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Job description
Job Title: Care in Action (CiA) Canvasser
Employee Type: Temporary, Part-Time until November 08, 2026
Reports To: South Carolina Lead Civic Engagement Organizer
Department: Field
Entity: Care in Action
Hours per Week: 8-20
Salary: $25/hr, non-exempt
Work Location: South Carolina office (Columbia based canvassers) with a few remote positions for Orangeburg based canvassers
Start Date: Sept 14, 2026
POSITION SUMMARY:
Care in Action builds durable political power for working-class women of color, domestic workers, and the broader care constituency. Over seven years, we've driven turnout and victories in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia by investing in women of color's leadership, making strategic electoral endorsements, and organizing year-round centering the trust and cultural fluency that most campaigns overlook.
Canvassers play a critical role in expanding the reach of the organization and growing our contacts and members. Canvassers will engage new contacts through door to door canvassing and outreach at targeted sites, community events, and over the phone. Canvassers will provide pertinent election information to voters to increase participation, and conduct conversations to identify care needs, and topline care and affordability issues. Through their efforts, they will also identify new care worker and recipient contacts, and funnel them into our ladder of engagement to be recruited as members, and participate in campaign activities and chapter programs and events.
PRIMARY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Canvass neighborhoods, knocking on doors, having in-person conversations, and phone/ text conversations with residents about their health care, child care, elder care or other care needs and affordability challenges
Conduct targeted outreach to community centers, gatherings and institutions to connect with care workers, consumers and/or families with care needs
Identify contacts and potential new members to bring into the organization
Conduct regular follow up and 1-on-1 conversations with new contacts to activate them and move them into action
Conduct calls and texts to contacts to mobilize for upcoming programs and events
Track canvassing work and interactions through the VAN and any other daily recording forms
Participate in regular debriefs to share field insights, help track progress towards goals, and proactively work through challenges
Track time and submit timesheet on a regular basis
Participate in daily check-ins with your supervisor at the beginning of each shift worked
Represent the organization(s) professionally and effectively to the public
QUALIFICATIONS: Have access to a car with car insurance (for regular use for your work with mileage provided) and smartphone and reliable internet access
Be relational and able to engage with care workers, consumers and community members from diverse backgrounds
Be willing to conduct outreach in-person as assigned on a weekly basis
Be willing to conduct phone banking as assigned
Work well independently and towards a team goal
Diligently plans ahead and completes assignments
Possess strong interpersonal skills and outgoing personality
Be goal-oriented, a problem solver, punctual, organized, and have a positive attitude
How to Apply: Please apply directly to the job posting and send resume and cover letter.
Applications will only be accepted electronically, and solicitations to individual staff are unlikely to be responded to.
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This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
NDWA/Care in Action participates in the E-Verify program and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Worksite address
columbia, SC, 29228, US
Who can apply
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