Language Justice Program Coordinator (FT, Temporary)

Masa-MexEd, Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Masa in the Bronx, NY is seeking a Language Justice Coordinator to lead recruitment, enrollment, and onboarding of interpreters, and to implement ESOL and digital literacy classes. The role manages the Community of Interpreter Program and dispatches services, coordinating with consultants and community members to ensure workforce development and quality language services.

The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, experience with adult education, and a commitment to language

Qualifications

• Fluency in Spanish and English is required.
• A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Community/Economic Development, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in non‑profit program management, community organizing, adult education, or cooperative enterprises.
• Strong facilitation and conflict‑resolution skills; ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences.
• Exceptional communication with immigrant, underserved and marginalized communities.
• Knowledge or willingness to learn about worker cooperatives and collective decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment, outreach, and enrollment efforts.
• Coordinate selection and onboarding of cooperative members.
• Meet with training participants to assess needs and barriers.
• Provide training with consultants on business planning, governance, and leadership.
• Develop workplans and coordinate weekly and bi‑weekly meetings for cooperative incorporation.
• Promote inclusive, language‑justice‑centered practices throughout development.
• Prepare progress updates, reports, and documentation.

Skills

Spanish fluency

English fluency

Project management

Community organizing

Adult education

Facilitation

Cross-cultural communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Community/Economic Development, or related field

Tools

Salesforce

CRM systems

Spreadsheets

Online meeting platforms

Job description

Bronx, NY, United States of America

Full Time - Temporary

About Masa

Masa partners with Mexican and Latin American immigrant children, youth, and families in the South Bronx to develop strong learners and leaders who fully contribute to the larger community. We envision a community that is civically engaged, empowered, and educated.

Masa’s community-led, integrated model engages the entire family, grounded in a deep commitment to strengthening literacy, leadership, and power for Mexican, Central American, and Indigenous People. Masa fosters a culturally responsive learning community in which families engage with direct service and advocacy programs to dismantle barriers to success.

About the Language Justice Program

The Language Justice Program aims to deliver language services that empower historically marginalized voices. Through this project, we seek to address the need for interpretation and translation services in Spanish and Indigenous languages from Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) across NYC, provide economic opportunities for communities that speak these languages, and support workforce development through the strengthening of a Community Interpreter Program and a language worker cooperative.

About the Language Justice Program Coordinator

The Language Justice Coordinator will play a key role in our language justice program, including but not limited to the outreach, recruitment and enrollment of new interpreters; implementation of adult educational classes that support the professional goals of the interpreters such as ESOL and/or Digital Literacy classes; managing the Community of Interpreter Program and dispatching interpretation and translation services; and providing opportunities for interpreters in training to improve their practice. The Language Justice Program Coordinator reports to the Language Justice Program Manager and under their supervision will work closely with program consultants, trainers, and community members to ensure we continue to provide workforce development opportunities to our community and successfully deliver quality culturally and linguistically competent language services in our Community of Interpreter Program.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about language justice and empowering indigenous and immigrant communities; self-driven; possess experience in the area of adult education; and have strong project management skills, including the ability to set goals, plan timelines, allocate and coordinate resources, and manage tasks effectively.

This is a full‑time, in‑person role (40 hrs/week) that is planned to run through June 30, 2027 with the possibility of extension contingent on funding.

Key responsibilities

Lead recruitment, outreach, and enrollment efforts

Coordinate the selection and onboarding process for potential cooperative members

Regularly meet with worker cooperative training participants individually to assess their needs, concerns, availability, commitment, training needs, and barriers that affect their participation

Provide technical assistance and engage consultants to provide training in business planning, democratic management, governance, legal, cooperative accounting, leadership development, decision‑making, collective leadership models and cooperative development best practice

Develop a workplan and coordinate weekly working group and bi‑weekly group meetings to ensure progress is being made towards successfully incorporating the worker cooperative

Remain abreast of and address group dynamics that may hinder progress

Support group in developing key documents and procedures for worker cooperative incorporation

Secure training opportunities for interpreters to continue to develop their practice and expand their menu of services

Maintain accurate records of participants, communications, attendance, progress, and outstanding need

Coordinate with organizational leadership and external partners to ensure continued alignment

Promote inclusive, transparent, equitable and language‑justice‑centered practices throughout the worker cooperative development process that ensures indigenous speakers and the original goals of the project are centered at all times and central to the decision‑making process

Prepare progress updates, reports, recommendations, and documentation regarding the cooperative’s development

Requirements

Fluency in Spanish and English is required

A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Community/Economic Development, or a related field

2–4 years of experience in non‑profit program management, community organizing, adult education, and/or working within cooperative enterprises

Strong group facilitation and conflict‑resolution skills; ability to simplify complex business and legal concepts for diverse audiences

Exceptional communication skills with a proven track record of guiding diverse stakeholder groups toward consensus, especially with immigrant, underserved and marginalized communities

Strong commitment to language justice, racial equity, economic justice and experience working directly alongside low‑income, immigrant, or marginalized communities

Knowledge, or willingness to learn, about worker cooperative models and collective decision‑making frameworks

Experience supporting groups through follow‑up, planning, outreach, or organizational development

Ability to organize multiple participants, activities, deadlines, and records

Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with team members and community partners

Proficiency with email, spreadsheets, online meeting platforms, and database or customer relationship management systems.

Experience developing outreach materials, workshops, work plans, and/or progress reports

Fluency in an Indigenous language spoken by the participating community

Previous experience providing interpretation or translation services

Experience using Salesforce or another client, contact, or program‑management database

Facilitation, conflict‑resolution, and group‑process skills

Familiarity with New York City community‑based organizations and immigrant‑serving networks

Physical Demands

This position is in‑person at Masa’s office, with local travel (NYC‑based) required

Moderate carrying of program materials (20-30 lbs) is required

Work schedule may include occassional evenings and weekend availability

Ability to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods during meetings, outreach, tabling, or events

Handling technical equipment (such as smartboards, projectors, laptops, interpretation devices) and associated software

Compensation

$55,000-65,000 annually, commensurate with experience