Community Canvasser
SunCommon
- Waterbury, VT
- $22.00-24.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Drive leads through a mix of community outreach activities, primarily focused on canvassing and supplemented with community events.
- Speak with poise and presence in front of an audience.
- Effective time management and responsibility prioritization since much of the work is done independently, in the community.
- Highly adaptable - able to troubleshoot strategically and make things happen.
- Develop and implement new strategies to engage community members and manage event recruitment.
- At least one year experience in political organizing, canvassing, sales, or fundraising.
- Goal-oriented. Attuned to key metrics and driven to deliver.
- Demonstrated grit and persistence.
- Skill with public speaking and community relations.
- Demonstrated familiarity with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media including digital community building, influencer networking, and content curation.
- An infectious passion for re-energizing our state with renewable power.
- A flexible schedule. A willingness to meet with solar homeowners and community leaders and to do event work, typically 12 - 8pm or 1 - 9pm with weekend work, not to exceed 40 hours per week.
- A willingness to meet with solar homeowners and community leaders and to do event work, including frequent nights and weekends.
- Valid driver's license.
- An existing network of contacts is beneficial to the position.
- Ability to regularly lift up to 50lbs, bend, twist, kneel, squat in the context of transporting, setting up and tearing down displays.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time at events.
- Ability to walk on variable surfaces for extended periods of time.
- Work outside in varying weather conditions.
- Flexibility to travel throughout our region, including long hours of driving.
- SunCommon provides our employees a competitive salary and strong package of benefits for full and part time team members, including:
- For the employee and their family, fully paid medical premiums as well as a significant contribution toward medical deductible expenses,
- For the employee and family - fully paid dental premiums,
- 3 weeks paid personal leave (combined vacation and sick) for year 1; 4 weeks for year 2,
- 10 paid holidays annually,
- 401k company match 1:1 up to 3% of salary that the employee sets aside then 1:2 match for 4 or 5%.
- Student Loan Paydown Program
- Employee Assistance Program