job: Community Organizer - Riverside/San Bernardino, CA, no salary info

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From:
"Lee Strieb" <lstrieb at unitehere.org>

Job Announcement:



Who We Are

The Partnership for Working Families is a national non-profit 
organization that helps unions and community organizations come together 
regionally to develop innovative strategies to reshape their local 
economies, and to ensure that development benefits low wage workers and 
their communities. We emphasize the creation of high quality jobs, 
affordable housing, environmental health, and career pipelines for 
shared prosperity. We are seeking a full-time organizer for our Inland 
Empire project based in the San Bernardino/Riverside area.



Job Description

We are seeking a full-time community organizer to spearhead our “Inland 
Empire” project based in the San Bernardino/Riverside area. This 
organizer will work with a wide range of unions and other social and 
economic justice organizations and foundations, as well as leading 
researchers, organizers and policymakers in our field.



Responsibilities:

* Develop relationships between community groups and labor unions.
* Build coalitions around issues that benefit the lives of working families.
* Develop and implement organizing plans
* Build relationships with political leaders to advocate for various issues



Desired Qualifications

· Demonstrated experience in labor, community, political or faith-based 
organizing

* Prior positive relationships with organizations based in the Inland Empire

· Demonstrated commitment to social and economic justice.

· Familiarity and experience with the unions

* Strong creative strategic thinking skills.
* Staff management and fundraising experience is not mandatory, but a plus
* Bi-lingual



Salary and Benefits: Compensation is based upon experience with full 
family health benefits (medical, dental and vision). People of color 
strongly encouraged to apply for this position.



Application Process: Email cover letter and resume to:

Derek Smith, Organizing Director - Dsmith at communitybenefits.org



Deadline for application is November 3rd, 2007.