Job: Mobilization Coordinator, Low Income Housing Alliance (Seattle, WA), with salary info

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From: "A. Eisinger" <alison.eisinger at gmail.com>


Are you interested in putting your passion for social and economic 
justice to work to make affordable housing a reality for everyone in 
Washington? Ready to take leadership to help grow the movement and build 
a strong and powerful base of housing advocates?

 

The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance is seeking a full-time 
Mobilization Coordinator.

 

This position will start by working to "voterize" Alliance membership 
and make sure that low-income housing residents, homeless people, 
manufactured home park residents and others are registered and have the 
information and support they need to vote this fall.

After the election, this position will lead the Alliance's effort to 
identify, train and mobilize advocates across Washington in support of 
our state and federal legislative priorities. This includes:

*coordinating our highly successful and 500 advocate-strong Housing and 
Homelessness Advocacy Day in Olympia;

*using cutting edge technology tools to manage our successful online 
advocacy, build networks of housing advocates, and expand our base;

*training advocates around the state in the use of effective using 
effective messaging and advocacy techniques to build support for 
low-income housing.

We're looking for someone with plenty of energy and passion, and a 
demonstrated commitment to ensuring that every family and individual in 
Washington has an affordable home. The ideal candidate should be 
exceptionally well organized, have excellent verbal communication skills 
and be able to work with people from all income and class 
backgrounds-from board members, to housing agency staff, to low-income 
tenants and people experiencing homelessness. In addition, we're seeking 
someone with program development experience and community organizing, 
voter participation, or campaign experience.

 

$42,000 - $50,000 annually plus excellent benefits, a collaborative work 
environment, and generous time off.

 

Is this you, or someone you know?  Please submit a resume and cover 
letter in .doc or .pdf format (no more than 3 pages total preferred) to 
jobs at wliha.org with the words Mobilization Coordinator in the subject 
line. In your cover letter, please be sure to tell us why you're 
interested in this position and what experience you have that makes you 
the person we're looking for.  Resume review and interviews will be 
ongoing, so please apply as soon as possible. Open until filled. For a 
full description, please see our website.