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Colorado Jobs with Justiceis Hiring!

Colorado Jobs with Justice is hiring an Organizing Director! For the full job description, see below the break.

ColoradoJobs with JusticeOrganizing Director Job Announcement

ColoradoJobs with Justice is a long-term, formal coalition of labor,community, faith, and student and youth organizations that cometogether to advance workers' rights and social justice throughbuilding sustained relationships and taking direct action to createconcrete change in the lives of working families. We have atwenty-five year history of fighting for working families and theircommunities and are one of the oldest of the more than forty local,autonomous chapters of Jobs with Justice. Across the network, Jobswith Justice works on a range of issues including labor law reform,health care, union organizing campaigns, immigrant rights, and manyothers. In Colorado, we focus on the places where economic justiceoverlaps with other social justice issues. CO JwJ’s OrganizingDirector will help implement all operational and programmatic aspectsof the organization’s work.
Duties& Responsibilities:

• Labor Liberation Program: schedule workshops; coordinate logistics, facilitation, and materials for workshops; develop and implement curriculum; facilitate relationships, communication, and training of the Trainer’s Collective; support CO JwJ trainers, volunteers , and board in advocating for and scheduling trainings in the community.
• Steering Committee: recruit new members; develop leaders; prepare for and lead meetings; attend and/or recruit JWJ supporters to attend solidarity actions; build and maintain relationships with partners.
• Base-Building: manage the Mobilization Committee; present to member organizations; conduct regular outreach and organize for actions and events.
• Campaign Work: design and implement major organizing campaigns; involve members in programs and strategies; provide support to member organizations in their major campaigns.
• Fundraising: help identify funding sources; assist Board with proposals and reports for foundation funding; secure new and renewed dues-paying member organizations; help organize grassroots fundraising events; support Board members with individual fundraising plans.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years organizing experience with a community or labor organization.
• Ability to design and implement leadership training workshops.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and anti-oppression.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and train others.
• Experience working in and building coalitions.
• Ability to motivate others, share vision and energy.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse populations.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Good planning skills; ability to organize and prioritize work, budget time and account for work results.
• Grantwriting, budgeting, reporting, and grassroots fundraising experience.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office and database programs.
• Bilingual – Spanish/English strongly preferred.

Details:Salary- $40,000. Health and paid time off benefits. JwJ is an affirmativeaction employer. People of color, lesbian/bisexual/trans people,people with disabilities and older people are encouraged to apply.
Toapply: ByMarch 1, send letter of interest, resume and contact information for3 references to: cojwjboard@gmail.com.This position will remain open until filled; our goal is to fill itas soon as possible.