Lead Organizer – Street Vendor Project

Urban Justice Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance available on first 1

Eye Care Reimbursement

Employer Retirement Contribution

Pet Insurance

Generous Vacation and Personal Time

Flexible spending account

Gym reimbursement program

Job summary

SVP seeks a dynamic Lead Organizer to direct our organizing team and design leadership development programs for members, while guiding grassroots campaigns across diverse communities in New York.

The role requires strong cross-cultural communication, bilingual English/Spanish abilities, and proven leadership in campaigns or organizing efforts focused on social justice and immigrant communities.

Qualifications

• Relentlessly dedicated to building power for working class, immigrant communities of color.
• Fluent in multilingual outreach and cross-cultural communication.
• Excellent written, verbal, and public speaking skills.
• 3+ years in leadership roles in campaigns or organizing contexts.
• Team-player capable of collaborating across generations and cultures.
• Experience with outreach, base-building, leadership development, and campaigns.
• Mentoring diverse organizers with varying experience levels.

Responsibilities

• Guide and supervise the organizing team across language-based bases in collaboration with the Managing Director.
• Develop and facilitate political education curriculum for members with the organizing team.
• Coordinate membership recruitment activities including direct outreach and partnerships.
• Ensure accuracy of lists, records, and databases related to membership and campaign development.
• Drive leadership growth by building an elected Membership Leadership Board.

Skills

Community organizing

Multicultural engagement

Public speaking

Team leadership

Coalition building

Spanish bilingual

Curriculum development

Campaign design

Mentoring

Direct outreach

Job description

SVP is seeking a dynamic Lead Organizer to direct our organizing team, design and implement leadership development and political education programs for our members, and collaboratively implement grassroots organizing campaigns. We are seeking a new team member with experience working within multicultural, working class and immigrant communities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Relentlessly dedicated to building the power of working class, immigrant communities of color to incite transformative social and economic justice movement building;
• Excited about working across multiple cultures and is flexible and patient when communicating with people who speak different languages;
• A thoughtful communicator with excellent interpersonal, written, and public speaking skills;
• Has at least three years’ experience in leadership roles in a campaign. This may be a grassroots campaign, political campaign, union organizing campaign, or anything that you believe demonstrates you can design and effectively run a campaign for social change, working with partners and in coalition across issues and constituencies;
• A team-player eager to collaborate with diverse, inter-generational, and multicultural stakeholders to achieve systemic change;
• Experienced with outreach, base-building, member leadership development, and organizing campaigns;
• Demonstrated experience coaching and supporting a team of organizers with very different experience levels, learning styles, and communication styles;
• Knowledgeable of New York City organizing and political landscape, with particular attention to racial, economic, and gender equity;
• Able to read and assess the current political landscape and make strategic choices to advance SVP’s organizing agenda;
• Must be bilingual in Spanish and English to engage members in organizing and political conversations, written ability required;
• An experienced facilitator with the ability to plan and facilitate meetings with sensitivity to the needs of a diverse membership;
• Committed to and knowledgeable of SVP’s mission and movement building, and enthusiastic about nurturing leadership growth among members.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of the Lead Organizer include:

• Guide and supervise our organizing team of several staff members, each working with membership bases organized by language, in collaboration with the Managing Director;
• Develop and facilitate political education curriculum for members in coordination with organizing team
• Coordinate and implement membership recruitment activities including direct outreach on-the-street and through partner organizations;
• Assure the accuracy of lists, records, databases related to membership and campaign development

Leadership Growth & Political Education

• Drive the recruitment, development and maintenance of an elected member Leadership Board
• Develop leadership skills of potential members, and nurture the leadership of our Leadership Board members;
• Plan and facilitate regular membership and committee meetings and events that engage members in
• Fortify and grow SVP’s grassroots membership structure of individuals interested in, and excited, about advancing street vendor rights;
• Receive vendors who come in to the office during SVP drop-in hours;

Campaign Development & Execution

• Support with ongoing planning and execution of campaigns that engage members, leaders, and allies to win concrete improvements in the lives of vendors
• Organize direct actions, events, and other tactics to move the campaign forward
• Develop and maintain relationships with allied organizations with New York City and New York State

This is a full-time position with great flexibility in terms of scheduling. Benefits include:

• Medical Insurance available on first day of employment
• Eye Care Reimbursement
• Employer Retirement Contribution
• Pet Insurance
• Generous Vacation and Personal Time, including 4 weeks vacation, 5 personal days, and 1 week paid time off during annual office-wide holiday closure; early release summer Fridays and before federal holidays; day after Thanksgiving; birthday
• Flexible spending account
• Gym reimbursement program

SVP is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we fight alongside and serve. People of color, women, immigrants, LGBTQ-identified individuals, and folks from low-income communities are strongly encouraged to apply.