Community Canvasser
Community Canvasser
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Job Description
CAIR San Francisco Bay Area is hiring Community Canvassers to enable it to further grow its grassroots engagement and community presence. Do you enjoy interacting with community members and organizing for social change This job is perfect for you!
Title: Community Canvasser
Schedule Type: Parttime (Nonexempt). 5 10 hours each week. Frequent evenings and weekends required.
Location: Based in CAIRs Santa Clara office but working inperson across the San Francisco Bay Area is required.
Requirements: Ability to travel throughout the Bay Area (vehicle and drivers license required); authorization to work in the United States.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Executive Director
Key Responsibilities
- Manage CAIR outreach booths at local community centers masajid and other high traffic areas and events
- Staff phone banking door knocking flyering postering and other outreach and community and volunteer engagement efforts
- Support and participate in the organizations communitybuilding programming such as citizenship clinics youth programs and various community trainings and workshops
- Represent the organization at partner and coalition events including rallies town halls press conferences and mosque programs
Other duties as assigned dependent on organizational needs and employee skills. All CAIR staff are required to assist in general duties such as answering phones weekly outreach and other office tasks.
Required Qualifications
- Availability to work on Friday afternoons from 10:00am3:00pm and occasional evenings and weekends
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills including compassionate communication and cultural sensitivity and ability to maintain a positive personable outgoing and enthusiastic attitude
- Demonstrated commitment to civic engagement and community empowerment
- Ability to problemsolve take initiative stay organized manage multiple tasks and work independently as well as within a team
- Flexibility to adjust and contribute to continually evolving work situations and changing priorities
- A strong commitment to civil rights and CAIRs mission
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in Arab Muslim Middle Eastern and/or South Asian communities
- Community organizing and leadership experience including experience working for at a masjid in an MSA or other nonprofit setting
- Experience with Canva WhatsApp and various social media platforms
- Conversational proficiency in Arabic Dari Farsi Somali or Urdu
Compensation
- $20 $23.79/hour commensurate with skills and experience
- 3 employermatched retirement plan
To Apply
Please submit(1 a cover letter discussing your interest in the position 2 your resume and 3 the names and contact information of three references.
Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis.
CAIRCA is an equalopportunity employer and adheres to all federal state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination.
Employment Type
Part-Time
