OneAmerica Votes Canvasser

Employment: Temporary, Non-exempt Part-time

Duration: September 21, 2026 - November 13, 2026

Program Area: Organizing
Reports To: Deputy Director
Full Time Salary Band: $25/Hour; 30 hours a week
Location: Vancouver or Yakima, WA

BACKGROUND 

OneAmerica Votes (OAV) organizes immigrant and refugee leaders and our allies in Washington State to build power in our communities and run campaigns that ensure immigrants are not only protected and can survive but that immigrants can thrive and are equal, valued and loved.

Our family of organizations consists of OneAmerica (501(c)3), OneAmerica Votes (OA) (501(c)4), OneAmerica Votes Justice Fund (State PAC), OneAmerica Votes Justice for All Fund (Federal PAC).

OneAmerica Votes envisions a peaceful world where every person’s human rights and dignity are respected, where communities appreciate differences and stand together for justice and equality, and where each person contributes to the common good. All of our work is guided by the conviction that people directly impacted should lead our movement for justice because they are best equipped to create real solutions that build lasting power. Grassroots immigrant leaders—our base—drive priorities across our organization. 

You'll be stepping into an organization in a strong position of deep relationship-building and political credibility, stable and growing funding, and deeply committed leadership and staff. But what makes this position truly exceptional is the nature of the fight itself. Immigrants are under attack nationally, and Washington State is where we push back, where we win, and where we're actively modeling for the rest of the country what it looks like to fully include immigrants as part of the fabric of our communities.

This is a chance to be at the center of that fight: to lead a resistance movement inside an organization committed to long-term power building and real wins for immigrants in Washington State. For the right person, there is no more exciting or meaningful place to work!

POSITION DESCRIPTION 

OneAmerica Votes is looking for a team of dedicated and passionate canvassers to join our team for the 2026 General Election to defend the Millionaires Income Tax that we passed in 2026 and elect immigrant leaders to office in Yakima and Clark County. Canvassers will be responsible for on-the-ground voter contact work going door-to-door to talk to voters about endorsed candidates and ballot initiatives we are supporting.

Canvassers who join our team for the general election will have the opportunity to be part of making history, electing democratic, Latino representation in the Yakima and Clark County who are dedicated to fighting for issues that matter to the Latino community for the first time ever and ensuring that WA State taxes millionaires to fund our future.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Door-to-door canvassing (90%)

• Meet daily voter contact goals laid out by Deputy Director through door-to-door canvassing


• Conduct powerful conversations with voters about OneAmerica Votes and persuade voters to get out and vote for our ballot initiatives and candidates in the region through respectful and friendly conversation


• Follow through with impeccable data entry after every voter conversation indicating levels of support for our issues, ballot initiatives, and endorsed candidates as well as key demographic data such as languages spoken


• Communicate OneAmerica Votes’ mission, vision and values with voters to build a base of Latino Voters in Yakima County for our ongoing organizing work in the region

Event organizing (5%)

• Organize and host two events to invite the voters you meet on the doors to get more deeply engaged


• Support voters to understand, complete and deliver their ballots


• Recruit new members into OneAmerica Votes

Data entry & reporting (5%)

• Sync with Lead Field Organizer before and after every shift to ensure accuracy of data, get clarity on metrics, and transfer hot contacts to Yakima/Vancouver Organizers to follow up with


• Sync data and reports daily

QUALIFICATIONS & ATTRIBUTES 

OneAmerica Votes is seeking candidates who are passionate about our mission and are highly proactive. While no one candidate will embody all the qualifications below, our ideal candidate would bring:

• A passion for talking to people who you do not know about issues and candidates


• Self-motivation and ability to reach attainable goals in the field every day


• A drive to want to make change for Latino and immigrant communities in Central/Southwest WA through a lens of racial, economic, and language equity


• At least one year experience in people-facing work, such as organizing, door-to-door canvassing, customer service, or community service


• Access to reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license


• Ability to navigate technology on your smart phone


• Ability to hold sometimes tense conversations with strangers about issues that matter to them


• Impeccable people-skills and ability to connect and empathize with people from a vast majority of different cultural experiences

PREFERRED 

• Fluent in Spanish and English


• Previous experience door-to-door canvassing or phone banking

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Ability to be on your feet for the majority of the day


• Ability to be outside walking for the majority of the day


• Travel within Clark County or Yakima County depending on location


• Ability to have upwards of 50 conversations a day on the doors with strangers

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• You will work out of OneAmerica Votes Yakima or Vancouver office and travel throughout the county you work in to meet your field goals


• You will be in the office for no more than 1.5 hours a day as the rest of your workday will be out in the community knocking on doors
  
  

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS 

• $25/Hour


• One hour of paid time off accrued for every 40 hours worked


• A cellphone stipend of $50.00 paid monthly
  
  

Apply by: August 30, 2026

Desired start date: September 21, 2026

Please be sure to add [email protected] to your contact list to ensure delivery of all correspondence from us. 

OneAmerica Votes is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.