Skip to content

Open nowPosted 26 days ago

Voter Contact Organizer (Canvasser) - Wisconsin

For Our Future11 open roles

Pay
$23 an hour
Where
La Crosse, WI
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowVoter Contact Organizer (Canvasser) - WisconsinFor Our Future · La Crosse, WI
  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on For Our Future's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

9.5% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. For Our Future postings stay open a median of 12 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.8%1 day
  2. 4.0%3 days
  3. 9.5%7 days
  4. 15.6%14 days
  5. 33.9%30 days
This job: posted 26 days ago

For Our Future median: 12 days open

The posting

Position: Voter Contact Organizer (Canvasser) - Wisconsin

Job Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin

Position Type: Temporary Full Time, Non-Exempt

Position Classification: Union Eligible

Compensation: $23.34 per hour

Position Travel Percentage: 75%

Reports to: Regional Organizing Director

ABOUT FOR OUR FUTURE

Founded in 2016, For Our Future Action Fund and For Our Future run the largest, permanent progressive field program across battleground states. Our mission is to advance economic justice by organizing voters around a pro-union, economic agenda and to elect pro-worker candidates. Along with community partners and volunteers, we consistently engage with people in face-to-face conversations around what issues matter most to them. By organizing people in lasting relationships, we win elections, drive local progress, make a community’s collective voice heard, and help build the transformative power needed to improve people’s lives.

POSITION CLASSIFICATION

For Our Future Action Fund recognizes a staff bargaining unit, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 494, a labor union. This position is part of the union-represented collective bargaining unit, and specific employment terms and conditions are subject to a collective bargaining agreement.

Job Summary

For Our Future Action Fund seeks motivated, outgoing, and results-driven Voter Contact Organizers to support our voter outreach efforts in La Crosse, Wisconsin. You will perform day-to-day canvassing in your assigned turf and work to engage area residents about the upcoming Wisconsin elections. Candidates should have familiarity with La Crosse, experience working in political campaigns or organizing environments, comfortable working long hours, and access to reliable transportation.

This is an in-person opportunity and will require a physical presence in the local community and/or office.

This position is anticipated to run through at least November 4, 2026.

Essential Functions

  • Engage voters in meaningful conversations at the doors in diverse communities with the core goals of:
  • Persuading them to vote for progressive candidates and issues
  • Motivating them to vote for progressive candidates and issues
  • Educating them about progressive candidates and issues
  • Perform voter contact door-to-door, online SMS texting or via phone daily to ensure that daily, weekly and monthly goals are met.
  • Meet assigned goals associated with each metric on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
  • Report daily on quantitative and qualitative metrics, ensuring timely and accurate data entry and reporting.
  • Table, engage in high traffic canvassing, and attend events as directed to further our presence in the community.
  • Assist with the execution of events as directed.
  • Attend weekly scheduled calls and meetings.
  • Attend training on voter contact tactics, program strategy and safety.
  • Adhere to all health and safety protocols and procedures.
  • Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Skills and Qualifications

  • Previous campaign or other voter contact experience preferred, as a volunteer or staff member.
  • Knowledge of Votebuilder/VAN or a willingness to learn is preferred.
  • Must have access to reliable transportation, a valid driver's license/insurance/registration, and clean driving record for at least 1 year, per organizations drivers policy, unless an accommodation has been approved that exempts you from driving for FOF/AF business purposes.
  • Ability to work long and irregular hours in a high-productivity, metrics-driven work environment.
  • Ability to meet deadlines under pressure while handling multiple projects.
  • Ability to work independently and in team settings.
  • Strong interpersonal communications skills.
  • Bilingual experience is a plus, but not required.

Physical Requirements

  • Prolonged periods of moving around for voter contact activity
  • Must be able to transport up to 15 pounds at times
  • Must be able to travel across La Crosse.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance Coverage - 95% Employer Paid
  • Paid parental leave
  • Retirement Savings Plan with matching contributions up to the first 5%
  • $150 Monthly Cell Phone and Internet Reimbursement
  • Monthly Mileage Stipend
  • 13 days paid time off every calendar year, as well as other paid holidays.
  • $300 sign-on bonus after completing 10 verified canvass shifts by November 3.
  • $500 full-time retention bonus after completing 10 scheduled canvass shifts from October 16 through October 30.
  • $350 part-time retention bonus after completing seven scheduled shifts during that period.
  • $250 GOTV bonus after completing one qualifying scheduled shift on each day from October 31 through November 3. This bonus is separate from the advertised sign-on and retention totals.
  • $150 referral bonus per qualifying referral, with repeat awards available. The referral must be recorded before the referred employee is hired, and the referred employee must complete 10 verified canvass shifts by November 3. Only one referrer may receive a bonus for each hire.
  • Gas-card incentives may also be available under program guidelines.

Expected Hours of Work

  • Normal Canvassing hours are at least 40 hours per week, Tuesday through Saturday
  • Employees may be required to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, and nights.
  • Employees are required to abide by certain blackout dates during a campaign cycle or other key deadlines, and generally not allowed to take off during blackout periods. Emergencies are not affected by this policy.

Work Environment

Door-to-door canvassing is considered an essential function of this job. Employees may be required to work in extreme weather conditions, including rain, heat, and cold. This position is expected to interact regularly face-to-face with voters, volunteers or community partners. If state and government stay-at-home orders, phased reopening orders, or other factors related to the COVID-19 virus (or any other reason) limit For Our Future’s ability to engage safely in in-person work, employees may be assigned other duties to be conducted from their homes.

Health and Safety

For Our Future Action Fund is fully committed to the health and safety of our colleagues, candidates, and the communities we serve. We encourage all employees to stay “up to date” with their COVID-19 vaccines and, once eligible, to get COVID-19 boosters; however, this is not a requirement for employment at FOF.

All employees are required to adhere to the health and safety policies and procedures implemented by the organization, when appropriate. Upon request, reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Applicants may request a reasonable accommodation form by emailing Human Resources at [email protected]

Be advised that health and safety policies and procedures around COVID-19 may change in the future to stay in compliance with public health guidance and applicable laws.

EEO Statement

For Our Future Action Fund is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Opportunities are provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, age (40 and over), religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), gender dysphoria, marital or familial status, partnership status, caregiver status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), creed, caste, national origin, citizenship and immigration status, consumer credit history, physical or mental disability, personal/outward appearance (including, but not limited to, hairstyle), family responsibilities, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), ancestry, matriculation, political affiliation, matriculation, status as a victim of domestic violence, or sexual offenses or stalking, arrest record, conviction record, military or uniformed service member status, or veteran status, or any other characteristic, trait or status protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or ordinances. Equal opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation and training.

We are also committed to the full inclusion of every qualified individual. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contact [email protected].

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against For Our Future's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.
  3. We apply on For Our Future's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.
  4. Every reply, sorted

    For Our Future's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.
  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.