HEAL National Organizer Temp 1-Year (Oregon)

Title: HEAL National Organizer Temp, 1-Year (Oregon)

Reports to: HEAL Director of Organizing

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range: $80,728 - $90,819

Location: Remote

Tentative Start Date: ASAP

About Race Forward

Race Forward's mission is to catalyze movement building for racial justice. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, we build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Race Forward imagines a just, multiracial democratic society free from oppression and exploitation, in which people of color thrive with power and purpose.

Since 1981, Race Forward has continued to develop innovative strategies that drive impact at the intersection of policy, culture, and institutional practice. In 2017, Race Forward united with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the new Race Forward, strengthening its commitment to advancing systems that truly work for everyone.

Position Summary

The National Organizer is a full-time position based in Oregon to serve the West Coast as part of Race Forward's newly formed Movement Building (MB) department, advancing a just multiracial democracy via organizing, narrative and cogovernance strategies.

This position is included in a union-represented collective bargaining unit, and specific employment terms and conditions are subject to collective bargaining.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Primarily focused on Oregon but supporting other western states, this role contributes towards overall national organizing team goals of building durable organizing infrastructure through Public School Strong (PSS), a multistakeholder national school district organizing initiative anchored by the HEAL (Honest Education, Action and Leadership) Together program. This role supports individual leaders as well as community and labor organizations of various sizes to build school district teams of educators, students, parents and community members across a state. The National Organizer will establish statewide organizing committees and multiracial organizing coalitions affiliated with PSS to connect teams across their state for coordinated campaigns to protect and strengthen public education at the local, state and federal level.
• The National Organizer will work with PSS leaders and organizers to ongoingly develop effective and aligned campaign strategy and build out a broad base through fundamental organizing practices including but not limited to prospecting and leadership identification, phonebanking, canvassing and digital outreach, holding organizing one-on-ones and coaching sessions and facilitating organizing skills-building workshops,organizing meetings, and public events or actions in coordination with our movement partners.
• Participate in movement events, conferences and meetings to build Race Forward's organizational relationships and work to connect our movements.

• Organization-wide responsibilities:
• Participate in all grassroots fundraising campaigns. Participate in cross-department meetings, committees and teams.
• Facilitate and note take for internal meetings on a rotating basis.
• Provide support and participation for organization-wide and regional campaigns and events.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

To perform successfully in this role, the incumbent should possess the skills identified below:

• Ability to energize, inspire, and move people to action.
• Strong understanding of public education organizing and narrative change, with experience leading community organizing and advocacy campaigns. Experience with distributed organizing, community-labor solidarity and voter engagement also preferred.
• Excellent public speaking, facilitation, and training skills, with a reliable ability to explain race-explicit content and synthesize and translate complex concepts.
• Clear understanding of the work, struggles, and equity challenges of organizers and communicators.
• Intuitive ability to build and maintain relationships with key players in the political and narrative landscape.
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to collaborate with diverse team

• Excellent ability to track and maintain data
• Excellent attention to detail and follow‐through.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Strong commitment to social justice, racial justice, and multi-generational movement building. .
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in a variety of applications.

Qualifications and Experience

• Three or more years of experience building education/community/labor/political organizing campaigns.
• At least one year of experience designing and facilitating training and workshops.

Additional Information

Long periods of computer monitor use, including video conferencing. Plane travel.

Travel Requirements

Ability and willingness to travel up to 30% time, facilitating workshops, convenings, and representing Race Forward at various meetings and conferences.

How to Apply

External Applicants: To apply for this position, please click the link below. To ensure full consideration, please be sure to include both a cover letter and resume with your application.

https://raceforward.isolvedhire.com/jobs/

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Race Forward is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Race Forward will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at HRSupport@RaceForward.org.

EEO Statement

Race Forward provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.