If interested, please respond as indicated below. >RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE >JOB ANNOUNCEMENT > >Job Title: National Organizer - Civic Engagement > >Position: Full-time, at least through 12/31/12 - grant funded position. > >Salary range/benefits: >DOE, $42,500 - $52,000, plus benefits > > >Location: >Preferred ability to locate in New York City. Will consider other >possible locations. > >Closing Date: >ASAP, position open until filled. > > > >About Right To The City: >The Right to the City Alliance is a national alliance of over 35 racial, >economic and environmental justice organizations, as well as resource >allies and individual supporters. Right to the City emerged in 2007 as a >unified response to gentrification and a call to halt the displacement >of low-income people, LGBTQ, and youths of color from urban >neighborhoods. Our member organizations, allies and supporters stand >together under the notion that every person has an inalienable right to >urban life. Through shared principles and a common frame and theory of >change, the Right to the City Alliance is building a national movement >for 21st Century Cities that are democratic, just and sustainable. In >the process, we are building new ways to work and organize, new ways to >source innovation, and new ways to build reciprocal knowledge and common >cause between locally-based organizations and networks. The Right to the >City Alliance is building this fight city by city ? creating urban >united fronts with mainstream environmentalists and union members, >developing cutting edge urban platforms, and running electoral and >legislative campaigns. > >Job Description: >The National Organizer - Civic Engagement will collaborate with RTTC >member organizations to develop a national infrastructure and learning >community that moves from voter mobilizing to voter organizing, focusing >on voter engagement as an integrated tactic that is part of our local, >regional and national strategy for social change. The National Organizer >will work with RTTC National Staff to support the development of the >Alliance campaign work, mobilization, research, or communications. The >National Organizer - CE will report to the Executive Director of the >Right to the City Alliance. > > > >Responsibilities: > >The National Organizer - CE will be expected to: >? Support the development of RTTC regions and working groups through >coordination of joint work regionally or nationally. >? Support member organizations in targeted cities to fully integrate >voter organizing as a key strategic approach to winning 21st Century Cities. >? Coordinate RTTC civic engagement working group meetings, committee >work, and facilitate discussions >? Provide logistical support for larger RTTC national meetings and >mobilizations > >? Manage civic engagement programs from conception and implementation to >evaluation. > >? Support funding development and reporting efforts for civic engagement >programs. >? Facilitate member acquisition and use of voter technologies (e.g. VAN) >? Correspond with other national electoral alliances and represent RTTC >in various voter engagement forums >? Develop a sophisticated knowledge and understanding of RTTC voter >engagement practices and challenges on regional and national scales. > >? Coordinate the participation of RTTC members in coalition with other >national alliances on joint voter organizing work. > >? Coordinate internal and external work reports from the work group. > >Qualifications: >? Political agreement with Right to the City principles and vision >? Minimum three years of electoral and/or grassroots organizing experience >? Working knowledge of voter engagement technology and database applications >? Excellent communication skills?verbal and written >? Excellent organizational skills?good attention to detail and well >organized >? Self-motivated?proven ability to work independently and under definite >timelines and deadlines >? Ability to work well with diverse groups and populations >? Dedication and ability to work flexible hours and travel >? Bilingual in English and Spanish and/or Mandarin highly desirable > >Women, People of Color and LGBTQ urged to apply. Applications will only >be accepted electronically. Please email a cover letter, resume, salary >history and three references to: >[log in to unmask] Please indicate ?National Organizer - CE >Search? in the subject line. Please make sure to include a daytime phone >number where we can contact you. > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Colist maillist - send messages to [log in to unmask] > >To change your subscription, go to >http://comm-org.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/colist > >All messages are archived at http://comm-org.wisc.edu/pipermail/colist/ > >Please contact original message authors to request permission to forward >messages. > > >End of Colist Digest, Vol 102, Issue 9 >************************************** <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the COMHEALUMNI-L List, please send an E-mail to: "[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF COMHEALUMNI-L".