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Get Out the Vote Ambassador

Kalamazoo Community Foundation

Job Location:

Kalamazoo, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 13 August 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 10 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Title:Get Out the Vote Ambassador

Reports to:Senior Public Policy Officer

Description: Temporary Part Time

Pay: $21.00 per hour

Hours:Up to 20 Hours per week

FLSA Status:Non-Exempt

Workplace Status:In-Person

Duration:August 27 2026 November 13 2026

About KZCF:

Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF) established in 1925 has the vision of Kalamazoo County being the most equitable place to live with the mission to create a thriving community by mobilizing people resources and expertise to advance racial social and economic justice in Kalamazoo County.

Core Values:

Center Anti-Racism

Nurture Healing and Love

Cultivate Transformative Relationships

Serve the Greater Good

Learn and Grow

Embrace Joy

Position Summary and Primary Objective:

The Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Ambassador will support the nonpartisan #PrepforthePolls campaign through immersive one-on-one voter engagement tools and help eligible community members register to vote understand their voting options create a voting plan and participate in the 2026 elections. This role is community-facing and requires clear communication reliability accurate information sharing and a strong commitment to nonpartisan civic engagement.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

Community Outreach

Utilize #PrepforthePolls messaging materials and information to communicate with students and community members.
Connect with community members organizational staff WMU leadership and/or Campus Life staff and others in planning and hosting #PrepforthePolls experiences.
Conduct approved nonpartisan outreach including digital and phone communications hosting voter engagement experiences attending community events social media engagement and one-on-one voter conversations.
Set-up take-down transport maintain and store #PrepforthePolls materials and equipment.
Provide accurate voting information including registration options early voting mail-in voting polling locations voter ID information and election deadlines.
Track outreach activities and submit required reports by the deadlines.
Attend all scheduled #PrepforthePolls engagement activities management and evaluation meetings with KZCF.

Other Duties

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Mission and Vision Alignment:

Apply an equitable and anti-racist lens to all aspects of your work advancing our mission to create a thriving community grounded in racial social and economic justice.
Embrace and integrate Kalamazoo Community Foundations commitment to anti-racism inclusion and healing acknowledging and addressing all forms of bias with humility and accountability.
Demonstrate the abilityand willingness to examine personal and systemic bias including around race gender age ability and identity fostering a workplace rooted in love learning and growth.
Engage with emotional intelligence and resilience in conversations about power privilege and oppression cultivating transformative relationships that support healing and justice.
Lead and collaborate with joy authenticity and a deep dedication to serving the greater good contributing meaningfully to our vision of a more equitable Kalamazoo County.

Professionalism:

Support the mission vision and strategic goals through excellent job performance to best serve the community.
Follow and support KZCF policies and procedures.
Regularly reflect on own performance and assume responsibility for professional development and learning.
Maintain current knowledge of all changes affecting area of work. This may include maintaining process documentation for clarity and consistency.
Conduct self in a professional manner and follows and supports the core values commitments and behaviors.
Maintain appropriate professional appearance and confidentiality consistent with KZCF policies.

Engagement/Participation:

As directed by your department Chief regularly represent KZCF at community-based meetings and events including evening and weekend engagements throughout the year.
As scheduled by KZCF Leadership actively participate in meetings committees and volunteer opportunities within the organization.
Consistently apply an anti-racism analysis and engage with others in support of learning ways to advance collective understanding and skills.
Collaborate effectively as a team member and individual contributor to achieve KZCF Strategic Goals through consistent department updates and organizational strategic plan meetings.
Provide proactive creative cross-functional thinking and ideas to enhance services to the community through supervisor 1:1 department meetings and organizational wide meetings.
Ability to work both independently as a team member and with a broad range of constituencies. This includes a demonstrated ability to effectively interact communicate and collaborate with people from all cultural backgrounds.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

Required Skills Certifications Training Education and Competencies:

Strong commitment to civic engagement voting rights voting access nonpartisan voter engagement and community participation.
Ability to work respectfully effectively and collaboratively with others and within high-energy or crowded environments.
Ability to communicate clearly respectfully and accurately with diverse community members.
Reliability punctuality and ability to complete assigned tasks by a deadline.
Comfort with outreach activities such as tabling events phone calls digital communications and one-on-one conversations.
Clear understanding of the importance of maintaining nonpartisan approach and must follow approved scripts instructions safety guidance and reporting expectations.
Ability to protect confidential information and use voter or participant information only for approved GOTV work.
Access to reliable transportation or the ability to travel to approved outreach locations events and check-ins.

Preferred Skills Certifications Training Education and Competencies:

Enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at a college or university with at least sophomore standing preferred

Physical/Mental Requirements:

While working virtually the remote environment must have consistent access to high-speed internet free from distractions confidential space and workspace must be safe and free from hazards.
Work in well-lit pleasant smoke-free office.
Occasionally requires physical activity including heavy lifting and other strenuous tasks as required by KZCF operations.
Must be able to sit for long periods of time including ones entire shift.
Frequent requirement to stand; walk; use hands to finger handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Frequently involves extended workdays and periodically involves irregular work hours.
Regular group and public speaking.
Occasional work at multiple sites travel and/or overnight work schedules.
Requires attention to detail and ability to concentrate on figures paperwork data etc.
Frequent pressures related to meeting deadlines and fulfilling scheduling requirements.
Frequent distracting influences such as people phone calls noise and so forth.
Frequent simultaneous handling of multiple tasks and intermittent or cyclical work pressures.
Occasionally requires on-call availability to handle work problems emergencies/crisis situations etc.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Regularly lift transport and position materials weighing up to 25 lbs.
Regularly load and unload materials from lower shelves by bending stooping and crouching on a daily basis.
Ability to be outdoors for extended periods of time.
Frequently walks long distances in varying environmental settings
Regularly traverses routes which may include exposure to wet slippery muddy or rough walking surfaces
Constantly works in outside weather conditions including extreme heat cold rain or wind.
Routine exposure to sun allergens pollen and natural elements

Residency

KZCF staff are required to reside within KZCFs service area within one (1) year from the day their employment begins. Residency is defined as the actual place where an employee lives and has their true permanent home to which whenever he or she is absent they have an intention of returning. Service Area is defined as Kalamazoo County and no more than thirty (30) miles outside of the county limits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Kalamazoo Community Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions without regard to race color religion (creed) gender gender expression age national origin (ancestry) disability marital status familial status sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation military status or any other category protected by applicable federal state or local law. These decisions include hiring and termination of staff selecting volunteers selecting vendors and providing services.

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