Baltimore Statewide Lead Organizer

One Fair Wage is an organization seeking to raise wages, enhance working conditions

in the service sector and end all subminimum wages in the United States.

With the Great Resignation, millions of workers are refusing to work for subminimum

wages, employers are raising wages to recruit staff, and the political landscape to

advance policy to raise wages has changed dramatically. Given the historic moment,

One Fair Wage has launched an ambitious campaign to advance bills and ballot

measures in 25 states nationwide to raise wages and end subminimum wages in the

US - and through the process, engage millions of unlikely, low-wage worker voters

politically. One Fair Wage is thus advancing policy, voter engagement, employer

engagement, and culture shift activities to ultimately lift millions of tipped workers out of

poverty nationwide and engage them in the political process that governs their lives.

The Opportunity

One Fair Wage is hiring an experienced Colorado Statewide Lead Organizer to conduct

worker organizing and mobilization, ‘high road’ employer engagement, and coalition

management in Colorado to support policy to raise wages and end the subminimum

wage for tipped workers. The Statewide Lead Organizer would report to the Senior

Organizing Director.

The ideal candidate for this position is strategic, energetic, and innovative and has

experience in both worker organizing and coalition management. The candidate will

bring strong organizational, worker relationship management, and planning skills to this

role and will serve as a driving force behind the legislative campaign in Baltimore. This is a full-time position, but candidates seeking other arrangements can apply.

Duties and Responsibilities

Organizing

• Identify, grow, and develop committees of worker member leaders
• Mobilize workers to attend rallies, press events, hearings, and other legislative

events

• Work with local members to identify and train spokespersons
• Work with local electeds to set up One Fair Wage’s signature ‘high road’

employer engagement work

• Manage a statewide coalition of organizations focused on wage increases
• Support the work of the Organizing Department as necessary
• Attend scheduled department meetings and pieces of training as assigned
• Track employer and worker member data using EveryAction
• Organize petition drops in target legislators’ offices
• Organize lobbying visits/events with legislators and workers at both local and

state offices

QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in organizing for labor and/or social justice

movement organizing, with a strong understanding of online leadership development

• Organizing experience, especially worker organizing and coalition work
• Experience with computer software, team management apps, and social

media platforms, including Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Zoom, VAN,

EveryAction, Asana, Slack, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc

• Maintenance of a professional attitude and strong ethical practice and a

willingness to learn and grow, ability to consistently represent OFW publicly,

professionally online and in-person

• Self-starter, motivated to get work done in an aggressive but

supportive team environment

• Strong supervision, communication, time management, and team leadership

skills, including active listening, empathy, well-structured agendas, delegation,

facilitation skills, documentation of work, and strong writing skills

• Ability to work nights and weekends with strong boundaries and self-care skills, ability to manage and work independently as well as collaborate,

coordinate, and prioritize multiple tasks while meeting deadlines.

• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong relationships and

partnerships across organizations

• Ability to work under high pressure and short deadlines
• Commitment to racial, social, and economic justice; and significant experience

working collaboratively with persons of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds,

socioeconomic status, age, and sexual orientation

• Willingness to travel and work in the work office.
• A valid driver’s license, access to a vehicle, and auto insurance coverage

when driving is needed

• Experience as a tipped worker or restaurant worker preferred
• Fluency in Spanish preferred

One Fair Wage can offer $65-$80,000 plus benefits based on experience.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in our organization. We do

not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual

orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status and will provide

reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to

perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of

employment.

Former service workers, women and people of color are encouraged to apply. Please

submit a resume and cover letter to Karlton@onefairwage.org