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Community Organizing Coordinator

The Center

Community Organizing Coordinator

New York, NY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    CLASSIFICATION: Full-Time | Non-Exempt

    REPORTS TO: Community Outreach & Organizing Manager

    SALARY AND BENEFITS: $50,000 to $60,000. 

    The Center offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer contribution, voluntary life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance, paid parental, family care, and gender affirming healthcare leave. We also offer a generous paid time off policy.

    SCHEDULE: Generally Monday through Friday. Work days and hours may shift depending on scheduling needs; typical schedule will be 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Flexibility required.

    SUMMARY: The Community Organizing Coordinator will provide support to the The Center's Advocacy Program by working closely with the Community Outreach & Organizing Manager to assist in the creation and development of organizing strategies from a campaign-focused perspective to support the advocacy priorities that advance LGBTQ rights in New York. The Coordinator will also work in collaboration with the Communications team to inform campaign and mobilization efforts, content creation, messaging, and calls to action. Some travel may be required.

    ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

    • Create and implement targeted advocacy plans with supporting materials to coordinate grassroots response to negative and positive policy actions at the local, state, and national levels. 
    • Coordinate campaign strategies including research, test and develop messages, communication strategies, and plans for outreach to priority populations.
    • In collaboration with the communications team, develop and distribute campaign materials, messaging guidance, and individualized plans to assist them in passing legislation; develop and disseminate legislative alerts and other relevant information to the community. 
    • Provide content, technical advice and support to community members, legislators, state agencies, and other state and regional partners.
    • Monitor campaign progress, including the analysis of campaign data, outcomes, and effectiveness of outreach strategies. 
    • Attend and facilitate events and activities related to the policy and legislative component of the Advocacy Program, including policy training and issue briefings.
    • Adjust legislative and non-legislative strategies to meet changing political and legislative demands. 
    • Other duties as assigned.

    POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

    • Bachelor's degree in a human service, policy, advocacy or related field preferred.
    • Demonstrated success and experience in project coordination; building or working in and for coalitions.
    • Strong interpersonal skills, time management and organizational skills, as well as the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
    • A minimum of three (3) years of campaign leadership, organizing and base-building, and coalition-building experience.
    • Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills with an ability to interact with a wide range of personalities and diverse community members.
    • Social media and digital campaign experience a plus. 
    • Experience with recruitment and retention of community and civic leaders around a common cause or campaign.
    • Familiarity with policy and movement building landscape of New York, with a particular focus on the LGBT community. 
    • Knowledge, understanding and experience working with LGBTQ+, TGNC, POC, and Immigrant populations, including knowledge of the spectrum of gender identity, transgender issues, immigration, and POC issues.
    • Thoughtful and articulate analysis on the structural and institutional racism and bias and the spectrum of gender identity and bias, in consideration of the impacts and outcomes in the decision-making process throughout the department or program and on underserved and historically oppressed communities.
    • Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently, meet deadlines and deliver a quality final product.
    • Strong administrative, organization, and written/verbal communication skills; bilingual a plus.
    • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide range of personalities.
    • Commitment to inclusive, multicultural programming; prior experience working in coalitions with diverse communities and an understanding of intersectional oppressions.
    • Knowledge and understanding of the issues, needs and interests of LGBT youth, adults, families and community, including knowledge of the spectrum of gender identity and transgender issues.
    • Frequent statewide travel and flexibility to work on evenings and weekends as necessary.
    • A strong commitment to the mission of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center

    THE CENTER'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY & INCLUSIVITY:

    The Center was born of community activism in response to the AIDS epidemic, ensuring a place for LGBTQ people to access information, care, and support that they were not receiving elsewhere. We opened in 1983 to help people who had doors constantly closed in their faces, ostracized by family, friends, and shunned by the general society. Since that time, we have continually provided a wide array of services and programs to serve our community, with an intentional focus on providing support to those who are most vulnerable. We have always taken great care to be a space that responds to community need; engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion work is another outgrowth of those ongoing efforts. We recognize that in order to help LGBTQ individuals and our diverse community achieve parity in health, justice, opportunity and success outcomes, our organization must hold a strong foundation and competency in, as well as invest organizational focus on, equity and inclusion frameworks, practices and policies. This is also true in our hiring and retention of staff.

    The Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.