Small northeast Bronx community development organization seeking a full time tenant/community organizer. Principal duties include conducting building and neighborhood outreach, holding regular meetings with tenants to identify and prioritize outstanding landlord relations issues, helping tenants develop self advocacy, organizational and leadership skills, work with tenants and neighborhoods to build a stronger sense of community, create and conduct workshops relating to housing rights and responsibilities, individual tenant counselling, maintain strong records of work activities.

Must possess Bachelor’s degree or 5 years of directly related experience, be bilingual fluent (English/Spanish), able to work in diverse environments understanding complex relationships. Familiarity with NYCHA housing and leadership issues very helpful. Some evenings necessary.

How to apply:

Please send resume, cover letter references and salary requirements to bronxhiring@yahoo.com

UFCW Local 1500 is seeking a Union Organizer to identify, recruit, and develop workers in the workplace and greater community.

Candidates should have experience in labor, political, or community activism/organizing, and be able to build one-on-one relationships with workers.

Candidates should also have a commitment to social justice and workers’ rights.

To apply, please email a cover letter and resume with the subject line “Union Organizer” to jobs@ufcw1500.org. Please be as specific as possible in cover letter with experience and skills, and why you want to be a Union Organizer for UFCW 1500.

The TESA Collective (The Toolbox for Education and Social Action) is an award-winning organization that creates educational resources and programs for social and economic change. We are a worker-owned cooperative. This means that each worker has one equal ownership share of the company and one equal vote in its governance.

Over the past five years, we have helped dozens of organizations and movements achieve their mission through the development of social justice-based education tools and efforts. We’ve collaborated nationwide: in NYC, California, Phoenix, Chicago, Seattle, Connecticut, and much more. The groups we’ve teamed up with have been locally focused as well as national operations, and we’ve worked on issues ranging from building the cooperative movement, immigrant rights, anti-war efforts, environmental justice, and more. See a small sample of our collaborations here.

Our other primary effort is creating tools for social and economic change in house, which we then distribute. This includes games such Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives, Loud & Proud, and our in progress game RISE as well as books, teaching guides, and more. Visit our website to find out more about us.

JOB DESCRIPTION

TESA is looking to add a Communications Specialist to our collective. While we’ve outlined several responsibilities for this position below, we are looking for a creative individual who can bring new, exciting ideas to our collective. The existing responsibilities are:

Social media, newsletter, and digital outreach: TESA has a significant social media and online presence that we’d like to expand. We’re always looking to engage our communities and allies – whether it’s to share news, update people about our work, get their involvement in the creation of our resources (see here for example), and more.

Article and blog writing: One of TESA’s significant communications strategies is writing for media outlets and regularly updating our own blog. You can read a sample article here and check out our blog here. We’re looking for someone who can help us expand upon this strategy and who is interested in writing as well.

Cultivating and maintaining partnerships: Conducting outreach to maintain and expand our partnerships with other organizations will be a critical component for this position. You’ll get to meet with individuals and organizations doing some of the most interesting organizing and community work around the country!

Supporting Sales: This position will support in the distribution of TESA’s resources. This will happen through outreach to individuals, organizations, and the above mentioned digital strategies such as social media and article writing.

Project Support and Content Creation: This position will occasionally be called on to support the creation of new tools from TESA as well as support in our work with partners.

Your ideas: This position will be responsible for coming up with new, exciting ways to connect TESA with more partners and communities as well as get the word out about our work.

WORKER-OWNERSHIP TRACK, BENEFITS OF WORKER-OWNERSHIP, AND BEING IN A COLLECTIVE

This position is for a worker-ownership track at TESA. After eight months of working at TESA, the person filling this position will be eligible to become a member of the collective (a worker-owner).

• Members get one equal share in the collective and have one equal vote in its governance.
• Members equitably share the benefits in the good times and share the burden in the hard times. The collective members equitably share profits at the end of the year.

We govern TESA on a consensus basis while empowering individual positions to oversee their operations. This position will have the opportunity to grow and expand.

QUALIFICATIONS, HOURS, LOCATION, AND PAY

Skills, Experience, Qualifications

• Deep passion for social and economic change
• Ability to work within a collective, a good collaborator, and also self-motivated
• Able to dream up and implement ideas
• Computer skills
• Strong writing
• Previous communications experience
• Able to juggle more than one project at a time
• Connections to any existing movements is considered a plus
• Any other skills/qualities you bring that we haven’t listed

Hours and pay: TESA defines full-time as 30 hours a week (though we sometimes work over this), given our dedication to ensuring that collective members have the ability to lead happy, healthy, well-rested lives outside of work. We are looking for someone who will start part-time at 20 hours a week but we are hopeful this position will grow into full time. Part-time pay is $17.50 an hour. Full-time pay is $20 an hour. Once this position becomes a worker-owner, they will also receive an equitable share of the collective’s profits alongside the rest of the members.

Other benefits:

• Two-weeks paid vacation
• 10 paid holiday days
• Two weeks off at the end of December through the start of January
• A flexible work schedule

Location: This is a work-from-home or shared office job, which means there is no required location. However, the other collective members of TESA are based in Western Massachusetts as well as Chicago, so proximity to those locations will be considered a plus.

This is not a contractor position – it is an employee position on a worker-owner track. However, we are open to discussing that if it is a candidate’s preference.

HIRING PROCESS TIMELINE

We will be accepting applications through April 15th. Two rounds of interviews will take place between April 13th – April 22nd. We will make the final decision the following week, and we are hoping the new position will begin by the start or middle of May.

TO APPLY

Please send a resume, cover letter, a sample of your writing, and at least two references to contact@toolboxfored.org. The title of your e-mail should be “Communications Specialist Application – Your Last Name”. You can make out the cover letter to the Hiring Committee. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Make the Road New York seeks an energetic and committed tenant organizer in Brooklyn to assist with MRNY’s anti-displacement efforts and housing work in the East New York, Brownsville, and Ocean Hill sections of Brooklyn; to help the legal staff preserve affordable housing for community members, and to strengthen MRNY’s reach in these areas.

About the Organization:

Make the Road New York (www.maketheroadny.org) is a non-profit organization that builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.  We have 16,000 members and operate four community centers in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Jackson Heights, Queens; Port Richmond, Staten Island; and Brentwood, Long Island.

Background: This tenant organizer will help drive our outreach efforts, and will work with the legal team related to housing justice in the identified areas of Brooklyn. These three areas have been targeted by the City for rezoning, and existing tenants will require additional supports to maintain affordable and quality housing.  MRNY is working in collaboration with other legal services providers across the city in this effort, and the tenant organizer will work closely with those partners in bringing legal services to those most in need of representation.  The tenant organizer would be based in our Bushwick, Brooklyn office, but would need to be mobile across the borough, particularly throughout the identified areas for rezoning. Regular trips to Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens for meetings would be also required.

Responsibilities: This tenant organizer will conduct outreach, perform intake, and engage in community education for tenants at risk of displacement, assist to advance MRNY’s Brooklyn housing-related work, and to contribute to other areas that MRNY is advancing that may be of particular interest. This is a full-time position at 40 hours / week.

In general, the tenant organizer would be responsible for:

• Leading the outreach efforts in the identified areas of East New York, Brownsville, and Ocean Hill, and identifying community members that are at risk of eviction, facing harassment, or could otherwise benefit from legal assistance on housing issues;
• Conducting initial screenings of applicants for legal services, both in person and on the phone;
• Maintaining up-to-date, accurate intake information in our legal database, and assisting with referrals to partners organizations;
• Educating community members on the legal protections available to combat harassment and to maintain safe, affordable housing, as well on the re-zoning impact on the community;
• Following up with and engaging community members identified through outreach efforts
• Collaborating with other staff and community members on anti-harassment planning and strategy;
• Developing know-your-rights materials and facilitating workshops related to anti-displacement

Experience/Characteristics:

1-2 years previous outreach experience, or community/labor organizing experience, is strongly preferred

–       Bilingual (Spanish/English) required

–       Knowledge of Brooklyn and New York City

–       Knowledge of and experience with Brooklyn’s low-income Immigrant communities and communities of color.

–       Group facilitation and training experience

–       Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills and a deep commitment to social justice

–       Commitment to the values driving MRNY’s work, and hustle

–       Must be open to working some evenings and weekends

–       Driver’s License and car preferred

–       Ability to start quickly

To Apply: Please send a resume and cover letter to housingorganizer16@maketheroadny.org

Salary/benefits: Salary will depend on experience and follow salary scale set by democratically elected Personnel Committee. MRNY has a generous benefits package.

Make the Road New York is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and seeks to insure equal opportunity and equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, genetic information and sexual orientation, in all employment decisions including but not limited to hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC), a dynamic, non-profit, holistic, community development organization serving the Cypress Hills/East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn, seeks an experienced community development professional passionate about affordable housing, economic development and sustainability to oversee the asset management of CHLDC’s real estate portfolio. As part of both our affordable housing development and Cypress Hills Verde initiatives,the incumbent will be working to make our neighborhood a greener, healthier, more affordable place to live.

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation has an opening for one (1) full-time Projects Manager in the Community Development division.

As a member of the Community Development team, the incumbent will participate in the overall work of the Community Development department, including supporting the development of green affordable housing and development, the retrofitting of residential and commercial buildings in Cypress Hills and East New York, brownfield re-development, and agency-wide sustainability initiatives. The position involves working on community development program, projects and initiatives, ranging from pre-development analysis and activities, to managing the repositioning of CHLDC’s portfolio, overseeing major capital repairs and renovation work on CHLDC properties, working on sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives in the Cypress Hills/East New York neighborhood, and supporting some asset and property management of the CHLDC portfolio.

This work requires a highly motivated and creative self-starter who welcomes working in a fast-paced environment. The Property Projects Manager will report to the Director of Community Development and is responsible for the below job responsibilities:

Principal Duties:

• Support and manage all aspects of the predevelopment process.
• Collaborate with funders, architects, attorneys, environmental consultants, representatives of public agencies and contractors.
• Draft, revise, and regularly update development and operating budgets for affordable housing and economic development projects.
• Support Director in developing acquisition strategies.
• Support BOA -grant programming and development related work.
• Lead or Support, as appropriate, community development grants and programming.
• Oversee design and construction process with architects, consultants and contractors.
• Handle ongoing monitoring, requisition and compliance of projects under construction.
• Identify new community development opportunities and funding sources, conduct feasibility analyses (including financial analyses) and prepare applications for funding.
• Research and report on CDC development strategies and best practices, including research and development of innovative real estate development partnership structures (private and non-profit collaborations).
• Contribute expertise to property management company; work with asset manager to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, achievement of energy efficiency standards, and excellent tenant relations.
• Write [draft and edit] real estate development grant proposals and funding reports; develop relationships with potential affordable housing and real estate development funders.
• Participate in cross-departmental projects.

Position Requirements:

• M.S. degree in Finance, Public Administration, Urban Planning, Urban Affairs, Architecture, Engineering or related degree;
• 1-3 years community development, project planning experience;
• Experience creating and/or managing a project or project(s) in at least one of the following areas: affordable housing development, weatherization/retrofits, or renovation projects preferable;
• Experience effectively managing outside consultants (e.g. architects, general contractors, technical assistance providers, etc.);
• Architecture/design/engineering/construction skills and/or experience and a familiarity of green building policy, methods and materials, including energy efficiency retrofits (a plus);
• Excellent communication, writing and analytical abilities and strong interpersonal skills – experience working with low-income communities, immigrant communities and other communities of color a plus;
• Ability to think big while also meeting deadlines and paying close attention to details;
• Demonstrates commitment to leadership development, community building, and community organizing as strategies for social change.
• Possesses strong self-initiative and passionate about community development, energy efficiency, affordable housing, economic development and sustainability;
• Bilingual (Spanish-English) preferred.

Compensation:

Dependent upon experience. We also offer a very competitive benefits package.

How to apply:

Please send customized cover letter and resume to Shai Lauros at: cdhiring@cypresshills.org. Three (3) written and signed reference letters will be required if chosen for the position.

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.

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