Field Director Assistant

About Street Level Strategy
Street Level Strategy, LLC is a political and public affairs consulting firm specializing in grassroots mobilization, coalition building, campaign management, marketing, communications, and strategic consulting. Street Level Strategy combines time-tested grassroots engagement strategies with a data-driven, results-first approach to design and execute high-impact programs for clients across various industries and sectors.

Street Level Strategy is a growing firm with a footprint across North America. Our team of over 30 professionals is based in Pasadena, CA, with offices in Sacramento and Berkeley, CA. Clients include political candidates, ballot measures, issue advocacy campaigns, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and Fortune 500 corporations across the US and Canada.

We take pride in the diversity of our team – we are bilingual, have women and people of color in high-level leadership positions, and reflect the diversity of the communities we work in.

Position Summary

This role is ideal for experienced canvassers ready to take on peer leadership within their field team and learn the inner workings of political field management. Successful candidates are strong interpersonal communicators who demonstrate positive coaching ability, display mastery of the campaign's messaging strategy, and are comfortable with the tools and routines that keep a canvass operation running.

Position Schedule

Monday & Wednesday: 8AM - 9AM then 8PM - 9PM (2 hours worked each day)

Tuesday & Thursday: 3PM -9:30PM (6 hours worked with a 30-minute unpaid lunch

Saturday & Sunday: 9:15AM - 6:15PM (8 hours worked with a 1-hour unpaid lunch)

Fridays: OFF

What You Will Achieve

Field Visits and Shadowing

• Visit canvassers in the field as directed by the Field Director
• Observe canvassers at the door and offer general guidance on best practices
• Provide mid-shift guidance and coaching as appropriate
• Route any questions about campaign messaging or the candidate's position on specific issues to the Field Director

Team Communication

• Ensure every canvasser on the team is set up and using the correct Slack channels
• Help troubleshoot any Slack access issues before canvassers head out

Basic Tech Support

• Help canvassers sign into ADP and PDI
• Help canvassers navigate PDI in the field
• Help canvassers record hours in ADP

Debrief Support

• Assist the Field Director with note-taking during debrief
• Remind canvassers who drove to submit their mileage form
• Take attendance as part of debrief or briefing when the Field Director requires it

Campaign Operations Support

• Manage canvasser turf assignments
• Review and quality-control nightly data submissions
• Assist the field director with logistics tasks necessary for smooth operations of the field program
• Assist with cleaning and organizing the field office

Who You Are

• Prior experience canvassing or working on a field campaign required
• Strong communication skills and the ability to coach canvassers supportively, without giving disciplinary or punitive feedback
• Comfortable taking direction and executing against priorities set by a Field Director
• Working familiarity with Slack, ADP, and PDI, or the ability to learn them quickly
• Available for the schedule outline each week on their assigned campaign
• Meets the qualifications for canvass team drivers
• In good standing with their Field Director, Senior Campaign Supervisor, and SLS