Location: Coachella Valley

Full Time: (40 hrs a week)

Salary range: ​$60,320

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.

ICUC is working to reinvent parent and family engagement and organizing by educating, mobilizing and empowering a new generation of local parent leaders to participate and promote our collective moral and social values to bring opportunity and dignity to families and our democracy to make the Inland Empire a better place for everyone. We train hundreds of parent leaders to create change in their communities, schools and state through organizing and empowerment of those closest to the pain. Our team is deeply dedicated to social change in education, social, racial and economic justice.

ICUC is seeking a parent Organizer who will work closely with Lead organizers and parent leaders across the Coachella Valley 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, college and universities and other partner organizations to bring a relationship centered approach to the development of knowledge and skills of families to advance education advancement and economic justice for low income, system impacted, indigenous communities and immigrant families.

The Parent lead 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 Coachella Valley.

Time expectation:

• Base building at ICUC congregations and member institutions.
• Ongoing outreach to identify new leaders at congregations and member institutions.
• Maintaining a digital database of participants per Local Organizing Committees and related actions.
• Work alongside executive director and Congregational lead organizer to support with grant writing, reports and keeping track of events and list of participants
• Training and coaching leaders
• Research, planning, executing meetings with stakeholders
• Conducting and participating in 1:1’s with at least 50 different participants, leaders a month.
• Attending ICUC meetings (internal)
• Action related activities
• Planning and organization with lead organizer and or supervisors
• Skill development
• Admin time for staff reports, preparing materials, agendas, training, etc. for LOCs and related actions.

Job Activities:

• 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 100 parent leader contacts per site. Keep 50 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 5 Local organizing committees with 50 engaged leaders per month through 1-1s and LOC meetings. Local organizing committees should meet twice a month.
• Create a base of parent organizers and parent leaders within ICUC congregations and member institutions.
• Engage families in the implementation of the ICUC’s Civic Engagement Campaigns to advance policies that support our mission and vision.
• Participate in coalition with the Education for Liberation campaign @ 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.
• LOC meetings align to the Coachella Valley Parent Lead organizing work plan.
• Hold a minimum of 2-4 research actions per LOC a year.
• Hold 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.
  

Qualifications:

• Commitment to social change through building the capacity and power of low-income families, people of color, indigenous and the system impacted community members to create and or change policies to benefit families.
• Commitment to community organizing and ability to work constructively with ICUC s staff, leaders, congregations and grassroots partners.
• Have experience facilitating training with families preferably at both congregations and/ or schools.
• Have a background in developing training and curriculum for grassroot campaign efforts centered around economic, social, gender and racial justice.
• Experience working in youth and or family engagement and development
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive information
• Experience working with an interfaith and diverse of community of Coachella Valley Region
• Creative thinker and problem-solver
• Strong facilitation and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with clergy, peers, youth, and community partners.
• Demonstrate ability to inspire family’s participation and involvement in ICUC’s campaigns and organizing.
• Strong written and oral communication skills,
• Organizational and time management skills.
• 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, need, and interests of members

The ideal candidate must possess the following due to the nature of the work and the primary community engaged in this work:

• Reliable transportation and a valid California’s driver’s license
• English and Spanish language verbal and written skills

Position details:

The position is based out of Coachella Valley’s main office, with possible travel around the San Bernardino and Riverside, Coachella Valley regions.

This Position Reports to: Congregational Lead Organizer and Executive Director

Travel Requirements: Moderate

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 to frank.g@icucpico.com

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:

Send resume to Frank.g@ICUCpico.com

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:

Send resume to Frank.g@ICUCpico.com

Location: Inland Empire, CA

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 Frank.g@ICUCpico.com