Detroit Immigrant Justice Organizer

WE THE PEOPLE ACTION FUND • Detroit, MI

22d • $52,850 - $57,850 • Hybrid

About The Position

We The People Action Fund (WTPAF) is seeking a full-time organizer to develop relationships with Latino immigrant community leaders in Detroit. The organizer will collaborate with the WTPAF team to establish a leadership team with local leaders and spearhead immigrant justice campaigns that prioritize Detroiters. This role reports to the SEMI Lead Organizer.

Requirements

• Personal connection to our existing Drive SAFE campaign (campaign to restore driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants).
• Spanish fluency - written and spoken.
• English fluency - written and spoken.
• Proven track record of building teams of diverse groups of people that can work together to accomplish a shared goal.
• The ability to help leaders learn, reflect, and take collective risk and action.
• A natural sense of curiosity about people and the ability to relate to them. Being an active listener to hear about community members’ stories, hopes, fears, and challenges.
• A growth mindset.
• Ability to pay attention to the details, be vigilant about tracking goal progress, and meeting deadlines.
• Willingness to speak up, suggest new ideas, receive feedback, adjust plans to ensure successful completion of goals, and be part of the solution.
• Comfort advocating for oneself.
• Computer literacy and creativity supporting the growth of community leaders over time.
• Excellent communications skills through a variety of channels, including written and oral.
• Experience with Google Suite.
• A deep commitment to the values and vision of WTPAF. An interest in being an engine for learning, fostering stable, long-term alliances, and building long-term organizing infrastructure.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends, occasional travel throughout the state is also required.

Nice To Haves

• Employee must be based in the metro Detroit area, with a preference for the City of Detroit.

Responsibilities

• Deeply invest in key, impacted community members, and develop 1-3 core teams of immigrant leaders in key districts in the City of Detroit that are committed to working together on local and statewide immigrant justice campaigns.
• Build a base of immigrant Detroiters that identify WTPAF as their political home and will drive local and statewide campaigns that are nested in the long term vision of immigrant justice, and winning back driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.
• Engage their key leaders through 1:1s, house meetings, town halls, political education sessions, cultural strategy, and building relationships with elected leaders.
• Support Leadership School, a yearly movement school of community members, where they learn the basics of organizing, develop a shared strategy, and connect to statewide goals.
• Collaborate with Policy & Research, Communications, and Data teams to advance the collective learning and capacity of our immigrant justice campaigns.
• Achieve goals and metrics as determined by both a Lead Organizer and collective goal setting by the WTPAF Organizing team.
• Attention to administrative details like data and hours tracking that allow us to learn from our work and be compliant with legal requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 100% coverage of health insurance for employees and 75% coverage of eligible family members
• 100% coverage of dental and vision for employees and eligible family members
• 401(k) with a 5% employer match
• Generous PTO package, including a minimum of 30 paid days off per year for holidays and observances
• 2 weeks paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed