Associate Organizer

Description

IMPACT is a constituent-led, grassroots organization that is part of the Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART), one of the largest faith-based community organizing networks in the country. As part of DART, we stand against narratives of fear, scarcity, and division, and instead bring people together across lines of difference to take action off our shared values of abundance, love, hope, and promise. We believe that fighting for racial and economic justice is fundamental to our identity as people of faith, and we know that winning justice requires having power in the public arena. We’ve been organizing our interfaith coalition to build power and win here in Charlottesville since 2006.

As an organizer at IMPACT, you’ll spend most of your time in the community, building relationships of trust with everyday people of faith. Through one-on-one conversations, you’ll invite people to be part of something bigger than themselves, moving them from solitary struggle to the pursuit of collective power. You’ll engage them in claiming their own powerful voice and developing their leadership as you guide them through conducting research into community problems. You’ll organize direct action assemblies involving hundreds or even thousands of people to demand action and hold decision makers accountable, winning changes that will greatly impact your community. You’ll also recruit new congregations, organize local trainings, and coordinate an annual fundraising drive.

You can apply online at https://thedartcenter.applytojob.com/apply/

Job Duties

As an organizer at IMPACT, you’ll spend most of your time in the community, building relationships of trust with everyday people of faith. Through one-on-one conversations, you’ll invite people to be part of something bigger than themselves, moving them from solitary struggle to the pursuit of collective power. You’ll engage them in claiming their own powerful voice and developing their leadership as you guide them through conducting research into community problems. You’ll organize direct action assemblies involving hundreds or even thousands of people to demand action and hold decision makers accountable, winning changes that will greatly impact your community. You’ll also recruit new congregations, organize local trainings, and coordinate an annual fundraising drive.

As part of the DART network we invest heavily in training and development of our organizers. During your first year, we provide comprehensive professional development through an initial five-day classroom-style training; five-months of intensive, on-the-job training; one-on-one mentoring from experienced DART consultants; and three multi-day trainings with organizers across the country. Ongoing professional development continues through individualized coaching and mentoring, as well as local, regional, and national staff trainings.

Skills Required

Who You Are:
– You have a passion for justice, and have acted on it.
– You can build strong relationships with people from all walks of life.
– You may or may not be personally religious. Either way, you have a genuine respect for all faith traditions and are excited about uniting faith communities to live out their call to “do justice.”

IMPACT is a diverse coalition that include communities of color, low-to-moderate-income communities and immigrant communities. We strongly encourage people from these backgrounds, as well as fluent speakers of Spanish, to apply.

Other Requirements:
– Ability to work some evenings and weekends to accommodate community members who work during the day.
– A valid driver’s license and access to a reliable car.
– No prior organizing experience is necessary, as we provide the training you’ll need to be successful.
– Ability to travel for training events throughout the year.

Work Schedule

The job is full-time 40 hours per week & in-person.

Hours are not a typical 9-5 as many of the meetings we hold are in the evenings and many of the people we are working to engage work 9-5 so organizers must be flexible and willing to meet with people in the evenings and occasionally during the weekend. Organizers are ultimately responsible for setting their own schedule based on who they’re trying to engage and what they’re working on throughout the year.

Additional Info

Compensation and Benefits:
We value organizers as whole people and want to ensure that they are compensated for the incredible work they do.

Benefits include:

– Starting salary $50,500
– Annual employer retirement contribution of 10% beginning after one year of employment
– Monthly health insurance reimbursement of $600 for an individual or $750 for a family
– Flexible scheduling
– 12 weeks Paid Parental leave
– 2 weeks paid vacation, increasing to 3 weeks after one year of employment and 4 weeks after two years of employment
– 14 paid holidays
– 6 paid sick days & 3 paid personal days
– Mileage & cell-phone reimbursement
– Comprehensive, on-the-job training through the DART Organizers Institute