Job Description

Make the Road States (MRstates) is the national home for the second-generation Make the Road family of organizations in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Nevada, this in addition to New York, that serves to uplift the voices of working-class, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA people, and people of color across the Make the Roads umbrella. From an operational spectrum it serves as the Finance and Human Resources Compliance Officers for the umbrella at large.

Make the Road Connecticut is a statewide organization that builds the power of immigrants and low-income Latinx in Hartford and Bridgeport to achieve dignity and justice. We do this by community organizing, legal and survival services, transformative education, and policy innovation. We tackle the issues that directly impact our communities of color: immigration reform, economic justice, education equity, LGBTQ justice, womxn’s justice and youth justice. Make the Road Connecticut is a project of Make the Road States.

Make the Road Action (MRA), a 501(c)(4) organization is committed to building power for justice in immigrant and low-income working-class communities of color. MRA operates in five states - New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. We work to create social change, connect voters to the candidates and issues that are most important to them, and work hands-on in a fast-paced environment to create long-term impact in the communities that need it most.

Current Opening:

The mid-level temporary community organizer works closely with MRCT’s leaders to grow our membership base, develop new leadership skills, and execute our Amazon campaign. The community organizer will work through our committee model. The committee is the engine that drives our work and the space where campaign and action planning, political education, and orientation to our organization all take place. Committee meetings are facilitated by members in coordination with staff. The organizer reports to the senior organizer.

Key Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Conduct regular recruitment to build a strong base of dues and non dues paying membership.
• Meet mid level organizer standards for weekly, monthly and yearly goals.
• Understanding and executing the stages and components of an organizing campaign arc.
• Creating a strategic plan with specific, achievable goals, tactics, and the development of a detailed timeline. Part of the organizing team and works to meet goals for; team events, actions or various activities that moves the organizational vision forward and make a positive impact on the organizational health.
• Develop political education materials in conjunction with our campaigns.
• Weekly committee meetings
• Facilitate regular political education workshops as part of committee meetings.
• Work with MRCT committees to educate the community about their rights and prepare in case of an immigration raid or other incident.
• Obtaining worker commitments through different means of worker outreach, such as house visits, work site visits, phone banking, and in-person committee meetings.
• Train and support developed leaders to facilitate meetings.
• Develop testimonies with members for the press, and work with directly impacted people to give testimonies that advance our campaigns.
• Develop a leadership pipeline that sustains leader and activist growth and ensures that members are taking leads on outreach, popular education training and other work that they are doing through 1-1s, phone banking, and KYR training.
• Represent MRCT at coalition spaces.
• Collection of data entry on a regular basis
• Meet any grant deliverables

Requirements:

• Eligible to work in the US
• Have a minimum of an associate degree or bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, community organizing, leadership development, and the elevation of directly impacted and marginalized people to create change
• Speaking and writing in English/Spanish is required.
• At least 2-5 years of experience in community, labor, or other relevant organizing fields is required.
• Experience in leading and winning issue campaigns or other related campaign experience.
• A driver’s license and a car are required.
• A high level of self-motivation and a proven ability to work independently as well as collaboratively;
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment at a growing organization.
• Be open to working evenings and weekends.
• Ability to travel between Hartford and Bridgeport when necessary.
• Required to work from home and satellite offices as needed.

Job Competencies:

• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and strong attention to detail
• Be highly professional and team oriented with a passion for excellence and eagerness to help the department meet our goals.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and complete assignments under strict deadlines with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to work under pressure required.
• Have a working knowledge of spreadsheets, Microsoft Office suite, and using a database (ideally Salesforce) to run reports.
• Flexible work schedule, some evenings or weekends required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High level of accountability and initiative; needs to be a self-starter and eager to do team work to support the organization as a whole

Salary and Benefits:

MRStates offers an excellent benefit package including health insurance, 401K, and generous paid vacation, sick, personal days. The salary range for this position is from $64,661.00 to $73,913.00

How to Apply: Please attach cover letter/resume and submit all documents to the Make the Road New States career center.

Make the Road believes that social change is best achieved through grassroots community-based organizing that flows directly from and engages the community demanding the change. As a membership-based organization, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, criminal history, or Veteran status. We strongly encourage those from historically excluded groups to apply.

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