About Victory Forward Solutions:

Victory Forward Strategies is an Arizona-based engagement firm that focuses on all aspects of community and electoral field work: voter engagement and registration, petition collection, canvass programs, and door-to-door campaign work. At Victory Forward Strategies, we anchor winning campaigns while building long-term power for the communities we work and partner with. For more information, visit www.victoryforward.com

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About Role:

Canvassers are assigned a Field Team Lead and work with up to 10 canvassers in the field daily. Canvasser(s) must be aware that strenuous physical demands are involved. The ideal candidate will have campaign and/or canvass experience and previous experience working with staff for or on behalf of candidates or issue campaigns. Superior customer service, or people skills, must ensure that daily goals and metrics can be met. Canvassers must be able to adapt and change with the dynamics of the 2024 election cycle. This position reports directly to the Field Team Lead.

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Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• ​Canvassers are expected to attend frequent and regular trainings, daily team check-ins/check-outs with Field Team Lead 

• Hit campaign goals and metrics 

• Attend work regularly (following the attendance policy) 

• Maintain accurate track of voter commitment cards 

• Connect with voters door to door 

• Be present at voter registration hot spots to register voters 

• Update Field Team Lead on any issues immediately when they happen ● Recruitment: collect names of potential volunteers and canvassers in the field and report back to the Field Team Lead 

• Assist team members when struggling with goals (if you are on track or ahead yourself) 

• Be a team player - maintaining positive working relationships with coworkers and superiors 

• Any other campaign-related tasks, as assigned.

• This role requires you to stand and walk for long periods of time in both indoor and outdoor settings including a variety of weather conditions (rainy, snow, hot and/or cold). 

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Qualifications:

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Required:

• Have experience working with others 

• Metrics/Goal driven 

• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• Strong emotional intelligence and strong interpersonal communication skills that create positive relationships with team, staff, clients, and community members ● Lead with cultural competency and the ability to build relationships and collaborate with colleagues, voters, and volunteers who identify as POC and across lines of difference. 

• Access to the internet and a mobile phone. 

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Preferred, but not required, you will also:

• ​Experience working on teams and closely with others 

• Bilingual (Fluent in Spanish). 

• Reliable Transportation 

• Be a forward thinker, adaptable, and go-getter attitude. 

• Have a strategizer mentality. 

 

How to Apply: 

To apply, directly through our website below. Please attach a resume, cover letter, and list of professional references to your application.

 

RECRUITMENT COMMUNICATION:

Human Resources may contact you at various stages of the recruitment process if you meet the qualifications for the position. This contact will be via email or phone only. Please make sure your email address and phone number are accurate.

 

We do not accept walk-in, or hand delivered application materials nor applicant calls regarding open, pending, or closed positions.

 

All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. VFS may, at its discretion, revise the job description at any time, and additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. Requirements, skills and abilities included have been determined to illustrate the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position.

 

Equal employment opportunity and having a diverse staff are fundamental principles at VFS, where employment and promotional opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as established under law.