Senior Community Organizer/Community Organizer

5 days ago

Oakland, California, United States Essie Justice Group Full time
Job Description

Essie Justice Group is seeking a highly motivated and organized Community Organizer to join our team. As a Community Organizer, you will play a critical role in building and implementing campaigns to upend systems of control and confinement.

Key Responsibilities
  • Member Recruitment and Retention: Recruit women with incarcerated loved ones to join our membership and use effective techniques in relational organizing to continuously engage and create a political home for our members.
  • Member Activation & Engagement in Campaign Tactics: Carry out activations, mobilizations, and other tactics to achieve advocacy objectives.
Requirements
  • 2-4+ years experience in organizing (community-based, issue-based, electoral, and/or labor); previous experience in decarceration advocacy a strong plus.
  • Commitment to supporting the leadership of women and gender nonconforming people with incarcerated loved ones and our families.
  • Excellent time-management, organizational, and event-planning skills.
  • Effective writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
  • Track record as a collaborative team player who excels in managing multiple projects and is comfortable working in a fast-paced and non-traditional work environment.
Qualities
  • Connecting with others is your superpower. You find tremendous joy in building relationships and supporting the leadership development of others.
  • A determined, methodical executor. You are extremely organized and coordinate meetings and events with skill and grace, especially in a fast-paced, focused environment.
  • Discernment and honesty we can trust. You are a thoughtful team member who acts in alignment with your integrity and are unfailingly trustworthy.
  • Committed to evolution. You are committed to continuously deepening and evolving your own understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility.
What We Offer

The Community Organizer is a full-time, salaried, exempt position. This position is supervised by the Director of Membership Strategy & Impact. The salary for this position is between $68,000-$75,000 depending on experience with full medical, dental, and vision benefits, optional 401(k), a substantial vacation package, and a monthly personal wellness stipend.

The position is based in one of Essie's offices in Oakland or Los Angeles, California. Essie has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy.

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