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

• 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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Extend ICUC’s parent organizing program ‘Parents United for Change’ to schools and congregations where families will participate and engage in monthly organizing planning meetings and Parents United for Change organizing meetings per LOC in the Coachella Valley.
• Bring ICUC’s curriculum and expand materials as needed based on ongoing listening sessions with families and to create local and statewide organizing opportunities to bring needed resources and information.
• Continue to build on ICUC’s legacy in a way that is intentional and builds both parent and organizational power and recognition.
• Plan, coordinate and lead workshops, trainings, and conversations that support families knowledge and organizing skills. Create materials and presentations in both English and Spanish.
• Support Parent Organizers at school and congregational bases to build a base of fifty (50) parent leader contacts per site. Keep parent participants engaged in monthly parent LOC meetings and monthly training at each site.
• Guide and support Parent Organizers in holding LOC meetings with planned agendas and training for each meeting for their respective sites with the purpose of connecting their base to the ongoing organizing work and educational materials. 
• Create and maintain three (3) local organizing committees with fifty (50) engaged leaders per month through 1-1s and LOC meetings. Local organizing committees should meet twice a month.
• Engage families in the implementation of the ICUC’s Civic Engagement Campaigns to advance policies that support our mission and vision.
• Participate in a coalition with the Education for Liberation campaign at PICO California.
• Participate and support the congregational team in organizing and strategizing ICUC s organizing in the region to align with ICUC, PICO California, and Faith In Action’s organizing campaigns.
• Work with the Lead Organizer to plan out monthly organizing work plans. 
• Hold a minimum of two to four (2 – 4) research actions per LOC a year.
• Hold one (1) public action a year.
• Support federated actions by bringing leaders and clergy to participate and co-lead in organizing spaces.
• Maintain a system to keep track of meetings, actions, and participants (includes date, location, type of meeting/action, and contact information) in collaboration with ICUC Data Lead.
• Establish a systematic form of communication with leaders and clergy. This includes 1-1s, calls, zoom meetings, emails, text apps, etc.
• Maintain a detailed calendar of job-related activities and submit ICUCs administrative reports as required. For example, staff reports, complete assassinated training, etc.
• Engage CV leaders in the implementation of the ICUC’s Civic Engagement Campaigns to advance policies that support our mission and vision. Activities such as phone banking, canvassing, food distribution drives, voter registration drives, collection of pledge cards, petitions, etc.

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in community organizing within schools and/or congregations
• Experience working in leader development
• Experience working with families from the diverse communities of San Bernardino and Riverside counties 

Preferred, but not required

• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, social justice, sociology, or a related field or equivalent work experience

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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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

• 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

Job Activities:

• Build a minimum of two (2) teams (LOCs, Local Organizing Committees) each consisting of a minimum of ten (10) leaders
• Work with two (2) Youth Fellows to set and plan consistent recurring LOC meetings

• • • Participate in the hiring of new Youth Fellows, as needed 

  • Set and hold recurring check-ins with Youth Fellows in order to reflect on past week’s work, plan upcoming week(s) and provide leadership development (Suggested frequency: ONCE every two (2) weeks)

    • Youth Organizers are responsible for providing Youth Fellows with guidance in the creation of meeting agendas, help them create a plan to invite LOC members to participate in these meetings and train and develop new leaders

    • Provide trainings from the Organizing 101 youth curriculum at each LOC meeting in order to move forward issue campaigns

  • Guide Youth Fellows to participate in the building of each LOC with the goal of engaging ten (10) or more youth in the span of the school year

    • Creating and executing plan for base-building that includes leadership from Youth Fellow and Civic Engagement Lead 

    • Base-building should be continuous throughout the fiscal year and the base-building plan should be evaluated once every three to four (3 – 4) months

  • Hold an average of two (2) research meetings per LOC, per quarter, with decision-makers in order to advance an organizing agenda

  • Hold an average of  twelve (12) one-to-ones (1:1s) with new potential leaders and community members per week

  • Build relationships with school officials (e.g. principals, professors, etc.)

  • Hold a minimum of one (1) leader-led actions per year

    • Move one hundred to three hundred (100 – 300) members in action, per action

  • Bring local leaders to federated activity

  • Work with the Civic Engagement Leads in order to host voter registration events and candidate forums, whenever appropriate

  • Attend recurring check-ins with the Lead Organizer in order to reflect on past week’s work, plan upcoming week(s), and undergo staff development

    • The conversation should include long-term plans related to the work that are approximately three to six (3 – 6) months ahead

  • Participate and meaningfully engage in monthly staff meetings

  • Participate and assist in the planning of monthly region-wide youth staff meetings

    • Communicate to Youth Fellows the dates and times of these meetings to ensure participation

  • Send local leaders to PICO national training, when possible

  • Develop two to three (2-3) local leaders into advanced federated leadership roles

    • Work in collaboration with other organizers and support staff from ICUC and/or PICO for the advancement of federated campaigns

  • Take an active role in the creation of your own learning plan, with the support of your supervisor, in order to ensure continued growth and professional development

  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned to meet organizational needs.

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in community organizing within schools and/or congregations
• Experience working in leader development
• Experience working with families from the diverse communities of San Bernardino and Riverside counties 

Preferred, but not required

• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, social justice, sociology, or a related field or equivalent work experience

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:

• Talk and hear

• Sit for prolonged periods of time

• Use of fingers, hands and arms to conduct work at a desk and on a computer

• Occasional lifting or carrying of objects in excess of twenty-five pounds (25lbs)

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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