The Consortium for Worker Education (www.cwe.org), a New York City based non-profit committed to workforce training and economic development, is looking for a Project Director to coordinate a new community-based project in Astoria, Queens, New York.
Astoria is a community that is experiencing many changes and challenges and serves as a bell-weather for NYC’s working-class neighborhoods. A shifting political environment with new progressive leaders, a changing workforce navigating the gig-economy and small business community challenged by e-commerce, and an increasing need for training and education to meet these challenges have been exacerbated by the pandemic and an uncertain recovery.
To address these issues and pilot programs to serve the broader City, the CWE founded the Astoria Workers Project, a broad partnership of elected officials, community-based organizations, Labor Unions, academia, religious and business leaders, along with advocates for immigrant’s rights and Co-op developers to create new collaborations and aggregate services that assist working families in confronting current realities.
The goal of the program is to establish a physical center housing a wide array of these services under one roof, sustaining partner provided programs and actively promoting these services in the Astoria and surrounding communities. The Director will need to coordinate and supervise the development of this effort. Experience working with CBO’s, Labor, and community organizations as well as an understanding of the political structure of New York is strongly desired.
With the partnership firmly established and the support of elected officials secured, the next phases of the AWP will be shepherding the acquisition of suitable space, the founding of the AWP and the housing, launching and maintenance of worker service programs.
The Director of the project will interface with and be supported by the Advisory Board and will report to the Executive Director of the Consortium for Worker Education. The Director will be responsible for:
- Oversight of project staff, budget, and programming
- Lead fundraising efforts and grant applications
- Liaise with AWP partnering organizations, elected officials, and community leaders
- Management of digital and community communications efforts
- Coordination and oversight of program delivery and facilitation of public events
- Administration and oversight of participant data and program-based reporting and contract compliance for funding sources
Process
Compensation is commensurate with experience. The CWE provides full family health care, pharmaceutical, dental, optical and pension benefits. The CWE is an equal opportunity employer, in compliance with all Federal EEOC regulations.
For consideration, all applicants must submit resumes, references and two writing samples to Katelynn Burke at kburke@cwe.org by May 15th, 2022. A panel interview process will follow, schedule TBD.
