Looking to learn new skills employers value? Build online community? Make Canada more green and just for everyone? Then apply to join Future Majority's Riding Co-Director Fellowship.
Future Majority is recruiting 24 Riding Co-Director Fellows, a unique opportunity to learn the ins and outs of organizing and volunteer management, and have a big impact in shaping Canada’s future. Riding Co-Directors will graduate our fellowship in May with competitive and transferable job skills, a Certificate of Fellowship Completion, and a reference from Future Majority staff to support your career.
Join us in building a powerful movement of young people fighting for climate justice, accessible mental health care, affordable post-secondary education, and racial justice!
About Future Majority
Future Majority is a national nonpartisan non-profit, founded in 2018. Our mission is to amplify the concerns of young Canadians so that EVERY candidate, politician, and party is an advocate for youth priorities. We set the agenda and impact policy by demonstrating our electoral strength and organizing ourselves in the places that matter most to politicians. Our approach focuses on authentic, peer-to-peer organizing, power building in politically important ridings, and youth leadership development. We’re for young people, by young people. Our impact and credibility with young voters positions us to help set Canada’s agenda around young Canadians’ priorities.
In the 2019 federal election, Future Majority organized 26,000 students to vote across 15 competitive ridings across Canada. In four of the ridings, we mobilized more students to the polls than the vote margin of the two leading parties running. In addition, through over 200 news stories including 38 national news stories like the front page of the Sunday Toronto Star, we spread our message that young Canadians are the largest voting bloc and our priorities are bold action on climate change and affordability.
Riding Co-Director Fellowship Description
Future Majority is seeking hardworking, passionate individuals to help us build massive volunteer teams, which can mobilize tens of thousands of young Canadians in our next federal election. If an election is not called this Spring, our team won’t stop – Riding Co-Director Fellows will run a huge campaign pressuring major party leaders to propose real solutions to the issues that matter most to young people.
As a Riding Co-Director Fellow you will receive exclusive trainings and work with other Co-Directors and the Future Majority staff to:
- Recruit and manage a team of 5-10 committed volunteers
- Organize your friends, family, and extended network to get involved
- Turn out 750 young voters in a highly competitive, top-priority riding
- Make a difference!
Through a series of specialized workshops, hands-on practicum, and weekly staff coaching, you will graduate this fellowship with experience and skills in:
- Running interviews
- Training others effectively
- Coaching for success
- Public speaking
- Digital engagement
The position is a great opportunity to meet and connect with passionate, talented young people nationwide and grow political power amongst the largest voting block in Canada: youth!
This volunteer role requires a weekly time commitment of 5-10 hours per week from February 15, 2021 to April 26, 2021 (10 weeks).
We believe that campaigns to empower youth voices in electoral politics require an inclusive and diverse workplace. We’d especially like to encourage Indigenous people, people of colour, women, people identifying as LGBTQ2S, immigrants and people with disabilities to apply. We recognize that this list is not exhaustive. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, sexual orientation or nature of disability.