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Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

Work for Progress Seeks New Voters Project Campus Organizer

The elections next fall are rapidly approaching and the people elected will make decisions about issues we care about – like jobs, the economy, college affordability and the environment. We are working to make sure that students turn out to the polls in a big way on Election Day, so we can raise our voice on the issues we care about. That’s why we are hiring graduating seniors to run non-partisan voter registration and turnout campaigns on college campuses across the country next Fall.

Our Future. Our Voice. Our Vote.

What’s in store for our future? Will we be able to get jobs, and pay off our bills and our student loans? Will the big issues of our day, like protecting our environment, student debt, or big money in politics get dealt with, or will they keep getting kicked down the road, only to get bigger and harder to solve?

One thing is for sure, we know a better future isn’t going to happen if we just sit around waiting for it. We can’t expect our elected leaders to pay attention to the issues we care about, or for things to start moving in the right direction if we don’t make ourselves heard. That’s why we need to vote. So on Election Day we need to show up, and show up big. It’s pretty basic: If we’re going to be heard, we all need to work together, raise our voices together and vote together.

What is the New Voters Project?

For forty years, we’ve built a legacy of recruiting, training, and inspiring young people to engage in democracy. We believe that for our democracy to work, young people need to be engaged. And the first step to engaging young people is exercising their voice at the polls. The New Voters Project is the largest non-partisan, on-the-ground young voter mobilization effort in the nation. Since 1984, we have helped to register more than 1.7 million young voters and made over one million personalized get-out- the-vote contacts.

The New Voters Project Campus Organizers will:

  • Run a non-partisan voter registration and turnout campaign in a campus community. Campus Organizers recruit and train a cadre of volunteers to register 18-29 year olds, collect pledges to vote from 18-29 year olds who are already registered to vote, and contact all of these young people to turn out to vote on Election Day.
  • Educate students and train new leaders. Campus Organizers teach citizenship and organizing skills. Campus Organizers also oversee an internship program, through which students can earn academic course credit for their work to boost youth voter engagement.
  • Build a coalition. Campus Organizers work with student volunteers and interns to build a diverse, invested coalition of organizations and people, such as the student government, college president, College Republicans, College Democrats and others, to boost youth voter turnout.

APPLY ONLINE:

at PIRGCampusAction.org

SALARY & BENEFITS:

The target annual compensation for this position is $25,500. PIRG Campus Action offers a competitive benefits package. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

PIRG Campus Action is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.

How to apply

APPLY ONLINE at PIRGCampusAction.org

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

Center for Community Alternatives, New York Seeks Community Organizer Criminal & Juvenile Justice

Community Organizer:

Responsible for coordinating advocacy campaigns related to criminal and juvenile justice and school-to-prison pipeline issues. Coordinate a national campaign to eliminate the use of high school disciplinary records in the college admissions process by conducting outreach to grassroots organizations addressing school discipline issues and providing ongoing support and opportunities to such groups. Organize young people with direct experience in the juvenile and criminal justice systems in Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo and their family members to participate in the Raise the Age New York campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Promote and conduct community education sessions on criminal and juvenile justice issues, school-to-prison pipeline issues, and advocacy skills. Identify, train, and support young people and family members to serve as leaders in the various campaigns.

Qualifications:

Experience organizing diverse stakeholders to effect policy change. Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Equivalent professional and academic experience may substitute for degree

The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in the field of community- based alternatives to incarceration. Through innovative and pioneering services as well as the research, public advocacy and training of its Justice Strategies division, CCA fosters individual transformation and reduced reliance on incarceration, and advocates for more responsive juvenile and criminal justice policies.

All positions require demonstrated cultural competency and a commitment to work on behalf of people involved in the criminal/juvenile justice system, excellent writing, organizational and word processing skills. Bilingual: English/Spanish a plus.

How to apply:

Please send cover letter indicating position applying for, salary history and resume to:

Center for Community Alternatives

115 E. Jefferson Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
fax: (315) 471-4924
email: jobs@communityalternatives.org

CCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

The Child Center of NY Seeks Youth Outreach Organizer

The youth organizer/outreach coordinator will be responsible for identifying participants to take part in The Vision for Tele-visiting services, conduct youth focus groups, outreach within local schools, community organizations, individuals, families and other systems. The youth organizer/outreach coordinator will work closely with the director to oversee tele-visiting visits between parent and child, identifying prisons where parents live, communicate with prison staff, family members, community leaders, schools, community organizations and organizing networks within the South Jamaica and Far Rockaway neighborhoods.

Essential Functions:

  • Work closely with the Director and Coordinator to oversee tele-visiting visits between parent and child, identifying prisons where parents live, communicate with prison staff, family members, community leaders, schools, community organizations and organizing networks within the South Jamaica and Far Rockaway neighborhoods.
  • Manage youth meetings, activities or events and support youth leaders with any materials or tools necessary to carry out the objectives of their meetings in a timely and effective manner.
  • Conduct outreach and strategically grow, deepen, and manage the relationship between the community and organizations within South Jamaica and Far Rockaway offering service and resources.
  • Work across lines to identify and connect with youth The Child Center of NY serves.
  • Build strategic partnerships with local stakeholders such as residents, business leaders, community leaders, churches, school officials and other youth-serving agencies.
  • All other duties related to the project.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

  • Familiarity with the South Jamaica/Far Rockaway community and its neighborhoods, agencies and institutions
  • Strong interpersonal skills with youth, colleagues, parents, teachers, systems leaders, elected officials and representatives from other community organizations
  • Strong political instincts; comfortable operating in highly politicized environments
  • Knowledge of policy development and policy advocacy in community organizations, school district or local government settings
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills
  • Experience engaging multiple stakeholders in collaborative processes
  • Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and social justice
  • Tech savvy

Qualifications Preferred:

  • Bachelor’s degree or recent Master’s graduate required with two (2) years of organizing experience with demonstrated results
  • Bilingual preferred (English/Spanish or English/Hmong) The Child Center of NY is an EOE.

How to apply:

Please send resume and cover letter to: tinareynolds@childcenterny.org

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Seeks Voting Rights Organizer

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a New York-based national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, advocacy and community education. AALDEF has a 12-person staff and is supported by foundations, corporations, individual contributions, and special events. For more information about AALDEF and its voting rights activities, visit our website at www.aaldef.org.

DESCRIPTION:

AALDEF’s Asian American Democracy Program seeks to promote fairness in the electoral process and invigorate the civic participation of Asian Americans, especially new citizens and persons not yet fluent in English. By expanding access to the electoral process for Asian Americans, AALDEF improves the quality of democracy for all Americans.

The Voting Rights Organizer is a one-year position and may be extended, subject to available funding. The Organizer will be responsible for mobilizing Asian American community groups for a non-partisan exit poll of Asian American voters and overseeing volunteers for Election Day poll monitoring in several states for the 2016 Presidential Election.

The job includes recruiting, training, and supervising volunteers; working with community leaders; supervising the development, translation, and printing of materials; and giving educational presentations. The Organizer will also oversee post- election follow-up and assist in writing a report about Asian American voter participation in the 2016 elections.

QUALIFICATIONS:

– Highly organized, detail oriented, and able to supervise volunteers and work with a wide variety of community leaders and organizations.

– Strong knowledge of MS Access and other database systems. – Bilingual ability in an Asian language is desirable.
– Strong communication skills.

– Experience in community organizing is desirable.
– Ability to travel and work on occasional weekends.

APPLYING:

Send a cover letter, resume, and three references to:

Voting Rights Organizer Search AALDEF
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor New York, NY 10013-2815

Fax: 212-966-4303
Email: info@aaldef.org (put “voting rights organizer search” in the subject line)

DEADLINE:

December 15, 2015. Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until filled.

–AALDEF is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer–

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

UNITE HERE Local 11 Campaign Research Position Available

UNITE HERE Local 11 is hiring a New Development Campaign Researcher.  Our research teams conduct industry, corporate, real estate and political research and analysis to develop and carry out campaigns focused on winning economic justice for low wage, primarily immigrant hospitality workers. Our campaigns organize non-union workers and secure improved standards for existing union members in the food service, gaming and casino, and hotel industries.

About UNITE HERE Local 11: UNITE HERE Local 11 is leading the fight to organize low-wage workers in hotels, stadiums and event centers, and other food service locations throughout Southern California. Our union, with over 270,000 members nationally, is at the forefront of battles for workers’ rights, immigration reform, living wages, and quality jobs.

 Campaign Researcher job responsibilities will include:

  • Identify and analyze new development projects in our industries and represent the union during the planning & political approval process
  • Communicate and build relationships with a wide variety of players including community organizations, company officials, customers, government staff and elected leaders
  • Develop and carry out campaign strategies and tactics
  • Work with UNITE HERE members, organizers, regional staff and elected leaders; assist in moving campaigns forward through organizing, leading actions, doing political work.
  • Research companies using a wide variety of sources, including published databases, on-line and Internet sources
  • Conduct local and field research on companies, industries and/or real estate projects
  • Develop company analyses and adapt them for various audiences (e.g. leadership & staff, workers, stockholders, political & regulatory bodies, the public)

Desired Qualifications include:

  • Passion for, and commitment to, fighting for workers’ rights
  • BA degree or relevant research and/or activist experience (e.g. labor, political, urban planning, or community/campus)
  • Strong analytical, writing, computer and interpersonal/organizing skills
  • Willingness to work long and sometimes irregular hours
  • Familiarity with database and word processing software
  • Ability to effectively manage a workload with competing priorities and deadlines
  • Reliable car and driver’s license 

Current UNITE HERE campaign researchers have worked in the past as community and union organizers, urban planners, journalists, teachers, and researchers elsewhere. 

Women and People of Color are strongly encouraged to apply.  Salary is commensurate with experience. Positions include excellent health and retirement benefits.

To apply: send resume to Rachel Torres at rtorres@unitehere11.org.

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

LAANE Seeks Researcher with a Commitment to Economic Justice (Los Angeles)

Organization Description: 

Founded in 1993, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) is recognized as a national leader in the effort to address the challenges of working poverty, inadequate health care and polluted communities. Combining a vision of social justice with a practical approach to social change, LAANE has helped set in motion a broad movement to transform conditions in Los Angeles and beyond. LAANE’s efforts to transform conditions in the region’s key industries have led to significant improvements for tens of thousands of working men and women, from 1997’s Living Wage Ordinance, to this year’s city-wide Minimum Wage increase. In-depth research into specific industries provides the basis for developing winning policy approaches. LAANE has also published a series of influential reports, including studies on working poverty and the impact of Wal-Mart on urban America. LAANE is also a co-founder of the Partnership for Working Families, a rapidly growing national alliance that is fighting for good jobs and healthy communities in nearly 20 major metropolitan areas. 

Project Description: 

LAANE is currently seeking a full-time researcher for a cutting edge, “blue-green” campaign to transform the waste and recycling industry to improve working conditions and mitigate the environmental impacts of this sector on low-income communities. Over the past six years, LAANE and the Don’t Waste LA Coalition has led efforts to in order to make Los Angeles the largest “zero waste city” in the nation and to improve the lives of workers and communities in L.A. County. In 2014, Los Angeles approved the Zero Waste L.A. franchise system, a comprehensive overhaul of the waste and recycling sector for businesses and multi-family buildings. This new system requires recycling and eventual compost collection for all Angelenos, cleaner trucks, certification of facilities that process our waste, and living wages for collection workers. To learn more about Don’t Waste LA, visit www.dontwastela.org. 

Responsibilities: 

LAANE’s Research Department conducts research both for policy campaigns and for publications that reframe the debate on the economy and low-wage work in Los Angeles. Researchers conduct various types of research, including research on laws and public decision-making processes to inform policy development and campaign strategy, research on the economy and communities using government and other public data sources, analysis of data sets, and original surveys. Researchers present their findings through written materials and oral presentations at community meetings, government hearings, council and commission meetings, and other venues. Researchers also represent LAANE at meetings with allies, attend LAANE actions, and support the work of the organization and the Don’t Waste LA team as a whole.  

Qualifications: 

Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to the labor movement, communities of color, and economic justice. Applicant must have a graduate degree in public policy (or a related field) or have relevant experience. Also needed: willingness to work long hours and weekends when necessary, and ability to work independently. Skills required: excellent analytical skills, excellent written and verbal communications skills, familiarity with database and word processing software, basic quantitative skills including familiarity with spreadsheets, interviewing skills, and ability to work well in a team. Driving your own car required. Strong preference for public records experience, land use/zoning laws, public education, campaign research, and experience writing reports. Fluency in Spanish is a plus, as is an interest in environmental and immigrant rights issues. 

Terms of employment: 

LAANE’s salary and benefit standards are competitive. Salary range starts at $45,000 and will depend on qualifications and experience. Full health benefits; 401K; generous time off; transit pass; parking; and annual salary increases. Friendly, team-oriented working environment. 

Application Process: 

E-mail cover letter and resume to Jackie Cornejo, jcornejo@laane.org. No phone calls please. Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements will not receive a response. 

LAANE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. WOMEN, LGBTQ, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.