Jobs

United Interfaith Action is seeking a full-time community organizer to lead organizing in congregations in New Bedford and Fall River, by recruiting and training grassroots leaders and leading campaigns which may include Immigration Reform, Economic Justice, Civic Engagement and/or Parent Organizing.

The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to build relationships and identify community leaders, fostering cooperation and leadership development, think strategically about building people power, and execute actions to influence decision-makers over the course of a campaign. He or she will have a passion for organizing and a creative and tenacious approach to adapt to a variety of campaign topics, organizing obstacles, and community environments. Support of local, state and national organizing colleagues and regular professional development provided. Spanish or Portuguese fluency highly valued.

About United Interfaith Action

United Interfaith Action is an interfaith coalition organizing for dignity and justice in New Bedford and Fall River. We are made up of active and aspiring citizens from 16 congregations who come together to unlock the power of people to improve their communities. In recent years, we have won the opening of a new small school, a street outreach worker violence prevention program, a local hiring ordinance, police commitments for cooperation with undocumented immigrants, and a Teacher Home Visit program. UIA is part of a state network working to shift resources and power to overlooked/under-resourced communities and cities in Massachusetts, and the national PICO Network (People Improving Communities through Organizing).

Job Responsibilities

The Community Organizer is responsible for the following:

• Building relationships with congregation members, clergy, and local allies through 12-15 one-on-one relational meetings per week.
• Identifying and recruiting leaders
• Training and developing leaders one-on-one and in groups
• Building teams of grassroots leaders in and across congregations who are organizing their congregations to address locally-identified issues of concern.
• Supporting teams to develop and execute strategic campaign plans to build power and gain commitments and implement solutions
• Participating in strategic organizational and network visioning, planning and development

Qualifications

We’re seeking candidates who excel in relationship building, have strong instincts of how to build teams and build power, and follow through on tasks and plans. You should have:

• 2+ years organizing experience
• A track record of building relationships and bringing people together to accomplish shared goals
• An ability to articulate the personal experiences that motivate you to organize, and to probe other people to identify their stories and interests
• Training and facilitating skills
• Capacity to think strategically and analytically about social, economic, cultural, and political issues affecting a community
• A disciplined, self-starter mentality, and ability to work effectively in an unstructured and changing environment

• Desire to learn and openness to challenge

• Ability to carry out job responsibilities in Spanish or Portuguese as well as English highly valued

Salary and Benefits for the Community Organizer will be competitive and will be based on experience.

See attached description here : Pioneer Valley Campus Organizer

About the Neighborhood Funders Group

The mission of the Neighborhood Funders Group is to strengthen the capacity of philanthropy to understand and support community-based efforts to organize and improve the economic and social fabric of low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities.   Founded in 1980, NFG has grown to a network of more than 200 grantmaking institutions.  NFG serves a wide range of members, including rural and urban funders, large to small grantmaking institutions, and grantmakers who are engaged in a range of community development strategies from bricks and mortar housing development to community organizing.  Its members include private, public, community, corporate, and religious foundations.  At this important point in the organization’s history, NFG is seeking a talented Executive Director to solidify its strategic role as a progressive affinity group and take it to the next level of capacity and impact.

Position Summary

The Executive Director provides NFG with leadership and direction to accomplish its mission and strategic priorities, including the roadmap defined in the recently completed strategic plan.  The Executive Director is responsible for positioning NFG as an affinity group at the forefront of philanthropy; reaching out to and retaining members; and developing relevant networking and educational programs and activities.  As NFG’s primary fundraiser, s/he develops and implements a resource development plan.  S/he is responsible for financial and legal oversight as well as designing and carrying out NFG’s communication strategy.  The Director manages a small staff and a number of consultants.  S/he reports to and is accountable to the NFG Board of Directors.

Specific responsibilities

Strategy, Vision and Leadership

• Provides leadership and guidance in the development, promotion and achievement of NFG’s vision and mission.
• Positions NFG as respected resource and expert in social justice philanthropy and ensures that NFG is a valued force to improve the structure and substance of philanthropy.
• Leads planning processes to ensure that NFG’s programs and services are meeting the needs of members and member-driven working groups, serving the fields of community and economic development, and ensuring NFG is a leader in social justice philanthropy.
• Works actively with Board to ensure that NFG remains a healthy, vibrant organization.

Management, Finance and Human Resources

• Directs and implements day-to-day operations.
• Develops and proposes annual budget and ensures fiscal viability and accountability.
• Ensures compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and promotes the highest ethical standards.
• Assesses and builds capacity of and collaboration among staff.

Resource Development

• Ensures the organization’s financial health and sustainability.
• Develops and implements fundraising and earned income plans.

Membership Development and Communications

• Leads efforts to cultivate, nurture, retain and expand membership.
• Fosters the growth and development of members and supports their efforts to advance their strategies and approaches.
• Develops strong, collaborative working relationships with members, funders, other affinity groups, and leaders of other nonprofit, private, and public sectors at the local, regional and national levels.
• Acts as a spokesperson for NFG and its members.
• Ensures that NFG makes use of emerging technology to engage and educate members and other donors committed to community-based philanthropy.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be someone who is a seasoned manager, an excellent relationship builder and a reflective and strategic thinker.  S/he will also be a passionate advocate for a healthy nonprofit sector and a deft leader committed to social and economic justice.  Qualifications include:

1. A strong administrator who is attentive to detail and skilled at managing and overseeing administrative and financial systems.

1. Significant executive experience, preferably in the philanthropic or nonprofit field, especially building and running an organization or major program.

3. Proven track record in fundraising, earned income and resource development.
4. Sound judgment and a keen analytical ability that can be applied to NFG’s operations and finances as well as to evolving philanthropic needs and economic and social trends.
5. Excellent relationship building skills with an ability to represent NFG credibly as a leader in the philanthropic and nonprofit communities, and with the public sector.
6. Demonstrated leadership in at least one, and knowledge of all, of the following:

• Community organizing, housing and economic development;
• Membership and/or trade association management; and,
• Philanthropic and/or nonprofit management.

7. Demonstrated commitment to economic and social justice.
8. Creative and innovative approach to the work, coupled with the ability to navigate the needs of multiple stakeholders.
9. Ability to recruit, motivate, evaluate, develop and direct staff.
10. Sense of humor.

Note that NFG is currently located in Washington DC, however, relocation may not be required.

The Department of Sociology and the Labor Center invite applications for a “Professor of Practice” in Labor Studies position to be appointed Spring 2013 at the earliest. This is a full-time non-tenure-track faculty position.

The ideal candidate will have a track record working with the labor movement, broadly defined, and substantial experience with applied research and labor education. A Ph.D. or a Master degree and an extraordinary record of practical accomplishments is required.

Specific duties include:

1) Offer training, research, strategic planning, and organizational development assistance to unions, community-based organizations, and NGOs, in collaboration with colleagues in the statewide Labor Extension Program and across the University;

2) Conduct applied research and pursue grants and contracts for labor-related research projects; supervise RAs and collaborate with faculty in Sociology and other social sciences;

3) Write reports and publicize findings through conferences, websites, media outlets in collaboration with statewide and community-based organizations;

4) Support the mission of the Labor Center, including our limited-residency and traditional Master’s degree program, and occasionally teach in those programs.

UpLift Solutions, Inc. seeks to eliminate food deserts by creating community-focused grocery stores in low-income and underserved communities across the country. These stores should provide access to fresh and healthy food, appropriate options regarding the ethnic and religious preferences of the neighborhoods, and also provide solutions for other important community needs such as financial services, health care and medication.  The Executive Director is responsible to lead and to manage the organization striving to achieve these goals.  Specific responsibilities include:

Work with supermarket operators to establish new grocery stores in low income/underserved communities.

Train grocers on the most successful methods for a sustainable operation in such communities.

Continue to further enhance the UpLift menu of “state-of-the-art” services for food businesses, governments and foundations/non-profits (CDE, CDFI’s, etc.) that enable grocery store operators to develop comprehensive, community focused and sustainable grocery stores in food deserts.

Assist in providing visionary plan for growth and revenue development including grants, fee-for-service, events, donations, etc. that enable the organization to achieve its mission.

Manage the organizations finances, budget, direct reports and other staff, interns, subcontractors and volunteers.

Plan and execute all UpLift Solutions Board meetings and provide all necessary documentation and communication to the Board.

Represent UpLift Solutions at external meetings and develop appropriate presentations. Ability to make extensive presentations to large crowds, government officials and committees as needed.

Oversee marketing and communications efforts including on-line presence and the development of collateral materials.

Responsible for the development and oversight of Annual Business Plan for UpLift Solutions, Inc.

Exhibit strong skills with managing people, including highly educated or expert professionals.

Manage annual fund raising programs and application for grants to increase revenues.

Oversee various planning projects based on hourly labor costs, subcontractors and partners.

Masters degree and Supermarket experience a preference

Experience with low income and diverse communities/leaders

The League of Young Voters and the League of Young Voters Education Fund is looking for a proven leader to direct the efforts of the League’s members and community. We seek a dedicated, passionate progressive to continue nurturing the League on its path to growth. The State Director will oversee all executive functions of a non-profit community organization including fundraising, communications, grassroots organizing leadership, staff management, and steering committee development.

We have successfully completed year one of our three-year strategic plan. Now we’re looking for a State Director who can implement the necessary daily, weekly, and monthly plans required to meet our long-term goals.

The League’s two organizations function in a variety of capacities—training leaders through civic engagement programs, endorsing candidates in our elections committee, helping young people engage in community organizing, and creating exciting ways for young people to get involved in politics. We seek a State Director who can competently manage each of those arenas and communicate the importance of our work to others.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Organizing: Support the community organizing and campaign efforts of our membership at the local, state and federal level.  Supervise two organizing staff.
• Fundraising: Meet regularly with major donors, manage grant applications, write and execute mailed and online appeals, direct the execution of a new membership structure.
• Leadership Development: Oversee leadership development and civic engagement trainings to help foster youth leadership. Help members learn to take charge of issues they care about and provide guidance as needed.
• Issue Work: Manage the tracking of issues in Augusta and city governments, attend appropriate coalition meetings, and delegate tasks to staff and members as necessary.
• Communications: Manage a strategic communications plan integrating traditional and social media.
• Strategic Planning: Continue implementation and further development of the League’s annual, monthly and weekly goals.
• Statewide Organizing: Further the League’s organizing efforts throughout the state.
• Administration: Oversee all tracking, accounting and reporting efforts.

Our ideal candidate has:

* Experience performing most or all of the roles and responsibilities above

* Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

* Capacity to effectively communicate vision, values, and importance of the League to new members, stakeholders, media, and donors.

* Multi-faceted and flexible leadership styles that adapt to the needs of the team

*  The ability to pass on those leadership skills to others

* Excellent interpersonal skills

* Strategic thinking and planning skills necessary to work towards a long-term vision

* Demonstrated ability to learn, grow, and tackle new challenges with enthusiasm

* Strong sense of personal and team organization

* Relentless optimism and a sense of humor

* Ability to relate to people from all walks of life, races, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations

* An open-mind while being fiercely progressive

Voices for Progress is a national, progressive grasstops advocacy organization that mobilizes opinion leaders, political major donors, and business and community leaders to advocate progressive policy priorities with policymakers. Over the last three years, its members have fought for health care reform, to reduce air pollution and prevent climate change, to fairly tax wealthy people, and to invest in creating jobs and opportunity. It seeks to counterbalance the immense power of self-interested political donors by speaking directly with policymakers about issues such as health care reform, climate change prevention, and federal budget and tax policy, to serve the public interest. Founded in 2009, its headquarters and this position are based in Washington, DC.

Position Summary:

The National Director oversees membership enlistment, cultivation and activation; development; and operations at Voices for Progress. The National Director works closely with the President to lead strategic planning and growth as well as advocacy campaigns. In the future, the National Director will also lead the enlistment of new constituencies and the development of state offices and state advocacy capacity.

We seek a candidate with strong relationships to progressive political donors as well as individual and foundation funders, management experience, and a strong grasp on public policy and advocacy.  Relationships with political donors and others across party lines would be a significant additional asset, as would relationships to state and local elected officials, business leaders, and other grasstops constituencies.

This position supervises the Membership & Development Coordinator and one or more interns (with opportunities for more supervision as the organization grows). The National Director reports to the President.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Strategic Planning & Advocacy

• Working closely with the President, leading the daily operations and strategic planning and growth of a small but growing (~100 member) grasstops membership advocacy organization.
• With President and Policy Director, developing and implementing policy advocacy campaigns for grasstops members, including lobbying and some press operations.
• Leading efforts to grow the organization by recruiting board and advisory committee members.
• Representing VFP at meetings with allies, advocates, members, and policymakers.

Membership Enlistment

• Identifying, enlisting, and building relationships with new grasstops members, including major political donors, philanthropists, business leaders, state/local elected officials, and other opinion leaders. The goal is to grow the organization from 100 to 1,000 members in the next four years.
• Planning and executing events and communications to engage current and prospective members in the organization (including recruiting co-hosts, developing invitation lists, appropriate follow up, etc).
• Supervising consultants and staff in various states/cities to engage new members, and once new members are identified, supporting and engaging them from the national office.

Development

• Directing and implementing, with support from Voices’ President and development staff, all efforts to raise funds for the organization.
• The fundraising work is a mix of member gifts ranging from $2,500 to $50,000 and foundation support, and the annual budget is approx. $1 million.
• Managing grants, solicitations, annual reports, etc.

Operations and Management

• Overseeing administrative and operations work. Developing budgets and financial plans.
• Supervising membership & development staff, with opportunities for future growth in management and supervision.
• Once the organization is able to hire state staff, supervising state directors.

Education, Experience, & Abilities:

• Experience in enlisting grasstops leaders and/or nonprofit development and/or campaign fundraising (especially with individual major donors).
• Demonstrated success and a strong background in personal solicitation of high-level donors.
• Demonstrated commitment to the progressive advocacy movement.
• Preferred: Brings a network of relationships with progressive political donors, fundraisers, and other opinion leaders.
• Preferred: Experience in non-profit operations (bookkeeping, hiring, legal, etc.).

Skills & Attributes:

• Excellent writer.
• Excellent management skills.
• Comfortable building relationships with high-level donors and other key individuals.
• Sets a high bar for themselves and their work.
• Willing to do what it takes to get the job done and stays positive even in quickly changing circumstances.
• Well-informed about current events and policy issues.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities at once.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits including fully paid employee health care premiums, and a collegial work environment.

Voices for Progress is a national, progressive grasstops advocacy organization that mobilizes opinion leaders, major political donors, and business and community leaders to advocate progressive priorities with policymakers. Over the last two years, it has fought for health care reform, to reduce air pollution and prevent climate change, to fairly tax wealthy people like our members, and to invest in creating jobs and opportunity. It seeks to counterbalance the immense power of self-interested political donors by speaking directly with policy-makers about issues such as health care reform, climate change prevention, and federal budget and tax policy, to serve the public interest. Founded in 2009, its headquarters and this position are based in Washington, DC.

Position Summary:

Voices for Progress is seeking a federal policy and legislative advocacy professional to lead our legislative work. This person will work directly with Voices’ president on policy issues, including the Clean Air Act/EPA authority, judicial nominations, the federal budget, and other issues as they arise. In addition, if Voices for Progress contracts to provide staff to a new non-connected progressive PAC, this person may play a role in directing those operations.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Monitoring legislation, regulations, and any relevant polling, researching key issues, and strategizing on the most effective way for Voices for Progress to maximize its impact.
• Preparing background materials and talking points for grasstops members to use when they meet with or talk to elected officials, whether separately or in groups.
• Arranging meetings and calls between Voices for Progress grasstops members and policymakers.
• Lobbying on behalf of the organization and participating with Voices’ members in lobbying meetings.
• Facilitating policy briefings and trainings on advocacy skills and issues for grasstops members.
• Building relationships for the organization on Capitol Hill.
• Representing the organization at advocacy coalition meetings, and working with coalition partners to develop the best Hill and campaign strategies.
• Supervising one junior staff member.
• Performing a modest amount of development/fundraising and administrative work that comes as part of being a member of a small, start-up operation.
• Possible role at a new non-connected PAC if Voices for Progress enters into an agreement to do so, including staying updated on races and campaigns, and keeping the PAC website up to date.

Education, Experience, & Abilities:

• At least five years of experience on Capitol Hill, in lobbying, or in nonprofit advocacy
• Builds new relationships easily. Preference for those who already have relationships among members of the Senate and House or their staffs.
• Demonstrated success in delivering on goals and measurable outcomes.
• Smart, savvy, an excellent writer, a strong researcher, and a strategic thinker.
• Possibly preferred: Experience with a PAC.

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits including fully paid employee health care premiums, and a collegial work environment.

Physical Demands:

Must be able to travel within the US several times per year, and travel between the office in downtown DC and Capitol Hill occasionally.

Applicants with Disabilities:

Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Voices for Progress, a project of The Advocacy Fund, is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical condition including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions.

Background

The mission of Green Corps is to train organizers, provide field support for today’s critical environmental campaigns, and graduate activists who possess the skills, temperament, and commitment to fight and win tomorrow’s environmental battles. Since our founding in 1992, Green Corps has partnered with more than 75 environmental organizations, provided critical field support to 100 campaigns, and secured dozens of significant victories in conservation, corporate accountability, and public health.

Internship Description The Recruitment Outreach Interns will help coordinate the following projects:

· Event Planning: The interns will coordinate the planning of Green Corps’ 2nd Round Interview weekends with an expected attendance of 300 candidates. This includes duties such as VIP outreach for invited guests and major donors, weekend locations and logistics, travel and housing arrangements for candidates and materials creation and duplication.

· Online Outreach: The interns will coordinate our online recruitment campaign to raise the visibility of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing. This will include planning and implementing targeted outreach to websites, job boards, blogs, and social-networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.

· Career Center and Campus Outreach: Interns will contact career centers across the country to coordinate recruitment, visibility events and on-campus interviews. Interns will also recruit top student leaders for the Green Corps program with campus outreach.

Hours The start and end dates are flexible, although most interns begin in January and work through March, with the possibility of continuing year-round. Interns typically work between 10-20 hours/week, and the level of commitment can be tailored to your schedule.

Qualifications We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, and have a desire to strengthen and grow the environmental movement.

Benefits The internships are unpaid, but interns are given the opportunity to audit portions of Green Corps’ August Introductory Classroom Training, which features training from top environmental leaders in organizing, advocacy, and leadership skills. Course Credit supervision is also available

Mission: The Greater Boston Synagogue Organizing Project is a nationally recognized initiative of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, to engage local synagogues in social justice organizing. GBSOP identifies, trains and mentors synagogue leaders to develop and implement campaigns on issues of critical concern, both on a local and regional level, in partnership with other faith communities. On a broader level, GBSOP seeks to transform synagogues and the Jewish community through organizing.

General Statement of Duties: Responsible for organizing several synagogues, i.e. identifying and training leaders, providing support in congregational development and implementation of issue campaigns. Functions as part of JCRC’s organizing team and in collaboration with local broad based organizations, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO).

Reports to: the Associate Director (additional mentoring will be provided through JCRC Organizing Team)

• Identification and Development of Leaders: Through multiple individual meetings with congregational members, clergy and leadership, identify leaders and support them in forming core teams that will function as the engines to organize the congregations

• Training: Provide training as needed on a range of topics associated with organizing, for congregational staff and lay leaders.
• Mentoring: Provide support and guidance in developing issue campaigns and political strategies. Campaigns may include internal development and issues internal to the congregations to political campaigns, with local or broad-based partners. May also provide supervision to Organizing Fellow.
• Partnerships; Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with organizing partners; GBIO.

• JCRC Social Justice Team: Participate as member of Social Justice Team and provide organizing resources as needed to team members
• Youth Organizing; Depending on interest and experience of candidate, this position may include organizing young leaders.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years’ experience in organizing, ideally in broad based organizing.
• Working knowledge of Jewish community and synagogue culture.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to identify, develop and mentor staff and leaders
• Keen political understanding
• Strong Jewish background
• Willingness to work evenings and Sundays as needed
• Sense of humor!

Organization Summary:

Currently Kenya is dominated by a ‘top‐down’ approach to poverty in which solutions originate from voices separated from the ‘on‐the‐ground’ experience of poverty. Tatua Kenya is reversing this approach by providing opportunities for the local community, those ‘on‐the‐ground,’ to join in the creation of solutions to Kenya’s poverty crisis.

Our program involves two components. One, we run Be the Change – Kenya. Be the Change is our flagship initiative and a model of Tatua Kenya’s ‘ground‐up’ approach to poverty alleviation working towards the eradication of child poverty in Kenya. Two, we strengthen the work of local Kenyan organizations by providing access to high‐quality community organizing training.

Job Summary

Tatua Kenya is hiring a highy qualified Lead Trainer to work with our flagship initiative, Be the Change – Kenya.

Be the Change ‐ Kenya works towards the eradication of child poverty by building the capacity of local leaders and organizations. We work alongside the Kenyan community to build relationships, mobilize local resources and create sustainable solutions for children living in poverty in Kenya. In 2012 we developed partnerships with five local organizations that are providing direct aid to children living in poverty. In 2012 partners participated in a multi‐faceted management‐training program that included course work, executive mentorship and access to a network of pro‐bono advising services.

In addition enlisted young adult leaders in our work. Young adults were trained in community organizing material, centered on Marshall Ganz’s community organizing practices. BTCKE young adults were grouped into teams and attached to one of our partner organizations. These teams recruit donors, volunteers, corporate sponsorship, clinical services and more for the Partner Organization to which they are attached.

Although we saw incredible results in 2012, young‐adult organizers reported a desire for an increased period of instruction with the material, an increase in the time spent within the communities in which they are organizing as well as more individual coaching.

Next year BTCKE is hoping to overcome this challenge by hiring four Lead Organizers to work as full‐time employees. In 2013 BTCKE’s Lead Organizers will attend an in‐depth community‐organizing training taught by a highly qualified teaching team. This training will include classroom style learning as well as field exercises accompanied by coaching. BTCKE is currently hiring a Lead Trainer for this community organizing training. The Lead Trainer will be responsible for writing the training curriculum and leading a teaching team for a four‐week community organizing training.

Job Outcomes

‐ BTCKE 2013 Lead Organizers learn community‐organizing model.

‐ BTCKE 2013 Lead Organizers able to apply material to their own setting.

‐ BTCKE can quantifiably demonstrate the knowledge gained by students.

‐ BTCKE Program Director is trained in all applicable organizing skills, and prepared to train organizing community throughout 2013.

Job Responsibilities

‐ Design curriculum for month‐long community organizing/leadership training, including ‘on‐site’ practice activities.

‐ Design training team needed for course,

‐ Coach/supervise all members of the training team.

‐ Teach majority of the training material.

‐ Coach students based on performance during ‘practice activities.’

‐ Design and grade mid‐course and final exam for students.

‐ Create report for BTCKE staff demonstrating knowledge gained by students.

‐ Coaches Program Director in creation of curriculum (Via Skype) through June

‐ Attend meetings with child poverty experts in Kenya to discuss applicability of training material to eradication of child poverty in Kenya.

Required Credentials and Attributes

‐ Excellent relationship building skills.

‐ Well‐versed in community organizing skills including but not limited to Marshall Ganz Community Organizing material.

‐ Two‐years active organizing experience. Experience should include creation of strategy and team leadership.

‐ Participation in five community organizing training sessions. Experience should include the writing of curriculum as well as experience managing team of trainers.

‐ Experience coaching community organizers in their field of practice.

‐ High‐level proficiency in English, including experience teaching community organizing in English.

About the Center for Community Change: The Center for Community Change is a national social justice non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.  Founded in 1968 to honor the life and values of Robert F. Kennedy, our mission is to build the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to have a significant impact in improving their communities and the policies and institutions that affect their lives.

The Center for Community Change is committed to help build powerful and dynamic movements in diverse communities across America that will be the impetus for creating a society in which everyone has enough to thrive and achieve their full potential.  Inspired by a belief in the dignity of all people, the Center has been instrumental in the fight for comprehensive and fair immigration reform, a push for a bold jobs agenda, and protecting essential retirement security programs. The Center played a major role in recent positive changes to immigration laws that will keep thousands of immigrant families together. Our Housing Trust Fund Project has helped bring affordable housing to millions of people. For further information please visit our website at: www.communitychange.org

Position Description:  The Director of Training and Education leads the Center’s efforts to educate grassroots leaders and online supporters about the economic, political and structural factors that affect their lives; and how they can make change by engaging in collective action and supporting the Center’s campaigns. The Director works closely with all programmatic areas of the Center – community organizing, communications and policy – by developing a wide range of materials that advance campaign and movement-building goals, such as trainings to develop organizing and leadership skills, discussion guides to translate complex policy issues, and meeting agendas that facilitate authentic learning and relationship-building.

This position reports to: National Campaign Director

Principal Responsibilities:

• Design a wide range of cutting-edge materials and tools that develop grassroots leaders’ organizing skills, political consciousness, and content/issue knowledge
• Oversee and conduct field trainings, and develop a cadre of trainers within CCC staff and partner organizations who can replicate field trainings
• Work closely with CCC organizers and campaign partners to tailor trainings to meet local realities and campaign demands
• Continually evaluate and redevelop training models, tools and activities
• Adapt field and issue training materials for the Center’s general audience of supporters (particularly using new media)
• Translate and elevate complex policy/legislative issues
• Cultivate relationships with other trainers, in order to develop a learning community and share best practices among field partners

Qualifications:

• At least seven years experience in non-profit, community organizing, and/or educational settings;

• Familiarity with the Center’s various issue priorities;
• Ability to match a variety of interactive training methodologies to the diversity of adult learning processes;
• Knowledge of, and commitment to, low-income constituencies, community-based organizations, and grassroots organizing;
• Strong communication, writing, and research skills;
• Spanish-language skills (particularly translation of written documents) are a plus;
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple demands and projects;
• Ability to work as part of a team of professionals spread across the nation.

Salary & Benefits: CCC offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.

Closing Date of Position: Open Until Filled

JOB DESCRIPTION
ReThink Health seeks a project coordinator to join the team. ReThink Health is an organization of thought leaders and change agents who are committed to revitalizing the American health system. We work with motivated regional leaders and like-minded allies to move regional health systems in new, sustainable directions. Our approach builds on the understanding that health and health care are fundamentally local. We also know that a sustainable system that delivers optimal health, the highest quality care, equity across the population, and the lowest possible cost can only be achieved by leaders who: think and act from a whole system perspective; work together across organizational boundaries; are committed to fundamental system redesign; and can mobilize others in pursuing shared and visionary goals. See www.rethinkhealth.org for more information.

This key administrative position will support ReThink Health directors on multiple projects related to regional health system redesign, including projects in collaboration with Dartmouth Hitchcock Health and Dartmouth College, distance learning, and other educational and experimental learning.

The project coordinator will contribute to the project management process in administrative, operational and developmental ways.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate and assist in the successful implementation of projects, including details and logistics of project work plans.
  Maintain project timelines to ensure projects are delivered on time and within established budgetary constraints.
  Coordinate interview and meeting schedules with clients.
  Coordinate internal meeting schedules.
  Draft, proofread, and edit documents, including communications materials, project materials, presentations, and reports.
  Provide internal and external administrative support including note taking, sending meeting and other reminders, maintaining calendars, drafting agendas, tracking budgets and creating budget reports, supporting hiring processes, and providing other logistical support.
  Assist with the use of technology including, but not limited to: Blackboard Collaborate, Webex and Google Applications.
  Support project teams with recruitment, logistics, materials development, registration, and other support related to distance learning and other educational and experimental learning.
  Support business development efforts.
  Provide comprehensive support to other projects as they emerge.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s degree in public health, business, public policy or social sciences a plus.
• Ability to work as part of a remote team.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills required. Previous experience in project coordination, planning, and/or management a plus.
• Self-motivated, deadline-oriented, and thrives in fast-paced environments. Candidate must be flexible, comfortable with uncertainty, and able to juggle several complex projects at once.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, and able to work with high-level executive and academic staff.
• Solid editing and formatting skills and experience writing for diverse audiences.
• Can learn and master new technology quickly. Comfortable with all Microsoft and Google products and other cloud computing.
• Candidate should have a desire to learn.

ADDITIONAL USEFUL SKILLS

• Experience or knowledge of the health care system, specifically related to health and health care improvement.
• Experience or knowledge of community organizing, group facilitation, dialogue, conflict resolution or other group process skills.
• Prior experience with distance learning software, such as Blackboard or WebEx.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND SCHEDULE

ReThink Health is an initiative of the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation. This is a virtual position – there is no ReThink Health office. Candidates must be able to work from home from a laptop or computer equipped with a solid high-speed internet connection and the ability to run Skype, Blackboard, and other teleconferencing software. There may be occasional travel. There is a preference for candidates in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions, but all strong candidates will be considered.

The work schedule for this position is flexible. All required meetings fall during the regular workweek, but this position may require occasional work during the weekends and evenings. This position is for an independent contractor, on an initial 6-month contract with the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation. Full-year contracts may be renewed in subsequent years. Pay is commensurate with experience.

Building One Pennsylvania has an opening for a statewide organizer (as does our allied organization, Building One New Jersey). Candidates should have a desire to address local issues at a regional, state and federal level.  Background and understanding of regional politics and social dynamics a plus.  Experience and interest in working on bi-partisan policy solutions a plus.  Background in regional land use, housing and fiscal policies a plus.  Skills with social media and technology may be a plus. Must be self-motivated and a systemic thinker.  This position is not a social service, research or public relations job.

Duties include:

Recruitment of member institutions
Raising money through membership dues, foundations, fundraisers and individual donors
One-on-one meetings – identification and recruitment of leaders
Creating and maintaining strong leadership teams at a local and regional level through training and development
Successfully moving leaders into powerful issue campaigns that address regional disparities.
Track and record activity in organization’s database.
Travel throughout regions and states.  Car is required.

Skills:

Knowledge of political process and ability to operate in the public arena
Knowledge of community organizing practice and principles (completion of leadership organizing training a plus
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with members of the public, elected officials, clergy and other constituencies representing a variety of economic, racial, ethnic, political and social backgrounds.
Ability to build key relationships with a variety of leaders (local-elected, faith, civic and labor) and to develop alliances with other organizations while remaining independent and promoting an agenda based on equity.
Ability to work under pressure.
Strong computer and database skills.

Students have stood on the front lines of important social movements, from civil rights to gay rights to antiwar efforts. U.S. PIRG campus organizers tap student idealism and energy, and help student volunteers and activists turn their concerns into effective action. Campus organizers work on three to six campaigns in a semester, such as working to pass clean energy legislation, increasing youth voter turnout on campus, fighting hunger and homelessness in the local community, and other important public interest campaigns.

• The role of a campus organizer is two-fold: To achieve concrete social change while developing the next generation of leaders. Through this approach, campus organizers build the kind of power it takes to solve our country’s current problems while ensuring that legacy continues well into the future. As a campus organizer you will build active, cohesive and visible campus chapters that are recognized by faculty and student leaders as assets to the campus community.
• Responsibilities include: Recruiting and training volunteers, teaching an internship class on activism skills, building relationships with faculty and administrators, holding events with decision-makers, and generating the grassroots support it takes to win campaigns.
• Fundraising and building the organization: Campus organizers learn to canvass door-to-door during the academic year and run our highly effective citizen outreach campaigns in the summer months.

Qualifications:
Strong work ethic
Outstanding verbal and written communication
Proven leadership skills.
Strong commitment to getting results
Passion for making positive social change
We value experience with campus groups or student government and academic achievement
Training & Experience
Campus organizers participate in regional and national trainings throughout the year as well as trainings oncampus.
Training includes fieldwork with experienced MASSPIRG staff and a classroom training of lectures,
briefings, discussions and role-plays. Throughout the year you gain valuable skills and hands-on experience.
Salary & Benefits
As a recent graduate, you will earn $23,750-$24,000 over the course of your first year with MASSPIRG. Salary for experienced candidates is commensurate with relevant professional experience. In addition, full-time staff can opt in to our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick days and vacation days, can apply for our college loan assistance program, and are also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year.

JOIN for Justice is seeking a passionate, talented, justice-oriented and experienced facilitator and organizer to serve as full-time Director of the Boston-based Jewish Organizing Fellowship.

About the Jewish Organizing Fellowship

JOIN’s Jewish Organizing Fellowship trains the next generation of Jewish organizers for justice. The Fellowship places young adults aged 21-30 as organizers for social change in organizations throughout the Greater Boston area. While receiving high-level training and mentoring in leadership and community organizing skills, Fellows spend a year working with secular and Jewish social justice organizations. At the same time, JOIN Fellows are engaged in intensive reflection and study at weekly in-person meetings and monthly Shabbat evening sessions, connecting their passion for justice with foundational organizing concepts and Jewish values.

The Fellowship’s leadership development approach combines experience, training and community building. It includes the following:

• Recruiting and selecting top talent.
• Teaching a common set of organizing fundamentals.
• Providing world-class experiential learning.
• Creating a vibrant Jewish peer learning community.
• Connecting Fellows to a larger network.

Position Overview

The Fellowship Director’s role is to develop the leadership of 15-20 Jewish Organizing Fellows each year, build and nurture this group as a community of practice and pluralistic Jewish community, and identify excellent candidates and organizing placements for the year to come. The Fellowship Director will be responsible for leading and implementing all aspects of the Fellowship program, including:

• One-on-one coaching of Fellows throughout their placement year
• Implementing JOIN’s state of the art curriculum through engaging with training faculty, facilitating weekly sessions, and conducting selected training sessions on organizing and Jewish tradition
• Leading national efforts to recruit and select Fellowship candidates, and engaging in relationship building with local community partner organizations

Other responsibilities include:

• Occasionally supporting robust Fellowship alumni community that seeks to stay connected to the program
• Staffing the Program Committee of the Board of Directors

Salary and Time commitment:  Full time position. Must be able to work some weekends and nights and go away on retreat with the group 3 times per year.  Salary commensurate with experience.  Excellent benefits package.

Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of and experience with community organizing as a method for social change
• Interest and/or ability to lead Jewish educational programs
• Demonstrated commitment for social justice
• Experience in group facilitation and participatory learning environments
• Experience working with young adults (ages 21-30)
• Excellent communication and relational skills
• Strong time management skills
• Motivated and independent
• At least 5 years of experience in organizing, education, or related fields

About JOIN for Justice

JOIN for Justice is a new and rapidly growing national organization with a 15 year history, emerging from a collaboration of the Jewish Organizing Initiative and Bend the Arc:  Jewish Partnership for Justice.   We are focused on tapping the Jewish community’s potential to play a leading role in the social justice struggles of our day.  JOIN’s cutting edge work in recruiting, training, and supporting Jewish organizers is aimed at building a new generation of effective leaders who will make lasting change.  Based in Boston, JOIN carries out its work by training young Jewish adults (with the locally focused Jewish Organizing Fellowship), rabbinical students (with the Seminary Leadership Project), and organizations at the front lines of Jewish social justice efforts (with JOIN’s consultation arm).

About the organization:

Inspired by Judaism’s commitment to justice, American Jewish World Service (AJWS) works to realize human rights and end poverty in the developing world. AJWS is a Philanthropy 400 international human rights organization that works within the American Jewish community to promote global citizenship and social justice through activism, volunteer service and education. In its first 26 years, AJWS has had extraordinary impact around the world, working in 32 countries and sending over 400 American Jewish volunteers to the developing world annually. Throughout its history, AJWS has remained committed to its core values: essential dignity of every human being, sense of possibility, partnership and community, initiative and accountability, and humility.

The $50-million organization has 120 national employees, four national offices in NY, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and 25 country representatives in Africa, Asia and the Americas. AJWS has 125,000 activists engaged in fighting for global justice, 60,000 donors who understand the intersection between Judaism, international development and human rights, and has granted over $100 million to help grassroots organizations in the developing world build civil society, foster economic development, expand access to education and health care, and advance human rights.

Position Overview:

AJWS is undertaking a significantly increased commitment to run advocacy campaigns that mobilize the American Jewish community to change U.S. and international policy with the goal of advancing the human rights of people living in the developing world. AJWS’s advocacy priorities include sexual health and rights, natural resource rights and economic justice, and civil and political rights. This elevated commitment to organizing and mobilizing emerges from AJWS’s recently adopted comprehensive strategic plan, which outlines how AJWS will move the needle toward its intended impact over the next five years (2012-2016). The Director of Campaigns will spearhead AJWS’s heightened investment in using campaigns as a strategy for social change.

AJWS seeks a savvy campaigner and visionary strategist to strengthen an emerging campaigns program that capitalizes on the organization’s historical experience, resources and expertise. The successful candidate will be a results-oriented team player with a strong background in issue advocacy campaigns and organizing; excellent communications and project management skills; a proven track record of combining high-level strategic thinking and ability to execute; the flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; and the experience to partner with colleagues across the organization to build and integrate a major new program area.

AJWS’s previous advocacy initiatives have included a successful push for more than $600 million in debt relief for Haiti, leadership of the U.S. faith-based movement for peace in Darfur and the mobilization of Jewish religious leaders to join the fight against the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The current campaign, Reverse Hunger, seeks to reform U.S. food aid policy in the Farm Bill so that it more effectively fights global hunger. AJWS leadership in this campaign has included gathering more than 18,000 signatures on  Jewish Petition for a Just Farm Bill, facilitating the creation of new coalitions in the Jewish community (the Jewish Farm Bill Working Group) and in the international development sector (the Food Aid Reform Working Group), publication of high-level research and policy briefs, and ongoing grassroots education and government affairs work that has changed the congressional debate on the U.S. food aid system and resulted in significant reforms in the proposed 2012 Farm Bill. The successful candidate will be charged with managing Reverse Hunger and partnering with colleagues across the organization to develop and implement future campaigns.

The Director of Campaigns will be responsible for ensuring strategic collaboration across the organization, particularly with AJWS’scommunications, development, experiential education, young leadership, regional offices and DC-based advocacy teams. The position will report to the vice president of national programs, operating out of the New York office.

Key responsibilities:

• Incubate innovative, thoughtful and impact-oriented campaign strategy as well as work plans based on specific goals developed in coordination with fellow directors.
• Work with key colleagues to define—and then achieve—ambitious, specific and measurable results for AJWS’s campaigns (e.g. growth in numbers of AJWS supporters/activists, earned media, policy change, etc.).
• Lead design of campaign program and bring robust campaign thinking to the organization.
• Collaborate with appropriate staff to develop, manage and implement campaign activities, including proactive, activist-based programs and ongoing rapid response to the political landscape.
• Review and revise campaign plans regularly based on external realities and internal priorities. Proactively communicate campaign plans to the rest of the organization.
• Collaborate with key staff to develop a narrative arc that synchronizes campaigns with each other and with AJWS’s other programs.
• Work closely with the communications department around the development of campaign materials—message documents, talking points, general campaign fact sheets, blog posts, e-actions, ad copy, etc.—that reflect AJWS’s core messages and are presented within AJWS’s overall brand positioning.
• Coordinate the campaign’s operations within AJWS, including facilitating cross-organizational matrix meetings, promoting information-sharing, trouble-shooting, and strategic coordination across departments to incorporate all aspects of campaign work (communications, research, lobbying, constituent engagement, etc.).
• Manage a committed team of campaign staff to excellence.
• Coordinate national field organizing efforts in partnership with regional and city-based offices.
• Prepare and monitor the budget and all financial activity for the program.
• Hire and manage staff, vendors and consultants as needed.
• Travel to AJWS’s DC office on a regular basis and to the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices at least once a year. Other domestic and international travel possible.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience in issue-based advocacy or political organizing campaigns at the national level.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with a range of advocacy tactics, including grassroots and grasstops pressure, advocacy communications and government affairs.
• Experience in leading all phases of a campaign.
• Ability to build a new campaign program from scratch and introduce campaign culture and aptitude into an existing organization.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage staff to excellence, with and without positional authority.
• Exceptional facilitation, collaboration and coalition-building skills.
• Experience with and strong commitment to measurable results.
• Talent for juggling multiple tasks under tight deadlines and performing in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated experience and creativity in utilizing online and new media to engage and mobilize constituencies.
• Passion for global justice and the AJWS mission.
• A strong interest in promoting Judaism’s imperative for social justice.
• Experience living or working in the developing world and/or knowledge of the U.S. Jewish community, a plus.

Somerville Community Corporation (SCC) seeks a Lead Organizer to join our Community Organizing and Planning team. SCC is a 43 year old nonprofit Community Development Corporation (CDC) and the only CDC in Somerville (MA). SCC strengthens the city of Somerville by producing and preserving affordable housing, and by organizing Somerville residents to give voice to community needs and priorities. We have successfully combined deep rooted community organizing with our other community development work.
The Organization and Its Programs
SCC is a membership organization that provides leadership for sustaining Somerville as a vibrant, diverse and tolerant community. We offer services and lead community organizing that supports low- and moderate-income Somerville residents in their efforts to achieve economic sustainability and increase civic participation. SCC has adopted a three-pronged approach to creating and preserving diversity and housing affordability in Somerville.
• Develop and preserve as many affordable units as we can.
• Organize the community to promote policies that enhance the regulatory and funding environment for affordable housing and good jobs for Somerville residents, and
• Create access to opportunities for our constituents through financial education, counseling and asset building programs.
Community Organizing at Somerville Community Corporation
In the past 10 years, SCC has mobilized hundreds of low and moderate income and immigrant residents to play an active role in organizing campaigns to address inequities and promote progressive policies and agreements, in the face of a quickly changing landscape. Somerville is undergoing a tremendous transformation, with new development at Assembly Square, Inner Belt, and surrounding the proposed Green Line stations, scheduled to arrive in the next 5-7 years. Somerville is home to a diverse mix of people. Over 50 languages are spoken in Somerville today. New immigrants from such countries as Haiti, El Salvador and Brazil are a vital part of our community. SCC’s organizing focus is to work with residents of all backgrounds to make sure there are policies and agreements in place that give low income residents the ability to stay in this community as these changes take place, and to directly benefit from the new amenities.

Our organizing campaigns focus primarily on affordable housing and access to good jobs. Current and recent campaigns span from passing ballot initiatives (currently Community Preservation Act) to pushing for zoning reform to requiring more affordable housing, establishing a local hiring ordinance, and creating Community Benefit Agreements with employers, including the MBTA. The community planner on our staff connects our on-the- ground organizing campaigns with community planning initiatives that engage people to take part in land use planning.
SCC is committed to building power through our active leaders. We host a Leadership Development
Institute and workshops for our active and emerging leaders each year. We lead extensive community planning initiatives along with our campaign organizing, and employ interactive, participatory strategies to spark people’s sense of creativity and connection.

The Lead Organizer will be charged with leading dynamic organizing campaigns, coordinating the work of colleagues, and building leaders. The Lead Organizer will play a directive role in coordinating all of
our campaigns and our leadership development program. S/he will work with the current Director of Community Organizing and Planning to re-shape the department.

Our Ideal Candidate
The ideal Lead Organizer will possess many of the following attributes:
Experienced campaign organizer—demonstrated skills working with leaders to construct and execute all stages of a campaign. S/he will show an in-depth understanding of grassroots community organizing. Experience in other types of organizing, such as political, electoral, or union work will be a plus.
Strategic thinker—ability to work with nuances and changing circumstances to craft creative ideas for how to approach the work and the campaigns. The Lead Organizer will have a keen ability to engage core leaders to share and lead strategic moves.
Excellent base builder—solid experience working with people of all backgrounds to engender a sense of commitment, enthusiasm, passion, and leadership, leading to an ever growing body of new leaders joining the movement and working to deliver the shared goals. The ideal candidate will know how to “work from behind”, so that the decision making and leadership happens with leaders directly.
Strong communicator—ability to communicate well in both English and either Spanish or Portuguese. The Lead Organizer will build positive working relationships with resident leaders, other staff members, partners, community stakeholders, public officials, and others.

Technical Skills and Qualifications
• At least five years of experience leading effective organizing campaigns.
• Proficient in English and Spanish or Portuguese.
• B.A. in community organizing, community development, or a related field, or the equivalent in work experience.
• Some familiarity with community development, affordable housing, or local jobs organizing
preferred.
• Some experience working at a community based nonprofit preferred.
• Comfortable using technology for organizing, including spreadsheets, databases, word processing,
computer graphics, and social networking software.

ReThink Health

Seeded in 2007 by the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, ReThink Health develops new tools and approaches and works with communities of leaders to accelerate the transformation of American health and health care. ReThink Health seeks to enable genuine metamorphosis to occur by bringing seemingly different stakeholders together to redefine solutions and bring them to action. Beginning as a roundtable conversation among some of the nation’s most influential thought-leaders from health, business and energy, including Don Berwick, Amory Lovins, and Elliott Fisher, ReThink Health draws on their ideas, as well as those of known change agents and scholars such as Peter Senge, Marshall Ganz, Elinor Ostrom, and John Sterman. It is now supported by an array of project and funding partners and has a growing portfolio of initiatives in regions and with partners across the country. The overall goals are to help realize better health, better care, and lower costs. Additional information is available at www.rethinkhealth.org.

Position Description

This key administrative position provides support to several projects of ReThink Health. These include an action-research project in partnership with Dartmouth Hitchcock Health and Dartmouth College to design and implement new approaches to health and health care in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as a distance learning course for leaders in health reform planned for early 2013. The position also includes providing project management and general support to the ReThink Health team in projects across the country.

Responsibilities

• Creating work plans and maintaining the timeliness of projects.
• Developing training materials, documents, and toolkits.
• Coordinating interview and meeting schedules.
• Tracking projects, documents, and materials.
• Writing and communications from emails, reports, and web content to high-level training materials.
• Supporting team and program processes including capturing notes, scheduling meetings and sending reminders, maintaining calendars, drafting agendas, supporting hiring processes, and providing logistical support.
• Guiding the use of technology in collaboration, distance learning, and networking applications.
• Providing recruitment, logistics, materials, registration, and team support to the distance learning course.
• Supporting business development efforts.
• Other responsibilities as they emerge.

This is a remote position. Candidates must be able to work from home from a laptop or computer equipped with a solid high-speed internet connection and the ability to run Skype, Blackboard, and other teleconferencing software. There may be occasional travel. There is a preference for candidates in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions, but all strong candidates will be considered.

The work schedule for this position is flexible. All required meetings fall during the regular workweek, but this position occasionally may require work during the weekends and evenings. This position is for an independent contractor, on an initial 7-month contract. Full-year contracts may be renewed in subsequent years. Pay is commensurate with experience.

Key Skills

• Ability to work with and as part of a remote team.
• Ability to work with high-level executive staff.
• Comfort juggling several complex projects at once.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• Strong project planning and management skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience writing for diverse audiences.
• Interest and ability in coordination and administrative work.
• Comfort with all Microsoft and Google products and other cloud computing.
• Ability and interest in learning new technology.
• Solid editing and formatting skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Familiarity and interest in distance learning.

Personal Qualifications

• Self-motivated.
• Able to deal with multiple “supervisors”.
• Ability to function as part of a team.
• Good discretion and judgment.
• Deadline-oriented and organized.
• Flexible and comfortable with uncertainty.
• Strong reflection and communication skills.
• Desire to learn.

Additional Useful Skills

• Experience or knowledge of the health care system, specifically related to health and health care improvement.
• Experience or knowledge of community organizing, group facilitation, dialogue, conflict resolution or other group process skills.
• Prior work with constituency databases (Customer Relationship Management databases), such as Salesforce or with client databases such as Access.
• Prior experience with distance learning software, such as Blackboard or WebEx.

ReThink Health

Seeded in 2007 by the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, ReThink Health develops new tools and approaches and works with communities of leaders to accelerate the transformation of American health and health care. ReThink Health seeks to enable genuine metamorphosis to occur by bringing seemingly different stakeholders together to redefine solutions and bring them to action. Beginning as a roundtable conversation among some of the nation’s most influential thought-leaders from health, business and energy, including Don Berwick, Amory Lovins, and Elliott Fisher, ReThink Health draws on their ideas, as well as those of known change agents and scholars such as Peter Senge, Marshall Ganz, Elinor Ostrom, and John Sterman. It is now supported by an array of project and funding partners and has a growing portfolio of initiatives in regions and with partners across the country. The overall goals are to help realize better health, better care, and lower costs. Additional information is available at www.rethinkhealth.org.

Position Description

ReThink Health is seeking experienced professionals to fill two part time positions as Leadership Coaches. The Coaches will support teams within the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) funded Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) in Monroe, LA; Meridian, MS; Baltimore, MD and in Arkansas. The effort will train and support the QIO’s to achieve measurable change their communities over a 12 month period, including addressing such issues as diabetes among Medicare and Medicaid populations. ReThink Health will focus on helping the QIOs address challenges they face around power and systems change in their work related to institutional and community engagement, mobilization and action. The project includes a 9-session distance learning program, on-site training, and on-going coaching involving a minimum of 16 representatives of the QIOs. The Coaches will work as part of a project team and be trained to work with the QIOs and other regional leaders to support the thoughtful use of the ReThink Health tools and curriculum that draws on concepts of stewardship, leadership, systems thinking, and organizing. Emphasis is on bringing various stakeholders together to identify and achieve common goals. The position requires a commitment of an average of 12 hours per week over a one year period. The work load may vary by week and some travel is required.

Responsibilities

• Support the ReThink Health webinar series and coach the participating QIO teams in their understanding and application of the curriculum
• Participate as a member of the ReThink Health project team and jointly develop strategies for how to best support and advance the regional efforts
• Develop appropriate approaches to coaching and meet regularly with leaders and teams virtually and in person at least once during the 12-month project to support their local strategy
• Develop training and support materials as needed
• Help prepare and lead a two-day ReThink Health leadership training
• Engage in efforts to evaluate and reflect on the impact of the project and opportunities for improvement
• Report to the project director
• Other responsibilities as necessary and appropriate

Key Skills

• Experience or knowledge of community organizing, group facilitation, dialogue, conflict resolution or other group process skills
• Experience in training the skills listed above
• Experience or knowledge of the health care system, specifically related to health and health care improvement
• High level of comfort with all Microsoft and Google products, video conferencing, and use of new technology
• Ability to work with and as part of a remote team
• Ability to work with high-level executive staff
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong project planning and management skills
• Experience working with diverse audiences (extremely important)

Personal Qualifications:

• Patience with new learners
• Analytic and conceptual ability to engage in systems thinking
• Deep desire to seed success in others
• Self-motivated
• Motivated to receive coaching from multiple supervisors
• Good discretion and judgment
• Flexible and comfortable with uncertainty
• Commitment to health system change

Candidates must be able to work from home from a laptop or computer equipped with a solid high-speed internet connection and the ability to run Skype, Blackboard, and other teleconferencing software. There is a preference for candidates in the New England area but all strong candidates will be considered. Pay is commensurate with experience.

Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC)’s Community Action team seeks community organizers to serve as part-time Civic Engagement Outreach Assistant Organizer to assist with our voter education and mobilization campaign in the Dudley Square neighborhood of Roxbury.

Organizers map out field turf and organize volunteers. As a community organizer you will be given lessons on voter database software, learn about the workings of the town committee and state committee structure, as well as learn about organizing tactics and additional software platforms. This is a great internship for those wanting to become field organizers and community liaisons.

Job responsibilities:

• Voter outreach and engaging residents in discussion about community issues at stake in this election.
• Recruit volunteers to assist with door knocking and phone banking to registered voters.
• Assist with updating of voter database.
• Assist with turnout and logistics for civic engagement events.
• Provide support to The RoxVote Coalition with special projects

General Requirements:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Interest in working in a multi-racial community.
• Experience with political campaigns and/or voter registration a plus.
• Interest in voter Massachusetts community development, social justice and organizing.

Purpose:  To represent and assist the International Union in organizing; to take responsibility for building political and community support for organizing campaigns; to act in a leadership role with respect to other International and local union staff; and to design and implement strategic plans to mobilize members, community and others to support industry organizing campaigns.

Duties and Responsibilities: The Senior Community-Political Organizer will have primary responsibility to:

• Coordinate and direct staff involved in community and political outreach and mobilization.
• Coordinate with Local Union staff for internal mobilization efforts.
• Build community, political, religious support for organizing projects and political or issue campaigns.
• Develop functioning coalitions with supporters and allies.
• Plan and execute large-scale mobilizations including demonstrations, pickets, and letter writing campaigns.
• Plan and execute media events including press conferences, actions, etc.
• Write newsletters, leaflets, editorials, and other literature to support the campaign.
• Design and implement staff and member training, provide feedback and guidance to staff

Qualifications:  This position involves a high level of proven leadership and judgement.  This position requires labor, political or community organizing experience; ability to direct campaigns and sensitive political situations; successful experience in planning and implementing strategic legislative, electoral or community support campaigns in pursuit of union organizing goals; and good written and verbal communication skills.

Working Conditions:  The Senior Community Political Organizer must be available for regular and/or long-term travel over large geographic areas.  The position often requires assignments away from home as well as long and irregular hours.

Scope and Nature of Supervision:  Senior Community-Political Organizer must be able to work independently and to coordinate staff while maintaining a close relationship of responsibility to the International Union.  Overall supervision is exercised through the Health Policy Director in Industry Organizing and/or the Director of Organizing for the specific campaign.

Criteria for Evaluation: This position will be evaluated on their skill and ability to analyze key and timely policy issues and the impact on Union’s ability to organize and represent workers successfully.  Among other criteria they will be evaluated on their ability to motivate other staff, to plan and carry out goals and timetables, to maintain good relationships with community, political and Union leaders in complex and politically charged situations, to involve and develop staff and members, and to carry out assignments in a competent and professional manner in keeping with SEIU’s overall goals and expectations.
SEIU is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN) is seeking a full time Lead Organizer to lead our state organizing campaigns, by carrying out an organizing plan for:

1. A developing statewide issue campaign that is led by leaders from our local affiliates and allied groups (issues under consideration include jobs, education, and crime prevention)

1. Building and maintaining relationships with leaders and allies across the state from religious congregations, community organizations, unions, social service groups, and elected officials

The ideal candidate will have organizing experience and a proven ability to foster coordination and cooperation among diverse, and even competing, groups. He or she will be committed to getting results in a fast paced environment and able to handle a heavy workload. This position is an excellent opportunity to engage with political leaders, non-profits, faith leaders, industry executives, and constituents to help bring about social justice changes by legislation, policy, and budget appropriations.

About MCAN:

MCAN together with our 5 affiliates have numerous accomplishments at the local, state, and national level on passage of legislation, enactment of new policies, and securing budget funding  on issues of jobs, education, housing, crime prevention, youth, health care.  (See further at www.mcan-oltc.org) MCAN’s mission is through faith based community organizing to create strong, vibrant cities across the state of MA.

Our statewide organizing and collaborations through coalitions have led to significant wins that have benefited residents across the state. We are seeking to build on our previous statewide organizing work and build a powerful political block of leaders from cities across the state to organize and win on challenges facing their cities.

MCAN is part of the PICO National Network of faith based community organizations.

Job Description:

The Lead Organizer, who reports to the Executive Director, is responsible for the following:

1. Build and maintain relationships with:
   1. Key political, community, faith and business leaders in key regions of the state
   2. Leaders in Black/Latino/Brazilian congregations and community
   3. Additional allies including community organizations, labor unions, social service organizations, policy groups, and elected officials

2. Develop and carry out an organizing strategy on a statewide campaign(s) that could include:

1. Jobs and Job Training for living wage jobs
2. Education—lowering drop out rates and increasing the number of students going on to college or training programs
3. Increasing public safety including lessening the pipeline to prison
4. Increasing tax revenue to pay for needed programs

Decisions on which area(s) to focus on will be made by key leaders and staff during fall 2012.

1. Engage with our local affiliate organizers and leaders in connecting their local organizing strategy with the state strategy.

1.  Collaborate closely with the MCAN staff team

Qualifications:

We’re seeking candidates who excel in relationship building, are results oriented, and have strong project management skills. You should have:

• A track record of developing and maintaining strong working relationships with and among a diverse group of stake holders
• A demonstrated commitment to meeting a high bar and a history of getting things done even in the face of obstacles
• Experience managing multiple projects
• Previous organizing experience
• Spanish and /or Portuguese speakers is a plus
• Knowledge of state level campaigns is also a plus

Compensation depends on experience and is competitive. Health care and paid vacations are provided.

Description:

UNITE HERE Local 26 represents workers in the hospitality industries of Massachusetts. Our members work in many job sites – including Hotels, Restaurants, University Dining Halls, the Boston Convention Centers, Fenway Park and Logan International Airport. We clean the hotel rooms, greet the guests and prepare and serve the food for guests and travelers to our area.

The Contract Enforcement Administrator will:

• Work closely with Union Organizers and Local 26 Shop Stewards
• Interpret Local 26′s Collective Bargaining Agreements
• File grievances and arbitrations to enforce Local 26′s Collective Bargaining Agreements
• Apply the National Labor Relations Act through National Labor Relations Board procedures

Requirements:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized with an attention to detail
• Basic computer and writing skills
• Bilingual Spanish and other languages preferred

UNITE HERE is leading the fight to organize hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers — many of them African-Americans, Latino and Asian immigrants, and women — in hotels, casinos, industrial laundries, institutional cafeterias, airport concessions, and apparel manufacturing, distribution, and retail facilities throughout North America. Our union is at the forefront of battles for workers’ rights, immigration reform, living wages, and quality jobs in many cities throughout North America.

We need talented Research Analysts (aka Campaign Researchers) to conduct research, develop strategy and run campaigns to win justice and better treatment for workers in the food service, gaming and casinos, and hotel industries.

Researchers will conduct industry, corporate, and political research; develop and carry out strategic campaigns to organize the unorganized and secure improved standards for existing union members.

Job responsibilities will include:

• Research companies using a wide variety of sources, including published databases, on-line and Internet sources as well as informational interviews with union, industry and financial sources.
• Conduct local and field research on companies and industries.
• Develop corporate analysis and adapt it for various audiences (e.g. staff, workers, shareholders, the public).
• Develop and carry out campaign strategies and tactics.
• Develop expertise in Unite Here! industries.
• Work with Unite Here! members, organizers, and regional staff, as well as community members and elected leaders to move campaigns forward.

Desired Qualifications include:

• Previous experience in grassroots organizing campaigns
• BA Degree, preferably in labor studies, planning or economics, or relevant research and/or organizing experience (labor, political or community)
• Excellent writing and communications skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Willingness to travel, work long and sometimes irregular hours, and relocate when necessary
• Familiarity with database and word processing software
• Ability to effectively manage a workload with competing priorities and deadlines, work independently, and take initiative

Organizational Overview

Parent Revolution is a dynamic and growing non-profit organization whose mission is to transform public education by empowering parents to transform their children’s failing school through community organizing. In its brief history, the organization has garnered national attention for its groundbreaking work conceiving of, passing, and implementing California’s “Parent Trigger” law, which gives parents – for the first time ever – real power to transform their child’s failing school through community organizing. In addition to being featured in almost every national media outlet, our work is now serving as a national model – three additional states have passed their own Parent Trigger laws, and dozens of others are currently considering doing so. We have helped parents at two Southern California schools successfully organize their communities using the Parent Trigger law, and are working with parents at different stages of the organizing process at over a dozen additional schools.

Our organization has more than quadrupled in size over the last two years and is continuing a trajectory of rapid growth, due in large part to our successful track record. We have an entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture, setting ambitious goals for all employees and giving them the freedom to creatively meet them with appropriate support and guidance. A successful candidate for a position within our organization will come with an excellent track record and existing skill set as well as a strong desire to work within a progressive, mission-driven, and results-oriented team.

Position Overview

This position will play an integral role in building the systems and support structure our organizing team will need to meet the demands of rapid growth. Supervised by the Organizing Director, the Deputy Organizing Director is responsible for overseeing the faithful implementation of Parent Revolution’s organizing model, which calls for the development of leadership-rich, autonomous, school-based chapters of a statewide Parents Union. This position has high growth potential, as we are scaling at a fast pace.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Working closely with the Organizing Director, develop and execute a customized, professional development program for organizing team
• Continuously review and update organizational training manuals and related library of resources (handbooks, training videos, templates) to incorporate best practices from the field and capture the on-the-ground innovations of organizing team
• In collaboration with organizers, plan and execute small and large scale events to train Parents Union chapter members to effectively advocate for kids-first public education policy
• Work closely with Communications and Policy teams to organize community-wide mobilization efforts
• Ensure the full integration of our data system into the work of our Parents Union chapters
• Conduct program evaluations alongside Organizing Director and develop strategies to enhance the work of organizers in the field
• Build relationships with allied organizations and engage their knowledge and resources in enhancing our organizing model and training program

Required Skills and Experience

Experience:

• At least three years of work in the field of grassroots organizing, including building membership-based organizations, issue or electoral campaigns, organized labor, advocacy, or related experience
• Proven record of achieving ambitious results, both individually and as part of a team
• Project management, supervisory and management experience a strong plus
• Experience working on education advocacy a strong plus

Skills:

• Ability to create goal-oriented action plans, meet deadlines, and develop and analyze metrics to track progress towards goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to successfully interface extremely well with a wide variety of stakeholders (parents, teachers, staff, community leaders, and others)
• Ability to develop and deliver engaging trainings (including curriculum development and training team preparation)
• Computer literacy including spreadsheet and online technology skills
• Facilitation and conflict resolution skills
• Passion for transforming public education and radically improving academic outcomes for all children, particularly children of color and from underserved communities is a must
• Ability to work well within a team, keep a positive attitude in the face of adversity, and have a strong sense of humor is very important
• Knowledge of education policy, politics, the labor movement, community non-profit organizations is a strong plus
• Experience with Salesforce, a CRM system that will be increasingly customized to meet our specific needs is desirable, but not essential
• Ability to communicate in Spanish is a plus, but not required

The Healthier Roxbury Initiative, supported by Greater Boston Aligning Forces for Quality (GB AF4Q) and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking a part-time (half-time preferred) Community Organizer to provide support to the GB AF4Q Healthier Roxbury Initiative. This person will work with the strategic workgroup and members of the community to coordinate strategies for improvement and create linkages between residents, providers, and resources available in the community.  Specific tasks are:

• Finding ways for community members  to contribute their voice and skill to this initiative
• Assess and inventory community assets that could contribute to better health
• Provide assistance and information to collaborating organizations and other stakeholder groups
• Participate in community meetings and events, as appropriate
• Develop and implement community outreach plans and strategies
• Implement ways to provide information and recruit interested community organizations and members to the project
• Understanding, leveraging, and connecting existing programs and opportunities to increase impact in the community of improvement strategies

Qualifications – GB AF4Q seeks candidates with the following experience:

• Ability to work with a diverse set of community-based organizations, residents and stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills and experience with public speaking and presentations
• Ability to work independently and with a flexible schedule, including some evenings and weekends
• At least one year in community organizing and/or community relations
• Direct knowledge of and/or experience in Roxbury community, including experience with  local collaboratives, groups, organizations, etc.,

Background – Greater Boston is one of 16 communities across the country participating in the Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative—the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s premier effort to lift the overall quality of health care in target communities across the country.  A major goal of this initiative is to provide support to communities to build infrastructure for community health. The purpose of the Healthier Roxbury initiative is to improve health outcomes for Roxbury residents for children with pediatric asthma and adults with diabetes.

POSITION SUMMARY:

BCLA is seeking a dynamic and passionate individual who embraces the school’s mission to serve as Leadership Coordinator. The Leadership Coordinator will oversee an inaugural leadership initiative, which includes supporting a Pilot Leadership Program of 30 students. The coordinator will assist Pilot Program students with finding internship placements to begin in February; cultivate and maintain relationships with outside organizations; and plan quarterly school-wide “Leadership Days”. The coordinator will work closely with the headmaster, Pilot Program staff, students, and partner organizations.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with the Pilot Program staff to develop both short- and long-term goals for a comprehensive leadership initiative
• Develop internship opportunities that allow for experiential learning
• Supervise support staff and volunteers
• Collaborate with Capstone/Civics teacher and students to identify appropriate student internships

• Cultivate and sustain meaningful partnerships between community organizations and the school to support student leadership development
• Maintain connections with the Pilot School network of resources
• Develop and implement professional development for staff
• Design and implement internship evaluations that assess both student performance and satisfaction of partner organizations
• Plan school-wide “Leadership Days”
• Share progress and achievements at school- and community-based events
• Keep BCLA’s mission at the forefront of all decisions and practices, using the mission to guide the development of goals
• Work in conjunction with the Governing Board and Leadership Team to coordinate, prioritize and implement BCLA’s leadership vision

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business, or related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• Experience working with institutions, corporations, and/or community organizations
• Experience with authentic assessments, performance-based assessments, and project-based learning
• Solid understanding of pilot schools in Boston and the autonomies afforded to them
• Experience with strategic planning within a school setting
• Experience working within diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic settings
• Experience in community and/or public relations (including the preparation of  grants budgets)

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ATTRIBUTES:

The ideal candidate will:

• Possess excellent interpersonal, writing, and oral language skills
• Possess a clear educational vision in sync with BCLA’s mission to which he or she is committed
• Work well within a community, both inside and outside of BCLA
• Be highly collaborative and work extremely well in a team environment
• Exhibit humility, honesty, and integrity
• Exhibit the ability to reflect upon challenging situations and learn from such experiences
• Value the development of well-rounded students
• Possess a desire for life-long personal and professional development

TERMS:

• Please note that this position is contracted for the 2012-2013 school year for a period of 20 hours per week for 40 weeks, with the option of the hired candidate continuing employment the following year.

LOCATION:

Boston Community Leadership Academy

655 Metropolitan Avenue

Hyde Park, MA  02136

REPORTS TO:     

Headmaster Brett Dickens

BCLA Governing Board

Mission and Leadership Task Force

FULL/PART TIME: Part-Time (20 hours per week) for 40 weeks for a total of $20,000 ($25 per hour)

REGULAR/          

TEMPORARY:       Temporary, with possibility for Permanence

AVAILABILITY:  

Resumes will be accepted through 08/1/12

Hiring decision no later than 9/1/12

Job Description
Overview
Regional Field Directors (RFDs) work to advance President Obama’s and the Democrats’ agenda and grow the grassroots movement for electoral success in 2012.

Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of an RFD is to manage Field Organizers (FOs) who recruit, manage, and train volunteers. RFD responsibilities include but are not limited to developing regional organizing plans that reflect the needs and realities of their communities; hiring and training FOs; coaching FOs to develop neighborhood teams; coordinating field management and ensuring data integrity; facilitating and evaluating region-wide events; orchestrating earned media opportunities; grow their digital presence by meeting pre-determined metrics; and building relationships with local political and community leaders. In these states, RFDs report directly to a Deputy Field Director.

In states without FOs, RFDs build and grow neighborhood teams of volunteers who conduct the campaign’s voter contact in line with their regional organizing plan. They identify and train team leadership and support them to hold phone banks, canvasses, house parties and other activities to increase support for President Obama. They hold volunteers accountable to goals set in the field plan and are responsible for ensuring data integrity. They facilitate and evaluate region-wide events; orchestrate earned media opportunities; grow their digital presence by meeting pre-determined metrics; and build relationships with local political and community leaders in their state. RFDs report directly to the Field Director and work with other State Leadership.

Requirements
• Experience managing and coaching multiple staff
• Skilled in team-based, volunteer-led organizing
• Comfortable with managing from metrics and has an understanding of field data
• Familiarity with campaign technology platforms
• Attention to detail and strategic viewpoints
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines

Job Description

Overview

Field Organizers (FOs) are the face of Organizing for America in communities across the country, working to advance President Obama’s and the Democrats’ agenda and grow the grassroots movement for electoral success in 2012.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibility of an FO is to recruit, manage, and train volunteers to organize their communities and neighborhoods into teams that register, persuade, and motivate voters. Their responsibilities include but are not limited to developing a plan to organize their turf based on its unique characteristics; identifying and cultivating volunteer team leaders; planning and executing events and trainings; building relationships with community leaders; and ensuring data integrity. FOs report directly to their Regional Field Director.

Requirements

• Organizing mindset and can-do attitude
• Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and creatively problem-solve
• Strong interpersonal skills and team player
• Attention to detail

Ohel Tzedek means “Tent of Justice” and is the effort at Temple Israel to organize members of our community in order to act powerfully together around our shared vision of a just world.  Through this model, we engage in congregational transformation toward a relational culture, leadership development, and effective social change work, addressing the root causes of injustice in the public square.  Ohel Tzedek integrates Jewish learning and community organizing through the arts of leadership development, relationship building, action, and reflection/evaluation.

The role of the Temple Israel Ohel Tzedek Organizer is to:

• Mentor leaders (in particular, members of our Leadership Team and those on our campaign strategy teams; and to identify and train new leaders).
• Guide the relational culture of Temple Israel (training leaders in one-to-one and house meeting skills; supporting periodic relationship building campaigns, helping to engage the broader community in skills that are useful to the strength and success of our congregation as a whole)
• Support the strategy/action teams (helping them identify and develop new leaders; deepen their process of reflection and evaluation; and strategize for effective action).

The tasks:

• Meet with and train leaders to run Ohel Tzedek Leadership Team meetings and strategy team meetings; attend meetings, and evaluate with leaders afterward.
• Facilitate training sessions to develop leaders’ organizing skills
• Meet with the rabbi and key leaders regularly to plan strategy and engage in their development as leaders.
• Engage in ongoing Jewish learning and help support integration of Jewish texts into Ohel Tzedek.
• Have 1 to1′s and maintain relationships with clergy, staff, leaders, and others throughout Temple Israel.
• Facilitate evaluation of Ohel Tzedek with leaders and staff.
• Create documentation of Ohel Tzedek’s evolving process.
• Oversee creation of materials for actions, meetings, etc.
• Engage leaders in their relationships with the Board of Trustees and the Clergy on Ohel Tzedek’s work and vision.
• Meet periodically with GBIO & other Boston area organizers for professional growth and mentoring.
• Develop a relationship, as needed, with staff of partner organizations.

• Experience – The organizer should have training and experience in community organizing skills, and familiarity with the Jewish community.
• Relational Character – Someone who works well with people and ascribes to the best of a relational communal culture.
• Hours – 10 hours/week