Voter Registration Canvas Lead

MF Professional Services, Inc. (“MFPS”) provides human resources, payroll, benefits administration, and operational support to mission-driven organizations. This position supports MFPS clients, including Mi Familia Vota (“MFV”) and Mi Familia en Acción (“MFA”).

MFV and MFA are national, Latino-led organizations dedicated to strengthening civic engagement, building political power, and advancing policies that support Latino communities.

The Canvass Lead coordinates daily canvassing activities designed to increase civic participation, voter registration, voter education, and voter engagement within Latino communities.

This position provides daily direction, training, coaching, and field support to a team of approximately four to five Canvassers. The Canvass Lead assigns turf, distributes materials, communicates goals, monitors field activity, reviews data, and submits required reports.

The Canvass Lead also participates in canvassing and voter-registration activities. This position requires substantial outdoor work, frequent walking, flexible scheduling, accurate recordkeeping, and compliance with voter-registration, data, safety, and reporting requirements.

• Canvass assigned neighborhoods and engage community members regarding voter registration, voter education, voting by mail, Get Out the Vote, and other approved civic-engagement initiatives.

• Use only approved scripts, forms, literature, digital tools, and calls to action.

• Provide accurate information and respect individuals who decline to participate or ask that outreach end.

• Manage the daily activities of an assigned team of approximately four to five Canvassers.

• Prepare the office or staging location and conduct daily pre-shift briefings.

• Communicate goals, schedules, turf assignments, scripts, safety information, and reporting expectations.

• Distribute voter-registration materials, literature, clipboards, mobile devices, identification, and other approved supplies.

• Coordinate employee deployment, breaks, check-ins, transportation, and return times.

• Create or cut daily turf using VAN, MiniVAN, maps, spreadsheets, or other approved tools.

• Track turf assignments, completion, coverage, and unresolved issues.

• Secure printed and electronic voter information at the end of each shift.

• Train and coach Canvassers on scripts, voter-registration procedures, outreach techniques, data collection, technology, safety, and reporting.

• Conduct daily team and individual debriefings.

• Monitor employee attendance, productivity, outreach quality, data accuracy, conduct, and compliance.

• Provide feedback, coaching, retraining, recognition, and field demonstrations.

• Promptly report significant performance, attendance, conduct, safety, or compliance concerns.

• Review canvassing reports, voter-registration records, commitments, and contact results for completeness and accuracy.

• Enter or upload results into VAN, spreadsheets, databases, or other approved systems.

• Submit complete and timely daily and weekly reports.

• Reconcile reported activity with turf completion, collected forms, database records, and employee reports.

• Maintain required custody and tracking records for voter-registration applications.

• Ensure applications are never altered, discarded, withheld, falsified, improperly prefilled, or used for an unauthorized purpose.

• Immediately report suspected voter-registration misconduct, falsification, data manipulation, or form mishandling.

• Ensure employees complete required training before conducting voter-registration activities.

• Protect confidential voter, community-member, employee, and organizational information.

• Implement field-safety, weather, heat, transportation, emergency, and incident-reporting procedures.

• Maintain required employee check-ins and respond promptly to missed check-ins, threats, injuries, vehicle incidents, or other emergencies.

• Stop or modify field activities when conditions present a safety risk.

• Transport assigned employees and authorized materials only when driving responsibilities are assigned and approved.

• Ensure employees accurately record all hours worked and do not perform off-the-clock work.

• Maintain appropriate distinctions between MFA’s nonpartisan activities and MFV’s legally permissible advocacy or electoral activities.

• Work mornings, evenings, weekends, and extended campaign-style hours as required.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• A specific degree is not required. Relevant education, training, campaign experience, community experience, and demonstrated field leadership will be considered.

• Canvassing, voter-registration, campaign, community-outreach, field-organizing, or civic-engagement experience required.

• Experience directing, training, coaching, or supporting a canvassing or outreach team preferred.

• Experience using VAN, MiniVAN, or another voter-contact system preferred.

• Experience cutting turf, monitoring field activity, entering data, or preparing campaign reports preferred.

• Knowledge of voter registration, voter education, canvassing, Get Out the Vote, and direct voter-contact practices.

• Ability to supervise, delegate, motivate, train, and support employees.

• Strong interpersonal, coaching, conflict-resolution, and team-building skills.

• Strong organizational, time-management, prioritization, and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to manage schedules, materials, transportation, turf, check-ins, and reporting deadlines.

• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, documentation, and follow-through.

• Ability to read maps and navigate assigned communities.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, spreadsheets, databases, and mobile applications.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive information.

• Professional proficiency in English and Spanish preferred.

• Ability to work flexible schedules and travel throughout the assigned service area.

The employee must meet all eligibility, appointment, training, and certification requirements applicable to individuals who oversee, collect, or submit voter-registration applications in the assigned jurisdiction. Depending on applicable law, this may include being registered or eligible to register to vote.

If driving is assigned, the employee must maintain a valid driver’s license, legally required automobile insurance, an acceptable driving record, and access to a safe and reliable vehicle unless an organizational vehicle is provided.

With or without reasonable accommodation, the employee must be able to:

• Stand and walk for extended periods while canvassing or supervising field activities.

• Travel on foot across sidewalks, stairs, uneven surfaces, and varying terrain.

• Operate a computer, tablet, mobile phone, and other field equipment.

• Read maps, forms, scripts, voter information, reports, and technical instructions.

• Lift, carry, push, or move outreach materials weighing less than 25 pounds.

• Enter and exit a vehicle repeatedly when required.

• Perform field duties outdoors in varying weather conditions.

This position regularly operates in neighborhoods, community locations, offices, public spaces, events, and vehicles. Morning, evening, weekend, and extended hours may be required during voter-registration drives, election cycles, GOTV periods, community events, and other high-volume activities.

This is a non-exempt position. All hours worked must be accurately recorded. If temporary, the anticipated assignment dates do not guarantee employment for any specific duration or continued employment after the assignment concludes.

MFPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, business needs, and job requirements without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.