Community Organizer
7 days ago
_**Where you will work**:_BC ACORN office in New West (Columbia Station), and in the communities ACORN does it's campaign and organizing work._
- **Wage**:_$17.71 per hour_
- **Training is Provided**:_Those with experience may be able to start at a higher wage_
- **ACORN is a community action group / union**_ _that punches above its weight class. If you want to actually win victories for tenants and working class people - and not just talk about it - ACORN is the place for you._
- **Recent ACORN victories**:_Rent caps and eviction protections in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; anti-tenant displacement policies in Burnaby, lowering internet rates for 100’s of thousands of low income Canadians._
**Job Summary**:The job of an ACORN organizer is a field organizing position, not a desk job. The job enables you to get active and get out in the communities we organize in. The organizers role is _to help manage our resurgence and expansion in BC and to help us win our_ campaigns for major tenant law reform and vacancy control in BC.
**Four main roles of the job**:
**Outreach**: Door Knocking, Street Canvassing, Petitioning to bring new people into the organization and then linking them to the existing membership and campaigns.
**Fundraising**:Maintain and grow ACORN’s existing base of monthly member dues and donations. Manage our medium and long term fundraising efforts from allied labour organizations and foundations.
**Learn how to be a community organizer**: Work with your supervisors in ACORN’s National Office, and colleagues across the country, to learn the tried and true ACORN organizing model. You will be paid to travel to training and meetings.
**Qualifications and Skills Sets**:
- Strong social and people skills
- Work ethic and self discipline
- Ability to work in a team setting that you are sometimes leading, and sometimes following
- Listening skills
- Social media and communication skills
- Conflict resolution
**Hours and Compensation**
- This is permanent employment
- 25 to 35 hours per week
- Work afternoons and evenings Monday through Friday and some Saturdays (Semi-Flexible on days work, hours are in afternoon and evenings)
- Room for growth in the organization, full time positions available, we prefer to hire from within
**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 30 per week
**Salary**: From $17.71 per hour
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- Why you are interested in this job? Please quickly describe your thoughts.
Work Location: One location
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