Canvass Director

FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY, EXEMPT POSITION THROUGH ELECTION DAY

OVERVIEW

The climate emergency is here. The world as we know it is running out of time and the window for small, incremental action has closed. Instead, we need an emergency-level response to avert climate catastrophe—and leaders with the courage and mandate to take bold action. Our critical window of opportunity to sound the alarm is ever-narrowing and the time to act is now. 

ACE’s mission is to educate, inspire and support young people to lead the fight for their future. We achieve our mission by reaching tens of millions of young people with our programs each year, training a new generation of leaders, amplifying youth voices to shift the narrative, and increasing diverse youth participation in our democracy.  

Our staff and board members are dynamic, diverse and talented, and our team is currently growing to meet this critical moment of opportunity. 

JOB SUMMARY

ACE is seeking Canvass Directors to direct Voter Registration efforts and provide general oversight to non-partisan voter registration and GOTV initiatives in Allegheny County.

The Canvass Director will work to advance the programmatic and strategic growth of the Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE) through implementing ACE’s 501(c)(3) nonpartisan civic engagement program in key priority areas.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Achieve daily voter registration goals and monitor the voter registration card rate.
• Work with our field team to find and secure quality high traffic site locations for voter registration including cultural events, local business partnerships, schools and other related sites where BIPOC communities.
• Support partners and vendors in tracking progress to goal
•  Recruit contracted field canvassers and provide orientation of voter registration program.
• Work with Quality Control staff to ensure high quality voter registrations