Site Coordinator / Online Organizer - Mexico City / Baltimore, MD

Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. is seeking a Site Coordinator to form part of its Justice in Recruitment project.

Organization description:

Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. ("CDM" or Center for Migrant Rights) is the first transnational migrant workers' rights organization based in central Mexico and dedicated to improving the working conditions of migrant laborers in the United States. Since 2005, CDM has supported migrant worker organizing and advocacy on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. With offices in Mexico City and Oaxaca, Mexico and Baltimore, Maryland, CDM employs four complementary strategies to win improvements in working conditions for migrants. Through worker Outreach, Education, and Leadership Development; Intake, Evaluation, and Referral; Policy Advocacy; and Litigation and Case Support, CDM removes the U.S.-Mexico border as a barrier to justice for migrant workers and their families.

CDM's team has worked in over 25 states throughout Mexico. CDM's U.S.-based policy office brings transnational migrant worker voices to critical debates around labor and immigration policies. Our programs bridge the gap in migrants' access to justice by empowering workers all along the migrant stream and providing critical support to advocacy efforts in both Mexico and the U.S.

For more information, visit www.cdmigrante.org

Justice in Recruitment Project description

The Justice in Recruitment project is a multi-faceted project that involves all areas of CDM's work. The project goals include: understand the phenomenon of recruitment of H-2 migrant workers; uncover the operations and inner-workings of the transnational labor recruitment industry; ensure that migrant workers have the knowledge and information necessary to protect themselves from abuse and exploitation during recruitment and employment; defend recruited migrant worker whose rights have been violated; raise awareness about recruitment among non-profits and government agencies in both countries; and support the implementation of reforms to improve the conditions of recruitment and employment of migrant H-2 workers.

To these ends, CDM is developing a series of interactive tools that will serve to collect data about recruitment, combat abuse of migrant workers by making this information more transparent, make information about the rights of migrant H-2 workers public and easily accessible, and inform proposals for reform of the H-2 programs. The tools will include an interactive website with information about the recruitment industry, the H-2 visa programs, migrant worker rights, and an interactive map through which workers can share and consult data. CDM will also be creating an interactive phone hotline for migrant workers that will allow migrants to consult information about recruitment and their labor rights by telephone.

Position Description:

The position will focus on the development and oversight of a series of interactive tools that promote transparency and access to information related to the recruitment of migrant workers on H-2 temporary work visas. The position is full-time and will be based in either CDM's Mexico City or Baltimore office. CDM offers a collaborative work environment, a competitive non-profit salary, medical insurance, paid vacation days, and the satisfaction of fighting for migrant worker justice.

Position responsibilities:

• Coordinate and manage work with contractors.
• Generate content for site and hotline.
• Coordinate training of trainers in use of tools.
• Support site and hotline users.
• Manage and systematize infromation contributed by users.
• Design and implement improvements to the tools based on feedback from focus groups.
• Create and manage online campaigns to promote site and hotline.

Required knowledge and skills:

• Relevant work experience.
• Oral and written proficiency in Spanish and English.
• Strong portfolio of interactive media project and/or online organizing campaigns.
• A background in design, online campaign strategy, and/or media strategy.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple, overlapping deadlines.
• Ability to interface effectively with various individuals in a multi-cultural, diverse organization, as well as with state agencies, foundations, media firms, individual donors, academics and students, and others.
• Knowledge of human rights, labor rights and migration.
• Willingness to travel within the U.S and Mexico.

CDM is an equal opportunity employer and prioritizes diversity among our staff, Board of Directors, and volunteers. We also maintain a strong interest in our employees' career development and strive to provide opportunities for growth and education for dedicated members of our team.