[Announce] Organizer Position open

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Stand For Children- Tennessee
1711 Eastland
Nashville, Tennessee 37206
(615) 972-0765; email: francie at stand.org
fax:  801-751-9981

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position:	Organizer
Salary Range:	$24,000-$30,000 (dependent upon experience and demonstrated 
capacity), plus benefits	
Reports To:		Francie Hunt, State Director, Tennessee
Date Required:	Position Available Immediately

Overall Description of Position:

Stand For Children, a national membership organization with chapters in Oak 
Ridge and Murfreesboro and developing chapters in Lebanon and Clarksville, 
is seeking an experienced Organizer to join our organizing efforts in 
Tennessee.  The Organizer will work with volunteer leaders throughout 
Middle Tennessee to develop Stand For Children Chapters which:
Build a broad-based local voice for children and families.
Win local victories on issues affecting children and families through 
collective action, primarily in areas of childcare, health and education.
Help support the Organizer's work with membership dues.
Attract a strong local base of support by building relationships through 
one on one meetings..
Coalesce to influence public policy, primarily at the state level.

Specific Duties:
During each local Chapter organizing drive, the Organizer will:
Identify, recruit, and develop Stand For Children Chapter leaders, to a 
significant extent from within existing organizations such as 
congregations, schools, Head Start, child care centers, or civic 
organizations..
Bring the leaders together and, as the base builds and drive progresses, 
provide training on key aspects of the organizing process, including how 
to:  conduct a one on one meeting, research and choose an issue, produce 
turnout, work with the media, meet with elected officials and 
decisionmakers, hold an accountability session/action, and how to evaluate 
each step in our organizing efforts..

Qualifications and Personal Qualities
Two years community organizing or related experience; ability to work 
doggedly and strategically and toward challenging goals; the stamina to 
work in an ever changing environment through each stage of the organizing 
drive; commitment to learning and growth; excellent listening and verbal 
skills; passion for the well-being of children and a fire in the belly for 
justice; ability to identify and develop volunteer leaders; a sense of 
humor.

Knowledge of children's issues and familiarity with faith-based 
institutions, Head Start, schools, and child care centers helpful.

Send resume and cover letter to Francie Hunt, Stand For Children's State 
Director in Tennessee at the above address or as a Word document attached 
to an E-mail to francie at stand.org.