Apply to be an Assistant Canvass Director!

We’re hiring! Apply to be an Assistant Canvass Director for the VPIRG 2025 Summer Canvass.

Application deadline: Sunday October 20th, 2024

As a VPIRG Assistant Canvass Director (or “AD”) you are responsible for managing and training staff, directing specific canvass realms, maintaining a high level of personal fundraising, and helping lead the office to meet ambitious campaign and fundraising goals.  This also means assisting other directors in their roles as your demands fluctuate throughout the summer.

You set the example for the office both in performance and attitude. As a staff manager, you must establish open, direct, and regular communications in the office. Your canvassing requirements will depend on experience, role, and Oversight Director discretion, and you are expected to set a high bar for individual fundraising performance. With a high-quality group of directors, VPIRG will build the grassroots support we need to win public interest victories, while developing a talented team of activists to fuel the movement for environmental and social justice.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

An AD has many responsibilities, the most significant being the effective management of staff and focus and execution of their realms.  Here are some qualities that make a successful VPIRG AD:

• Exemplary leadership ability: ability to train, motivate, and hold accountable all office staff
• Trustworthy and accountable
• Open, honest, and direct communicator
• Ability to address, solve, and take responsibility for problems
• Well-organized and detail oriented
• Self-starter: able to identify problems and create solutions
• Strategic, quick, and critical thinking
• Excellent fundraising skills
• Team player willing to be nimble and get done what needs to get done
• Knowledge of and affinity for VPIRG, canvassing, and environmental activism
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Desire to continue to make the VPIRG canvass a home for everyone and create a welcoming, open, and safe office environment for all

Duration: May – August 2025, with possibility to continue into the fall.

Compensation:  The 2025 canvass pay structure has not yet been finalized, but the salary of ADs in 2024 was $975/week for context. This could potentially turn to an hourly wage in the summer of 2025.

How To Apply: All applications are due by Sunday, October, 20th 2024. Please apply online using the form below.

To apply to be an Assistant Director (AD) for the 2025 VPIRG Summer Canvass, please answer the questions below and attach a one page cover letter by Sunday, October 20th, 2024. In your cover letter please include:

• Why are you interested in being an AD for the VPIRG summer canvass?
• What makes you a good fit to be an AD? How will you use previous canvass experience to succeed in an AD role?
• What director-level activities would you be most interested in focusing on: recruiting new canvassers, training new staff, field manager oversight, logistics planning, staff management and office culture, other?’