Manager of Community Reintegration, Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago - Hybrid (Chicago, IL)

 Title: Manager of Community Reintegration

Type: Full-time, hybrid

Location: Chicago, IL

Pay: $63-66k/year

The Manager of Community Reintegration, under the supervision of the Vice President of Independent Living, is responsible for shaping, implementing and evaluating some of Access Living’s long term care services including, but not limited to, helping disabled people access SSI and SSDI benefits, find housing and transition from nursing homes, personal Assistant trainings and referrals.

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Development Coordinator, P.A.S.O. - Melrose Park, IL

 

Details

Job Type:Full Time

Salary:USD $60,000 / year

Areas of Focus:Immigrants or Refugees, Civic Engagement, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Policy, Race & Ethnicity

Description

PASO – West Suburban Action Project (Proyecto de Acción de los Suburbios del Oeste) is a community-based social justice organization that works to engage community members to address issues that affect them, their families, and neighbors with the mission to build stronger communities where all residents can live dignified lives regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic or immigration status. PASO was founded in March 2009 to fight for immigrant rights in west suburban Cook County and other collar counties, and its mission is to develop the leadership skills of the immigrant community so they can organize, create opportunities and exercise their collective power.

PASO is based in Melrose Park, Illinois, and primarily serves the western Cook County suburbs. PASO has been well-positioned to serve as a one-stop shop for direct services for new immigrants, refugees, and asylees. All 12 current staff share a Latino cultural background with the community served and speak Spanish, in order to most effectively serve members of the Spanish-speaking community with limited English proficiency (LEP). PASO helps clients apply for a variety of benefits, provides health education and support, helps clients exercise their rights as tenants, and helps them navigate labor rights and employment issues.

PASO is looking to hire a development coordinator who will work in close conjunction with the Executive Director to manage the organization’s institutional and individual giving. We are looking for an ambitious candidate who is ready to create new systems, prospect and cultivate new grants, and manage current grant awards. Half of the position will be dedicated to supporting the funding of PASO’s relaunched immigration legal clinic, including the grant tracking and reporting. The development coordinator will dedicate the other half of the time supporting the funding for PASO’s remaining programs, which includes tenant organizing, medicaid expansion campaign, immigrant rights initiatives, Illinois Welcome Center, and other resident programming (ESL, computer, & citizenship courses). The ideal candidate is someone who has experience with grants as well as individual giving.

This position is in person and based in Melrose Park, Illinois.

Reports to: Executive Director

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with the Executive Director to develop and write grant proposals, reports and other administrative components
• Research new foundation prospects that fits the organization
• Maintains and updates systems to track grant deadlines, grant status, and other relevant foundation tasks
• Support the grant tracking and reporting for the immigration legal clinic
• Support site visit preparation and other foundation requests
• Support the planning and execution of PASO’s annual fundraiser
• Co-design and execute an individual fundraising program in partnership with the Executive Director. Supporting any current fundraising campaigns.
• Oversees grant management and overall donor data collection, acknowledgement, stewardship and cultivation tactics.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated commitment to social justice; understands the importance of power building and leadership development with immigrant communities.
• 1-2 years of professional experience in development (either in grant writing, individual giving or fundraising events). Preference for candidates who have experience with government grants.
• A strong writer with excellent communication skills.
• Detail oriented and able to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Strong project management, organizational and multitasking skills
• Self motivated and a team player; able to move quickly. You must have a willingness to experiment, learn and reflect.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred

COMPENSATION:

Salary of $60,000 annually and benefits include 100% employee coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance. Cell phone and mileage reimbursement. Generous time off and flexibility.

TO APPLY:

Please send a resume and a cover letter to hiring@pasoaction.org. To ensure prompt attention, put “Development Coordinator” in the subject line. The deadline for applications is January 24th, 2025.

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Policy Advocate, Higher Education – Public Advocates Inc. (Sacramento)

Who: Public Advocates Inc., a bold and highly regarded civil rights law firm and policy advocacy non-profit.

What: Energetic and collaborative Policy Advocate or Senior Policy Advocate with relevant issue experience. The successful candidate will join Public Advocates’ Education Equity Team with a specific focus on advancing the effort to advocate for equity for low-income communities and young people of color in California’s higher education system.

Union Campaign Researcher - UNITE HERE Research - Los Angeles, CA

Union Campaign Researcher - Local 11

UNITE HERE Research 

Los Angeles, CA

UNITE HERE Local 11 is hiring a Campaign Researcher. Our research teams conduct industry, corporate, real estate and political research and analysis to develop and carry out campaigns focused on winning economic justice for low wage, primarily immigrant hospitality workers. Our campaigns organize non-union workers and secure improved standards for existing union members in the food service, gaming and casino, and hotel industries.

About UNITE HERE: UNITE HERE is the union leading the fight to organize hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers –- many of them African-Americans, Latino and Asian immigrants, and women -- in hotels, casinos, institutional cafeterias and airport concessions throughout North America. Our union, with over 270,000 members, is at the forefront of battles for workers' rights, immigration reform, living wages, and quality jobs in many cities throughout North America. (www.unitehere.org)(www.unitehere11.org)

Job responsibilities will include:

• Research companies using a wide variety of sources, including published databases, on-line and Internet sources
• Conduct local and field research on companies, industries and/or real estate development projects
• Develop company analyses and adapt them for various audiences (e.g. leadership & staff, workers, stockholders, political & regulatory bodies, the public)
• Identify and analyze new development projects in our industries and represent the union during the planning & political approval process
• Communicate and build relationships with a wide variety of players including community organizations, company officials, customers, government staff and elected leaders
• Develop and carry out campaign strategies and tactics
• Work with UNITE HERE members, organizers, regional staff and elected leaders; assist in moving campaigns forward through organizing, leading actions, doing political work, as needed.

Desired Qualifications include:

• Passion for, and commitment to, fighting for workers' rights
• BA degree or relevant research and/or activist experience (labor, political, urban planning, or community/campus)
• Strong analytical, writing, computer and interpersonal/organizing skills
• Willingness to travel extensively, to work long and sometimes irregular hours, and relocate as necessary
• Familiarity with database and word processing software
• Ability to effectively manage a workload with competing priorities and deadlines
• Reliable car and driver's license

Current UNITE HERE campaign researchers have worked in the past as community and union organizers, urban planners, journalists, teachers, and researchers elsewhere.