Ubicación: Burien, WA
Reporta a: Director de Programa
Salario: $ 50,000-$ 55,000 DOE
Beneficios: Se pagan días feriados, vacaciones y días de enfermedad. Además, seguro médico, de visión y dental.
Cierre: Abierto hasta cubrir la posición.
Estado: Trabajo presencial de tiempo completo/trabajo de 1 día a la semana de forma remota.
Horario: 8 horas diarias de lunes a viernes; noches y fines de semana dependiendo de los eventos.
Idioma: Español/Inglés fluido, hablado y escrito (se requieren habilidades 100% bilingües)
Licencia/Certificación: Licencia de Conducir
Trabajar de forma remota: Un día a la semana.
Descripción general de la posición
El Organizador de la Comunidad desarrolla un grupo de padres de familia líderes de PLN, para escuchar profundamente las preocupaciones de la comunidad, reunir el apoyo de aliados, adquirir habilidades de abogacía y organización, y trabajar juntos para transformar las políticas y prácticas escolares.
Obligaciones y responsabilidades esenciales
- Construir una relación básica con los padres y miembros de la comunidad de Para Los Niños a través del Programa de Liderazgo de Padres de PLN, creando relaciones uno a uno, eventos comunitarios, talleres y otras oportunidades de participación y divulgación.
- Formar un Equipo de liderazgo de padres compuesto por padres de PLN que trabajarán juntos para abogar por mejores políticas y prácticas dentro de las escuelas locales. El Equipo de Liderazgo también liderará e involucrará a la gran comunidad de PLN en oportunidades de cambio social.
- Desarrollar el liderazgo de los padres líderes de PLN a través del apoyo y la capacitación continuos. Evaluar la inversión personal de los líderes y líderes potenciales conectándolos con oportunidades significativas para usar sus habilidades y talentos al servicio de metas determinadas colectivamente.
- Apoyar a los padres líderes para crear una red de aliados comunitarios comprometidos, que reciban educación sobre los problemas que afectan a las familias de PLN y se movilicen para ofrecer apoyo a las campañas de PLN.
- Apoyar a los padres líderes para desarrollar encuestas de escucha comunitaria para recopilar información sobre los problemas que más afectan a nuestra comunidad.
Location: Burien, WA
Reports to: Executive Director
Salary: $ 50,000-$ 55,000 DOE & Qualifications
Benefits: Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days, medical, vision, & dental insurance
Closing: Open until filled
Status: Full time in-person position/1-day a week work remotely
Schedule: 8-hr shift, day shift Monday – Friday, evening & weekends depending on events.
Language: Spanish/English Written & Oral Fluency (100% Bilingual Skills Required)
License/Certification: Driver’s License (Preferred)
Work Remotely: No
Position Overview
The Community Organizer will develop a small group of dedicated PLN parent leaders to listen deeply to community concerns, gather the support of allies, gain advocacy and organizing skills, and work together to transform school policies and practices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Build a base rapport with Para Los Niños parents, alumni, and community members through PLN parent leadership programming, one-on-one relationship building, community events, workshops, and other engagement and outreach opportunities.
- Form a Parent Leadership Team composed of current and former PLN parents who will work together to advocate for improved policies and practices within local schools. The Leadership Team will also lead and engage the larger PLN community in social change opportunities.
- Develop the leadership of PLN parent leaders through ongoing support and training. Assess personal investment of leaders and potential leaders by connecting them with meaningful opportunities to use their skills and talents in service of collectively determined goals.
- Support parent leaders to create a network of engaged community allies who are educated on issues impacting PLN families and mobilized to offer support to PLN campaigns.
- Support parent leaders to develop community listening surveys to gather information about the issues most impacting our community.
- Assess and create strategic plans for PLN organizing campaigns, focusing on parent- and community-determined goals. Support parent leaders to determine targets, tactics, winnable outcomes, and outreach plans.
- Collaborate with other PLN Community Organizer to integrate campaign and leadership development work into current PLN parent empowerment programming
Leadership Programs
- Represent PLN within relevant community coalitions and networks addressing social justice and other interconnected issues impacting PLN families, such as workers’ rights, tenants’ rights, immigrants’ rights, and healthcare.
- Run parent-led direct actions to support Leadership Team organizing goals.
- Stay aware and updated on policy issues impacting PLN families and create meaningful ways for PLN parents to engage and respond.
- Support PLN civic engagement work such as voter participation by working with PLN community allies.
- Track program participation and information, with assurance of complete confidentiality for all PLN families.
- Communicate with the Program Manager regarding program needs, issues, developments and any additional support needed to complete program goals.
- Develop and maintain communications and social media plan to support Leadership Team, community events, and organizing campaigns as they develop. Build media contacts to build community support.
- Support PLN programs and special events, including fundraising, funding reports, and information for grant writing.
Qualifications
- At least three years of community organizing experience, especially in the Latinx community and in South King County.
- 100% bilingual in both English and Spanish: writing, reading, and speaking.
Equivalent experience will be considered.
- Possess strong communication skills and have experience in public speaking, especially with a wide diversity of audiences, in both Spanish and English.
- Must be good at authentic and open relationship building with Latinx families and community allies.
- Highly motivated, team player with innovative and creative thinking.
- Strong social justice analysis and understanding of the power of community organizing to transform lives and communities.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Knowledge of policy issues impacting Latinx communities preferred, especially those within schools.
- Self-starter with a strong desire to learn.
- Basic technology skills and experience in computer programs such as Google Docs, Microsoft Excel, etc.
Time Commitment
- Weekly schedule is Monday through Friday, but hours can vary
- Willingness to adjust hours to accommodate the needs of the job
- Some nights and weekends
- Must be available for special events and training
- Work is at the office in Burien, WA and one day a week will be remote.