Organizing Manager

Adhikaar; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health FSA

Commuter benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice in Queens, NY, is seeking an Organizing Manager to lead the organizing team, build leadership, and implement campaigns that advance immigrant justice. The role reports to the Associate Director, Policy & Advocacy and centers community power-building across campaigns and services.

The Organizing Manager will strengthen infrastructure, supervise staff, and coordinate across departments to connect direct services with leadership development and advocacy.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to Adhikaar's mission of human rights and social justice.
• Experience integrating direct services, leadership development, community organizing, and policy advocacy to build long-term community power.
• At least five years of experience in community organizing, base-building, or campaign work, including at least three years supervising or leading staff or teams.
• Track record of leading organizing campaigns and developing member leaders.
• Experience facilitating trainings, workshops, or political education.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations and a wide variety of professional backgrounds and experiences.
• Ability to work in a team as well as lead independent projects.
• Must be eligible to work in the US.

Responsibilities

• Translate Adhikaar's strategic plan, policy agenda, and organizational priorities into integrated organizing campaigns.
• Develop annual and multi-year organizing strategies that strengthen community power and advance systems change.
• Identify emerging issues affecting Nepali-speaking and Himalayan immigrant communities and recommend responsive organizing strategies.
• Ensure organizing campaigns align with Adhikaar's mission, values, and long-term movement‑building goals.
• Design and strengthen organizational systems that move community members from services to organizing, leadership, and advocacy.
• Partner with program managers to ensure client engagement strategies intentionally incorporate membership recruitment, leadership development, civic engagement, and campaign participation.
• Convene regular cross-program coordination meetings to identify emerging community issues, align outreach strategies, and strengthen collective impact.
• Work closely with Communications, Development, and Research teams to ensure campaigns, storytelling, and fundraising reinforce organizing priorities.
• Document and continuously improve organizing systems, workflows, and best practices.
• Strategic Organizing Leadership
• Membership Growth & Base Building
• Leadership Development & Political Education
• Campaign Implementation
• Team Supervision & Organizational Culture
• External Relations & Coalition Building
• Equity, Inclusion & Community Care

Skills

Community organizing

Staff supervision

Campaign management

Leadership development

Policy advocacy

Civic engagement

Training facilitation

Bilingual: Nepali and English

Tools

Organizing databases

Digital organizing tools

Job description

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

Location: Queens, New York City (Hybrid)

Position Type: Full-time

Key focus: Organizing team management, campaign implementation, and leadership development
Salary Range: $77,000- $83,000

Reports to: Associate Director, Policy & Advocacy

Adhikaar, meaning “rights” in Nepali, is a women-led community and workers’ center based in Queens, New York. We provide direct services and organize low-income Nepali from South and Southeast Asia (Neb , India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet and the diaspora), and other impacted communities, to advance social justice and human rights.

Founded by working-class immigrant women, Adhikaar is rooted in grassroots leadership, collective action, and building community power. For over 20 years, we have been a trusted home (“maiti ghar”) for our community supporting workers, advancing dignity, and fighting for systemic change.

As Adhikaar enters its next chapter of growth and impact, the Organizing Manager plays a central role in leading the organizing team that builds the base, leadership, and campaigns driving Adhikaar's fight for justice.

Position Summary

The Manager of Organizing & Campaigns is responsible for strengthening Adhikaar's organizing infrastructure and leading the implementation of community organizing strategies that build collective power among Nepali and Himalayan immigrant communities.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy, this position supervises organizing staff while building the organizational systems that connect direct services, leadership development, and policy advocacy. The Manager ensures that organizing is integrated across departments and that every community interaction creates opportunities for deeper engagement, membership, leadership development, and collective action.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Organizing Leadership

Translate Adhikaar's strategic plan, policy agenda, and organizational priorities into integrated organizing campaigns.

Develop annual and multi-year organizing strategies that strengthen community power and advance systems change.

Identify emerging issues affecting Nepali-speaking and Himalayan immigrant communities and recommend responsive organizing strategies.

Ensure organizing campaigns align with Adhikaar's mission, values, and long-term movement‑building goals.

Design and strengthen organizational systems that move community members from services to organizing, leadership, and advocacy.

Partner with program managers to ensure client engagement strategies intentionally incorporate membership recruitment, leadership development, civic engagement, and campaign participation.

Convene regular cross-program coordination meetings to identify emerging community issues, align outreach strategies, and strengthen collective impact.

Work closely with Communications, Development, and Research teams to ensure campaigns, storytelling, and fundraising reinforce organizing priorities.

Document and continuously improve organizing systems, workflows, and best practices.

Membership Growth & Base Building

Developing year-round membership recruitment and engagement strategies.

Increasing active membership participation across campaigns and organizational initiatives.

Building systems that strengthen member retention and long-term engagement.

Creating multiple pathways for community members to participate at different levels of leadership.

Leadership Development & Political Education

Coordinate political education curricula that deepen members' understanding of immigrant justice, labor rights, civic engagement, racial justice, gender equity, and community organizing.

Oversee Know Your Rights trainings, organizing workshops, and leadership institutes.

Support organizers in identifying and mentoring emerging leaders.

Create opportunities for members to facilitate trainings, lead meetings, speak publicly, and represent Adhikaar in advocacy spaces.

Build intentional intergenerational leadership opportunities that engage youth, workers, and long-term community leaders.

Campaign Implementation

Coordinate organizing campaigns, advocacy initiatives, public actions, and community mobilizations.

Support campaign strategy development alongside the Associate Director.

Ensure campaigns incorporate leadership development, base building, and political education rather than focusing solely on mobilization.

Coordinate campaign timelines, deliverables, and evaluation across organizing staff.

Support rapid response organizing during emerging community issues.

Team Supervision & Organizational Culture

Supervise, mentor, and coach organizing staff.

Foster a collaborative, reflective, and learning-oriented organizing culture.

Support hiring, onboarding, and mentoring of new organizing staff, interns, and volunteers.

External Relations & Coalition Building

Cultivate relationships with community leaders, elected offices, institutions, schools, faith communities, labor unions, and coalition partners.

Represent Adhikaar in coalition meetings, public forums, and advocacy spaces.

Support members to testify, meet elected officials, participate in civic processes, and engage in movement leadership.

Strengthen partnerships that expand organizing opportunities for members locally and nationally.

Equity, Inclusion & Community Care

Ensure organizing spaces are culturally responsive.

Center the leadership of women, youth, immigrant workers, refugees, LGBTQ+ community members, and historically marginalized populations.

Promote organizing practices rooted in dignity, belonging, language justice, and collective care.

Foster an inclusive organizational culture where community members can meaningfully shape campaigns and organizational priorities.

Qualifications

Required

Demonstrated commitment to Adhikaar's mission of human rights and social justice.

Demonstrated experience integrating direct services, leadership development, community organizing, and policy advocacy to build long-term community power.

At least five years of experience in community organizing, base-building, or campaign work, including at least three years supervising or leading staff or teams.

Track record of leading organizing campaigns and developing member leaders.

Experience facilitating trainings, workshops, or political education.

Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations and a wide variety of professional backgrounds and experiences.

Ability to work in a team as well as lead independent projects..

Must be eligible to work in the US.

Preferred

Experience organizing with immigrant workers or low-wage communities.

Experience with civic engagement or policy campaigns.

Familiarity with organizing databases and digital organizing tools

Bilingual: Nepali and English

Additional skills in Tibetan, Hindi and indigenous languages of Nepal.

Core Competencies

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

Staff coaching and mentorship

Systems thinking

Community-centered leadership

Political analysis

Campaign planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Facilitation and training

Project management

Cultural humility

Accountability

Adhikaar offers a competitive and values-driven compensation package designed to support the long-term wellbeing, stability, and sustainability of our staff. In addition to salary, Adhikaar provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health FSA, commuter benefits, and a retirement plan with employer contribution, as well as statutory benefits including short-term disability. Staff also enjoy generous paid time off, paid holidays, floating holidays for cultural and religious observances, wellness days, sick and safe time, paid parental leave, and bereavement leave. In recognition of the long-term sustainability required for movement work, Adhikaar also offers sabbatical eligibility after long-term service, professional development support, and a phone reimbursement and commuter stipend.

Commitment to Equity

Adhikaar is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people from working‑class backgrounds. Lived experience is highly valued. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.