Community Organizer - Englewood Quality of Life Initiative (EQLI)

The Englewood Quality of Life Initiative (EQLI) is a community driven plan to improve the community through resident developed strategies. The Plan has served as a catalyst for residents and stakeholders of Greater Englewood to implement a number of programs, initiatives, and events as a large coalition formed of several issue focused task forces developing on-going implementation tactics. The Englewood Quality of Life Initiative Community Organizer will be responsible for supporting broad-based community outreach and stakeholder engagement, and administrative support for each respective taskforce. The purpose of the role is to engage critical partners in the execution of the plan, support the many Englewood Quality of Life task force’s initiatives, events and meetings as well as mobilizing residents around campaigns and projects of the task forces.

Project Coordinator - Austin Coming Together

Position Description

The Project Coordinator will have four main responsibilities to administratively support the mobilization, implementation, and evaluation of the Austin Forward. Together. (AFT) Quality of Life Plan: a) aligning community members and resources towards completing Action Plans; b) maintaining a designed approach for project management of AFT Strategies, Actions, and Project Plans; c) coordinating and executing communications for AFT Leaders and partner organizations; and d) organizing funding information to be provided to AFT funding bodies.

Full description and application are available here.

Community Organizer - Austin Coming Together

Position Description

The Community Organizer will have four main responsibilities: a) ensure widespread community engagement in, and support for, the Austin Forward. Together. (AFT) Quality of Life Plan; b) develop leadership of each Austin Quality-of-Life Plan Task Force and assist these leaders to mobilize their task forces to take action, which includes convening regular one-to-one and group meetings; c) provide technical assistance and support for the creation and execution of Action Plans and Project Plans d) build the ACT network’s collective power to begin organizing for policy change. 

Full description and application are available here.

Director of Development & Engagement - Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, 48th Ward Alderwoman

Description

The Director of Development & Engagement is an essential member of the 48th Ward Aldermanic Office. They will be responsible for implementing the alderwoman’s economic development vision by liaising with key stakeholders, managing development and infrastructure projects, and serving as the point person for zoning requests. This team member will be critical to the Participatory Budgeting process and community outreach. They will provide support to colleagues and constituents by assisting in daily office needs and communication. They will receive and investigate complaints, questions, and concerns from constituents and work with ward staff and city departments to seek a resolution. Working as a member of the core ward team, the Director of Economic Development will work closely with other staff members in the office and provide additional administrative support where it’s needed.

Strong ethics, transparency, and an actionable commitment to diversity are requirements of anyone working for Alderwoman-elect Manaa-Hoppenworth.

Salary range is $55,000-$65,000, depending on qualifications. Health insurance and benefits included. This position is expected to work onsite in the aldermanic office full time, and reports directly to the Chief of Staff.

Submit applications to apply@the48thward.org

Community & Partnerships Organizer, Union of Concerned Scientists

Who: Union of Concerned Scientists

What: The Clean Transportation Program is looking for an experienced organizer who will help build up a community of experts and activists across the US and work to support and build power with grassroots partners in the pursuit of reduced climate emissions, increased access to mobility for underserved communities, and improved public health. In this role your work will have real, lasting impacts on how transportation policy decisions are made on the national, state, and local levels, and on the development of thoughtful and effective leaders nationwide. The right candidate will be able to foster authentic relationships with frontline communities bearing disproportionate burdens of transportation pollution—primarily Black, LatinX, and Asian American communities—and will identify and shepherd leaders through their advocacy journey on issues of transit, equitable mobility, and truck and bus electrification.

Responsibilities:

• Promote efforts to strengthen and diversify both the UCS Science Network and the Science and Community Action Network (SciCAN.org), working to recruit, engage, and provide support to members of both networks and ensuring they are truly inclusive, and values aligned.
• Build relationships that bolster frontline communities in their battles against environmental, economic, and social injustice.
• Design and oversee the creation and delivery of trainings, tools, and action opportunities for leaders to strengthen their impact as advocates.
• Plan, implement, track, and evaluate tactics and initiatives that support long term online community and partnership strategies.
• Compose and review outreach and campaign materials including action alert emails, fact sheets, talking points, social media content, and other written materials as needed, translating technical materials for varied external audiences.
• Work with UCS communications and media staff to develop creative products and media strategies to bolster organizing efforts.
• Ensure effective coordination with cross-programmatic relationship building and federal and state campaign activity.
• Represent UCS and SciCAN at events and conferences, as well as more generally to the public, decisionmakers, allies, and experts.
• Supervise interns and consultants as needed.
• Contribute to the creation of a team culture in which all staff are safe, respected, and heeded.
• Develop metrics for, track effectiveness of, and help ensure implementation of lessons learned from campaign activities.
• Stay informed about science advocacy, clean and equitable transportation, and community organizing-related issues.

Qualifications:

Position requires three to five years of relevant experience in relationship building, community organizing, and utilizing online and offline mobilization strategies, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and experience. Also required are: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with partners, with a preference for experience working with racial/social justice organizations. Demonstrated ability to thoughtfully navigate issues related to diversity, justice, equity, and inclusion and a deep commitment to advancing these values. Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects and deadlines.

Strong project management, time management, written, and verbal communication skills.

May spend extended periods at computer. Little or no exertion required. Some travel required.

At UCS, comparable training and/or experience can be substituted for degrees when appropriate.

UCS is an equal opportunity employer actively seeking to diversify its staff. In particular, we’re dedicated to broadening opportunities for individuals from demographic groups that are historically underrepresented in the sciences and in environmental advocacy. We’re also committed to building an inclusive workplace culture where talented people of widely diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe the inclusion of culturally diverse perspectives will improve our work and produce better societal and environmental outcomes for all, including historically disenfranchised communities.

Apply here.

Community Project Coordinator - Hamline Midway Coalition

Who: Hamline Midway Coalition

What: As part of the District Council system of the City of Saint Paul, the Hamline Midway Coalition fosters citizen participation in government and community decisions that make our neighborhood a great place to live, work, learn, and play. HMC helps to identify and organize around community-based initiatives, develops leadership among residents, and strives to create social capital -- with a particular emphasis on expanding access to and representative voice for marginalized community members. The Hamline Midway Coalition also serves as a communication network in the neighborhood, providing information and resources to stakeholders.

Description of the Role:

The Community Project Coordinator will work across disciplines and with a diverse range of community members to increase Hamline Midway’s vitality through community development efforts and neighborhood activation while participating and leading a wide variety of projects. Additional responsibilities will include communications and administrative management.

Principal Functions:

1. Serve as lead coordinator for neighborhood projects + initiatives (65%)

• Coordinate and co-lead ongoing projects 
• Neighborhood Investment Cooperative 
• 10-Year Neighborhood plan 
• Grant-funded projects 
• Transportation and Development projects 
•  Serve as liaison between HMC and resident-led groups to plan and support neighborhood projects. 
• Community Gardens + Parks + Sustainability 
• Block Clubs 
• Mini-Grant Program 
• Lead small and large group meetings to gain consensus and advance neighborhood initiatives. 
• Attend and participate in community programs and meetings. 
• Expand outreach and engagement to ensure broad, inclusive representation in defining and implementing neighborhood initiatives 
• Work with HMC staff and residents to plan and support community-based events. 
• Recruit and coordinate volunteers, as needed 
• Assist in grant and fundraising efforts Staff HMC’s Committee Meetings (Development, Transportation, Environment) 

2. Communications (25%)

• Assist in drafting content for monthly e-newsletter and print mailings 
• Develop communications content including flyers and articles 
• Assist in submitting monthly updates + articles to the local newspaper 
• Collaborate with staff on various means of neighborhood communication and respond to calls from neighbors on a variety of neighborhood and citywide issues. 
• Post on social media channels

3. Organizational Support (10%)

• Assist in providing staff support for committees including logistics, assembling, and distributing meeting agendas and minutes. 
• Assist staff with regular administrative duties including record-keeping and correspondence. 
• Assist staff with maintaining organizational Google groups, database, calendars, and shared documents. 
• Assist the Executive Director with special projects.

Skills and Experience

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment. 
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to intercultural communication. 
• Committed to furthering the organization’s work to racial and social justice. 
• Interest in and understanding of neighborhood development and urban planning. 
• Solid time management skills; ability to handle multiple projects, meet deadlines, and function independently. 
• Must have demonstrated experience managing multiple projects at once. 
• Strong written and oral communication skills with strong attention to detail. 
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to independently and thoroughly seek out answers to problems and questions. 
• Passionate about neighborhood development, resident participation, and the idea of people working together to create positive change. 
• Has demonstrated vision and creativity. 
• Personable and positive attitude, both within the office and out in the community. 
• Proficient in computer programs such as G-Suite and Microsoft applications. 
• Graphic design experience + email marketing experience will be looked upon favorably. 
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends, in order to attend community meetings and events. 
• Background in community planning, community development, and/or economic development is preferred. 
• At least three years of relevant experience.

Salary Range: $43,000-46,000/year. Includes generous PTO and health care stipend.

To apply: Submit a resume and cover letter describing your interest in and qualifications for the position to apply@HamlineMidway.org

Central Illinois Grassroots Organizer - Grassroots Collaborative

Who: Grassroots Collaborative

What: ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY: Grassroots Collaborative (501c3) builds power with working families through strategic community-labor organizing, grassroots leadership development, civic engagement, and research. We organize to win progressive policies and systems change that improve the lives of low-to-moderate income people and communities of color. We utilize popular education to build consciousness, and build organization that unites residents, community and labor organizations to create transformative change for a more just society. Our affiliated 501c4, Grassroots Illinois Action, works to build community political power through issue advocacy and electoral strategies. We are based in 2 locations, Chicago and Peoria.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Grassroots Collaborative engages in campaigns to make corporations, big banks, and the rich pay their fair share. Our member organizations are facing the combined impact of public financial crises (state and city budgets) and decades of disinvestment from communities of color. In the summer of 2017 we launched an initiative to begin building labor-community alliances in additional Illinois cities, beyond Chicago, to grow the power of working families and communities of color beyond Chicago and across the state. This was the origin of the Peoria People’s Project (P3), which was launched with founding members Peoria Federation of Teachers, Change Peoria and SEIU Healthcare IL&IN. The Peoria People’s Project seeks to win economic and racial justice for working families in the Peoria area, through issue organizing, voter engagement and effective labor-community coalition building.

Small Business Organizer - Garfield Park Community Council

Who: Garfield Park Community Council. GPCC is a seven-year old community-based organization dedicated to the revitalization of the Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side.

What: The Garfield Park Community Council (GPCC) is seeking a Small Business Organizer. This will be a contractual temporary employment opportunity.

Garfield Park is experiencing a crucial moment for both community and economic development. Recent investments and initiatives will present new opportunities for small business development, job creation, and economic growth in the neighborhood. The key challenge now is to ensure that the benefits created by investments are not just available to residents, but that residents are engaged in the work in meaningful ways that create pathways to local ownership.

East Portland Action Plan Coordinator - City of Portland, OR

Who: City of Portland, Office of Community and Civic Life.
East Portland houses the largest populations of ethnic-streams, immigrants and refugees in the City. Approximately 40% of East Portlanders identify as a person of color of which more than 25% immigrated here. More than 50%* of East Portland's population is rent burdened; meaning the household spends more than 30% of its income on housing. Twenty-eight percent of the population and 40% of the City's children live in East Portland, which represents 20% of the City's landmass. As such the East Portland Action Plan (EPAP) emerged through efforts by the City and the County to address the issues faced by East Portlanders.

This is a one of a kind program within the City of Portland with a unique governance structure that is grounded in a consensus-based decision-making model. Much of the success EPAP has experienced in their advocacy efforts is based on collective decision making to advance the 268 action items. The EPAP group of advocates is charged with providing leadership and guidance to implement the East Portland Action Plan, a guide for improving livability and prevent involuntary displacement in outer East Portland, as adopted by Portland City Council in February of 2009. The guide consists of community identified strategies to increase the allocation of resources in East Portland. The EPAP Coordinator (II) serves as the centralized hub that connects the multiple spokes of Action Plan advocacy.

What: The Program and the Advocates engaged with it value collaboration, inclusion, and flexibility. The Coordinator (II) receives program direction about implementation of the Action Plan from the community-led committees. This position is co-located with the East Portland Community Office (EPCO). EPCO values and respects EPAP governance structure and works collaboratively to advance the EPAP workplan for the implementation of the Action Plan. The EPAP Coordinator (II) is supervised by the EPCO Coordinator.

Community Organizer - PASO West Suburban Action Project

Who: PASO is deeply rooted in the Western Suburbs working from a gender justice perspective on issues impacting the Latinx and other communities of color. PASO’s model is unique as it combines empowerment tools, support, education, leadership development with policy/advocacy and immigration legal services. No other grassroots immigrant rights organization employs a multi-faceted approach by engaging those directly impacted to inform and lead the organization and its work. PASO’s approach to providing direct services, engaging in outreach, education and policy is informed and led by people directly impacted and in close collaboration with partner organizations and key institutional stakeholders.

What: West Suburban Action Project seeks a passionate and energetic community organizer to provide expertise in organizing, leadership development, membership development, and campaigns with a focus in empowering local community members to create systematic change.

Program Coordinator - America Walks (Portland, OR)

Who: America Walks, a nonprofit national organization is leading the way in empowering communities to create safe, accessible, and enjoyable walking conditions for all.

What: America Walks is seeking a dynamic professional to serve as a Program Coordinator for America Walks. The position will work with senior staff to coordinate programs, develop and implement technical assistance efforts, and conduct evaluation and quality assurance strategies for all of America Walks education and training programming.
Primarily, this position will work on the implementation of a newly developed technical assistance program aimed to increase the use of safe systems approaches for pedestrians in mid-sized cities. The Program Coordinator will provide project management, serve as liaison for the pilot communities, and assist in organizing online training.
This person will work remotely from their self-provided office. They will collaborate and communicate with staff and organizational partners to grow the national walking movement and build awareness about the importance of walking and walkability among individuals and organizations. Responsibilities include:

Campaign Organizer - Active Transportation Alliance

Who: Based in Chicago, the Active Transportation Alliance is a non-profit advocacy organization that works to improve conditions for bicycling, walking and transit and engage people in healthy and active ways to get around.

What: The Campaign Organizer will lead outreach for the 2018 statewide election and the 2019 municipal election cycles. The organizer will gather input on issue platforms and built support among a diverse group of civic and community-based organizations. The individual will connect with elected officials, candidates, and voters to educate leaders about sustainable transportation issues and raise the profile of our issues in local races. Essential duties include:

Campaign Organizer – Active Transportation Alliance

Who: Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago.

What: Active Transportation Alliance is seeking an individual with political campaign or community organizing experience to join our fight for healthy, sustainable and equitable communities. The ideal candidate will have organizing experience in Chicago’s low-income communities and communities of color.
The Campaign Organizer will lead outreach for the 2018 statewide election and the 2019 municipal election cycles. The organizer will gather input on issue platforms and built support among a diverse group of civic and community-based organizations. The individual will connect with elected officials, candidates, and voters to educate leaders about sustainable transportation issues and raise the profile of our issues in local races. Essential duties include:

Health Justice Intern – The Praxis Project (Temporary, Full Time) (Oakland)

Who: The Praxis Project is a values-driven, national nonprofit organization that seeks to improve health justice through partnerships to build community power. Praxis believes strongly that organized communities are critical partners in the struggle to create healthy communities. Praxis works with over 200 diverse grassroots groups across the United States that influence local policy, mobilize communities, and strengthen programs and organizations to improve health justice. Praxis works in strong partnership to enable local efforts to build community power through training, technical assistance, and capacity building services, as well as comprehensive fiscal sponsorship. Our capacity-building programming is focused on partnerships that actively advance Praxis’ mission to build healthy communities by transforming the power relationships and structures that affect our lives. 

What: internships are designed to provide interns with a very real experience of health justice policy, public health training and capacity building, and field organizing. For candidates with extensive training and experience, this will be an opportunity to apply your skills to national projects impacting various communities; for candidates with less direct experience and training, this is an opportunity to learn the current national landscape of community-based organizing, people-centered training methodologies and grassroots campaign strategy, while exploring the fields of public health and communications. Depending on experience and education, the Health Justice Intern (HJI) will report either directly to a Praxis Director or to a Program Manager. The HJI will:

Community Organizer - Riders Alliance - New York City

Community Organizer
Riders Alliance
New York, NY 

Job descriptionThe Riders Alliance is a membership organization of subway and bus riders working toward a more just and inclusive New York City by fighting for reliable, affordable public transit for all New Yorkers. We organize subway and bus riders to build grassroots power across racial, economic and geographic lines: holding our elected officials accountable, engaging the public, and taking direct action to guarantee that riders have a powerful voice in the decisions that affect us.

The Community Organizer will be in charge of creating, developing and managing community organizing campaigns for better transit service. 

The Community Organizer reports to the Deputy Director and is responsible for:

• Identifying promising transit campaigns in targeted communities;
• Working with community members and leaders to determine goals and strategy;
• Building membership and grass-roots community leadership for the organization;
• Developing leaders among community members through one-on-ones, coaching, and training;
• Working with media outlets and reporters in order to earn coverage of campaign events;
• Building and maintaining relationships with elected officials, city and state agency staff, and other constituencies to win improvements in service; and
• Supervising interns and volunteers as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of community organizing, including managing campaigns, developing leadership, and recruiting members.
• Ability to lead locally-relevant issue-based campaigns in low-income communities, communities of color, immigrant communities, and middle-class communities.
• Excellent people skills: ability to quickly build relationships, to listen to and persuade people, and to engage people effectively around a common goal.
• Strong communication skills, including public speaking and writing.
• One year of experience in a community organizing or a political/governmental role, or equivalent educational experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Self-motivated individual able to work independently under strategic supervision from the Deputy Director and Campaign Manager.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to fluently speak language(s) other than English.
• Familiarity with communities throughout New York City, especially in the Bronx.

The Riders Alliance is an equal opportunity employer, and we strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply for the position.

Job features:
Full-time position. The position will require some evening meetings.
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience.
Full benefits: excellent health, dental, 401(k) match, paid time off.

How to apply
Send resume and cover letter detailing your experience in local politics and community campaigns to Riders Alliance Deputy Director Nick Sifuentes:nick@ridersny.org.
Applications are considered on a rolling basis; early applications are encouraged

Riders Alliance

121 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor

New York, NY, 10013, US

Cleveland Action Strategist, goby - Cleveland, OH

Cleveland Action Strategist

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Company:ioby

Location:Cleveland, OH

Date Posted:December 1, 2015

ioby's Non Discrimination Policy: ioby is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. ioby’s organizational policies, practices, programs, activities and decisions regarding employment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, volunteerism, internships and other terms and conditions of employment or voluntary service shall not be based on a person’s race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, mental or physical disability, ancestry, military discharge status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, source of income, parental status, housing status, or other protected status, in accordance with applicable law.

Women, people of color and LGBTQ people are always strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Objectives

• Implement ioby’s national growth strategy by leading one of ioby’s priority cities: Cleveland
• Build a pipeline of local ioby Leaders, and support new verticals (e.g., food, safe streets) with a pipeline of issue-specific projects
• Positively represent ioby to a local and regional audience
• Work with ioby staff to refine ioby’s strategy and model for city partnerships

Job Activities

Research                                                                                                                 

• Identify and reach out to potential ioby users from nonprofits, civic organizations, faith organizations, neighborhood associations, labor unions, trade associations and coalitions
• Stay informed of national and local trends in ioby’s fields of community development, urban planning, technology and crowdfunding
• Be involved in all neighborhood scale creative placemaking in Cleveland

Nurture Partnerships:

• Liaise with ioby’s key local partners, Neighborhood Connections, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, among others, to ensure alignment of services

• Participate in national networks of thought leaders directly related to your work (e.g. Placemaking Leadership Council, Neighborworks, etc)
• Represent ioby within a regional network of likeminded people

Cultivate Leaders:

• Identify, support, develop, cultivate and celebrate new ioby Leaders in Cleveland area in successfully funding and implementing their ideas
• Deliver ioby’s signature trainings to ioby Leaders
• Tap local networks of practitioners and experts to assist leaders with project development and implementation
• Create a local network of ioby allies and influencers, and work with other program staff to build a national network of ioby allies and influencers of which Cleveland leaders should play a major role
• Work with other program staff to regularly inform the network of allies and influencers that you develop about opportunities at ioby
• Work with other program staff to develop partnership relationships, locally and regionally

Build:

• Work with program staff to develop, standardize and implement trainings for potential ioby leaders on fundraising and project implementation
• Continue to contribute to the strategic planning of ioby
• Work with City Partnerships Team to develop a model for replication based on Cleveland successes and lessons learned for ioby’s expansion into other cities
• Work with Product Team to refine internal business processes and ioby Leader UI / UX

Amplify:

• Working with ioby Communications Team, present ioby’s Cleveland work to a local and national audience by sharing city-specific stories in video, blogs and social media
• Work with other remote office staff and Communications Team to produce materials and collateral for Cleveland
• Work with the Communications Team to develop a paid media plan for Cleveland
• Manage the social media for ioby Cleveland in the guidelines developed by the Communications Team
• Produce email marketing content; maintain groups and segments of the email house file
• Plan and promote local events

Track, Evaluate & Share

• Work with the entire Leader Team to set and achieve goals
• Develop OKRs and evaluate monthly sprints with the entire staff
• Track your interactions with all ioby Leaders, partners and influencers in Salesforce
• Create, use and share results from evaluation tools you create for your own work and those that ioby provides to you
• Work with Cleveland leadership and ioby Communications Team to continue to boast Cleveland’s role as a national thought leader in citizen-led community development

This job is based at ioby’s Cleveland office, but can be completed in a flexible schedule with many hours worked from home. In addition, this job does require some travel within the U.S. In addition, this job does require participation in ioby’s regular staff retreats (occurring times a year) in New York. ioby’s regular business hours are 9-6pm Monday through Friday, but this job will require some work outside regular business hours. You’ll be expected to manage your own balanced workweek based on the demands of the job. ioby is a startup: You’ll be expected to bring new ideas, strategies, revise your work on short timelines and bring an attitude of continuous improvement and a culture of innovation.

Candidates for this position must have the following characteristics.

• Deep commitment and fulfillment derived from working with people
• Experience leading trainings and attending community meetings
• Outgoing, gregarious, articulate; comfortable meeting new people regularly, speaking to groups, remembering names and faces; superior communication and presentation skills
• Extraordinary written communication skills
• Responsive to emails, phone calls and in person requests: quick, effective, and professional
• Strong interpersonal skills: courtesy, tact, patience and team orientation;
• Team player with a sense of humor and a life outside of work
• Builds trust with remote teams
• 3-8 years of professional experience working in a related field, such as community organizing, case management, urban planning, and / or grassroots fundraising, or in an unrelated field with similar job activities, such as social work, ministering, health care and / or job training
• A demonstrated commitment to social justice

Community Engagement Coordinator, ONE Neighborhood Builders - Providence, RI

Community Engagement Coordinator

ONE Neighborhood Builders (formerly Olneyville Housing Corporation) seeks a qualified candidate for its Community Engagement Coordinator vacancy.  This position will promote ONE NB’s comprehensive neighborhood revitalization agenda in Elmwood and Olneyville.  This is accomplished through community-building activities, convening agencies to work collaboratively and share information, organizing residents and building resident leadership. 

The Community Engagement Coordinator is a full-time position and will report to Director of Community Initiatives.

Specifically, the Community Engagement Coordinator will:

1. Assist in creating partnerships between families, residents, neighborhood-based organizations, faith-based organizations, city/state government, health and human service providers, community development corporations, job training, and educational institutions, housing, local businesses and other community assets.
2. Share data and provide access to information for the benefit of residents, groups, organizations and institutions.  Compile, assemble and distribute stories about the neighborhoods community building, planning and implementation process.
3. Organize and coordinate neighborhood meetings specific to community building and quality of life planning.   Attend neighborhood meetings to identify opportunities for collaboration and value add opportunities for ONE NB.
4. Engage in neighborhood events for outreach and public relations.

5.     Write, publish and mail newsletters and other communications that advance these goals.

6.     Support the resident-led Olneyville Safer Streets Association and Elmwood Crime Watch by attending the monthly meetings, helping the facilitator develop the meeting agenda, and conducting outreach to maximize attendance.

7.     Conduct one-to-one meetings with residents and community stakeholders to build trust, gather information, and encourage their engagement in neighborhood activities and problem-solving.

8.     Work with the Director of Community Initiatives to ensure the desired outcomes of ONE NB’s RI Department of Health and US Department of Justice multi-year contracts are achieved.   Manage and support three Olneyville Block Captains and other elements of those two programs that depend on resident engagement.

9.     Assist in the coordination of the Olneyville Collaborative, a coalition of 30+ members who work together to share information, promote pride in the Olneyville neighborhood, and ensure scarce resources are stretched wisely and services are not unduly duplicated.  Plan and execute the two signature community events sponsored by the Olneyville Collaborative (Fall Fest and Olneyville Shines).

10. Assist with posting news and announcements to ONE NB’s website, Constant Contact, Facebook, and Twitter.

11. Assist in advancing the Olneyville neighborhood campaign; I Am My Neighbor’s Keeper.

SKILLS:

§  Ability to coordinate tasks within the neighborhoods and with external stakeholders as appropriate and required.

§  Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form.

§  Ability to listen to, communicate and work with people from a variety of socio-economic, racial, ethnic, religious and political backgrounds, beliefs, and practices; and to thrive in a variety of neighborhood settings.

§  The interpersonal skills necessary to work constructively with a wide variety of people and organizations; the ability to inspire trust, organize people into a team and motivate them to work intently and efficiently together.

§  Ability to collaborate and negotiate with others to implement and accomplish administrative actions and objectives.

§  Comfort with group processes, the ability to be a team player and to promote broad consensus about strategies, plans and specific actions among diverse interests.

§  Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and the organizational skills to coordinate events and processes.

§  Ability to identify outside resources and utilize their support.

§  Ability to prepare and make analyses, reports, and presentations of performance, proposals, and plans for management.

§  Ability to operate standard office equipment and work with Microsoft Office computer programs.

§  Ability  to engage new people in small and large settings

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma; college degree preferred
• Minimum two years appropriate neighborhood/community building/community organizing experience. 
• Familiarity and experience working with residents, groups, organizations and institutions in a neighborhood setting. 
• Strong skills in group facilitation.  Skills and experience in training and education a plus.
• Thrive in an exceptionally busy, fluid and demanding work environment
• Bi-lingual (Spanish)/bi-cultural strongly preferred
• Highly organized and flexible
• Commitment to the mission of ONE Neighborhood Builders

Competitive salary based on education and experience

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Submit cover letter and resume via email to Tina Shepard, Director of Community Initiatives at shepard@onenb.org.   No phone calls please.