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Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

National Field Organizer

U.S. Climate Plan is hiring for a 6-month full-time National Field Organizer, with possibility of longer-term employment.

The National Field Organizer will help build power for the youth climate justice movement by supporting a grassroots constituency of young people who understand that tackling the global climate crisis will require bold government action from the United States. This will primarily be through organizing related to U.S. Climate Plan’s Future Power initiative to transform the millennial generation’s passive support for climate action to active support for policy changes that match the scale of the challenge. We aim to support state-level campaigns for ambitious climate action, help build statewide and national networks of youth climate activists, leverage crucial political opportunities in the coming years, elevate climate change to a priority issue in key states, shift the public narrative around climate and energy, and build pressure for national action.

Duties:

  • Support student and youth climate activists around the country with organizing and training through our Future Power initiative
  • Empower millennial climate activists to create uncompromised visions of the energy systems and communities they want to see
  • Train leaders in social movement theory, campaign strategy, action planning, anti-oppression, non-violent direct action, coalition building, promotion, recruitment, and more
  • Identify and develop youth leadership
  • Support local, state, and national network infrastructure
  • Help build national, state, community, and campus power for the youth climate movement
  • Cultivate relationships with public officials at the local, state, and national level
  • Represent U.S. Climate Plan to the public and in the media

Requirements:

  • Passionate about working for solutions to the climate challenge
  • Experience running grassroots community organizing or political campaigns
  • Events and action planning
  • Ability to plan and facilitate trainings; experience as a facilitator and trainer
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop trusting, productive relationships with staff, partners, and activists
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and within a team to meet goals
  • Willingness to work more than 40 hours per week and unconventional hours
  • Willingness to travel
  • Experience working with diverse communities
  • Provide your own laptop and cell phone

Desired (but not required) skills and experiences:

  • Experience with direct action organizing
  • Experience with student organizing on college campuses
  • Training development and delivery
  • Digital organizing, social media, and online to offline organizing
  • Grassroots fundraising and grantwriting

Position type: Full-time, salary

Start date: ASAP (negotiable)

Compensation: $2,500/month

Location: Flexible. (Washington, DC preferred)

Application instructions: Please send a résumé, cover letter, and contact info for 2 organizing references to info@usclimateplan.org with “National Field Organizer” in the subject line.

About U.S. Climate Plan:

U.S. Climate Plan was formed in June of 2013 in response to President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to build support and draw attention to the need for comprehensive energy policy solutions grounded in scientific demands — not politics. We are working to build a movement of people who understand that tackling the global climate crisis requires bold federal action from the United States. We seek to activate the people who share our vision for a just and beautiful world in order to shift the public narrative in our country and create the political will necessary to secure ambitious, comprehensive, and just national climate legislation and policy.

U.S. Climate Plan is a 501(c)3 non-profit and an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage people of color, indigenous people, women, LGBTQ, and members of other marginalized groups to apply.

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

Research Data Analyst (UC Berkeley Labor Center)

The Center for Labor Research and Education [Labor Center] is a public service and outreach program of the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Founded in 1964, the Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. The Labor Center’s curricula and leadership training’s serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders. The Labor Center carries out research on topics such as job quality and workforc e develo pment issues, and we work with unions, government, and employers to develop innovative policy perspectives and programs. We also provide an important source of research and information on unions and the changing work force for students, scholars, policymakers and the public.

This position will involve gathering, analyzing, and interpreting a wide variety or research data, which may include selecting data samples, preparing questionnaires, and analyzing collected information according to established statistical methods. Prepares reports, charts, tables, and other visual aids.

Responsibilities 

  • Plans studies, including the design of survey instruments and determining the sampling and reporting procedures.
  • Cleans and prepares data sets, primarily from government sources, for analysis, using Stata.
  • Collaborates on the design, documentation, testing and implementation of research studies.
  • Gathers and analyzes research data; prepares and summarizes information and/or recommendations.
  • May be involved in researching, evaluating and selecting new data reporting products.
    Drafts and edi ts reports and/or analyses.
  • Researches and summarizes academic and applied research.

Required Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
  • Two-years of work experience conducting policy research.
  • Demonstrated quantitative skills and experience in data/statistical analysis, including analyzing large government datasets.
  • Strong Stata programming skills.
  • Ability to take initiative and manage projects with minimal supervision.
  • Skills to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and written.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to work well with university faculty, staff and students as well as labor leaders and rank and file workers.

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Master’s degree in public po licy, economics, sociology, or related discipline.
  • Coursework and/or applied research experience in industrial relations, labor economics, and/or labor market analysis.

Salary & Benefits 

Full-time position. Salary commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits.

How to Apply: 

Please submit applications via this portal:
https://hrw-vip-prod.is.berkeley.edu/psc/JOBSPROD/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=20376&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1

Equal Employment Opportunity 

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applic ants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

Sustainable Communities Organizer, East Harlem (Community Voices Heard)

Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a member-led multi-racial organization, principally women of color and low-income families in New York State that builds power to secure social, economic and racial justice for all. Founded in 1994 by welfare recipients in New York City working to fight unjust welfare policies, we have since expanded our organization to include working on multiple issues in three additional communities in the Hudson Valley. Our core organizing issues include fighting for a just social safety net, good jobs and access to them, truly affordable housing, a participatory democracy, and a fair share tax system.

Our NYC office is located in East Harlem/ El Barrio and we have additional sites in three other small cities in New York State – Yonkers (Westchester County), Newburgh (Orange County), and Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County).

Job Description:

Community Voices Heard (CVH) is seeking a mid-level, bi-lingual Spanish/ English organizer to expand the organization’s work advancing an agenda for truly affordable housing and good jobs in East Harlem.

CVH is currently involved in supporting the creation of a comprehensive Neighborhood Plan in East Harlem / El Barrio to influence the ultimate rezoning and planning process that the City of New York is advancing. Multiple Community Visioning Workshops are scheduled to gather community input, and a variety of sub-groups are digging into the ideas generated by the community to craft concrete recommendations. Initially, the Organizer will work to support broad-based community engagement and mobilization efforts around the Neighborhood Planning process. The Neighborhood Planning process will be completed by the end of the year or early in 2016.

Once the plan is completed, CVH is interested in ensuring that an organized base of individuals and organizations in the community have the power to advance the housing and jobs priorities in the Plan and that low-income people’s needs are at the forefront of any community change. The ideal candidate for the position will be able to advance work on three levels: (1) expanding and managing a CVH East Harlem leadership committee of engaged low-income residents ready to build power to determine how change happens in the community, (2) building out a coalition of other organizations in the community ready to work together to advance particular programmatic and policy goals, and (3) engaging with other citywide partners dealing with similar issues in other communities in order to advance an agenda beneficial to low-income families.

The responsibilities of the position will include:

  • Relational Meetings: Doing strategic outreach in East Harlem / El Barrio and coordinating members and leaders to do the same; keeping a rigorous schedule of one-on-one relational meetings; maintaining contact and communication with individuals met.
  • Outreach & Mobilization:Meeting new people through door knocking, public site outreach, and other forums; moving individuals and groups met to participate in meetings, trainings, actions, etc.
  • Campaign Development, Planning & Implementation: Facilitating the prioritization of demands for insertion into the neighborhood plan as well as for campaigns to advance priorities outside of the neighborhood planning process.
  • Committee Development: Pulling together and staffing an organizing committee of local leaders to determine the focus of a campaign and then make ongoing decisions regarding the campaign’s direction; providing critical background information to leadership team so as to facilitate strategic decision-making.
  • Leadership Development: Building the skills of active membership to understand the political underpinnings of the campaign (i.e. legal & policy context, power analysis, etc.) and to take on more and more roles in the campaign (i.e. giving testimony, facilitating meetings, conducting outreach, etc.) through both one-on-one development and workshops.
  • Coalition & Stakeholder Work: Working with ally organizations and networks in the community, city, and beyond to move forward campaign goals and demands; helping to maintain a local network of organizations ready to engage in the neighborhood planning process and the organizing work needed to implement it.
  • Fundraising:Assisting organization in growing its dues-paying membership and supporting fundraising events.

This is a full-time position that begins as soon as possible. This is a one-year position with a possibility of a renewal for an additional year.

The Field & Communications Director will supervise the Sustainable Communities Organizer, and the position will work collaboratively with the Executive Director and other NYC staff. The position will be based in NYC but will require occasional out-of- NYC travel to other CVH offices.

Qualifications:

  • Applicants must be committed to ideology of building community power & share our commitment to membership grassroots decision-making, radical politics & our theory of social change.
  • Minimum 3 years community organizing, union organizing, political organizing, and/ or legislative issue advocacy experience required.
  • Experience in base building, door knocking, one-on-ones, leadership development, mobilization, strategy and campaign development & implementation essential.
  • Experience working in coalition and working with diverse partners is critical.
  • Ability to work independently, yet take direction, according to goals of the organization.
  • Spanish language skills are strongly desired.

How to apply

Please send resume and cover letter to Sondra Youdelman, Community Voices Heard 115 East 106th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10029 or email cvh@CVHaction.org. If sending an email, make sure to put “Sustainable Communities Organizer” in the subject line.

CVH is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, and people with current/ past experience on public assistance or residency in public housing are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information please check out our web page at: www.cvhaction.org.

Resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interviews will begin immediately with qualified candidates and will continue until the position is filled.

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.

How to apply

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: Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until filled.

–AALDEF is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer–

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

Program Manager, Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative (NYC Dept of Small Business Services)

See original posting at NYC.gov

The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is a vibrant, client-centered agency whose mission is to serve New York’s small businesses, jobseekers and commercial districts. SBS makes it easier for companies in New York City to start, operate, and expand by providing direct assistance to business owners, supporting commercial districts, promoting financial and economic opportunity among minority- and women-owned businesses, preparing New Yorkers for jobs, and linking employers with a skilled and qualified workforce. SBS continues to reach for higher professional standards through innovative systems, new approaches to government, and a strong focus on its employees.

About the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative: The Worker Cooperative Business Development initiative will support the creation of jobs in worker cooperatives by coordinating education and training resources and by providing technical, legal, and financial assistance. The initiative will fund a comprehensive citywide effort to reach cooperative entrepreneurs, provide for the start-up of new worker cooperative small businesses, and assist existing cooperatives. The initiative will offer workforce development and concrete skills for unemployed, underemployed and discouraged workers in high-needs neighborhoods.

Job Description: The Program Manager oversees efforts and initiatives designed to sustain and enhance the level of service delivery provided to worker cooperatives and entrepreneurs. The responsibilities of the Manager are both strategic, in developing best practices and processes, and operational, in creating quality, consistency and accountability across all service providers. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic leader to manage all day-to-day strategy, operations, and partnership development for the initiative as well as provide ongoing leadership, vision, and support for all service provider staff as they strive to develop and grow the impact of the services they deliver.

See full posting and application instructions here.

Labor and Community Job Opportunities, Opportunities

Housing and Economic Justice Organizer (Carroll Gardens Association, Inc.)

CGA is looking for a part time community organizer to join our anti displacement campaign and community wealth building initiative. The anti displacement campaign seeks to preserve and expand quality affordable housing in Southwest Brooklyn (Red Hook, Columbia Waterfront, and the surrounding area) by educating and organizing with residents and allies.

The community wealth building initiative works to create living wage job and asset generating opportunities for residents historically dislocated from mainstream economic development programs. Programs and organizing focus on worker cooperative development, merchant association formation, entrepreneur education, and broader community building events.

The organizer will work directly with the Community Planner to assist in resident and worker outreach, organizing info sessions and strategy meetings, and coordinate community planning workshops.

This position is 20-25 hours per week starting at $15/hour.

Responsibilities include:
Advocacy & Community Organizing:

  • Coordinate and implement door-to-door outreach to renters. Develop “Know Your Rights” materials for tenants.
  • Build tenant power through leadership development and assist in forming tenant associations.
  • Recruit child care workers to Southwest Brooklyn’s first child care worker cooperative.
  • Assist in developing a 12 week worker cooperative training for worker owners.
  • Grow the merchants association through outreach, engagement, and participation in monthly meetings.

Research & Policy:

  • Learn best practices for researching neighborhood demographic, economic, and housing trends.
  • Learn best practices for worker cooperative development, merchant association formation, and workshop and training content for entrepreneurs.
  • Develop tenant organizing and worker cooperative development presentations for broader community education.

Communications:

  • Update CGA social media accounts.
  • Write press releases, coordinate interviews with community members, and build relationships with media representatives.
  • Learn about pitching stories, press cycles and communications strategy.

Qualifications:

  • Experience in community organizing preferred.
  • Demonstrated commitment and passion for social justice and building power of low-income residents and communities of color.
  • Bi-lingual Spanish/English fluency strongly preferred.
  • Strong writing, communication, and group work skills.
  • Interest in growing a career with CGA.
  • Humility and humor.

About the Carroll Gardens Association:

The Carroll Gardens Association (CGA) is an affordable housing and economic development grassroots organization working in Southwest Brooklyn (Red Hook, Columbia Waterfront, and the surrounding area). We organize with low income residents, small businesses, and allies to advocate for equitable development, permanent affordable housing, and community wealth building policies. Our belief that local residents are the experts in the problems that face them guides our program design and direct service provision, prioritizing capacity building and leadership development. Learn more about us at www.carrollgardensassociation.com

How to apply:

If interested, please send resume and cover letter to Ben Fuller-Googins at bfgoogins@carrollgardensassociation.com with “Community Organizer– YOUR NAME” in the subject line. Your cover letter should address your passion for movement building and why you are interested in working with CGA.