Immigrant Rights and Workplace Justice Organizer

Job description

Escucha Mi Voz Iowa is a faith-based, immigrant-led, multi-service organization. Our mission is to build the power of working-class immigrant and refugee communities to achieve human dignity and social justice in society. We’re Hiring a Fighter. Is it You?

Tired of seeing your people exploited on the job and deported without due process? Ready to organize immigrant workers to rise up, recover stolen wages, and demand justice with power in their hands?

Escucha Mi Voz Iowa is hiring a full-time Immigrant Rights & Worker Justice Organizer to fight back against wage theft, deportations, and the systems that keep our communities down.

This isn’t a desk job. This is street-level, kitchen-table, sacred-ground organizing. You’ll knock on doors, build base in churches and trailer parks, lead marches, train new leaders, and raise hell until immigrant workers win the dignity they deserve.

Based in Iowa

Full-time with benefits

Bilingual required (English & Spanish)

Movement heart required

Apply now. Or tag the most badass organizer you know.

Job Title: Immigrant Rights and Worker Justice Organizer

Location: Iowa City, Iowa

Reports to: Executive Director

Employment Type: Full-time / Part-time

Compensation: $45k-50k

Job Description

The Immigrant Rights and Worker Justice Organizer will play a key role in building grassroots power within working-class, immigrant communities to advocate for justice, dignity, and systemic change. This position will engage directly with immigrant workers and families, lead campaigns to stop deportations, recover stolen wages, fight anti-immigrant and anti-worker policies, and develop church and community leaders to take action and shape solutions.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, driven to success, highly relational, and deeply committed to immigrant rights and worker justice. Previous experience in grassroots community or labor organizing a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Build trusting relationships with immigrant workers, domestic workers, day laborers, churches, clergy, and everyday Iowans through outreach, 1-on-1 conversations, and home visits.
• Coordinate and support community-led campaigns on issues like deportation defense, wage theft, legal aid, and local and state policy.
• Organize regular community meetings, trainings, and leadership development opportunities.
• Mobilize members and allies for public actions, rallies, legislative visits, and rapid response efforts.
• Maintain accurate contact records and contribute to internal tracking and evaluation systems.
• Collaborate with legal and service teams to ensure holistic support for impacted families.
• Represent the organization in coalition spaces and public forums as needed.
• Assist with communications and storytelling efforts that lift up the voices and leadership of directly impacted individuals.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Deep commitment to immigrant rights and grassroots, workplace, and community-led organizing.
• Experience with base-building, issue campaigns, faith-based, labor, or community organizing.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills—able to build relationships across lines of difference.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish required.
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed, and travel locally/regionally.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in fast-moving environments.
• Familiarity with issues facing immigrant and refugee communities (e.g., deportation, workplace abuse, access to services).
• Basic digital skills (Google Workspace, messaging platforms, data entry tools).
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must have a valid drivers license and access to reliable transportation.

To Apply:

Please send your resume, a brief statement of interest, and two references to Escucha Mi Voz Iowa executive director David Goodner at info@escuchamivozia.org.

Escucha Mi Voz believes that social change is best achieved through grassroots organizing that flows directly from and engages the community demanding the change. As a membership-based organization, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, criminal history, or Veteran status. We strongly encourage those from historically excluded groups to apply.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person