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Community Voices Heard: NYC Bi-Lingual Base Building Organizer
Community Voices Heard is seeking a bilingual (Spanish/English) base-building organizer for our work in New York City, primarily focused in subsidized and rent stabilized housing upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Successful applicants will have experience engaging in the relational organizing model. Candidates must have demonstrated experience in building strong teams of members, campaign and leadership development.
Key job duties include:
Door knocking 100 doors a week in prospective building to identify tenant leaders and hear tenants' concerns.
Holding at least 10 one-on-one meetings per week with existing and potential tenant leaders.
Organizing know your rights trainings in target buildings.
Bringing together organizing committees of tenants focused on organizing their buildings.
Developing tenant leaders for work within their buildings and across the city.
Staffing CVH issue teams of members and creating winning campaign strategies.
Moving members to lead meetings with elected officials.
Planning and executing direct actions as a part of campaign strategies.
Mobilizing tenants and member leaders for actions at the city and state level to fight for CVH's platform.
Candidates will be particularly appealing to us if they also have:
At least 2 years' experience of community, labor, or political organizing. Experience moving people into action and conducting leadership development activities
Experience participating in issue-based campaigns
Ability to work independently and at times a fast-paced environment
Demonstrated experience and ability to work/organize across racial and cultural lines.
Experience working in a grassroots membership organization or other type of social justice organization.
Demonstrated commitment to building long-term power with low-income people of color, their families, and their communities.
Spanish fluency required.
Compensation for this position is $60,000 - $65,000 based on experience. Excellent benefits including vacation days, personal days, holidays, medical/ dental/vision healthcare coverage, and 403(b) plan. General work schedule is 11:00am - 7:00pm Monday-Thursday and 10:00am-5:00pm on Friday as well as fairly regular evening and weekend work.
Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
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