Canvass Organizer-Blacksburg area

About REPRO Rising Virginia (RRVA)

REPRO Rising Virginia is a strong and trusted leader in the fight to establish laws and policies that ensure real, reliable, affordable, and timely access to abortion, contraception, and other reproductive health services for every person in Virginia. We work with community and state-based partners to connect this work to a broader reproductive health, rights, and freedom. In our efforts, we seek to center the needs and voices of those most affected by reproductive injustice and to deepen our understanding and practice of intersectionality and justice, in both our internal practice and external programs. Ultimately, we seek to ensure that every person in the Commonwealth of Virginia has access to comprehensive and high-quality reproductive health information and services free of stigma or coercion.

We are an independent, state-based advocacy organization leading the charge for reproductive rights and freedom across the Commonwealth. We are a team of progressive people deeply committed to reproductive rights and freedom striving to support each other as work to secure reproductive rights and equity to the people of Virginia. Our team is collaborative and supportive; we encourage asking for help when it is needed and often pitch in across teams when things get busy. We are diverse and visionary thinkers. We value diversity of lived experience, and we welcome bold and creative ideas and ensure space to test those ideas. We own areas of work and decisions within a collaborative team. We believe that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us a more creative and more resilient organization.

RRVA is made up of three entities: our main 501(c)(4) policy and political arm; the 501(c)(3) REPRO Rising Virginia Foundation, which oversees our issue advocacy, culture change and education programming; and the REPRO Rising Virginia Political Action Committee which works to elect pro-reproductive freedom candidates. Currently, our staff are located across our offices in Alexandria and Richmond.

Role Summary: The Canvass Organizer in the Blacksburg area, will play a key role in managing volunteer canvassing programs, conducting deep canvassing, and overseeing voter engagement initiatives. This role involves extensive fieldwork, ensuring voter outreach efforts are executed effectively.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Reasonable accommodations may be

made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lead deep canvassing operations, including training and managing volunteer canvassers.
• Develop and execute field plans to meet voter contact goals.
• Track and analyze field data ensuring continues improvement in canvassing tactics.
• Oversee script development, turf cutting and canvass logistics.
• Coordinate with the Field and Canvass Supervisor to ensure alignment with broader campaign strategies.

Skills:

• • Excellent communication skills and comfort with face-to-face engagement.
  • Ability to manage, motivate, and mentor canvassing staff or volunteers.

Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of field organizing or canvass management experience.
• Experience recruiting, training and managing volunteers.
• Experience with VAN, voter outreach tools and field data tracking preferred.
• Must be available to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• Access to reliable transportation strongly preferred

Working Conditions:

• • Regular local travel required.
  • Extended periods of walking, standing, and outdoor work.
  • Position may involve evening and weekend work to reach community members effectively.

Compensation Package:

• Hourly rate: $26.37-$28.57
  • Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability paid 100% by the employer.
  • Retirement plan: SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer matching.
  • Personal time off: One week for the first year of employment and progressively increasing to 3-weeks+ based on years of service.
  • Sick days: 5 sick days a year.
  • Restorative Fridays: REPRO Rising Virginia recognizes the importance of a healthy equilibrium between the employee's professional and personal life. Therefore, the organization offers a 7-hour work week and every other week Restorative Friday option. Employees can choose a full day, partial day, or a few hours of Restorative Fridays. This allows employees to choose the option that best meets their needs. (Restorative Fridays are observed outside of legislative session and post-Labor Day to Election Day.).
  • Holidays: The organization observes most federal and religious holidays including a week off for the December holidays. The organization also includes 4-day weekends for the summer holidays.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Worker with Disabilities needing assistance applying please feel free to call the HR Office at (908) 873-8434.

• • Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability paid 100% by the employer.
  • Retirement plan: SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer matching.
  • Personal time off: One week for the first year of employment and progressively increasing to 3-weeks+ based on years of service.
  • Sick days: 5 sick days a year.
  • Restorative Fridays: REPRO Rising Virginia recognizes the importance of a healthy equilibrium between the employee's professional and personal life. Therefore, the organization offers a 7-hour work week and every other week Restorative Friday option. Employees can choose a full day, partial day, or a few hours of Restorative Fridays. This allows employees to choose the option that best meets their needs. (Restorative Fridays are observed outside of legislative session and post-Labor Day to Election Day.).
  • Holidays: The organization observes most federal and religious holidays including a week off for the December holidays. The organization also includes 4-day weekends for the summer holidays.