Community Organizer

Make the Road•Hartford, CT

2d•$64,661 - $73,913

About The Position

Make the Road States (MRStates) is the national home for the second-generation Make the Road family of organizations in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and New York. It serves working-class people, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA people, and people of color, and provides finance and human resources compliance services across the umbrella. Make the Road Connecticut (MRCT) builds the power of immigrants and low-income Latinx residents in Hartford and Bridgeport through community organizing, legal and survival services, transformative education, and policy innovation. Its work addresses immigration reform, economic justice, education equity, LGBTQ justice, womxn’s justice, and youth justice. Make the Road Action is a 501(c)(4) organization working to build power in immigrant and low-income working-class communities of color across five states. The mid-level temporary Community Organizer works with MRCT leaders to grow membership, develop leadership, and carry out the organization’s Amazon campaign. The role uses a committee model: committees are the primary setting for campaign and action planning, political education, and member orientation. Members facilitate committee meetings in coordination with staff. The organizer reports to the Senior Organizer. The position requires travel between Hartford and Bridgeport as needed, and work from home and satellite offices as needed. The schedule may include evenings and weekends. MRStates offers health insurance, a 401(k), and generous paid vacation, sick, and personal days. The salary range is $64,661 to $73,913.

Requirements

Must be eligible to work in the United States.
Associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
Demonstrated commitment to social justice, community organizing, leadership development, and elevating directly impacted and marginalized people to create change.
English and Spanish speaking and writing skills are required.
Two to five years of experience in community, labor, or other relevant organizing fields.
Experience leading and winning issue campaigns or other related campaign experience.
A driver’s license and car are required.
High self-motivation and demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Ability to manage simultaneous projects in a fast-paced, growing organization.
Must be open to working evenings and weekends.
Ability to travel between Hartford and Bridgeport when necessary.
Must work from home and satellite offices as needed.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Professional, team-oriented approach and eagerness to help the department meet its goals.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, and complete assignments under strict deadlines with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work under pressure.
Working knowledge of spreadsheets, Microsoft Office, and databases; Salesforce experience is identified as ideal.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
High accountability and initiative, with willingness to contribute to team efforts across the organization.

Nice To Haves

Experience using Salesforce to run reports.

Responsibilities

Recruit regularly to build a strong base of dues-paying and non-dues-paying members.
Meet mid-level organizer standards for weekly, monthly, and yearly goals.
Understand and execute the stages and components of an organizing campaign arc.
Develop strategic plans with achievable goals, tactics, and detailed timelines.
Work as part of the organizing team to meet goals for team events, actions, and activities that advance the organizational vision and support organizational health.
Develop political education materials in conjunction with campaigns.
Attend weekly committee meetings.
Facilitate political education workshops as part of committee meetings.
Work with MRCT committees to educate the community about its rights and prepare for immigration raids or other incidents.
Obtain worker commitments through outreach, including house visits, worksite visits, phone banking, and in-person committee meetings.
Train and support developed leaders to facilitate meetings.
Develop member testimonies for the press and work with directly impacted people on testimonies that advance campaigns.
Develop a leadership pipeline that sustains leader and activist growth and ensures members lead outreach, popular education training, and other work through one-on-ones, phone banking, and Know Your Rights training.
Represent MRCT in coalition spaces.
Enter data regularly.
Meet grant deliverables.