Canvass Director

Canvass Office Director

We’re hiring and training Canvass Office Directors to work on some of the most important problems of our time – tackling climate change, eliminating plastic waste that is polluting our oceans, ensuring we have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, and more. We are hiring for immediate positions as well as positions starting throughout the year.

As a Canvass Office Director, you’re in charge of your own field office and will hire, train and manage a team of canvassers. You and your canvass staff will have an important impact on these issues through face-to-face conversations with people on their doorsteps. We build the people power it takes to overcome powerful opposition standing in the way of solutions – you’ll fundraise, mobilize people to get involved, and support some of the country’s leading non-profit groups, including Environment America and PIRG. Being a Canvass Office Director requires that you work independently, exercise good judgment and work hard to meet your office’s staffing, campaign and fieldwork goals. 

Apply to work with us if you want to:

• Educate and engage the public on campaigns like tackling climate change and moving beyond single-use plastics
• Build support and fundraise for leading non-profit groups, including Environment America and PIRG
• Hire, train and manage your own team
• Work at the most effective citizen outreach operation in the country. We have raised over $700 million for environmental and public interest organizations, run hundreds of campaigns in all 50 states, and educated and mobilized millions of people

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who have leadership experience, excellent communication skills, and who want to work hard to make lasting, positive change on important issues.

Training

We have an excellent training program, which starts with working in an existing canvass office to get hands-on training, as well as classroom-style training on social change concepts and skills.

Throughout the year, new and experienced canvass directors may participate in advanced trainings on staff management, canvassing, campaign strategy, and other skills.

Locations

We work on campaigns and in locations that we think will make the biggest difference. We are looking for canvass directors who are ready to go where the environment needs them and wherever they can make the biggest impact. Canvass directors could work on campaigns almost anywhere in the country, and while location preferences are considered for placements, we require all directors to be geographically flexible. Right now we are running campaigns in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Colorado with plans to run campaigns in California and more.

Pay and Benefits

The target annual compensation for this position is $35,750-$48,000, depending on location. The Fund offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid sick time (60-80 hours/year depending on location), accrued paid vacation time (accruing 10 days over year 1, 15 days over year 2, and 20 days over year 3 and thereafter), a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Why work with us? Check out 10 reasons on our website.

About Fund for the Public Interest

Fund for the Public Interest is a national nonprofit that addresses some of the most important problems facing our country. We work to tackle climate change, the plastic waste crisis, preserve clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and more. Our mission is to build public support around solutions that work. That’s exactly what our citizen outreach offices do. 

We partner with America’s leading environmental and public interest groups, and raise the money, build membership, generate visibility and educate the public one person at a time, one conversation at a time, on America’s front doorsteps. We’ve raised over $700 million, run hundreds of campaigns in all 50 states, and educated and mobilized millions of people on issues ranging from saving our national parks to stopping the misuse of our life-saving antibiotics by factory farming operations.

Our Mission and Values

Fund for the Public Interest is guided by our vision of a better world, a strategic approach to social change, and our core values. Visit our website for things you should know about our organization when you apply.

Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer. Fund for the Public Interest will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

COVID-19: We take COVID-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our COVID safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law. Staff in Texas are not required to be vaccinated. Staff in Florida are not required to be vaccinated or participate in testing.

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