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Within all our traditions, there is commitment to justice. We seek equitable and just opportunities for those most in need. ICUC is a way of putting this belief into action.
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The strength of a community comes from embracing diversity. The wealth of different backgrounds and experiences leads us in creative new directions. We are intentionally building an organization that is diverse in our ethnic, denominational, and economic backgrounds.
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CV Parent Organizer
Location: Coachella Valley
Full Time: (40 hrs a week)
Salary range: $63,000
Reports to: Executive Director
About Us:
Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) is a faith-based 501(c)3 non-profit community organization serving San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. ICUC empowers people of faith to transform and revitalize the Inland Empire by working in the civic arena for the common good.
Skills Needed:
- Strong facilitation skills
- Creative thinker and problem-solver
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills, including budgeting
- Ability to inspire leaders participation and engagement
- Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive information
- Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with peers, youth, and community partners
Inland Congregations United for Change is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and LGBTQ people to apply.
To apply:
To apply for this position please follow this link
Coachella Valley Community Organizer
Job Description | |
Community Organizer Position Age: 18+ Salary: $63,500 Position: Full-time exempt Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) is a faith-based 501(c)3 non-profit community organization serving San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. ICUC empowers people of faith to transform and revitalize the Inland Empire by working in the civic arena for the common good.
Job Summary: ICUC is seeking a Parent Organizer who will work closely with Lead Organizers and parent leaders across the Coachella Valley (CV) to engage parents and families in ICUC’s Parents United for Change program and organizing. This includes but is not limited to working with families and parent leaders at school sites, congregations and in community centers, school administrators, colleges and universities, and other partner organizations. The end goal is to bring a relationship centered approach to the development of knowledge and skills of families to advance education and economic justice for low income, system impacted, indigenous communities, and immigrant families. The Parent Organizer will also work closely with interfaith clergy, congregational leaders, school district staff and officials, city and county leaders, service providers, allied organizations, and coalitions in the CV. The CV Parent Organizer will also help to recruit, train, and develop new leaders, while also developing themselves with the help of support staff. SKILLS
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Experience:
Preferred, but not required
Position details: Must be willing and able to work occasional evenings and weekends. This position is also hybrid, where some work may be done remotely.
Inland Congregations United for Change is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and LGBTQ people to apply.
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Coachella Valley Youth Organizer
Job Description | |
Youth Organizer Position Age: 18+ Salary: $33 an hour Position: Part-time Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) is a faith-based 501(c)3 non-profit community organization serving San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. ICUC empowers people of faith to transform and revitalize the Inland Empire by working in the civic arena for the common good.
Job Summary: The Youth Organizer is a Community Organizer who will recruit, train, and develop new leaders and who will build Local Organizing Committees (LOCs) within schools. This Organizer will lead their LOCs through the organizing model cycle in order to move them towards action. They will co-create strategies with leaders and other staff in order to move issue work forward. The Youth Organizer will collaboratively create learning plans with their supervisor in order to ensure continued growth and professional development. SKILLS
Job Activities:
Experience:
Preferred, but not required
Position details: Must be willing and able to work occasional evenings and weekends. This position is also hybrid, where some work may be done remotely.
Travel Requirements This position is based out of Coachella Valley, with travel around the Inland Empire, Sacramento, and Washington D.C. Travel is primarily local, although some evening, overnight, and out-of-town travel may be required. Supervisory Responsibility This position is responsible for overseeing two (2) Youth Fellows within the Coachella Valley region. Physical Demands The physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, which include the ability to:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Other Duties Please note that this job description does not contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time, with or without notice. Inland Congregations United for Change is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and LGBTQ people to apply.
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Region-wide Student Organizer
Student Organizer
Paid Internship
Location: Coachella Valley, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario – California
Part Time Non-Exempt Hourly
Hourly rate: $17.00
Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) is seeking a Youth Fellow whose role will be to help build a base of youth leaders either based out of a school or congregation, and guide them in engaging in ongoing efforts to advance campaigns led by ICUC leadership.
ICUC is working to reinvent congregational engagement and organizing by educating, mobilizing, and empowering a new generation of local community leaders on issues affecting them and their community. By doing this, congregants, institutions and community members will participate in organizing and promoting our collective moral and social values. Through this we will bring opportunity and dignity to our families in the Inland Empire and build a better place for everyone. Our team is deeply dedicated to social, economic, racial, gender and immigrant justice.
Job Activities
- Meet with ICUC organizer once every 2 weeks (1-1)
- Create an LOC (Local Organizing Committee) and engage a minimum of 10 youth from your school/congregation throughout the year.
- Have an average of 3 one to one’s per week with youth, school admin, teachers, principals, etc. as it pertains to the organizing being done
- Join your respective region Youth team meetings held once every 2 weeks
- Join Federated youth “house meetings” held once every 2 weeks
- Help schedule meetings (as needed) with their respective school administration
- Participate in and lead research meetings held throughout the year
- Help carry out a federated research action (January/February)
- Help carry out a federated action(April)
- Help prepare 5 youth to attend ICUC’s Youth Winter Training (December)
- Help prepare 5 youth to attend ICUC’s Youth Summer Training (July)
- Assist in the collection of surveys as needed
Skills
Youth Fellows must have the ability to work well with a diverse group of people. They need to be able to train other students to collect surveys, speak to peers, ask questions for research, set up meetings, and help organizers facilitate training during LOC meetings. Fellows must have strong written and verbal communication skills. They must remain organized and accurate when recording their activities or maintaining their materials. Fellows must maintain a positive, personable, outgoing and enthusiastic attitude. These individuals must be professional, self-directed and able to work well in a team. Traveling for training might be a part of the job.
Position details:
The position is based out of your local office. The position will be reporting to the Youth Lead Organizer for your city.
Inland Congregations United for Change is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and LGBTQ people to apply.
Apply:
To apply for this position please follow this link
LGBTQ Fellows
LGBTQ Youth Fellow
Paid Internship
Location: Coachella Valley, Riverside – CA
Part Time Non-Exempt Hourly
Hourly rate: $17.00
About Us:
Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) is seeking an LGBTQ Youth Fellow whose role will be to help build a base of LGBTQ youth leaders in theCoachella Valley region and guide them in engaging in ongoing efforts to advance campaigns led by ICUC leadership.
ICUC is working to reinvent congregational engagement and organizing by educating, mobilizing, and empowering a new generation of local community leaders on issues affecting them and their community. By doing this, congregants, institutions and community members will participate in organizing and promoting our collective moral and social values. Through this we will bring opportunity and dignity to our families in the Inland Empire and build a better place for everyone. Our team is deeply dedicated to social, economic, racial, gender and immigrant justice.
Job Activities
- Meet with ICUC organizer once every 2 weeks (1-1)
- Create an LOC (Local Organizing Committee) and engage a minimum of 10 youth from the Coachella Valley region throughout the year.
- Have an average of 3 one to one’s per week with youth, school admin, teachers, principals, etc. as it pertains to the organizing being done
- Join the LGBTQ Youth team meetings held once every 2 weeks
- Join the Coachella Valley Region Youth team meetings held once every 2 weeks
- Join Federated youth “house meetings” held once every 2 weeks
- Help schedule meetings (as needed) with their respective school administration
- Participate in and lead research meetings held throughout the year
- Help carry out a federated research action (January/February)
- Help carry out a federated action(April)
- Help prepare 5 youth to attend ICUC’s Youth Winter Training (December)
- Help prepare 5 youth to attend ICUC’s Youth Summer Training (July)
- Assist in the collection of surveys as needed
- Work in coalition with Inland Empire Prism Collective to strengthen LGBTQ youth organizing in the region
Skills
LGBTQ Youth Fellows must have the ability to work well with a diverse group of people. They need to be able to train other students to collect surveys, speak to peers, ask questions for research, set up meetings, and help organizers facilitate training during LOC meetings. Fellows must have strong written and verbal communication skills. They must remain organized and accurate when recording their activities or maintaining their materials. Fellows must maintain a positive, personable, outgoing and enthusiastic attitude. These individuals must be professional, self-directed and able to work well in a team. Traveling for training might be a part of the job.
Position details:
The position is based out of the Coachella Valley Region. The position will be reporting to the LGBTQ Youth Organizer.
Inland Congregations United for Change is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and LGBTQ people to apply.
Apply:
To apply for this position please follow this link
Data Lead
Part Time: (25 hrs a week)
Salary range: $30,000
Contract: 07/01/2022-06/30/2023
Reports to: Executive Director
About Us:
Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) is seeking a Data Lead whose main role will be to provide any data-related needs in order to strengthen the organization. They will work closely with Organizers and Leaders across the region in order to implement data collection projects and train staff on qualitative and quantitative data collection. They will also oversee the collection of data to help measure participation in our organizing programs, leadership development, and policy change. This position requires regular meetings with staff and coordination with evaluators and ICUC administration.
ICUC is a faith-based 501(c)3 non-profit community organization serving San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. ICUC empowers people of faith to transform and revitalize the Inland Empire by working in the civic arena for the common good.
Job Activities:
- Support systematic and structured tracking of important organizing components:
- Participation and engagement of leaders, volunteers, and participants across the organization
- Participants/members at town halls, community/info forums/workshops (program partnerships),
- LOC’s, 1:1’s, actions, research meetings, “town halls,” and candidate forums
- Check-in with Organizers once a month to gather results/data
- Provide training and support to ICUC leaders and staff regarding data collection as needed
- Work closely with Civic Engagement Organizers to ensure data is collected on voter registration and GOTV efforts
- Coordinate state grant evaluation and report
- Work with evaluator to evaluate programs across the organization, including but not limited to:
- Youth organizing
- Parent organizing
- Other organizing
- Providing research assistance upon request on the issues that are being worked on by Organizers
- When appropriate, collect data through surveys, focus groups, or other techniques that support our organizing goals
- Provide data and research results as needed for funding and other reports
- Continue BLOCKS CRM transition
Qualifications:
Education and experience
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in a research-related field
- At least 2 years of relevant experience preferred
- Experience with organizing research & policy advocacy
Knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Familiarity with immigrant, racial, and economic equity
- Strong organization skills
- Ability to pay attention to detail
- Ability to present information in a clear manner
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships across the team
- Experience working in youth development
- Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive information
- Experience working with diverse communities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties
- Creative thinker and problem-solver
- Strong facilitation skills
- Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with peers, youth, and community partners
- Ability to inspire data collection/clean up data
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Organization and time management skills, including budgeting
- Must be willing and able to work evenings and occasional weekends
- Willing to adapt scope and responsibilities as needed to effectively achieve ICUC’s mission and best serve the priorities, needs, and interests of its members
Preferred, but not required:
- Experience working on Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) projects in relation to organizing
- Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license
- Bilingual (English and Spanish)
Position details:
The position is based out of San Bernardino’s main office, with travel around the Inland Empire. The position will be reporting to ICUC’s Executive Director.
Inland Congregations United for Change is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all, and strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, refugees and LGBTQ people to apply.
To apply: email resume and cover letter to jobs@icucpico.com
To apply:
To apply for this position please follow this link.