Canvass and Mobilization Director

Core responsibilities:

• Recruit, hire, train and manage a paid phone canvass staff of 4 permanent part-time canvassers and additional temporary canvassers during certain periods
• Train staff and volunteers on effective phone canvassing, identify and arrange relevant skills trainings and issue briefings for canvassers
• Use NGP VAN to create universes and lists for phone canvassing, and create calling campaigns using Virtual Phone Bank or Scale to Win Dialer
• Develop and manage volunteer phone canvass teams to engage in rapid response work at the state and federal levels

This role creates positive change by building and managing canvass teams that mobilize members and volunteers across New York state to fight for political, social, racial, economic and environmental justice through grassroots organizing and rapid response efforts.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a field or phone canvasser
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing staff and/or volunteers
• Experience and ability to manage data using NGP VAN
• Some experience in electoral organizing
• Valid driver's license and reliable vehicle
• Political alignment with Citizen Action of New York

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary ($68,500 - $72,500)
• 100% paid employee monthly medical and vision premiums
• Access to mental health and dental plans
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Generous paid holidays, vacation time, and paid sick leave
• Organization shutdown weeks in July and December, and Summer Fridays
• Working collaboratively in an organization at the forefront of building power across NYS

Citizen Action is a statewide grassroots movement organization that fights for political, social, racial, economic and environmental justice. They work at the grassroots to give people a sense of their own power and collaborate with organizations and coalitions in communities throughout New York to address critical issues at local, state and federal levels.