Arise Chicago Mission Statement
Arise Chicago partners with faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education and organizing and advocating for public policy changes. The Arise Chicago Worker Center is a member-based community resource for workers, both immigrant and native born, to learn about their rights and join fellow workers to organize to improve workplace conditions.
Organizer Job Description
Responsibilities
Organize Workplace Justice Campaigns (70%)
- Orient workers to Arise Chicago’s organizing model, membership structure, and campaign strategies
- Conduct intakes with worker members and document ongoing campaign progress
- Support worker members to collect evidence of workplace exploitation, gather information about their employer target, and gain co-worker support
- Develop campaign strategies and communicate risks to worker members
- Lead direct action including community delegations, public protests, press conferences, and employer negotiations
- Communicate with community and religious allies, government agency representatives,
attorneys, and union partners
- Train interns in organizing workplace campaigns
- Participate in weekly staff meetings to select, plan, and evaluate workplace justice campaigns
Develop Worker Member Leadership (20%)
- Work closely with the Member Organizer to train worker members in organizing skills and link to other educational opportunities
- Organize members to attend actions, reach out to religious congregations and other allies, provide workers’ rights workshops, meet with funders, speak to the media, attend coalition meetings, volunteer at the office, and otherwise become more involved in the organization
- Facilitate worker member consciousness and foster analysis of individual workplace exploitation in relation to broader social issues and systemic inequality
Participate in other Arise Chicago Activities as needed (10%)
- Provide support for Arise Chicago’s broader campaigns including: union solidarity campaigns, immigrant rights campaigns, and public policy campaigns
- Contribute to Arise Chicago’s overall strategy and organizational development
- Support fundraising, communications, and other administrative tasks
Qualifications
- B.A. degree preferred
- Full Spanish and English oral and written fluency is required. Please do not apply if you are
not fully bilingual
- 2-3 years of community or union organizing experience
- Comfort and skill in disputes, in negotiations, and ability to manage risks
- Familiarity and comfort with popular education and leadership development practices
- Strong respect for and comfort working with diverse religious communities
- Collaborative working spirit and strong interpersonal skills
- Commitment to social justice and the empowerment of low-income populations
- Familiarity with state and federal law a plus
- Basic computer skills
Benefits
This is a full-time position with good pay and excellent health benefits options.
To Apply
Please send 2 copies of a cover letter and resume, 1 in English, and 1 in Spanish, to jobs@arisechicago.org with “Organizer Position” as email subject. No phone calls, please.
Application deadline is April 30th.
Arise Chicago is an equal-opportunity employer. Women, immigrants, and people of color are
especially encouraged to apply.
Arise Chicago
1020 w. bryn mawr, suite 300
chicago, il 60660
phone 773.769.6000
fax 773.728.8406
www.arisechicago.org