Employment Opportunities

Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications  

• A passion for social justice and grassroots organizing as a means for social change
• A demonstrated ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback, and willingness to invest in getting to know other members of the team.
• Willingness to try new things, creative approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Outreach is performed primarily outside, knocking on doors. Outreach staff must be able to spend 8 hours on their feet in variable weather, and walk up and down stairs.
• The ability to work with diverse faith communities, racial groups, and diverse stakeholders
• Basic computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office, Internet applications, and communication applications
• You might be an ideal applicant if you are:
• A quick learner
• Someone with integrity, a strong work ethic, and a “get things done” approach
• A self-starter, flexible problem solver
• Eager to learn, a good listener, and capable of working well with people from different backgrounds
• Able to establish quick rapport or create connections when engaging someone new
• Able to independently set goals and use them to guide daily actions
• Open to evaluation and direction from supervisor and peer learning with agitation from colleagues
• Helpful but not required:
• Previous experience organizing in BIPOC communities with labor, community, electoral or issue advocacy organizing, or leading a door-to-door canvass
• Proficient in other languages, for example Spanish, Somali, Oromo, Hmong, Amharic, Mam or Quechua.