Temporary Full-Time Field Manager

Make the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services. Make the Road New York operates community centers in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Jackson Heights, Queens; Port Richmond, Staten Island; Brentwood, Long Island and White Plains, Westchester County. With a membership of 23,000, MRNY tackles the critical issues facing our communities, including workplace justice, tenants’ rights, immigrant rights and civil rights, TGNCIQ justice, public education, health care access, and immigration reform. (TGNCIQ = transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex and queer)

MRNY is a multi-service organization.  Our member-led organizing committees -- which work on the issues named above -- implement strategies to combat shared problems, and develop leadership and the capacity for civic participation. We also provide an array of high-quality bilingual services: We offer English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Spanish-language literacy, computer literacy, citizenship preparation, and in-school and after-school youth programs. We have a robust legal program that offers direct representation across a spectrum of practice areas, including employment law, immigration law, housing and benefits, and TGNCIQ civil rights; we also take on impact litigation as a strategy for achieving broad change. Our health program offers facilitated enrollment into health insurance programs and SNAP benefits, a community health worker home visit program, nutrition education and emergency food pantries, health care navigation, and more."

Current Opening 

Join a dynamic team on Long Island to mobilize voters in our communities for this 2019 election season. The position will be full time but temporary, extending from October 1 - November 6th.

During this critical election year, Make the Road New York (MRNY) will be leading an effort to engage low- and moderate-income people of color through our door-to-door Get out the Vote (GOTV) canvassing efforts.

The principal role of the field manager will be to supervise and train canvass staff. This work will include, but not be limited to:

• Leading teams of canvassers into neighborhoods during weekday evenings and a weekend day per week

• Provide support during canvass operations

• Offer training and support

• Managing and assigning "turfs" and voter lists for canvassers using an online database (Voter Activation Network)

• Provide analysis about canvass performance

• Overseeing transportation logistics of crews to and from the field

• Maintaining canvass administrative and data recording systems

• Dealing with personnel matters (recruiting canvassers and dealing with any problems in the team, as needed).

Applicants will need to demonstrate the following abilities or characteristics:

• Experience in leading and managing a team of staff

• Possess excellent time management skills, punctuality, and attention to detail

• Ability and comfort approaching and speaking to a wide variety of people

• Willingness to work most evenings and one weekend day per week

• Self-motivated and dedicated, with a proven ability to work independently and overcome obstacles

• Ability to work in a team and receive feedback

• Openness to learn

• Experience working on Long Island

• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills

• Commitment to the movement for social justice

• Prior canvassing or organizing experience required

• Full time access to a car and willingness to travel as needed within Nassau and Suffolk County

• Preferred: experience working with the Voter Activation Network (VAN) database

• Preferred: Bilingual English-Spanish

How to Apply: 

Please write “Field Manager” in the subject of an e-mail, attach résumé and cover letter, and send to electoralorganizerjobs@maketheroadny.org. 

Please do not call our office with inquiries. Please submit your application by Friday, September 6th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Make the Road New York is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and seeks to insure equal opportunity and equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, genetic information and sexual orientation, in all employment decisions including but not limited to hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.