Movement Labs is seeking charismatic, trusted local leaders, organizers, and passionate college students to serve as Neighborhood Captains for Community Rising, a research-backed organizing program that mobilizes disengaged voters through relationship-based outreach. Building on a successful 2025 pilot, the role focuses on long-term relationship building with neighbors who didn't vote in 2024, blending traditional organizing with digital tools to build lasting community power and generate evidence for what works.
About the role:
As a Neighborhood Captain, you will focus on becoming a trusted neighbor and civic resource provider. You will organize high-potential voters using door-to-door canvassing, phone calls, personalized texts, and neighborhood gatherings to build trust, identify community needs, and bridge the gap between barriers to vote and civic power in your area ahead of the 2026 General Election.
Responsibilities Voter Outreach and Relationship Building: Bring energy and personality to develop relationships with, and manage a target list of approximately 750 - 1,000 high-potential voters within your community. You will conduct high-quality outreach through door-to-door visits, phone calls, and peer-to-peer texting, aiming for at least 3+ meaningful interactions with as many voters as possible. This includes prioritizing outreach to folks that you may already know or have relationships with.
Neighborhood Event Planning : Organize and execute local gatherings or community events to provide low-pressure opportunities for neighbors to connect and engage.
Detailed Data Entry : Utilize outreach tracking platforms like ECanvasser to document interaction and engagement details, and make note of community concerns (e.g., specific neighborhood issues, personal interests) to ensure every follow-up feels like a continuation of a single, long-term conversation. Make note of voter feedback and insights on key issues and resources needed by each voter.
Reporting & Quality Control : Collaborate with your Manager for quality control reviews, feedback sessions, and verification of engagement standards.
Maintain a flexible, reliable schedule, including evenings and weekends during peak season - Up to 29 hours a week.
Why Join this Program? Proven Impact: Work with a program that has measured the largest turnout effects in one of the most impactful and innovative programs in our 6+ years of testing.
Professional Development: Receive specialized training in relational organizing, boundary management, and data-driven campaigning.
Community Investment: Get paid to identify and help meet the actual needs of your neighbors while strengthening local social capital.
Flexible Hours:
Most of the work of this program can be done at a time that works best with your existing schedule.
The application process includes a very short one-way video, an interview with a member of Community Rising Leadership, background checks and reference checks. Due to the nature of our work, the process is moving quickly, and we hope to bring people onboard ASAP. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States. We are not able to provide sponsorship at this time.
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Community Trust & Charisma : You should be a "grasstops" or “grassroots” leader - someone with roots in your neighborhood, and the ability to engage easily with strangers. If you’re involved in your community activities, sports, and neighborhood events, this is for you!
Emotional Intelligence: High empathy and "active listening" skills, with the ability to listen 80% of the time and speak 20%.
Experience:
Prior experience in community organizing, door-knocking, or paid or volunteer political work is preferred but not required. We’re also looking for folks that may have more informal or unconventional community outreach and organizing experience.
Tech Savvy : Comfortable using mobile apps and relational databases for tracking engagement and data entry.
Reliability: A commitment to the full duration of the program and a track record of following through on community support.
You’d be a great fit for this role if: You want to engage civically with your neighbors, and care deeply about your community.
You genuinely enjoy meeting strangers and can make people feel welcome and heard within minutes.
You know your block, your building, or your community — and people know you.
You're curious, coachable, and open to learning on the job.
You've shown up for your community in some way, even if you've never called it "organizing".
