Community Organizer and Canvasser

4 days ago

New Westminster, Canada BC ACORN Full time

_**Your Job Title**:_ _Community Organizer and Canvasser - Campaign for Affordable Clean Energy and Homes_
- **Where you will work**:_BC ACORN office in New West (Columbia Station) and door to door in the _neighbourhoods _we organize in (Guildford, Whalley, Metrotown.... ) _
- **Wage**:_ Probationary wage is $19.12/hr, increased to $19.59 with benefits after promotion. Annual seniority salary/wage increase plus cost of living increase on Jan 1.
- **Training is Provided**:_Those with organizing experience may be able to start at a higher wage_
- **ACORN is a community action group / union**_ _that punches above its weight class. If you want to actually win victories for tenants and working class people - and not just talk about it - ACORN is the place for you. _

The current priorities laid out by ACORN’s leadership in BC are:

- Fighting Energy Poverty and Energy Inefficient rental housing
- Province-wide Anti-Tenant Displacement campaign
- Amend the RTA - Anti-Tenant Harassment Laws

**Job Summary**:The job of an ACORN organizer is a field organizing position, not a desk job. The job enables you to get active and get out in the communities we organize in. The organizers role is _to help manage our resurgence and expansion in BC and to help us win our_ _campaigns tackling energy poverty and climate justice in BC._

**Three main roles of the job**:

- **Outreach**: Door Knocking, Street Canvassing, Petitioning to bring new people into the organization and then linking them to the existing membership and campaigns.
- **Fundraising**:Maintain and grow ACORN’s existing base of monthly member dues and donations. Manage our medium and long term fundraising efforts from allied labour organizations and foundations.
- **Learn how to be a community organizer**: Full-time organizers will work with supervisors in ACORN’s National Office, and colleagues across the country, to learn the tried and true ACORN organizing model. Full-time organizers will be paid to travel to training and meetings.

We are looking for applicants to come on for a two-month paid training period, working from 2-8PM for a minimum of 4 days a week. You'll be hitting the doors engaging working-class people on our affordable energy and climate justice campaigns. Successful trainees keen to take on a larger role in the organization will be offered full-time positions as field organizers with BC ACORN.

**Qualifications and Skills Sets**:

- Strong social and people skills
- Work ethic and self discipline
- Ability to work in a team setting that you are sometimes leading, and sometimes following
- Listening skills
- Conflict resolution

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $42,000.00-$45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Flexible schedule

Schedule:

- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

- MUST ANSWER - What is your availability during the week?
- MUST ANSWER - List any previous experience, including organizations or parties you have been involved with, that makes you fit to talk to people about ACORN's Campaign for Affordable Clean Energy and Homes?
- MUST ANSWER WITHOUT USING CHATGPT: Why do you want to be an organizer with ACORN?

Work Location: In person

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