Vacancies

SVP is looking for a Community Organizer to work with our Arabic-Speaking Members to collaboratively implement strategic grassroots organizing campaigns, design and implement leadership development programs, and strengthen our Middle Eastern & North African street vendor community. We are seeking a new team member with experience working within multicultural, working class and immigrant communities.

QUALIFICATIONS

Our ideal candidate is:

• Relentlessly dedicated to building the power of working class, immigrant communities of color to incite transformative social and economic justice movement building;
• Excited about working across multiple cultures and is flexible and patient when communicating with people who speak different languages;
• A thoughtful communicator with excellent interpersonal, written, and public speaking skills;
• A team-player eager to collaborate with diverse, intergenerational, and multicultural stakeholders to achieve systemic change;
• Experienced with outreach, base-building, member leadership development, and organizing campaigns;
• Knowledgeable of New York State organizing and political landscape, with particular attention to racial, economic, and gender equity;
• Experienced in organizing data and developing internal and external communications;
• Fully bilingual in Arabic and English (spoken and written), and comfortable conducting outreach, workshops, counseling in Arabic;
• An experienced facilitator with the ability to plan and facilitate meetings with sensitivity to the needs of a diverse membership;
• Committed to and knowledgeable of SVP’s mission and movement building, and enthusiastic about nurturing leadership growth among members;
• Has 2 to 5 years of labor, immigration and/or community organizing experience.

Level of Language Proficiency

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Currently, the Community Organizer: Arabic-Speaking Members will focus on:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with allied strategic partners in key organizations;
• Coordinating and implementing membership recruitment activities including direct outreach on-the-street and through partner organizations;
• Receiving vendors who come into the office during SVP drop-in hours or conduct intake over the phone;
• Identifying promising members to develop their interest and leadership in SVP through one-on-ones;
• Planning regular membership and committee meetings focused on skill shares, political education, connection to campaign work, and building SVP’s membership;
• Maintaining database for tracking participation and development of members;
• Facilitate legislative campaigns that engage members and leaders to win concrete improvements in the lives of vendors;
• Like most roles in a small organization, this role is flexible and the exact duties may contain other tasks and duties, for example translating, interpreting, etc.

SALARY

Salary range is $47,047.90 – $56,158 commensurate with experience. This is a bargaining unit position represented for collective bargaining purposes by the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW, Local 2230.