Operations Director + Organizer

Salaried, full-time: 32-40 hours/week

$47,840 - $54,080 annually DOE

INTRODUCTION

Northeast Kingdom Organizing (NEKO) is joyfully seeking an Operations Director + Organizer with the courage and skills to bring deep listening, relationships, and NEKO’s values to the management of our day-to-day communication, financial, and administrative tasks.  

NEKO is in the process of exploring a shared leadership model.  We’re committed to staying in this work for the long haul and transforming extractive, white-supremacist, and capitalist work ethics into cooperative, supported, and sane workloads.  Because of that, we’re hoping to dissolve the Lead Organizer/Executive Director role and are looking to hire a candidate who may be interested in working toward co-leadership of our organization.

ABOUT NEKO

NEKO is a multi-issue, member-led, coalition of individuals, families, faith and community-based organizations that come together to organize and advocate for justice for the people and the places of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. We do this by embracing the concepts and practices of community organizing and centering the voices of NEK residents often ignored in decisions about their communities.

We practice a three-stage theory of change:

1

We use popular education tools like storytelling to center the voices of NEK residents impacted by injustice.

2

We build relationships for political power and a Just Transition of the Northeast Kingdom.

3

We organize, analyze power, and take action together to fight for equity for all people. 

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR + ORGANIZER

Responsibilities and Tasks:

Financial

• Track receipts, invoices, checks, and debit card purchases in Google Drive
• Work closely with the bookkeeper, accountant, Financial Team, Grant Team, and Lead Organizer to track and maintain the financial health of the organization and ensure financial protocols are followed
• Help prepare annual and project-specific budgets, cash flow projections, and monthly financial reports
• Work with Grant Team and current grant writer to research, submit, track grant spending, and write grant reports as needed
• Track of donations and new members; send personalized thank you cards to all contributors

Administrative

• Check mail, email, and phone messages and forward to staff or board members 
• Update and maintain the NEKO database 
• Schedule Executive Committee and subcommittee meetings on the Google Calendar, send meeting agendas and notes, and follow-up with notes and next steps
• Maintain documents in NEKO’s shared drives, organize files as needed
• Track and execute the timely payment and submission of taxes, insurance, and forms

Communication

• Maintain and regularly update NEKO’s website on WordPress
• Make weekly posts to NEKO’s Facebook page
• Create and send a monthly newsletter using Constant Contact or ActionNetwork
• Design flyers and posters for outreach and events using Canva
• Make follow-up phone calls and send emails to community members about events

Organizing + Campaigns

• Collaborate with Lead Organizer on NEKO Campaigns
• Convene campaign meetings 
• Uplift community leaders to take on roles and tasks within the Campaigns
• Go door-to-door to talk about campaigns and gain interest and support in NEK communities

DETAILS

Full-time: 32-40 hours/week at $23-$26/hour DOE ($47,840-$54,080 annually)

Position and wage review will happen after 6 months.  

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• 5 weeks CTO annually
• Professional development and continued mentoring 
• 4-week paid sabbatical after 2 years 

Schedule:

• Flexible, Monday through Friday, occasional nights and weekends

Work Location: 

Work may be performed from a variety of locations including: home based (remote), public/community settings, residential homes, by phone.

APPLICATION

To apply, please submit the following to Lead Organizer, Meghan Wayland by emailing meghan@nekorganizing.org or mail to: P.O. Box 1351, Newport, Vermont 05855 by Friday, April 26, at 5pm.

1. A resume, CV, or list of most recent work/volunteer/organizing experience
2. A work sample that embodies your past or current work.  This can be submitted as a description, a link to social media, gofundme, organizing platform, website, photos, art, strategic plan, etc.
3. Questions

Please address just 2-3 of the questions below. Responses to questions can be submitted in a combination of writing, video, and/or voice recording – whichever helps you get your ideas across in a way that works for you and helps us get to know you better.

• What needs to change?  What do you want to build?
• What gifts and skills do you bring to this work?  
• What’s your experience with community organizing and centering the voices of people impacted by issues?
• What draws you to work with NEKO?