Organizer

House Our Neighbors is hiring a full time Organizer who will be focused on community education, engagement, and mobilization to carry out our mission. Working closely with the Policy and Advocacy Co-Executive Director, the Organizer will engage grassroots community members, identify and recruit leaders, and mobilize supporters to advocate for our policy and campaign objectives.

This is a full-time, nonexempt, hourly position, and House Our Neighbors observes a 35 hour work week. As we regularly run campaigns that require engagement with the general public, this position will have regular evening and weekend work. This is a one-year position, with opportunity to extend based on organizational fundraising.

Mission Statement

House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the residents of Seattle and beyond.

Primary Responsibilities:

Community Engagement

• Recruit, organize, train, retain, and build rapport with volunteers
• Organize regular monthly events for the base - socials, lunch & learns, volunteer opportunities
• Build and maintain relationships with community leaders, faith-based organizations, and grassroots networks to enhance long-term organizational capacity for future policy change

Mobilize Supporters for Social Housing Policy and Advocacy

• Organizing the public to turn out for Seattle Comprehensive Plan hearings and events
• Organizing volunteers to advocate for our legislative priorities during the WA State Legislative Session
• Represent HON at meetings, community events, in coalitions, and other venues
• Tabling, door knocking, text banking and/or phonebanking the general public to engage in our priorities and campaigns

Event Planning and Management

• Organizing regular events/meetups that engage our volunteers and supporters in building community, learning, and advancing our advocacy and policy priorities
• Event operations, including arranging event logistics, managing registration, and event promotion on various communication channels.

Administrative

• Update and maintain volunteer databases and spreadsheets
• Continuously evaluate mobilization strategies to maximize participation and achieve advocacy goals.
• All other duties as assigned

Required skills:

• Minimum 3 years prior organizing experience
• Detail oriented and comfortable working in a fast paced environment
• Excellent people skills and past experience engaging with the general public and moving people to action
• Ability to work collaboratively with a team, and ability to work independently on projects
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for varied audiences.
• Ability to give clear instructions and directions to other staff and volunteers
• Experience in quick turnaround mobilization for high stakes activities
• Experience in developing scripts, talking points, and supporting community members in speaking in public
• Basic digital literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) or Google Suite and Google Drive.

Desired skills:

• Prior experience with ballot initiative campaigns and/or candidate campaigns
• VAN Experience: Cutting turf, pulling lists, integrating VAN with other platforms
• Familiarity with housing justice, specifically social housing
• Knowledge Seattle’s land use code and comprehensive plan process
• Has led door to door canvassing and/or phonebanking
• Experience with GIS
• Thrives working with a small startup team and are comfortable with a changing environment as we learn and grow with this new organization

Pay is $41 per hour, based on a 35 hour work week. For full-time employees, HON offers health benefits, a transit pass, over 5 weeks of PTO, which includes Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Time, and 11 observed holidays.

Work Environment:

HON currently observes a hybrid working environment. We have an office in a coworking space in Pioneer Square where we work together in-office at least three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home as job requirements allow.

To Apply:

Submit a resume and short cover letter that highlights how you meet the required skills. Cover letters that do not describe how candidates meet the minimum requirements will not be considered. We expect to have two rounds of interviews.

HON is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with a common purpose. People of color, women, immigrants, people with disabilities, LGBTQ people, and people with low-income backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.