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Position Description: Community Organizer
Organizational Overview:
Food Justice NW Aurora (FJNWA) is building a multicultural, intergenerational, and intersectional movement for food justice and food sovereignty to transform our local food system in NW Aurora, CO. We strive to create a just, sustainable, and complete food environment by mobilizing people, organizations, and businesses; building community wealth; facilitating and nurturing strategic partnerships; and advocating for policy and systems changes. FJNWA was founded in 2022 by a dedicated steering committee and guided by a strategic retreat with resident leaders, local organizations, and small businesses.
Position Overview:
As a growing organization, FJNWA is hiring a Community Organizer focused on food justice and food sovereignty in the NW Aurora community. We seek a talented and passionate person who is committed to community-led transformation. This team member will serve as the lead for community organizing and community leadership development. They will work to increase breadth and depth of relationships with residents, community leaders, and partners in NW Aurora; work with community to identify priority issues related to food, agriculture, and community wealth building; organize and facilitate organizing action teams around priority issues; build on community strengths and talents to advance community- driven initiatives; and support advocacy efforts to advance policy, systems, and environment changes.
Responsibilities:
Build meaningful, thoughtful, transformative relationships with community members, resident leaders, partner organizations, and other representatives of the NW Aurora community through 1:1 meetings and other strategies
Identify, recruit, and develop teams of community leaders
Work with community organizing teams to identify their primary issue, how it affects our community, and how to advance advocacy strategies and systemic solutions
Create, coordinate, and facilitate leadership development trainings for community members
Plan, coordinate, and facilitate community meetings with inclusive meeting practices
Strategically integrate community organizing across FJNWA’s programs and projects
Collaborate with team and community leaders to create and publish social media content
Contribute to grant reporting
Required Skills and Qualifications:
2+ years of experience in community organizing and/or community-led advocacy
Experience developing advocacy strategy and leading successful campaigns with tangible benefits
Bilingual in English and another language that is common in the NW Aurora community (such as Spanish, Nepali, Burmese, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, Amharic, or others)
Experience and confidence working closely with diverse community members, including adults and youth with a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, lived experiences, and perspectives, needs, and interests
Experience working closely with communities with low-income households, communities of color, and immigrants and refugees
Demonstrated experience of effective planning and facilitation of meetings and trainings
Demonstrated ability to work within a team and also with high level of autonomy and independence
Adaptability and curiosity with willingness to learn and tolerance for ambiguity and change
Excellent writing and communication skills (internally within team and externally with community and partners)
Proficient in Google Suite and Microsoft Office
Ability to reach for, move and/or lift 20 pounds, with modifications available
Preferred Qualifications:
Connection to NW Aurora community (i.e., living or working in the community in the past or present)
Knowledge of local political structures, political processes, and community issues
Work experience or interest in food justice, food sovereignty, healthy equity, and/or community wealth building
Experience with social media and communications apps (including Instagram, Facebook, and Mailchimp)
Hours, Work Environment, Compensation, and Benefits:
Full-time exempt position: 40 hours per week with flexibility to attend and/or lead some evening and weekend activities
Work is conducted in Aurora, CO, in a wide variety of settings including in-person meetings in the community and computer work while working from the office and from home
Compensation: $60,000-65,000 depending on experience
Benefits include 12 paid holidays; generous paid time off for vacation and sick leave; health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; Simple IRA with employer match
To apply: Please send a cover letter, resume, and three references as one PDF document to Caitlin Matthews at [email protected]
Priority review will be given to applications submitted by 5pm MST on Friday, December 22, 2023.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Equity is one of Food Justice NW Aurora’s core values, and is central to both our process of working together as well as the outcomes we seek. Diversity of identity and experience makes our community and our organization stronger. FJNWA is committed to equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on race, age, color, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or promotion opportunities.
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