Organizing Fellow Consultant

1 week ago


Oakland, United States Families in Action for Quality Education Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Organizing Fellow Consultant

Are you passionate about building Black and Brown parent and youth power to ensure that historically underserved students in Oakland have access to a high-quality public education? Join us as an Organizing Fellow to find, train and coach parent and youth leaders so they can advocate effectively for access to high-quality public schools.

Key Responsibilities

This is a part-time, hybrid consultant role. This role will be paid hourly at $25-30/hour, for 20-25 hours per week.

In this role, you will report to the Lead Family Organizer and receive coaching from them in order to:

  • Recruit, train, and lead a core set of parent/community leaders to develop school-based parent-led organizing teams (PLT’s) to empower English and Spanish-speaking parents to act in the public arena to promote and defend their interests and values.

  • Use 1:1 meetings to build relationships and identify parent/community leaders. Use a variety of outreach methods to recruit leaders and allies through 1:1 meetings, door-to-door canvassing, house visits, school visits, school events and/or house meetings.

  • Develop the knowledge and skill of parent leaders in the data, Oakland public education landscape, principles and practices of community organizing.

Additional skills, duties and responsibilities:

  • Plan and coordinate outreach and parent organizing meetings in order to build effective, ongoing organizations and to maintain the involvement of grassroots leaders.

  • Organize parent/youth participation in community meetings, public events and demonstrations, voter education and mobilization initiatives, and other forms of civic engagement.

  • Receive weekly coaching and development from our lead parent organizer.

  • Perform other duties as required to support the work of the organization as a whole

Sample “Week in the Life” of a FIA Organizing Fellow

  • Meet 1-1 with 8-10 of your parent leaders to strategize about the next steps in your campaign to expand educational options in the district.

  • Meet 1:1 with 2-4 potential new leaders in order to understand their self-interest and share the mission and vision of FIA.

  • Recruit and train parents to speak at a meeting with their local school board president, and coach her to think through the appropriate tone and level of challenge the group should bring to the board member about their issue

  • Make calls to invite parents to attend an upcoming meeting and schedule 1-1 visits with them for the next week

  • Meet with your supervisor to evaluate your previous parent leader team meeting

Your Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders and communities

  • Passion for creating more high-quality school options for working families

  • Eagerness to learn and engage in community organizing

  • Familiarity with Oakland politics and education

  • Familiarity with the historical & root causes of educational disparities in the United States ie., racism, systemic issues to maintain white privilege and power

  • Ability to plan and manage work, submit weekly reports and billing invoices.

  • Proficiency in Spanish (desirable, not required)

  • Proof of eligibility to work in the United States

Organization Environment:

FIA is a hybrid work organization, meaning we have 2-3 in-office work days and 2-3 remote work days per week, in addition to some in-person and virtual evening meetings. Consultants must be able to work in person and remotely.

Organizador Consultor Becario

¿Le apasiona desarrollar el poder de los padres y jóvenes negros y latinos para garantizar que los estudiantes históricamente desatendidos en Oakland tengan acceso a una educación pública de alta calidad? Únase a nosotros como Embajador de Familia para encontrar, capacitar y desarrollar a padres líderes para que puedan abogar de manera efectiva por el acceso a escuelas públicas de alta calidad.

Responsabilidades clave:

Esta es una posición de tiempo parcial, no exenta pagada por hora. Esta función se pagará por hora a $20-25/hora, durante 20-25 horas por semana.

En este puesto se reportara al Director de Organizadores de FIA y recibirá entrenamiento del personal de FIA para:

  • Reclutar, capacitar y liderar un grupo central de padres/líderes comunitarios para desarrollar equipos de organización dirigidos por padres (PLT, por sus siglas en inglés) en las escuelas para empoderar a los padres de habla hispana para que actúen en el ámbito público para promover y defender sus intereses y valores.

  • Usar reuniones de 1 a 1 para construir relaciones e identificar padres/líderes comunitarios. Use una variedad de métodos de extensión para reclutar líderes y aliados a través de reuniones de 1 a 1, campañas de puerta a puerta, visitas domiciliarias, visitas escolares, eventos escolares y/o reuniones domiciliarias.

  • Desarrollar el conocimiento y la habilidad de los padres líderes en los datos, el panorama de la educación pública de Oakland, los principios y las prácticas de organización comunitaria.

Habilidades, deberes y responsabilidades adicionales:

  • Planificar y coordinar reuniones de divulgación y organización de padres para construir organizaciones efectivas y continuas y para mantener la participación de líderes de base.

  • Construir fuertes relaciones de coalición entre diversos grupos de partes interesadas de la organización y líderes vecinales.

  • Organizar la participación en reuniones comunitarias, eventos y demostraciones públicas, iniciativas de educación y movilización de votantes y otras formas de compromiso cívico.

  • Desarrollar y administrar relaciones con una amplia base de constituyentes de comunidades objetivo (incluidas instituciones comunitarias, funcionarios públicos, agencias gubernamentales locales, agencias de servicios sociales, maestros y líderes escolares) y generar su apoyo para los esfuerzos de reforma educativa.

  • Recibir capacitación y desarrollo semanales de los miembros de nuestro equipo organizador

  • Realizar otras tareas según sea necesario para apoyar el trabajo de la organización en su conjunto.

Ejemplo de una “Semana en la vida” de un padre embajador de FIA

  • Reunirse 1 a 1 con 8-10 de sus padres líderes para diseñar estrategias sobre los próximos pasos en su campaña para expandir las opciones educativas en el distrito.

  • Reunirse 1 a 1 con 2-4 nuevos líderes potenciales para comprender sus intereses y compartir la misión y la visión de FIA.

  • Reclutar y capacitar a los padres para que hablen en una reunión con la presidente de la junta escolar local y capacitarlos para que piensen en el tono y el nivel de desafío apropiados que el grupo debe presentar al miembro de la junta sobre su problema.

  • Hacer llamadas para invitar a los padres a asistir a una próxima reunión y programar visitas de 1 a 1 con ellos para la próxima semana

  • Reunirse con su supervisor para evaluar su reunión anterior del equipo de padres líderes

Sus calificaciones:

  • Familiaridad con la política y la educación de Oakland.

  • Familiaridad con las causas históricas y fundamentales de las disparidades educativas en los Estados Unidos (es decir, racismo, problemas sistémicos para mantener el privilegio y el poder de los blancos).

  • Capacidad demostrada para construir relaciones sólidas con diversas partes interesadas y comunidades.

  • Experiencia y sensibilidad hacia entornos de trabajo multiculturales.

  • Voluntad de trabajar como miembro y contribuir a un equipo en un entorno dinámico de aprendizaje.

  • Pasión por crear más opciones escolares de alta calidad para las familias trabajadoras

  • Ganas de aprender y participar en la organización comunitaria.

  • Prueba de elegibilidad para trabajar en los Estados Unidos

  • Altamente organizado y capaz de gestionar múltiples prioridades.

  • Competencia en español

Ambiente de trabajo:

FIA es una organización de trabajo híbrida, lo que significa que tenemos de 2 a 3 días de trabajo en la oficina y de 2 a 3 días de trabajo remoto por semana, además de algunas reuniones nocturnas en persona y virtuales. Ofreceremos flexibilidad en torno a los días de trabajo en persona según los protocolos de salud en cualquier día o semana, según la situación actual y las recomendaciones de salud pública, para garantizar la seguridad y la salud de nuestro personal y miembros de la comunidad. Somos un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.


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