CNY Temporary Canvasser
Nexus Management GroupCity of Utica, New York, United States
Posted August 12, 2025
43000 - 43000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Citizen Action is a statewide grassroots movement organization that fights for political, social, racial, economic and environmental justice.
Job Description
Citizen Action is looking to add a temporary canvasser to our Central New York team. The canvass position focuses on going door-to-door in low income communities and communities of color in order to activate community members and recruit them for our issue campaigns and organization.
Requirements
- Great communication and people skills
- Respect for diverse communities and varied worldviews and a commitment to promoting racial and gender justice
- Ability to use a script as a guide and have authentic conversations
- Patience and persistence
- Access to a tablet, laptop and phone with internet access
- Comfort using basic online software with training
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Reliable transportation to travel to canvass turfs (valid driver’s license required if using personal vehicle)
- Ability and willingness to fully adopt use of VAN, Scale to Win Dialer and Text, EveryAction, New/Mode, Google Drive, Slack, Asana, Action Network, and any other tools used by the organizations.
