job: organizer, New York, with salary info

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From: Ed Fowler <edfowler at neighborstogether.org>


Job Title: Community Organizer



Reports to: Ed Fowler, Executive Director



Salary Range: High $30,000’s annual, plus generous benefits



Job Description: Neighbors Together is a grassroots community-based 
organization committed to ending hunger and poverty in the Ocean 
Hill/Brownsville/Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. One of the largest 
soup kitchens in New York City, we serve lunch and dinner to more than 
400 people a day six days a week, and also offer case management services.



Neighbors Together is seeking a community organizer to coordinate our 
Community Action Program which connects our clients and neighbors with 
opportunities to work collectively to improve the lives of low-income 
people throughout New York. The Community Action Board (CAB) is a group 
of low-income people who meet regularly to work on social justice issues 
affecting low-income people. Recent initiatives include advocating for 
an increase in the state welfare grant, lobbying for universal health 
care, and advocating for low-income people during the City and State 
budget processes.



The community organizer will work closely with CAB members to train them 
in leadership skills, increase membership, and develop stronger 
connections to other organizing groups. This is a new position which 
offers the opportunity to empower people in a neglected low-income 
neighborhood.



Job Duties:

* Overall coordination of the Community Action Program and organizing 
efforts at Neighbors Together
* Identify and mentor organizing leaders from our low-income community, 
especially people coming to our soup kitchen
* Work with leaders of the Community Action Board to plan weekly CAB 
meetings
* Expand CAB membership and increase the number of people involved in 
community action
* Educate CAB members about oppressive social structures and related 
public policies
* Network with New York City and State groups that are organizing around 
issues important to our constituents and foster collaboration with these 
groups
* Represent Neighbors Together at coalition meetings working on 
anti-hunger and anti-poverty policies
* Collaborate with other Neighbors Together staff members to identify 
potential CAB members, as well as to provide holistic support to our clients
* Actively participate in organizational planning with the 12-person 
staff at Neighbors Together


Requirements:

* Experience community organizing and minimum of two years working with 
low-income people required
* Bachelor’s Degree preferred; minimum Associate’s Degree required
* Ability to both understand and describe complex public policies
* Outgoing personality
* Excellent written and oral communication skills, organization, 
interpersonal skills and ability to work with people from a variety of 
backgrounds
* Facility with Microsoft programs and internet research
* Special interest in social justice and empowering low-income people, 
especially people of color.



To apply: Email resume and cover letter to:



Ed Fowler, Executive Director

EdFowler at NeighborsTogether.org



In your cover letter please address leadership experience you’ve had as 
well as what you’ve learned from working with coalitions addressing 
social justice issues.



Since the vast majority of our constituents are African Americans from 
low-income communities, Neighbors Together has a particular commitment 
to the empowerment of this group. Please address in your cover letter 
the reasons for your own commitment to empowering low-income African 
Americans.