Bilingual Spanish/English Tenant Organizer

 Are you passionate about HOUSING JUSTICE? 

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. 

Job Description: Bilingual Spanish/English Tenant Organizer

Location: San Francisco 

Schedule: 40 hours/week, flexible schedule required

Salary: $31.25/hour

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, acupuncture

Union: Represented by Office & Professional Employees International Union, Local 29

Position Summary: 

The Southeast bilingual (English and Spanish) tenant organizer is a 40 hour a week position that will focus on the empowerment of tenants in San Francisco’s southeast neighborhoods (Mission, Excelsior, Bayview) to build a geographic tenant association. This person also assists with providing frequent educational policy initiative training to members that support tenants and helps meet the needs of low-income and immigrant communities.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Conduct regular tenant outreach in the Mission, Bernal, Excelsior, and Bayview neighborhoods.
• Build and support the Southeast Tenants Association.
• Organize and lead orientations, phone banking, and trainings for tenant associations members 
• Educate tenants about their rights and other displacement issues.
• Maintain outreach materials, databases, and social media.
• Represent HRCSF in coalitions as needed.
• Participate in HRCSF team and staff meetings.

Essential Qualifications:

• Fluent in Spanish (spoken and written).
• Adaptability: Able to handle shifting priorities and balance multiple tasks.
• Community Building: Ability to build a culture that invites community commitment.
• Persistence & Patience: Stay committed and patient in achieving long-term goals.
• Self-Motivation: Proactive in solving problems and managing your own work-plan.
• Learning & Teaching: Willing to learn from mistakes and teach others.
• Communication: Strong verbal, phone, and written communication skills.
• Reliability: Meet deadlines and communicate promptly about any issues.
• Judgment: Must have sound, practical judgment concerning everyday matters.
• Commitment to Social and Economic Justice.
• Flexibility: Able to work evenings and weekends when needed.
• Proficient in Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms).
• Knowledge of Issues: Impacting tenants, immigrants, and people with low incomes.
• Location: Currently living in San Francisco or having deep roots in SF.

Desirable Experience:

• Case management
• Tenant counseling
• Community outreach

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to resume@hrcsf.org, with ATTN: Bilingual Spanish/English 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.