Workplace Rights Community Outreach Worker

Status: 37.5 hours a week

Term: Position is funded through through May 31, 2027

Location: Centro Comunitario CEUS (CEUS) office, North Bergen, 07047.

Note: This position requires a strong Spanish speaker. Although it is funded through May 31, 2027, we expect to seek funds to continue beyond that date.

Centro Comunitario CEUS (CEUS), a non-profit community organization in North Bergen, NJ, is seeking an energetic and organized English-Spanish speaking Outreach Worker who will be responsible for communicating workplace rights information predominantly to the Hispanic immigrant community in Hudson County, New Jersey. The successful candidate will have an understanding of New Jersey workplace rights laws, or will learn about them on the job. The worker will be comfortable conducting an aggressive outreach campaign to identify community members interested in knowing their rights, and keen to conduct phone and in-person outreach to inform workers of their rights.

About CEUS

CEUS, a non-profit organization, has been a strong voice for immigrant communities in Northern New Jersey for 30 years. It was founded by Salvadorans who fled their country’s civil unrest. The organization continues to be led and run by immigrants, proving services that include a program to conduct outreach around health issues and help community members connect to area health providers, a women’s empowerment group and health insurance registration.

Position Background:

CEUS launched the outreach program, called Conoce Tus Derechos Laborales (CTD), to provide information on workplace rights in June 2023, with funding from the New Jersey Department of Labor’s (DOL) Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equity (CARE) grant program. CARE funds initiatives that promote outreach, education, and support and seek to expand worker access to benefits and protections under New Jersey laws. DOL has awarded four grants to CEUS’ CTD program. The current CEUS program informs community members about the following laws and issues: Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI); Family Leave Insurance (FLI); and work place rights laws such as how to understand and avoid misclassification of an employee as a contractor, and the right to Earned Sick Leave (ESL), Minimum Wage and Overtime pay.

Summary of Principal Responsibilities:

The Worker Rights Community Outreach Worker will communicate information about the laws to community members in Hudson County and around the northern part of the state. The worker will engage and interview immigrants, and conduct outreach and marketing tasks such as: calling workers by phone; interviewing clients seeking other services at the CEUS office; conducting in-person and online informational forums; sending information by email and formats; staffing an outreach table in the street, at health and resource fairs and at other events. The outreach worker will also develop relationships with other organizations in the community to bring clients to the project, and will help document and analyze the outreach campaign. The work will be conducted from the CEUS office and in the community.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of the Outreach Worker includes:

1. 1. Work with Project Supervisor to establish outreach plans and strategies to communicate to immigrants in the Hudson County area.
   2. Conduct telephone and in-person one-on-one interviews and informational sessions with immigrant community members.
   3. Organize, participate in and sometimes lead community forums to disseminate workplace rights information.
   4. Assist in conducting outreach to local partners - churches, non-profit organizations, municipal offices – to form relationships to help reach the immigrant community.
   5. Meet regularly with the Project Supervisor.
   6. Translating materials
   7. Conduct consultations on individuals worker cases, where suitable.
   8. Document all interviews/information sharing contacts in databases to create an ongoing record.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 1. Associates degree; bachelor’s degree preferred.
   2. Strong spoken and written Spanish is preferred, as well as strong English.
   3. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in multicultural contexts.
   4. Experience in community organizing or working to meet the needs of immigrants is a plus.
   5. An understanding of workplace issues through union or other work is a plus.
   6. Ability to attend evening and weekend meetings required.
   7. Experience and comfort with speaking to individuals and groups.
   8. Self-motivated; detail-oriented, well-organized.
   9. Ability to communicate effectively and build mutually respectful relationships with co-workers, partners, and the public.
   10. Ability to work legally in the United States.
   11. Drivers’ license and access to car is a plus; position requires some travel within New Jersey.

Compensation: $23/hour- 37.5 hours/week.

Note: this position is predominantly based in the CEUS office and in the North Hudson community.

Interested candidates should submit cover letter, resume and two references via email to Project Administrator Hugh Morley at hmorley@ceusnj.org

For more information about Centro Comunitario CEUS: www.CEUSNJ.org.

CEUS is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, sex, sexual orientation or nature of disability.

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Strong spoken and written Spanish is preferred, as well as strong English.