Bilingual Community Organizer

Bilingual Community Organizer

Escucha Mi Voz Iowa

Johnson County / Linn County, Iowa

Position Summary

Escucha Mi Voz Iowa is seeking a passionate, bilingual Community Organizer to help build the leadership, power, and organization of immigrant workers and families. This organizer will focus on member recruitment, leadership development, rapid response organizing, and community defense campaigns that protect workers, families, and tenants and advance dignity, safety, and opportunity for all.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit and engage immigrant workers and community members into Escucha Mi Voz membership
• Conduct one-on-one organizing conversations and leadership development
• Help coordinate Neighborhood Response Teams and rapid response efforts
• Support Know Your Rights trainings, legal observer trainings, and public actions
• Assist members in identifying issues such as wage theft, housing injustice, and deportation threats
• Help plan and execute membership meetings, leadership trainings, and campaigns
• Build relationships with community partners, faith leaders, and local organizations
• Maintain regular communication with members and volunteers

Qualifications

• Strong commitment to immigrant rights, worker justice, affordable housing, and community organizing
• Ability to build relationships across cultures and backgrounds
• Bilingual Spanish/English required
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Willingness to work long hours, evenings and weekends, and travel statewide as needed
• Experience in organizing, advocacy, or community leadership is a plus

Compensation

Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits available.

About Escucha Mi Voz Iowa

Escucha Mi Voz Iowa is a worker justice center and community organizing group led by immigrant workers and their families. We organize to stop deportations, recover unpaid wages, win affordable housing, and build long-term community power.

How to Apply

Send a resume, cover letter, and three references to info@escuchamivozia.org

Generous PTO

Paid sick leave

Paid family leave

Sabbatical policy

Mileage reimbursement

Professional development budget

Must be able to listen, speak, read, and write Spanish fluently