COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

New Virginia Majority (NVM), Virginia’s leading civic engagement organization, builds power in working-class communities of color across the Commonwealth. We seek conscious and skilled individuals with a deep commitment to racial and economic justice to join our team. Women and people of color are encouraged to apply.

POSITION: 
Community Organizer

POSITION TYPE:
Full-time

LOCATION:
Loudoun County / Chantilly, Virginia

DESCRIPTION:
New Virginia Majority is looking to hire a full-time community organizer who will recruit, engage, activate and retain members, develop leaders, build community-based leadership teams, conduct political education trainings to, and execute campaign strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build strong relationships and identify and develop leaders into clear membership roles. Timely and aggressive follow up with leads generated by field efforts including one-on-one meetings, house visits and other methods of grassroots outreach.
• Strengthen existing organizing and develop new campaigns working with Northern Virginia’s people of color and immigrant communities. 
• Manage regular membership meetings with a standing agenda and supporting new leaders to facilitate meetings geared towards peer engagement and immediate activation.
• Create actions, training and mobilization opportunities in order to activate members and activists.
• Mobilize and track engagement of members and activists at various events and field opportunities in database.
• Develop the political consciousness of the affiliate organizations’ leaders through popular education, reflection, leadership development and developing appropriate educational materials.
• Provide support to leaders.
• Participate in campaign development, strategizing and implementation.
• Perform other duties as required.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Salaries are competitive. Salary range is $38,000 - $42,000, commensurate with experience, and comes with an excellent benefits package, including health, vision, dental, and stipends for phone and transportation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Committed to New Virginia Majority’s mission of social, racial and economic justice.
• Experience with grassroots organizing.
• Ability to develop and maintain a variety of relationships on multiple levels.
• Demonstrated ability to meet multiple deadlines; able to develop and move projects forward with independence and autonomy.
• Self-motivated and works well both independently and on a team.
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, manage multiple projects.
• Ability to take direction and constructive feedback.
• Driver’s license and access to a car.
• A minimum one-year commitment to the position.
• Experience organizing immigrant communities is preferred.
• Must speak English; Proficiency in one or more of the following preferable: Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Please submit a cover letter and resume and contact information for three references on https://www.newvirginiamajority.org/jobs.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to applicants whose candidacy is not being pursued. No phone calls or email please.