Job Description
Lead Housing Justice Organizer Job Description Location: Maryland
Summary: Progressive Maryland was founded to empower communities to act for social and economic justice by developing leaders and cultivating allies in order to build a grassroots movement with the power to advance economic, racial, and environmental equity. We are made up of over 125,000 individual members and supporters and dozens of affiliated religious, community and labor organizations statewide.
Lead Housing Justice Organizer: Under the supervision of our Campaigns Director, the Lead Organizer will sustain and expand our housing justice program. The Lead Organizer collaborates with our team of regional organizers to build a statewide network of tenant organizations, and seek out and build partnerships with potential ally organizations. They may also supervise new tenant organizers.
Responsibilities
•Build a base of tenant leaders through the formation of tenant organizations across the state
•Recruit, develop and train Progressive Maryland members to take positions of leadership on their campaign
•Hire and supervise additional tenant organizers.
•Recruit, manage, and train Progressive Maryland members to canvass and phone bank before, during, and after election season
•Mobilize our base to take action (turning out to events, submitting testimony during legislative session, signing petitions, etc.)
•Use phones, social media, and community outreach techniques to recruit and identify prospective members
•Invite folks to become dues-paying members of Progressive Maryland
•Meet base building and outreach goals, which are tracked and reported in an accurate and timely fashion each week
•With the support of the Campaigns Director, develop and implement campaign plans
•Represent Progressive Maryland and/or lead in coalition spaces related to their issue campaign
Qualifications
•Experience organizing tenants in the context of a tenant union drive or issue campaign
•Experience managing direct reports
•Basic computer literacy and a willingness to quickly learn and use new digital platforms
•Ability to meet deadlines under pressure while handling multiple projects
•Ability to work independently, as a member of a team, and a team lead
•Ability to train and manage member volunteers
•The ability to think, reflect, communicate, challenge the conventional wisdom, make judgments in complicated situations, and show flexibility.
•A clear sense of the challenges our communities face, impatience in the face of those wrongs, and a drive to address them
•Residence in or a willingness to relocate to Maryland or DC
Pluses (but not required)
•Familiarity with Maryland political systems on the city, county, and state level
•Experience with Votebuilder/VAN and other campaign platforms
•Experience working on and/or understanding of criminal justice reform and progressive approaches to drug policy reform
Travel: All positions require reliable access to a vehicle and a valid driver's license, laptop, phone, and willingness to travel throughout your region regularly and elsewhere in Maryland as needed.
Salary, Benefits, and Position Details: Salary is commensurate with experience between $60,000-$70,000. Benefits include 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance, a 403(b) retirement plan with 200% employer match, 2 weeks paid vacation, 6 personal days, 15 sick days, and holidays. Progressive Maryland is a proudly unionized workplace. This is an at-will position.
To Apply: Please send a resume and three professional references. Only complete applications submitted by email will be considered. Complete applications will be considered on a rolling basis until all positions have been filled.
Progressive Maryland is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, People of Color, LGBTQ people, Returning Citizens, and Immigrants are strongly encouraged to apply.
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