Pittsburgh United is hiring for a Campaign Coordinator and Organizer. Descriptions below.
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Livestream: Black Lives Matter/Fight for $15: A New Social Movement (10/19)
With: Jelani Cobb | Kendall Fells | Alicia Garza | Francis Fox Piven
This event is currently at capacity. To watch the conversation, check back here on 10/19 from 8:30 AM to 10:15 AM (EDT). Livestream will appear below.
[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxQQM5jKS_o]Black Lives Matter and Fight for $15 are linked, growing social movements. As these two movements converge, how are they influencing each other? What are the chances their convergence might sow the seeds for a broader social and economic justice movement? What obstacles remain?
Speakers:
- Jelani Cobb, journalist, historian, Director of the Africana Studies Institute, UConn, Hillman Judge
- Kendall Fells, Fast Food Forward- SEIU/Fight4$15
- Alicia Garza, National Domestic Workers Alliance, #SayHerName, #BlackLivesMatter
Introductory remarks by Francis Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor, CUNY, Consortial Faculty, Murphy Institute
This event is being co-sponsored by:
Remembering Rosalyn Baxandall (1939-2015)
[10/19/15: Murphy Prof. Ruth Milkman wrote a short piece commemorating Rosalyn Baxandall’s life for Jacobin Magazine. Check it out here. – Ed.]
Professor Rosalyn Baxandall died Tuesday evening. Following her retirement from SUNY Old Westbury, the Murphy Institute was very fortunate to have Ros come teach labor history. Ros was a pathbreaking feminist scholar whose activism and writing brought women into labor history and women’s work into focus for scholars across the disciplines. All of us who care about social history, labor, feminism and the role of struggle and movements in shaping the direction of our society and our studies are indebted to Ros, for her example as well as her contributions to our fields.
From the New York Times obituary, published today:
[Baxandall] helped create Liberation Nursery, the first feminist day care center in New York. As an early member of New York Radical Women and Redstockings, she picketed the 1968 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, one of the most visible of the feminist protests of the ’60s, forever associated with a symbolic burning of restrictive women’s clothes that mainstream publications referred to as a “bra burning.”
She played a prominent role in the abortion “speakout” in the West Village in 1969, a forum at which women described in public their experiences in obtaining illegal abortions.
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Recalling those days in an interview with the feminist activist Jacqueline Ceballos in 1991, Ms. Baxandall said, “The one thing that I do have against the books that are written is they talk about all the politics and the splits, et cetera, but they don’t talk about the joy and fun we had.” She added, “We knew were changing history, and it was terrific.”
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation Seeks Full-Time Tenant Organizer
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) is a not-for-profit community development organization serving 8,000 residents a year through a comprehensive array of housing preservation, economic development, community organizing and youth and family support services programs and projects. With community residents leading the way, the mission of Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation is to build a strong, sustainable Cypress Hills/East New York, where youth and adults achieve educational and economic success, secure healthy and affordable housing and develop leadership skills to transform their lives and community.
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation has an opening for one (1) Tenant Organizer to work in the Community Organizing and Advocacy division. This position exempt position.
Principal Duties:
- Conduct outreach, survey buildings and individual apartments and, in the process, engage tenants to work together to solve repair and safety issues.
- Complete HPD building surveys.
- Hold regular meetings with tenants to identify and prioritize issues (e.g. repairs, unresponsive management or landlords, shoddy maintenance, breach of rent-stabilization regulations).
- Create and facilitate regular workshops specific to housing rights,
responsibilities, laws and processes. - Link tenants to the neighborhood-wide re-zone campaign and city-wide campaigns for affordable housing.
- Demonstrate commitment to leadership development, community building, and community organizing as strategies for social change.
- Provide monthly narratives and statistical reports on work accomplished.
- Report to Director of Community Organizing and Advocacy.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred, but not required
- Be fluent in Spanish
- Be able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Be detail-oriented
- Be comfortable facilitating meetings and leading workshops
- Be willing to work flexible hours
CYPRESS HILLS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER AND IS COMMITTED TO WORKPLACE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation.
We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a pleasant working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and commensurate with experience.
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
How to apply
Forward cover letter, resume, and three (3) references to Director of Community Organizing and Advocacy at: JuliaW@cypresshills.org. Three (3) written and signed reference letters will be required if chosen for the position.
ANEW Seeks Executive Director (Seattle, WA)
Apprenticeship & Non-Traditional Employment for Women (ANEW) is a 35 year old pre- non-profit organization headquartered in Renton, Washington. ANEW’s mission is to provide women of all ages, races, and backgrounds with quality training, support services, and employment preparation services; leading to a viable and satisfying career pathway to family wage jobs.
Although women are ANEW’s primary target population, ANEW strives to increase diversity and inclusion for all underrepresented populations. Additionally, ANEW partners and works with multiple state registered apprenticeship programs, businesses, labor, workforce development organizations, and colleges in order to successfully carry out its mission.
POSITION TITLE: Executive Director
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for ANEW’s staff, programs, expansion and execution of its mission. S/he will initially develop deep knowledge of field, core programs, operations and business plans. S/he will manage staff and contractors at multiple locations and in multiple grants. S/he will demonstrate excellent writing, speaking, supervisory and financial and fundraising skills.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Leadership & Management:
- Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications and system; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve strategic goals
- Actively engage and energize ANEW’s board members, alumni and partnering organizations
- Lead, coach, develop and retain ANEW’s high performance staff
- Ensure effective systems to track program process and grant deliverables; evaluate program components and measure successes so impact can be effectively communicated to board members, funders and other constituents
- Serve as primary connector/presenter with funding agents and partners; present program, grant or partnership information in a variety of environments to constituents
- Develop or possess strong relationships with leadership in the apprenticeship community
- Oversee special projects, such as conferences, leadership trainings, or short term contracts/assignments
Fundraising and Financial Oversight
- Lead and manage all revenue generating activities, which includes, grant writing, contract negotiations, individual gift campaigns, and the acquisition of corporate sponsorships; including managing, and reporting all gifts, grants and contracts
- Expand revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional expansion
- Report to funding sources on qualitative and quantitative impact per funding guidelines
- Adherence to GAAP principles in oversight of budgets and general operational/financial functions
Program Direction
- Ensure multiple programs adhere to grant/funding guidelines, program competencies, etc
- Ensure reporting on deliverables is maintained according to grant, contract or donor guidelines
- Interact with partners and funding agents on strategic activities, programs and special projects
Staff Management
- Oversee all aspects of a small agency team per Employment Handbook and agency policies
- Resolve conflict and manage team operations, reporting and client interactions in a fast-paced environment
- Prepare and/or approve employee job descriptions, classifications, pay rates, payroll, administrative functions, leave, and other supervisory functions in a small work environment
Communications
- Deepen and refine all aspects of communications, including web presence, newsletters, and platforms such as Facebook, blogs
- Communicate ANEW’s impact in annual reports, at conferences, and with a variety of constituents
- Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities
Planning & New Business:
- Design strategic expansion efforts and business plans
- Build partnerships in new markets, establishing relationships with public and private funders, donors, community and political leaders
- Be an external presence and represent ANEW and its interests in a variety of meetings
QUALIFICATIONS
- The Executive Director will be thoroughly committed to ANEW’s non-profit mission. All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience. Concrete demonstrable experience and other qualifications include:
- Advanced degree, MBA or MPA preferred, and at least 10 years management experience. Track record of effectively leading and scaling a performance and outcomes-based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next level of growth
- 5+ years in development, grant writing and fund raising with proven outcomes
- Knowledge of apprenticeship system, industrial sectors in the Puget Sound
- Strong marketing, public relations and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures
- Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage multiple budgets
- Past success working with a board of directors with the ability to cultivate existing board member relationships
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills, including ability to create and edit documents in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) Typing ability of at least is 45 WPM may be required.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal and excellent customer relations skills.
- Good writing, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge and application of organization, planning, records management and general administration.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Background screening through Washington State Patrol
- Ability to work flexible schedule to include evening and or weekend
- Valid Washington State Drivers License, proof of insurance, and reliable transportation
- Proof of citizenship or other authorization for employment
- Continuation of employment is contingent upon successfully performing work described herein
- Continuation of this position is dependent on achievement of performance goals and availability of funding
Work Location: ANEW Administration office –Renton and Satellite locations as assigned
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday and occasional evening and weekends.
Reports to: Board of Directors
Anticipated Start Date: November/early December 2015
SALARY
This position is paid an annual salary of $70-80k DOE. This is an exempt position, Monday through Friday and occasional evening or weekend work. This position requires the ability to travel statewide and nationally. This position is grant funded and continuation of this position is subject to obtainment of contract deliverables, funding restrictions such as penalties for nonperformance, project evaluations, and achievement of performance goals and availability of funding.
BENEFITS
Employer paid benefits include: Medical, Dental and Vision.
A portion of the medical premium is made by the employee through a pre-tax contribution at time of payroll posting. Employees at 30/hours week or greater qualify for full benefits and pay a pre-tax contribution of $80 per month. Employees who work less than 20 hours per week are not eligible for paid benefits. Additional employer paid benefits include: basic life insurance, vacation, sick leave, holiday pay and taxes as required by law. Employees may elect to make contributions to a non-employer sponsored 403(b) retirement plan.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Eligible applicants should submit current resume; references including at least 1 external partner; current or former employee; and supervisor/Board member; and cover letter demonstrating experience in these FIVE areas:
- non-profit work;
- fundraising and development;
- financial oversight; including grant management
- partnership development; and
- staff oversight.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015 VIA EMAIL ONLY – NO EXCEPTIONS. Applications not following these procedures will not be considered.
Please email resume and cover letter to: ANEW Board of Directors Attention: Keith Weir info@anewaop.org
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women (ANEW) is an equal opportunity employer.
The Coalition for Economic Justice Seeks Organizer (Buffalo, NY)
The Coalition for Economic Justice in Buffalo, NY is seeking a full-time organizer.
Background:
The Coalition for Economic Justice’s (CEJ) mission is to unite our member labor, faith, and community organizations and activist with allies and resources to win campaigns that promote economic justice for all through building strong, diverse, sustainable communities. Our current campaigns are the fight for $15, Industrial Development Authority Reform, and High Road Economic Development.
Responsibilities:
- Campaign support: Under supervision of Executive Director, develop and implement campaign strategy and coordinate coalition campaign work;
- Internal organizing: Strengthen participation of member groups in coalition campaigns and activities;
- Mobilization: Maintain and grow mobilization structure and coordinate coalition leaders, staff, and volunteers in mobilizing member groups and activist base for coalition actions and events.
- Coalition building: Work with Executive Director and coalition leadership to reach out to allies and recruit new organizations and individual activists to Coalition for Economic Justice through one-on-ones, presentations, tabling, and other outreach activities.
- Communications: Be responsible, along with the Executive Director, for outreach to press outlets as well new media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram etc.
- Fundraising: Work with coalition leadership, staff and volunteers to develop and implement grassroots fundraising activities, including maintenance of fundraising lists, direct mail, and fundraising events.
- Support and Supervision for Interns: With Executive Director, support and supervise interns.
Qualifications:
- Organizing experience, including experience developing and implementing campaigns;
- Strong commitment to and understanding of worker justice and the labor movement;
- Ability to mobilize grassroots support and build diverse partnerships;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills;
- Ability to maintain a database and use basic computer programs, including Microsoft Word and Excel, and willingness to learn other needed computer programs.
- Proficiency in Spanish a plus.
- Experience with popular education and/or media work a plus.
Term of employment: We are seeking someone to start as soon as possible. Position will be permanent, pending a 90 day probation period. The candidate needs to have a valid driver’s license and working vehicle.
Hours: Monday through Friday, may include Saturdays and some Sundays, some weekends, and evenings
Direct Supervisor: Executive Director
Compensation: $31,000 – $38,000 a year, depending on experience; fully paid health and dental benefits.
Please send a resume and cover letter to Kirk@CEJBuffalo.org with CEJ Organizer in the title to Rev. Kirk Laubenstein
For more information, please contact Rev. Kirk Laubenstein at 716-892-5877 or Kirk@CEJBuffalo.org
CEJ is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage people of color, women, LGBTQ, and differently-abled people to apply.
