Community Organizer

Position Summary:

The Community Organizer will collaborate closely with immigrant community leaders and agency staff to coordinate the Justice for Immigrants Program (JFI) at CIS-NYC. JFI is a community-led popular education and civic engagement initiative that exists to empower, educate, and involve immigrant families as active agents of change regardless of their immigration status. Among other tasks, the Community Organizer will be responsible for: identifying and engaging community leaders; recruiting new members; conducting outreach for and facilitating meetings and trainings; and mobilizing members for actions. The Community Organizer reports directly to the Director of Community Programs. This is currently a part-time position for 21 hours per week. This position will begin in January 2021.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop local leaders to get involved in organizing campaigns through one-on-ones;
• Provide ongoing civic engagement, leadership development training, and support to existing and new immigrant leaders;
• Conduct grassroots outreach in the field;
• Ensure active involvement of members in local, state and national campaigns through regular mobilization and other campaign actions/events;
• Work with community leaders to coordinate and facilitate monthly bilingual Know Your Rights workshops at CIS-NYC;
• Plan and supervise outreach for workshops and other events;
• Maintain and develop relationships with local schools, organizations, churches, businesses, etc.;
• Assist with coordination of rapid response to political changes affecting the immigrants;
• Stay informed about local/national politics and issues affecting the immigrant community and keep members and CIS-NYC staff up to date on relevant issues;
• Perform database entry and write timely, regular reports;
• Design and create promotional, educational and outreach materials for programs and campaigns;
• Provide support with communications, including email blasts, website updates/posts, and social media;
• Play a supporting role in fundraising and grant-writing for JFI program.

Education/certification, knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and immigrant rights;
• Minimum 2 years community organizing experience;
• Experience working on the grassroots level with a member-driven organization and a strong understanding of organizing methodologies and best practices;
• Self-motivated and dedicated, with a proven ability to work independently under pressure;
• Team-work oriented and ability to work collaboratively;
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills;
• Bilingual English-Spanish required;
• Available to work evenings and weekends when needed;
• Computer skills, including: word processing, databases, excel and powerpoint. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing social media (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram);
• Familiarity with immigration policy.

How to apply:

We will accept applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please prepare a resume and cover letter describing your experience and interest in the organization/the position and email to: Ella Nimmo, Director of Community Programs & Development at ellanimmo@cis-nyc.org

 Please make subject line of email “Application to Position: Community Organizer - [YOUR NAME]”

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