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East Village Community Coalition Seeks Executive Director (NYC)

The East Village Community Coalition, a locally based non-profit working to preserve and expand local small business, and to preserve and support the architectural and cultural character of the East Village, seeks an Executive Director to administer and grow our non-profit.

In partnership with the EVCC Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for the management of the annual budget, day-to-day administration of the organization, program development, and fundraising activities. The Executive Director will act as the primary organizer for community outreach and advocacy, communications and publicity, fundraising and fiscal management. The Executive Director will lead advocacy efforts in small business retention and expansion, historic preservation, and zoning.

Responsibilities: • Plan and implement organization’s ongoing campaigns • Support the Board of Directors on all major fundraising initiatives • Manage organizational communication including email blasts, website content, and media materials • Identify and support volunteers/interns • Supervise bookkeeping and accounting practices and consultants • Develop a financial plan for the organization, including a donor tracking system and annual giving campaign. • Nurture relationships with local elected officials and their staff members • Monitor and report regularly on the progress of the organization to the Board of Directors

Qualifications: • 2+ years of professional experience in a nonprofit administration and program planning • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral • Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task • Flexible and adaptable style; a leader who can positively impact both strategic and tactical organizational initiatives • Ability to work independently without close oversight ▪ Ability to recruit and manage volunteers • Intimate knowledge of the East Village and Lower East Side neighborhoods would be a distinct advantage • Bachelor’s degree required; master’s preferred

Salary & Benefits: Salary is commensurate with experience, and includes excellent benefits. The EVCC is an equal opportunity employer.

Please e-mail resumes or inquiries to Andrew Coamey at Coamey@Housingworks.org reference EVCC ED.

 

 

See original posting at idealist.org for more details.

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COP21: Dispatch #1

From Murphy Prof. Sean Sweeney, 12/5/15:

I am here at COP 21 in Paris, where the first week of the two-week UN climate change conference has just concluded. Unions are fighting for a reference in the final agreement to “a just transition of the workforce” and are getting support from Argentina, Canada and one or two others.  The US negotiators are not blocking this, but neither are they willing to support it openly. Meanwhile, the JSMI is represented through Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, which has organized a number of workshops on the issue of asserting democratic control over the energy system in order to meet climate targets. Here’s an article in YES! that reports on one of these sessions.

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Settlement Housing Fund, Inc. Seeks Housing Development Associate

See original job posting here.

Settlement Housing Fund, Inc. (SHF) is a nonprofit organization which creates and sustains high quality affordable housing and programs, building strong and economically diverse neighborhoods throughout New York City. SHF works closely with community partners to provide low- and moderate-income New Yorkers with pathways to long-term affordable housing, education, employment and wellness. SHF currently owns approximately 1,700 units of affordable housing in 30 buildings, located in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn, and is actively working to increase its pipeline.

SHF is seeking a Housing Development Associate to increase our internal capacity to develop additional affordable housing units in New York City. The HD Associate will report directly to SHF’s Director of Housing Development.
Projected Start Date: 2/15/16 (if student, may work part-time until graduation in May, case-by-case dependent)
 
Responsibilities:
The Housing Development Associate will be responsible for a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, the following:
  • Assist with all housing development activities:
  • Create project proformas, including sources/uses, development budget, tax credit analysis, cash flow projection;
  • Identify new development sites and assess project feasibility, including zoning, acquisition price, etc.;
  • Write detailed project descriptions that convey SHF’s vision, development team capacity and proposed financing structure;
  • Complete funding applications to private and public lenders and philanthropic partners, including tax credit applications; submit required due diligence information;
  • Coordinate the work of the development team for each project, including architect, contractor, attorney and other consultants; solicit bids/proposals for work, as needed;
  • Monitor project construction in coordination with contracted owner’s rep; attend progress meetings; oversee requisition process; prepare compliance paperwork;
  • Assist development team in preparing proposals for various city-owned sites;
  • Collaborate with other SHF departments, including Legal, Asset Management, and Marketing (Lease-Up);
  • Participate in special projects, including community development activities in SHF’s key neighborhoods.
 
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred;
  • 1-2 years of experience in affordable housing or real estate development, preferably in New York City;
  • Experience with financial modeling, including high proficiency with Excel. Basic computer skills (Word, Outlook); Strong organizational, financial, analytical, communication and writing skills;
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment and complete multiple tasks with simultaneous deadlines;
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently and with a team; ability to work well with a variety of stakeholders;
  • Local travel (within walking distance of public transit).
Settlement Housing Fund is an equal opportunity employer.

 

How to Apply:

Please send cover letter and resume to Jobs@shfinc.org, subject line “Hsg Development Associate.”

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Research Assistant to Work with Author and Political Journalist (P/T, Philadelphia)

Looking for progressive, politically minded student or recent graduate with an interest in journalism and political activism to work with an established author and political journalist who writes on social movements, nonviolent direct action, human rights, the global economy, the environment, and Latin American affairs. Excellent writing skills and strong commitment to social justice issues desired. Responsibilities will include conducting research for articles in national and international publications, helping to maintain a web site, and other tasks. Foreign language skills a plus. HTML and web programming skills a plus. 6-10 hours a week. Pays $13-$15/hour, based on experience. Work will take place in West Philadelphia.

Interested applicants submit resume, a writing sample (send written text or URL), and a note about your interest to: engler<at>democracyuprising<dot>com. Please include information about any relevant student activism or background working on progressive political issues. Applications preferred by December 10. Priority given to early applicants.

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350.org Seeks N. America Iconic Divestment Campaigns Coordinator

USA – preferably in NYC, Oakland, or Washington, DC.

We are looking for a talented campaigner to identify, research and run short-term online-to-offline divestment campaign drives to amp up the media profile and boost the political power of the fossil fuel divestment movement.

About 350.org

350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. 350.org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action. We want to be a laboratory for the best ways to strengthen the climate movement and catalyze transformation around the world.

About the NA Divestment Iconic Campaigns Coordinator position:

The North America Iconic Divestment Campaigns Coordinator will work closely with the North America Divestment leadership team to research and run the short-term, media-savvy divestment campaign pushes that keep the Fossil Fuel Divestment campaign in the headlines and in dinner table conversations. Working with our organizing, digital and communications staff, the coordinator will identify targets with the greatest cultural and political value and coordinate online-to-offline campaign drives to divest them.

A candidate will be most successful if they are creative, self-driven, and are able to use short term campaigns to drive toward a larger vision. Each day they will need to balance their own priorities, whether it is digging into research, launching a digital campaign, planning with coalition partners, or coaching on-the-ground organizers to plan powerful actions. While they will have the support of a large team, the coordinator will be responsible for driving these campaigns from start to finish. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must, and ideally we’d like to find someone with some digital campaigning experience. But in the end, the most important thing is that they have the skills and drive to WIN campaigns in a way that moves us closer to our vision.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of online or offline campaigning experience
  • Proven record of working successfully with coalition partners
  • 3 years of strategic planning or project management experience (ideally for grassroots campaigns)
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to write for a variety of audiences and platforms
  • Experience using or comfort learning how to use Facebook, Twitter, ActionKit, Control Shift Labs, and Hangouts on Air to drive campaign engagement
  • Knowledge of and dedication to the fossil fuel divestment movement, the broader climate movement, and/or other movements for climate or social justice
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with team members who are often remote
  • Excellent time management skills and commitment to healthy work-life balance

Desired (but not required) skills and experiences

  • Professional digital campaigning experience
  • Ability to train others on online campaigning tools and offline campaigning skills
  • Creativity and comfort with experimenting with new tools and tactics

We are looking for someone who is comfortable working both independently and in teams, highly responsive, and able to lead initiatives as well as take direction from others.

 

Position Type: Full Time

Application Deadline: Although we hope to begin interviews during the week of December 7, this job is open until filled, or the hiring manager determines that they can no longer accept applications.

A cover letter is not required for this position. We are far more interested in your answers to the specific questions below.

 

Start Date: January 15 (flexible)

Compensation: competitive compensation based on experience

Location: We can employ in CA, GA, MD, MA, MT, NY, NC, PA, VT, VA, WA, DC, but prefer to host in hub offices in NYC, Oakland, and Washington, DC

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Our team strives to be an inclusive and collaborative group that engages a broad range of strategies for social change. We value new perspectives, innovative ideas and different ways of working. Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way 350.org selects and approaches its areas of work, as well as the creativity and effectiveness of our campaigns. 350.org prioritizes making leadership positions available to women, people of color, indigenous people and communities most impacted by climate change and environmental prejudices.

If you have suggestions for us on how to do this better, we really value your input and strongly encourage you to write to us at jobs@350.org with the subject line ‘Hiring Feedback’.

<<Apply here>>

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Golden Steps Seeks Salesperson Consultant (Brooklyn, NY)

Golden Steps is a unique worker-owned cooperative that provides private pay companionship and home care to elder New Yorkers who want to remain safe and independent at home. The mission of the cooperative is to offer dignified work conditions to the worker-owners – nine highly trained, immigrant caregivers. For more information visit goldensteps.coop.

Golden Steps is contracting a salesperson consultant to support the outreach efforts to potential referrers and thereby assure a consistent inflow of new clients.

Responsibilities include

  • Calling and visiting hospitals, rehab clinics, doctor’s offices to acquire client referrals for eldercare companion cooperative
  • Online marketing including setting up facebook ads, google adwords, responding to online inquiries on care.com
  • Outreaching to Golden Steps allies and contacts to acquire client referrals
  • Bringing new marketing ideas to the cooperative
  • Liaising with cooperative members and developers
  • Representing Golden Steps at industry events
  • Maintaining database of sales contacts

The right candidate will have

  • At least 3 years of marketing and sales experience
  • Exceptional networking and social skills
  • Knowledge of and contacts in home care industry, particularly private pay companion care
  • Passion for social justice mission and cooperative model
  • English proficiency, Spanish skills highly desirable
  • Good computer skills, experience using Microsoft Office Suite and internet marketing tool

Specifications

The contract would be for a total of approx. 250 hours over the span of 6 months (7-10h per week). Hourly rate & commission is commensurate with experience. Consultant would be working as an independent contractor and will be responsible for all taxes and benefits.

Interested applicants should submit their full resume along with a cover letter that includes salary requirements.

Required experience:

  • Marketing and Sales Experience: 3 years

Required language:

  • Spanish

<<Apply here>>