Canvassing Fellow

Electoral Canvassing Program

Michigan Organizing Project is seeking a highly motivated and organized individual to join our Electoral Canvassing Program as a Canvassing Fellow. This is a unique opportunity to develop your skills in organizing and leadership development while making a meaningful contribution to our mission.

Responsibilities

• Execute our electoral canvassing program by using door-to-door canvassing tactics
• Report directly to a Canvassing Fellowship Manager
• Participate in daily stand-up meetings with the canvassing team to receive daily instructions and updates
• Prepare and organize materials for daily canvassing
• Complete canvassing of assigned lists and record details in the MiniVAN app
• Debrief daily with the canvassing team
• Practice and learn organizing skills through a specific training curriculum

Programmatic Responsibilities

• Execute a high-energy electoral canvass rooted in Michigan Organizing Project's theory of change
• Ensure canvass data integrity
• Receive and provide feedback on training materials and curriculum
• Collect stories, videos, photos, and other multimedia for promotion
• Attend monthly staff development trainings and fellowship training opportunities
• Occasional relational outreach via SMS to engage family and friends around issues and the election
• Transition new and newly activated leaders to a permanent organizer at the end of the election

Requirements

• Commitment to Michigan Organizing Project's theory of change and a strong commitment to racial, gender, and economic justice and their intersections
• Desire to learn and grow as a leader or organizer
• Previous experience working with a culturally, religiously, and economically diverse staff
• Bold desire to talk to people, hear and share stories, and ask people to take action
• Able to stand and walk for extended periods
• Effective communication skills and comfortability working with the public, talking to strangers, and asking people to take action
• Reliable transportation
• Data-capable smartphone

Work Environment

Employees must be in-person and based in the State of Michigan. Team members are located throughout the state, with our headquarters in Detroit. There will be in-person events, meetings, and activities. Our work schedule is standard business hours with flexibility. Evenings and weekends are occasionally required.

Benefits

• Health Insurance and a $600/year Health Savings Account or monthly Health insurance stipend available after 90 days of employment
• Paid time off (accruing at 4.616 hours every two weeks, subject to blackout dates around primary and general elections)
• Paid sick time policy beginning at 16 hours and accruing up to 80 hours
• Floating Holiday Policy
• 1.5x overtime pay after 40 hours

Our Commitments

Michigan Organizing Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage womxn, people of color, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQI people to apply.

Training

Michigan Organizing Project has a robust training program that will be made available to all Canvassing Fellows as part of their work schedules. Training may include developing organizer skills such as how to properly do 1:1's and cut issues strategically, storytelling, and self-interest.

Development

Michigan Organizing Project believes in transformational, not transactional, organizing. We take our duty to develop our members, volunteers, leaders, and staff into the next generation of this movement's leaders very seriously.