Bilingual Spanish English Tenant Organizer

Are you passionate about HOUSING JUSTICE?

Do you want to join a diverse, multilingual tenant organization fighting for TENANT POWER?

Job Description: Bilingual Spanish/English Tenant Organizer

The Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco (HRCSF) is a tenants’ rights non-profit serving tenants citywide since 1979, offering free counseling and organizing support for San Francisco tenants in all types of housing, including rent-control, public housing, and Section 8. Our purpose is to strengthen tenants’ rights, improve living conditions for renters, and preserve and expand affordable housing opportunities. Through our counseling program, we support more than 5,000 tenants a year, and our organizing program has helped build five tenant associations across the city since 2019.

Position Summary:

The Bilingual Spanish/English Tenant Organizer supports Spanish- and English-speaking tenants living in buildings owned by large or corporate landlords in San Francisco to build strong tenant associations that can collectively address issues in their housing. In collaboration with the organizing team and tenant leaders, the Bilingual Tenant Organizer helps carry out campaigns aimed at preventing displacement, limiting unfair rent increases, improving habitability, and strengthening tenant protections. The Organizer supports tenants to identify shared concerns and move from individual frustration to coordinated collective action with their neighbors through door-to-door outreach and phone-banking, 1-1 conversations, facilitating tenant meetings, coordinating tenant actions, and identifying and developing tenant leaders.

Essential Functions:

• Conduct door-to-door outreach, phone banking, and 1-1 organizing conversations in assigned buildings.
• Identify and develop tenant leaders capable of taking responsibility within their associations.
• Convene and facilitate regular tenant meetings and orientations.
• Support the development of majority-based tenant associations through participation tracking and structure tests.
• Participate in campaign planning and implementation, including petitions, negotiations with landlords, public testimony, and coordinated collective actions.
• Deliver Know Your Rights education and political education that connects tenant experiences to collective action.
• Maintain accurate outreach logs, participation tracking, databases, and reports in compliance with organizational and funder requirements.
• Coordinate regularly with counseling and organizing teams to align outreach and campaign efforts.
• Represent HRCSF in coalition spaces and community meetings as assigned.
• Meet regularly with the HRCSF organizing team for cross-program coordination.
• Attend all internal HRCSF meetings and trainings.
• Complete administrative and reporting tasks in a timely manner.
• Other administrative tasks as assigned.

Skills Required:

• Demonstrated commitment to social and economic justice.
• Spanish language fluency (spoken and written).
• Experience working with working-class, immigrant, and multilingual communities.
• Ability to build trust and relationships across diverse communities.
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to manage group dynamics and conflict.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and comfort with public speaking.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Comfort receiving and implementing regular feedback from coworkers and tenants.
• Comfort working evenings and weekends as needed.
• Proficiency with or ability to learn Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack, CRM databases, and basic data tracking systems.

This position is a full-time, non-exempt position with a current hourly pay rate of $36.54/hour. Benefits include medical - including chiropractic and acupuncture - dental, and vision and a generous accrual of paid vacations and sick time. This position is full-time (40 hours per week). HRCSF fosters a sustainable work environment centered on self and collective care.

This position is included in a collective bargaining unit represented by Office & Professional Employees International Union, Local 29. Specific employment terms are subject to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to resume@hrcsf.org, with ATTN: Bilingual Tenant Organizer in the subject line.

HRCSF is an equal opportunity employer: People of color, women, immigrants, LGBTQI2S, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Diverse viewpoints are vital to our organization’s mission and culture.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Benefits include medical - including chiropractic and acupuncture - dental, and vision and a generous accrual of paid vacations and sick time.

Spanish language fluency (spoken and written).