Promotora(o)s Associate

Promotora(o)s Associate

UnLocal is a community-centered non-profit organization that provides direct immigration legal representation and community education to immigrant communities in New York City.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Promotora(o) Associate will play a critical role in supporting immigrants who face heightened vulnerability due to their immigration legal status. This individual will help extend UnLocal's reach into the community by building trusted relationships with families in Northwest Queens.

This role supports a Promotores Community Safety Model that complements UnLocal's ongoing Know Your Rights (KYR) presentations, Emergency Family Preparedness Planning support, risk assessment, and information on involvement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). Unlike group-based KYR workshops, this model emphasizes trusted, peer-led, one-on-one outreach in real-world community settings, enabling more personalized support, referrals for legal assistance, and deeper community trust-building.

This is a part-time, contract-based position requiring 20 hours per week for an initial one-year term, with the possibility of an extension dependent on grant funding. The position reports directly to the Senior Manager of Outreach & Community Education.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide oversight, training, and coordination of promotora(o)s throughout the grant period of one year, with the possibility of an extension.
• Support immigrant families with accessing and completing New York State Guardianship applications
• Conduct sustained, relationship-based outreach to immigrant families in target communities, identifying and engaging households in need of guardianship and family preparedness support
• Serve as a trusted liaison between community members and legal support, ensuring families understand their options and next steps in their immigration pathways
• Coordinate closely with the Senior Manager of Outreach & Community Education to align outreach strategy with program goals and grant requirements
• Maintain accurate and confidential records of outreach activities, community interactions, and referrals to support grant reporting and program evaluation.
• Collect community feedback to identify emerging needs, service gaps, and opportunities to improve the program.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficiency in a second language, particularly Spanish and/or French, to effectively communicate with diverse client populations
• Demonstrated experience leading campaigns or advocacy initiatives
• Strong commitment to social justice and immigrant rights
• Experience in community organizing, grassroots advocacy, or a related field (paid or volunteer)
• Familiarity with Train-the-Trainer models, Guardianship and Family Preparedness frameworks, and Know Your Rights methodology
• Flexible onsite schedule, with availability to work evenings and weekends as needed

SALARY:

• $20 an hour
• 10 days of Sick Leave
• Commuter Benefits

To Apply:

If you are passionate about making a difference and possess the required skills, please submit your resume and cover letter to Human Resources at HR@unlocal.org. We look forward to welcoming a dedicated Promotera(o) Associate to add to our team.

This position requires regular travel throughout the community to conduct in-person outreach and involves standing, walking, and engaging directly with the public for extended periods in outdoor and public settings. The position also involves periods of sitting, computer use, and phone and video conferencing for coordination, reporting, and training. Travel is also required for funder engagement and partner meetings. The position may occasionally involve moving items up to 10 pounds between outreach sites, off-site locations, and the office. Occasional evening and weekend availability is required. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, consistent with applicable law.

This position is not in the UnLocal Bargaining Unit.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, UnLocal, Inc. prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

UnLocal, Inc. is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients (people), to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us and our ability to build strong relationships with our colleagues. Every member of our community is expected to continuously learn about the dynamic, evolving, and emerging field of knowledge of identity, bias, and systemic forms of oppression and participate in productive efforts to dismantle bias in all forms.