NOW HIRING: Community Organizer!

Position Title: Community Organizer  – East LA & San Gabriel Valley
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Los Angeles
Reports to: Program Manager
Payrate: $23-$25/Hourly

The Organization: The Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF) is a growing 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to inspire and organize communities to build volunteer organizations empowered to pursue social justice. DHF is based in Bakersfield, California. We organize in the counties of Tulare, Fresno, Kern, and the high desert area of Los Angeles County.

Position Summary
The Community Organizer will engage community residents and establish a grassroots base of trained volunteers to engage in advocacy efforts to improve the education, health, and civic engagement outcomes for residents. This position has no supervisorial responsibilities.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Build a volunteer base of parents, students, and community members by conducting a “House Meeting” campaign in targeted neighborhoods in-person and virtually.
• Recruit and train volunteer activists in planning, facilitation, public speaking, advocacy, media, and outreach.
• Develop proficiency in the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to train and mobilize parents to advocate for their educational priorities through the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) school budgeting process.
• Develop and implement a strategic advocacy plan to engage the community on a variety of issues including education, health, LGBTQ equality, and civic engagement.
• Coordinate monthly General Meetings (community forums) to inform and activate the membership base.
• Establish committees to advocate for education reform while keeping abreast of local, state, and national education justice issues.
• Collaborate with partner organizations and allies working on educational justice, immigration reform, LGBTQ equality, health care access, etc.
• Advocate to government agencies and public officials in response to local, state and national issues .
• Engage volunteer residents in non-partisan voter registration, education, Get Out The Vote (GOTV), and other outreach/mobilization programs.
• Lead Power Analysis and Campaign Development to address issues affecting underrepresented communities.
• Establish a media and communications plan to publicize projects and solicit community support.
• Provide weekly and monthly written management reports to document activities, updates, and results via conference calls and timely updates; Update contacts on the DHF database on a weekly basis.
• Participate in weekly staff calls, monthly staff meetings, and monthly Kern Education Justice Collaborative meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Self-motivated, resourceful, and creative
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Reliable transportation, driver’s license, and automobile insurance
• Written and spoken proficiency in Spanish & English a plus
• Ability to work evenings and weekends

Education & Experience

• Graduate from an accredited college
• Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate
• 2+ Years’ experience in a community outreach role preferred
• Social justice advocacy experience preferred
• Experience and passion for community organizing

Organizational Competencies

Alignment with DHF values: Understanding and appreciation of Dolores Huerta’s legacy and the farmworker’s movement is foundational to staff’s commitment to working with our BIPOC children, families and communities. Demonstrates respect for and appreciation of social justice history, and community organizing culture, understanding its implication in one’s work, in fostering meaningful relationships, and in embracing the community served.

• Social Justice – We strive to achieve equity of distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges in our society by dismantling systems of oppression, protecting Mother Earth, and building a true democracy that values human rights including a person’s right to love whomever they wish to love.
• Self Determination – We believe in the right of people to choose and be empowered to create their own destiny.
• Democracy – We believe in political representation, freedom, and equity, everyone has an equal voice in organizations and governance.
• Collective Action – We believe there is a mighty power in people organizing together towards a common goal.
• Volunteerism – We believe that giving of your own time, without compensation, towards the benefit of others and your community serves as its own reward.
• Non-violence – We believe in the use of peaceful action, without violence, to bring about political or social change.
• Feminism – We believe in the social, economic and political equality of all genders; including women’s right to control their own bodies and the right to abortion.
• Yes We Can! – We always act with hope in the belief that what may seem unachievable can be accomplished.

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The Dolores Huerta Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and strives to attract qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state and/or local law.