Electoral Campaign Opportunities

If you are interested in working to protect the environment, gaining campaign experience, and helping to re-elect President Obama and to elect Tim Kaine to the U.S. Senate, we have a great opportunity to work as a member of our campaign staff. The Falls Church office of Work for Progress is working with Environment Virginia and Environment America Action Fund to educate and turnout voters in the key battleground state of Virginia. 

As a member of our campaign staff, you'll be a part of the fight to educate voters on critical environmental issues, re-elect President Obama, elect Tim Kaine to the U.S Senate, and ensure that our core environmental values and our families’ health are protected in Washington.

Work for Progress:
Work for Progress was started by a group of committed activists in the early part of 2008, to help activist-minded jobseekers connect with progressive campaigns and organizations. In the excitement of the presidential primaries, it became clear to us that individuals who wanted to engage in the political process needed one place to find jobs with progressive campaigns and organizations.

Environment Virginia:
Environment Virginia is a statewide, citizen-based grassroots field and advocacy organization. We’re all about clean air, clean water and protecting special places. From protecting and expanding Shenendoah National Park to getting wind turbines spinning off our coast we’re working for a cleaner, greener and healthier future. Through door-to-door canvassing and grassroots lobbying we press local and national government to do its job and protect the environment.

Paid Campaign Opportunities:

Canvasser
Canvassers with Work for Progress join a long history of people who have used the powerful tool of canvassing to make a difference in our world. You are the next generation of unsung heroes of past movements for women's suffrage, promoting civil rights, and halting the nuclear arms race. Canvassers on this campaign will work to expand the mission of Environment Virgina to promote clean air, clean water and protect special places. A canvasser’s basic mission is straightforward: knock on doors in key communities to identify, persuade, and mobilize as many citizens and volunteers as possible to support the campaign.


Field Manger
Field managers work closely with the canvass director to meet the goals of the office and have an even bigger impact on our campaigns. You will gain experience organizing the daily logistics of canvassing to ensure that we are reaching out to as many citizens as possible to win our campaigns. You will also gain valuable skills that you can put on your résumé, such as overseeing the canvass in particular towns or districts, managing 3-5 people every day, helping us to maintain financial integrity through good record-keeping and helping to implement the non-canvassing components of office visibility strategy (media, coalition- building and petitioning).

Opportunities are available here in Falls Church from today thru November 6th.  To apply call: 703-798-8548.  Or go to our website at:  www.EnvironmentVirginia.Org/Jobs.