Organizing Director

Organizing Director (Full-Time Position)

The Student Immigrant Movement (SIM) is a political home for working-class, undocumented, and immigrant youth, ages 14-26, in Massachusetts. We are a grassroots, membership-led organization that builds power to advance racial, economic, and social justice. We do this through a hybrid hub model that integrates and synergizes hubs that are directly organized by SIM and hubs where there are existing youth programs in immigrant-led organizations. The hubs develop the leadership of immigrant youth across the state through leadership development, community organizing, political education, cultural artivism, and providing capacity building support to already existing youth programs in immigrant-led community-based organizations.

Role Summary:

The Organizing Director plays a critical role in upholding and implementing SIM’s organizing strategies. They will be responsible for rebuilding the membership base of undocumented and immigrant youth through deep relationship building, supporting their leadership development. and managing campaigns and programming that serve SIM’s base-building goals. They are also responsible for cultivating relationships with already existing youth programs in immigrant-led organizations to learn about their youth organizing and leadership development work and provide training, political education, and connection with other immigrant youth throughout the state organized by SIM.

The Organizing Director is responsible for stewarding the statewide leadership committee of youth leaders that come from SIM’s direct base-building work and from the youth that come from already existing programs, thus creating a state-wide immigrant youth-led movement. Finally, the Organizing Director supervises the Fellowship Coordinator and member volunteers to ensure SIM’s organizing is ongoing and robust. In close partnership with other staff, the Organizing Director ensures that SIM’s internal organizing systems and processes are well-maintained and documented, to support organizational effectiveness and continuity.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Facilitation, Leadership Development and Base Building
  • Lead the development and implementation of SIM’s organizing strategies, ensuring that outreach efforts, events, monthly programming, and actions are guided by a clear strategic framework and aligned with SIM’s broader organizing goals and priorities.
  • Expand and retain SIM’s membership of undocumented and immigrant youth by maintaining ongoing one-on-ones with new and existing members, with support of Fellowship Coordinator, and Fellows
  • Develop recruitment plans, with assistance from the Fellowship Coordinator, for SIM’s programs and campaigns. Examples may include calling/texting parties, door-knocking, and canvassing tactics
  • Follow up on recruitment activities with one-on-one meetings to cultivate the leadership of members
  • Oversee the design of leadership development workshops for SIM’s members, with assistance from other SIM staff. Examples include: How to conduct one-on-ones, establishing teams, group roles and norms, and public narrative.
  • Implement popular education trainings and ensure the learnings are integrated into SIM’s organizing practices through relevant meetings and workshops.
  • Cultivate and sustain partnerships with immigrant-led organizations that have existing youth programs in order to provide organizing capacity as mutually identified and connect their youth state-wide with SIM’s membership, thereby building a state-wide, immigrant-led movement.
• Supervision, Coaching, and Mentoring
  • Lead facilitation for the statewide leadership council's meetings by creating the agenda, delegating roles, and coaching the youth to identify priorities relevant to SIM’s existing campaigns and programs.
  • Coordinates the integration of SIM’s hubs and other membership with assistance from Fellows and fellowship coordinator by conducting weekly meetings and supporting them in identifying their day-to-day priorities.
  • Conduct yearly and mid-year assessments of the FellowshipCoordinator, ensuring they’re making progress towards their personal and professional goals.
• Project Management
  • Develop a yearly, detailed work plan and timeline with attainable goals and objectives that will include specific activities. Examples may include: number of monthly one-on-ones, membership meetings, and flagship events.
  • Alongside other staff members, oversee the logistical execution of SIM membership engagement events. This includes, though not limited to, managing the event budget, securing the venue, transportation, and delegating tasks to other staff members and leaders as needed.
• Other Duties
  • Represent SIM at external meetings with partners and stakeholders, such as nonprofit organizations, funders, educators, and state and local public officials.
  • May occasionally support other staff with grant writing and communications (e.g., social media posting) as needs arise.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience (paid or volunteer) organizing with with youth between 14-26 years old in diverse communities, including immigrants and refugees
• Connection to SIM’s base of immigrant youth and have the ability to engage, inspire, support, and encourage them to lead
• Demonstrated commitment to racial, economic, and social justice - including knowledge of organizing frameworks such as Public Narrative, Emergent Strategy, or Direct Action.
• Demonstrated commitment to relational organizing.
• Experience with managing campaigns strongly preferred
• Experience supervising others for upwards of two (2) years, preferred
• Bilingual speaker who is fluent in either Spanish or Portuguese
• Strong facilitative leadership with strong relationship building and leadership development/coaching skills. Background in popular education is also desirable
• Ability to work within a team, and also take initiative and leadership
• Ability to manage multiple projects and activities at once and bring them to completion and fruition
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work a flexible schedule, as the role requires occasional work during weekends and nights.
• Must frequently travel across the state on their own. Ability to occasionally attend regional and/or national meetings preferred. Able to drive their own vehicle, preferred.
• Access to reliable internet and the ability to navigate digital platforms such as Google Workplace, Zoom, social media, and customer relationship tools.
• High school diploma and/or GED certificate required.

This full-time position reports to SIM’s Executive Director. It is a primarily remote position based in Massachusetts, though that may be subject to change in the future. The yearly salary is $85,000 and increases are negotiable based on SIM’s overall budget. Full-time employees are entitled to 14 days of paid vacation per year and 7 days of sick/health leave. Costs associated with transportation to site visits and events are covered by SIM. Health and Dental insurance are provided. Employees can opt into a Flexible Spending Account and/or Dependent Care Reimbursement. Student Immigrant Movement is a fiscally-sponsored project of Resist Inc, a Boston-based, non-profit, worker-self-directed foundation that supports people’s movements for justice and liberation.

To apply for this position, please fill out this application on Idealist. Questions? Reach out to info@simforus.org.

Full-time employees are entitled to 14 days of paid vacation per year and 7 days of sick/health leave. Costs associated with transportation to site visits and events are covered by SIM. Health and Dental insurance are provided. Employees can opt into a Flexible Spending Account and/or Dependent Care Reimbursement.

Spanish or Portuguese fluency preferred.