a climate or other social justice focus
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to set priorities, complete work with minimal supervision, and meet deadlines
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and creativity

**Desired Qualifications:**

• Demonstrated competence in supervising a team and managing projects
• Ability to train and coach youth

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job absent undue hardship.

**Application:** Apply for this position using the provided fields.