Community Organizer

Job Announcement

Job Title: Community Organizer

Organization: CORAZÓN

Location: Arizona (Maricopa County)

Status: Full Time

CORAZÓN Arizona (CORAZÓN)Envisions an Arizona where a united faithful community centers and supports the hopes and voice of those most impacted to be the decision-makers among statewide grassroots movements empowering Arizonan families.

As the Arizona Federation of Faith in Action, a national community organizing network, CORAZÓN creates change on a local, state, and national level. The heartbeat and life of our organizing work is to build and support faith-based member institutions, diverse beliefs, and traditions as we fight for social, racial, and economic dignity with a welcoming and inclusive prophetic voice. We believe in and are working towards an Arizona where everyone can live with Abundance and Dignity.

Mission

• Cultivate and foster an organizational culture where people of vast faith traditions feel welcomed and safe to take action to improve our democracy to achieve Economic Dignity, Immigrant Justice, Health/ Wellness, Care for Creation, and can participate civically.
• Centering and listening to Black, Indigenous, Latinx leaders, faith and lay people and impacted community members on our local neighborhood issues and ideas that they have been identified to matter most.
• Advocating and co-creating for state and federal policies through intentional campaigns uplifting our moral voices to bring about systemic change for Arizonans centering race equity.
• Educate, train, and equip people with tools to improve democracy within communities.

CORAZÓN seeks a full-time Community Organizer to engage with diverse faith traditions, communities of color, and institutions to advocate locally and nationally. The job specifically requires base building and educating the community about the issues within immigration. The Community Organizer will recruit and build teams of community leaders throughout Arizona to drive CORAZON’s “Belonging” campaign, focusing on immigration, economic dignity, and care for creation.

No past organizing experience is required of the applicant; however, the applicant must be a dedicated and hardworking individual that is passionate about immigration, civic engagement, and social and economic justice and is willing to create community-led efforts to make a change in their community. The applicant must also have a valid driver's license. Bilingual applicants (English and Spanish) are preferred.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the Leadership Development Manager to manage, design, and implement the campaign report and have regular check-ins with the Organizing Director.
• Conduct weekly and monthly meetings with leaders and coalition members
• Train faithful leaders who will build neighborhood/ House of Worship teams to drive CORAZON’s Belonging campaign.
• Train member leaders on tactics to engage and successfully maintain an accurate database of both volunteer involvement and member leadership development
• Identify and build relationships with potential allies and community partners to help execute goals.
• Other duties as assigned

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

We seek candidates with excellent relationship-building skills, who are outcome-driven, with strong and diverse immigration advocacy skills. Ideal candidates should have demonstrated experience in the following:

• A commitment to social and racial justice issues and understanding of challenges facing the immigrant community in Arizona and the United States
• Experience building and coaching member leader teams
• Work driving projects and programs to completion
• Familiarity with political data, the latest technologies, and best practices
• Comfort with the implementation of a range of organizing strategies and tactics, including but not limited to Know Your Rights, Rapid Response, Detention Defense, phone banking, canvassing, etc.
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills with a results-focused approach
• Ability to work well with diverse groups and populations
• Dedication and ability to work flexible hours
• Spanish/English bilingual preferred but not required

Working Conditions:

This job operates both in a professional office environment and in outdoor and indoor public spaces, and the person will be exposed to outdoor elements such as precipitation, wind, and high/low temperatures. This position is occasionally sedentary; however, attending meetings and canvassing out in the communities is also frequently required. The person in the position will frequently be expected to move about to accomplish tasks and move between sites. This position routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and audiovisual systems. The person in this position frequently communicates with community members and must be able to exchange accurate information. Ability to work evening and weekend hours as needed; ability and willingness to travel in the state or nationally for up to 30% of the time.

Schedule and Location: Shared office space in the Town of Guadalupe with some nights and weekends required.

Compensation:

This position is a full-time role in our $55,000- $62,000 salary range. Benefits include health care, dental, vision, 401k, sick leave, paid family medical leave and vacation time.

Corazon AZ is committed to creating a dynamic, multicultural, diverse working environment. To apply, please send an introductory email, Cover Letter, Resume and References to info@corazonaz.org with the subject line “Community Organizer.”

CORAZÓN is an equal-opportunity employer, and diverse applicants are encouraged to apply.