Community Organizer

2 days ago

New York, New York, United States Legal Defense Fund Full time
Job Title: Community Organizer

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is a leading civil and human rights law organization. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Community Organizer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for organizing communities and coalitions to advance reforms to public systems, including educational and criminal justice systems.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Valuing, highlighting, and building the capacity of impacted communities to effectively organize initiatives that address racial bias in educational and criminal justice systems.
  • Investigating educational equity and racial justice issues through data, anecdotal, and other factual collection and analyses.
  • Assisting in preparing campaign workplans.
  • Cultivating external relationships with national, regional, and local organizations and allies.
  • Working with local communities to assist in building their capacity to challenge discriminatory educational policies and practices.
  • Organizing communities or coalitions to advance reforms to public systems.
  • Developing and maintaining relationships, partnerships, and coalitions with parents, educators, organizations, community members/leaders, and public officials.
  • Planning, implementing, and coordinating successful community outreach and public education campaigns.
  • Devising and implementing training for LDF staff, members, and supporters.
  • Collaborating and coordinating closely with the Policy, Litigation, Thurgood Marshall Institute, and Communications Departments.
  • Tracking programs' progress to achieve goals, producing reports, and highlighting and adjusting plans as necessary.
Qualifications:
  • Experience working on educational equity or criminal justice campaigns.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in organizing communities or coalitions to advance reforms to public systems.
  • Commitment to the racial justice mission of LDF.
  • Demonstrated commitment to valuing, highlighting, and building the capacity of impacted communities.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, and coordinate successful community outreach and public education campaigns.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships, partnerships, and coalitions.
  • Ability to work well under pressure with attention to detail.
  • Outstanding integrity, professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
  • Ability to work both in a team structure and independently.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong initiative and creative thinking.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Willingness to adhere to a flexible and sometimes demanding schedule.
  • Extensive travel to both urban and rural areas in the United States is required.

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