Voice Your Vote! Project™ Canvasser

Job Description

Job Description

Background
New Voices Pittsburgh/New Voices for Reproductive Justice – collectively called New Voices – is the premier Reproductive Justice and Human Rights organization in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The mission of New Voices is to build a social change movement dedicated to the health and well-being of Black women, femmes and girls through leadership development, Human Rights and Reproductive Justice. For the last 13 years, New Voices has served 75,000+ women of color through leadership development, community organizing, policy advocacy and culture change. We define Reproductive Justice as the Human Right of all women/people to control all decisions about our bodies, sexuality, gender, work and reproduction.

Position Description
Voice Your Vote! Project™ program builds power with the 31,000 Black women in Allegheny County who are either unregistered or infrequent voters. There are only temporary part-time positions available.

The Voice Your Vote! Project™ Canvasser is vital to the New Voices Pittsburgh team and supports Community Organizers with the following:
Going door to door to talk with Black women ages 18-49 in specific districts
Build relationships with potential voters and infrequent voters
Providing information about voter registration, polling locations and general election information
Engaging voters with the work of NVRJ and recruiting program participants and volunteers
Identifying voters who are supportive of ending discrimination in Pennsylvania and Ohio
Accurately recording information after completing each visit
Must be able to walk for long periods of time and walk up steps and hills

Canvassers will be paid by the shift. We will be hiring on a rolling basis until positions are filled. The general hours will include some evenings and weekends. While a driver’s license and access to reliable transportation is preferred, it is not required.

Skills and Qualifications
Interest and/or experience with phone banks, door-to-door work, public speaking, outreach and voter engagement
Be reliable, organized and able to multitask
Excellent communication skills and comfort speaking with strangers
Ability to discuss the mission, programs and work of New Voices specifically the IVE program
Comfort with using the computer and voter engagement technologies, i.e. Voter Activation Network
Strong interpersonal skills and outgoing personality
Ability to work with a diverse continuum of women and people of color including but not limited to ability, age, education, familial status, gender identity, gender expression, immigrant status, incarceration status, race, sex, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status

Contact Information
If you are interested in this temporary job opportunity, please email your resume and three (3) professional references to the following: [email protected]