Community Organizer (Part-time) Job at North Carolina Conservation Network
Job Information
- Location: Eastern North Carolina
- Close Date: 01/31/2023
- Hiring Organization: North Carolina Environmental Justice Network
- Contact Name: Għanja O'Flaherty
- Contact Email: hr@ncejn.org
Description
ABOUT YOU
You are a highly organized and detail-oriented person with excellent time and task management skills. You can create and implement processes to accomplish tasks and meet organizational goals. While you can dive into individual projects, you also excel in collaborative environments and are a clear communicator that works with others towards the organization’s larger goals.
Most importantly, you’re a committed team player who’s grounded in equity and justice. You can thrive as part of a remote team, bringing self-awareness and humility to nurture healthy relationships across the organization, our members and partners.
ABOUT US
The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN or “The Network”) is a leading, member-based 501(c)3 organization with a mission to promote health and environmental equality for all people of North Carolina through community action for clean industry, safe workplaces and fair access to all human and natural resources.
All individuals and groups of people should live in a safe and healthy environment. However, because of their race, ethnicity, and income, many North Carolinians have been subjected to living in unsafe environments. Environmental injustices exist because many businesses, government agencies, and other organizations in positions of power have discriminatory practices and policies. As a BIPOC-led organization with deep roots among the state’s earliest, people-of-color-led movements, NCEJN seeks to enable and empower more livable communities through organizing, advocacy, research, and education based on principles of
economic equity and democracy for all people.
The Principles of Environmental Justice serve as fuel and touchstones for our work, reconnecting us with a broader sense of purpose.
ABOUT THE POSITION
We have just completed our strategic realignment as an organization. We have just completed our strategic realignment as an organization. We have a new division of Organizing and Policy and are excited to hire Community Organizers focused on grassroots organizing and networking. The Community Organizer will report directly to the Director of Organizing and
Policy, and assist in the development and management of our base.
Responsibilities
- Actively attend meetings of environmental justice organizations.
- Build relationships with individuals and organizations working on environmental justice.
- Work, with humility, with member organizations.
- Work with the NCEJN Organizing and Policy Research Assistant on organizational landscape.
- Take good notes during meetings and catalog them within the NCEJN virtual folders.
- Hold meetings to build awareness around environmental justice issues.
- Identify environmental justice issues that impact local communities.
- Communicate with the media effectively.
- Assist in organizing and managing physical and telephone canvassing efforts.
- Organize and manage direct action support.
- Other organizing needs that may arise.
- Join and actively participate in NCEJN’s weekly all-staff planning calls.
- Be accessible online on Mondays and Wednesdays on Tandem (similar to Slack or MS Teams) to help foster collaborative spirit and reduce project delays and misunderstandings.
- Help coordinate Planning Committee volunteer efforts.
Qualifications
- A commitment to social justice, racial equity and intersectionality.
- Demonstrated skill/experience in project management, event planning and management and volunteer management.
- Safety awareness, with particular relevance in organizing canvassing, etc.
- Ability to write well and effectively communicate the mission, goals, and needs of an organization, and ability to articulate complex ideas clearly, accurately, and concisely.
- A willingness to learn on the job and be flexible.
- Highly self-motivated and organized, able to thrive in a remote-work setting.
- A sense of self-awareness, situational and emotional maturity, and a willingness to give and receive constructive feedback.
- Ability to travel to periodic in-person staff meetings or major NCEJN events is required.
- Strong communication skills – persuasive media skills for community engagement and press interfacing
- Ability to attend meetings during evenings and weekends needed
- Driver’s license and ability to travel across Eastern North Carolina
- Experience living or working closely within an environmental justice community, communities that are often led predominantly by people who are Black, Latinx, Indigenous people-of-color, and sometimes lower income.
- The ability to speak and/or write persuasively in Spanish or another non-English language spoken in North Carolina communities.
- Political and/or media analysis experience
Salary/Benefits
- 10 paid holidays plus two week office closure at year end
- 18 days paid time off per year
- 12 health days per year (conventionally known as sick days)
- Health insurance
- Individual and team professional development opportunities and support.
Application Instructions
- Please submit your resume and cover letter using the subject line “NCEJN Community Organizer,” to hr@ncejn.org. Please include your full name in any file attachments. *No phone calls, please*
- We anticipate reviewing resumes through January and conducting interviews starting the week of January 9th. Those selected to move on in the hiring process will then be invited to a second and final interview.
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will be open until filled.
- We would love to have someone start by January 20th.
The NCEJN prioritizes an equitable and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to engaging the skills and leadership of people of color, LGBTQIA+ persons, and other individuals from diverse backgrounds. People from these and other historically marginalized backgrounds are encouraged to apply. If you require assistance or accommodation due to disability, please email
us at hr@ncejn.org.
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