Asian American Advocacy Fund: Canvasser

LOCATION

SALARY

COMPANY

DEPARTMENT

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

MINIMUM LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Description:

• Canvassers are expected to actively engage with members of the local community to encourage civic participation and provide information related to AAAF campaigns and projects, primarily through in-person, door-to-door interactions.

• Canvassers might also be expected to engage with members of the local community through AAAF tabling events surrounding relevant campaigns and projects

• Canvassers are expected to maintain accurate, current, and detailed data relating to individual community engagements and entering the collected information into our database via NGP VAN.

Job Requirements:

• Canvassers must display values alignment with the mission of AAAF

• Canvassers must be comfortable working on your feet and door knocking in neighborhoods for extended periods of time

• Canvassers must have a valid driver's license

• Canvassers must be able to provide their own reliable transportation to and from canvassing locations and must have access to their vehicle on-site during working hours

• Canvassers must have access to a personal device (phone) with the ability to download apps

• Canvassers must be able to work in-person in the metro-Atlanta area or other areas as assigned

• Canvassers must be able to commit at least 16 hours per week to knocking doors

• Canvassers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon start date

• Canvassers must be eligible to work in the United States

• Canvassers must be at least 18 years of age

Nice To Have:

• The ability to speak an Asian language is a plus, especially Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Telugu

• Previous door-to-door canvassing experience for either an advocacy group or political campaign

• Familiarity with using NGP VAN and the associated MiniVAN mobile app

• Proficient in Google Suite