Senior Community Organizing

Position Summary:

The Senior Community Organizer (SCO) plays a key leadership role in SEPA Mujer’s work. Among other tasks, the SCO identifies and fosters grassroots leadership; recruits members into the organization; develops and facilitates civic engagement and leadership training, oversees lead coordinators of the various chapter(s); conducts local meetings and training; mobilizes members for actions; works in coalition building and performs a variety of other tasks to build grassroots power. The SCO reports directly to the Executive Director.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform one-on-one grassroots outreach in the field;
• Identify and develop local leaders to get involved in organizing campaigns through in-depth one-on-ones, and provide ongoing civic engagement and leadership development training;
• Oversee and mentor Chapter Coordinators and Youth Coordinators to ensure the organization and sustainability of those chapters and members, assist with conducting regular meetings when needed;
• Ensure active involvement of members in local, state, and national campaigns through regular mobilization and other means;
• Participate in and facilitate SEPA Mujer actions, mobilizations, and events as needed as required;
• Represent and facilitate leaders in representing SEPA Mujer when necessary before the media, legislative bodies and legislators, community meetings, coalitions, and funders;
• Interpret for community members when necessary to facilitate their involvement in the campaigns;
• Participate in internal staff meetings and training for members and allies;
• Build power through voter registration and education campaigns, ally development, and participation in coalitions or networks as assigned;
• Perform database entry and writing timely, regular reports;
• Meet grant deadlines and others established by supervisor;
• Understand and promote SEPA Mujer membership, programs, and services and support the development and expansion of the organization;
• Provide quality customer service, interactions, and responses to all members, partner organizations, vendors, visitors, callers, and any other individual or organization you may encounter in your role with SEPA Mujer;
• Design and create promotional, educational, and outreach materials for programs and campaigns;
• Support communications, including press contacts, email blasts, web posts, and social media;
• Research and apply to grant and funding opportunities for the department;
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.