Stop Data Centers Canvass Director

Food & Water Watch•Allentown, PA

4d•Remote

About The Position

Food & Water Watch is a leading national organization that mobilizes regular people to build political power to move bold and uncompromised solutions to the most pressing food, water, and climate problems of our time. We work to protect people’s health, communities, and democracy from the growing destructive power of the most powerful economic interests. In the Lehigh Valley, we are fighting data centers. The Lehigh Valley faces several proposed big data centers. If approved, these projects would drive up electricity costs and increase regional pollution, putting corporate profit over the needs of working families. Food & Water Watch has been working for years, organizing to build power in Pennsylvania. Our work gets real results. We have stopped data centers and proposed fracking projects around the state. The Stop Data Centers Canvass Director will report to the Political Director and will work with other staff on the Pennsylvania Organizing and administrative teams to support Food & Water Watch’s work. The position will run a canvass operation that knocks on tens of thousands of doors to educate and engage Lehigh Valley residents on the data centers we are fighting. This is a full-time temporary position starting as soon as possible, running through November 6.

Requirements

At least one election cycle canvassing and/or organizing experience (either electoral or issue organizing works!).
Familiarity with VAN or a similar voter database tool.

Nice To Haves

One election cycle canvass directing or one year organizing on an issue advocacy campaign.
Experience training others.
Experience with using Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets to track work.
Knowledge of the region.
Relationships with organizers and potential canvassers in this area.
Strong interest in Food & Water Watch issues and commitment to social change.
Strong verbal and written communication and time management skills.
Desire to develop campaign organizing skills.

Responsibilities

Recruit and hire canvassers.
Publicize our canvasser application to maximize applicants, and efficiently follow up with those who apply
Training canvassers. Teach canvassers to effectively conduct canvassing conversations.
Cutting and assigning turf using VAN, create walk lists for canvassers that maximizes their time talking to community members.
Analyzing canvasser performance , including running VAN reports, tracking petitions and pledge cards collected.
Quality control. Checking submitted data for errors, to maximize canvasser success and minimize submission of fraudulent canvass data
Scheduling and tracking hours . Working with the Finance team to ensure canvassers are paid in a timely fashion.
Canvass. Completing at least one canvass shift themselves each week.
Manage logistics. Ensuring a daily transportation plan for canvassers to get to turf and back, including acquiring rental cars when necessary. Also identify meetup locations for canvass sendoffs.