Member Organizer Job Description
Location: Chicago
Language: English & Spanish bilingual fluency Deadline: August 10, 2015
Position Description
Arise Chicago organizes low-wage workers to take action on the job to improve their lives. We seek to fill our Member Organizer position. The Member Organizer is responsible for recruiting workers to become members of the organization, and providing ongoing training and support to develop their leadership in the organization and the broader labor movement.
Responsibilities:
Ø Answer worker hotline and invite callers to upcoming workshop
Ø Deliver Workers’ Rights Workshops bi-weekly at Arise and periodically at community locations
Ø Conduct 1 on 1 meetings with promising new members and assess their leadership potential
Ø Lead monthly membership meetings
Ø Mobilize members to support the workplace campaigns of fellow members
Ø Coordinate with organizers on campaign actions
Ø Mobilize members to support the campaigns of Arise allies
Ø Prepare members to speak with the media, congregational partners, and funders
Ø Oversee health & safety project: give workshops, coordinate with sister organizations, train new member health & safety instructors, and coordinate member health & safety instructors to provide ongoing trainings
Ø Plan and execute Leadership Institute weekend trainings twice a year
Ø Plan and coordinate annual Membership Party
Ø Maintain membership records and track member leadership data and report at weekly staff meetings
Ø Provide data for grant writing and reporting, as requested
Ø Participate in fundraising activities, including annual fundraising event
Qualifications -- Required
Ø Full English and Spanish bilingual fluency is required (native Spanish-speakers preferred). Please do not apply if you are not fully bilingual
Ø Community or union organizing experience
Ø Strong respect for and comfort working with diverse immigrant and religious
communities
Ø Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in groups
Ø Excellent communication, presentation, and meeting facilitation skills
Ø Basic computer skills
Qualifications – Preferred
Ø Teaching or training experience
Ø Familiarity with popular education pedagogy
Ø First-hand work experience in low-wage jobs
Benefits
This is a full-time position with good pay and excellent health benefits.
To Apply
Please send cover letter and resume to Adam Kader, Worker Center Director, adam@arisechicago.org with “Member Organizer Position” as email subject.
Deadline to apply: August 10, 2015
Arise Chicago is an equal-opportunity employer. Women, immigrants, and people of color are especially encouraged to apply.
Arise Chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education and organizing and advocating for public policy changes. Our Worker Center is a membership-based community resource for workers, both immigrant and native born, to learn about their rights and organize fellow workers to improve workplace conditions.