Job: Tenant Organizer at Neighbors Helping Neighbors, with salary info

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Job Opening: Tenant Organizer at Neighbors Helping Neighbors
From: "Joe Catron" <joecatron at metcouncil.net>


Position Available at Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Bi-Lingual Tenant Organizer

Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) is a Sunset Park-based non-profit 
organization whose mission is to empower low and moderate-income 
Brooklyn residents to secure quality housing and build financial 
assets.  NHN provides bi-lingual (English/Spanish) services to tenants 
and potential homebuyers. The Sunset Park community has a largely 
immigrant population with Latin American immigrants the largest group, 
followed by Chinese immigrants.

The tenant organizer position includes facilitating tenant meetings, and 
assisting in the formation of tenant associations.  The new Tenant 
Organizer will also work with NHN's current Organizer to support and 
develop tenant leaders working with the local tenant group UNA (United 
Neighbors in Action) conducting leadership trainings and offering 
one-on-one mentoring to tenants who emerge as leaders.

 

The position includes promoting tenants' rights through informational 
workshops, and working through coalitions and the political process on 
the local and city-wide levels to defend affordable housing and the 
rights of low-income renters.

 

As a part of organizing the Tenant Organizer will provide one-on-one 
counseling to NHN's walk-in clientele of tenants facing housing 
problems: livability and repair issues, rent and eviction issues, and 
landlord harassment.  He/she will: advise them and advocate with them to 
secure their rights; mediate with landlords; help them to navigate 
housing court; network with other agencies and providers; and help them 
to access whatever housing-related public subsidies may be available to 
them.

Qualifications

The qualified applicant must be completely bi-lingual in English and 
Spanish.  Prior organizing experience with immigrant communities 
preferred.  Prior knowledge of housing law and public benefits is not 
required, but ability to learn quickly is essential.  When acting as a 
counselor the applicant must also be a good listener, be able to 
communicate effectively, be interested in working collaboratively with 
co-workers and with tenants, be organized, be a creative problem-solver, 
and be good at follow-through.  An interest in and commitment to social 
justice and affordable housing is important.  Evening and some weekend 
work are required but the workweek is 35 hours.

Salary

Approximately $35-$40K, depending on experience.  Full benefits included.

How to Apply

Send cover letter, resume, and professional references to 
jobs at nhnhome.org.  Applications without cover letters will not be 
considered.