AAI Community Organizer job posting: application deadline June 19

COMMUNITY ORGANIZER

Job Posting: June 3, 2009



The Asian American Institute was established in 1992 as a pan-Asian, not-for-profit organization. Our mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy, by utilizing research, education and coalition building. AAI is seeking a full-time organizer to develop leaders to address issues impacting Illinois’ low-income and marginalized Asian American populations.



REPORTS TO: Director of Programs



RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Lead and manage AAI’s community organizing program:

· Build and maintain relationships with Asian American community organizations and leaders,

· Work with Asian American community organizations to identify leaders and issues,

· Develop leaders by providing training workshops and conferences, including AAI’s annual Asian American Leadership Forum,

· Work with leaders to develop and implement organizing campaigns, including AAI’s current immigration reform campaign and its August 2009 Asian American Town Hall Meeting,

· Conduct outreach to elected officials and governmental agencies about AAI's campaigns and efforts to create policy change,

· Collaborate with AAI’s affiliate organizations (Asian American Justice Center, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center),

· Prepare program-related written reports, meeting summaries, press releases and other materials,

· Manage and supervise any organizing-related interns and volunteers, and

* Assist with program-related development; work with AAI’s development staff to maintain relationships with current funders and to help identify and build relationships with prospective program funders;
* Assist the Director of Programs with other tasks, as assigned.



REQUIREMENTS:

* Experience working with Asian American communities,
* Experience in community organizing strongly preferred; experience in developing campaigns and strategic planning is an asset,
* Commitment to social justice and civil rights,
* Excellent written and oral communication skills,
* Ability to work independently, think creatively and prioritize multiple tasks,
* Openness and ability to adapt and respond to changes in the environment,
* Ability to work collaboratively with multi-ethnic, multi-generational or multi-sector communities,
* Bilingual skills in English and an Asian language are an asset,
* Flexible working hours including some evenings and weekends, and
* Reliable transportation required.



START DATE: July 2009 / as soon as possible

SALARY/ BENEFITS: Salary commensurate with experience; benefits include health insurance coverage.



Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, as soon as they are received. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume by June 19, 2009, to Joanna Su, Director of Programs at the address below, via snail mail, fax, or email (joanna@aaichicago.org).



AAI is an equal opportunity employer.

SEARAC COMMUNITY ORGANIZER POSITION (Sacramento, CA)

Please find the following job announcement for SEARAC's new Community Organizer position.

If you have any questions about the position, you may contact me, Naomi Steinberg, at 202-667-4690 or naomi@searac.org.

Please distribute this announcement widely among your networks.

***Position Announcement** **Community Organizer** **Organization Background:*The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), founded in 1979, is a national organization advancing the interests of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans through leadership development, capacity building, and community empowerment.

SEARAC fosters the development of nonprofit organizations led by and for Southeast Asian Americans and serves as a coalition-builder and leader, carries out action-oriented research projects, and strengthens the capacity of community-based organizations such as mutual assistance associations (MAAs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs).

We also foster civic engagement among Southeast Asian Americans and represent our communities at the national level in Washington, DC.*

**Position Summary:* Reporting to SEARAC's management team, the Community Organizer will provide a wide range of organizing and training and technical assistance to Southeast Asian (SEA) American communities and organizations in California. S/he will be a highly skilled professional with a broad range of community organizing, project management, and training skills. S/he will have primary responsibility for working directly with SEARAC community partners throughout California in order to help them incorporate community organizing into their programming.

This will include helping community partner organizations either start or improve community organizing programs; offering community organizing trainings to organizational partners' staff/volunteers and community members; monitoring the development of the organizational partners' community organizing efforts; and, engaging community partners in actual community organizing efforts. In addition, s/he will assist SEARAC's community partners in their fundraising efforts to sustain their community organizing work. S/he will also work in cooperation with SEARAC staff to develop a community organizing curriculum for use with community partner organizations.

*Location of Position: *SEARAC California Office* - *Sacramento, CA* *

*Major Responsibilities:* * Develop and foster strong relationships with SEARAC's community partners * Design a community organizing curriculum for SEARAC to use when working with community partners * Provide training and technical assistance to community partners in order to help them holistically incorporate community organizing techniques into their civic engagement/social change work * Work in partnership with SEARAC community partners to design and actually implement community organizing efforts * Help SEARAC's community partners sustain their community organizing work by assisting the organizations fundraise in support of this work * Take the lead on data collection, drafting and submission of narrative and financial reports to funders, and other administrative duties as required * Carry out additional duties as directed by supervisors

*Required Qualifications:* * Relevant community organizing experience with immigrant/refugee groups * Relevant experience working with Southeast Asian American communities and/or community- based organizations in California * Experience providing training and technical assistance to community-based groups * Experience with program planning and administration * Excellent verbal and written communication abilities *

Experience in budgeting, financial management, and project reporting * Demonstrated ability to work with minimal direction supervision *

Undergraduate degree * Knowledge of SEA cultures and languages* *

*Compensation: *Commensurate with experience, plus a strong benefits package.

*Starting Date: *As soon as possible.*

**Application Procedure:

*Please e-mail, fax, or mail all three - resume, cover letter, and writing sample to:

Naomi Steinberg

SEARAC*

Attn: Community Organizer Job Search*

1628 16^th Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20009

Phone: 202-667-4690

Fax: 202/667-6449

E-mail: naomi@searac.org/

SEARAC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/