Job description: Organizer I (Entry level organizer)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
UnifiEd is a community-led movement of families, teachers, students, and friends of public schools, united around a shared goal: that every student in Hamilton County will have the opportunity to graduate prepared for a brilliant future. To create a better public education system, we need to be a better public. We believe that if citizens are informed about why education matters, what works in the classroom, and how anyone can help, then we can build better schools. We get involved in education by getting the public involved. Uniting parents, community members, teachers, students, and elected officials in support of public schools so that every child in our care has access to the best educational opportunities.
We do this by creating neighborhood-level teams, investing in individuals on the ground and building transformative connections between communities and schools. The objective of each team is to create large-scale change within each school, as well as to share best ideas and practices across the entire system. At the same time, we advocate for action with the School Board, City Council, and County Commission to make sure that local government is creating policies and frameworks in which students can thrive.
UnifiEd is looking for Organizers. An Organizer is responsible for implementing the UnifiEd outreach program alongside a dedicated staff team. The Organizer works to run UnifiEd's robust outreach programs: leading workshops, giving presentations, and engaging parents, teachers, students and community members in classrooms, at community events, and everywhere in between.
The ideal candidate can wow a room full of high school students, plan a volunteer event at a local music venue, give a training to a team of parents and coach a young volunteer through their first field event – in one afternoon.
The Organizer position is a highly social, highly demanding, and highly creative role. This is a full-time position with the UnifiEd team and we're hiring now! The work includes evenings and weekends and a flexible day schedule.
Responsibilities
- Conduct extensive outreach to parent and youth groups, community organizations, congregations, advocacy groups and other organizations;
- Mobilize and train parents and community members to participate in a wide variety of activities, including grassroots lobbying, press conferences, rallies and demonstrations, meetings and leadership trainings;
- Build teams of volunteers and develop volunteer leadership to build large scale capacity to create big change;
- Cultivate and coordinate relationships with coalition partner groups and the service provider community;
- Create advocacy, organizing and outreach materials as needed and for broad-based distribution;
- Organize and/or work with other organizations to collaborate in a variety of actions, including rallies, legislative days, legislative testimony, etc.;
- Build the power of a grassroots education coalition in support of excellent and equitable public education.
- Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly work-plan with supervisor.
- Help develop strategies for organizing selected local communities and coordinating actions to ensure the effective implementation of all campaigns. Develop and implement a variety of engagement strategies including on-line, face-to-face, and social networks to support UnifiEd efforts.
· Identify opportunities for speaking engagements, tabling events and displays to expand citizen knowledge of and engagement in all organizational goals. Help plan and coordinate events such as community town hall meetings.
· Maintain and develop new partnerships with affinity groups who share common goals and values.
· Work with district and community coalitions to develop mutually beneficial actions that further UnifiEd community organizing goals.
· Work with the Executive Director to develop media campaigns for local communities.
· Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Flexibility to work long hours, nights and weekends.
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire citizens to develop into leaders.
- Ability to take initiative and be creative in developing new roles for community members and providing the support needed to be successful.
- Sound interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to establish and cultivate respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Sound organizational skills to manage and prioritize work subject to deadlines in a dynamic and changing environment, as an individual and as a member of a team.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, databases and Internet.
- Willingness to learn new things and challenge yourself and others to excel.
- Bilingual skills a plus, but not required.
· Prior Chattanooga, TN experience a plus, but not required.
· Prior organizing experience a plus, but not required.
Compensation and application
· Compensation is $16.83 per hour/$35,000 annually. All organizers are expected to work 40 hours. Employer will pay 90% of Health and Dental Insurance after 90 day probationary period. 10 days paid vacation and 12 days sick leave available after 90 day probationary period. A 403b retirement plan is also available.
· Please email a resume and cover letter in Word or PDF format to jonas@unifi-ed.org and keely@unifi-ed.org. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the positions are filled. We encourage people to apply as soon as possible.
Job description: Organizer level II (Lead Organizer)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
UnifiEd is a community-led movement of families, teachers, students, and friends of public schools, united around a shared goal: that every student in Hamilton County will have the opportunity to graduate prepared for a brilliant future. To create a better public education system, we need to be a better public. We believe that if citizens are informed about why education matters, what works in the classroom, and how anyone can help, then we can build better schools. We get involved in education by getting the public involved. Uniting parents, community members, teachers, students, and elected officials in support of public schools so that every child in our care has access to the best educational opportunities.
We do this by creating neighborhood-level teams, investing in individuals on the ground and building transformative connections between communities and schools. The objective of each team is to create large-scale change within each school, as well as to share best ideas and practices across the entire system. At the same time, we advocate for action with the School Board, City Council, and County Commission to make sure that local government is creating policies and frameworks in which students can thrive.
UnifiEd is looking for Lead Organizers. A Lead Organizer is responsible for implementing the UnifiEd outreach program alongside a dedicated staff team. The Lead Organizer works to run UnifiEd's robust outreach programs: leading workshops, giving presentations, and engaging parents, teachers, students and community members in classrooms, at community events, and everywhere in between. In addition, the Lead Organizer is responsible for being a mentor and advisor to entry-level organizers.
The ideal candidate can wow a room full of high school students, plan a volunteer event at a local music venue, give a training to a team of parents and coach a young volunteer through their first field event – in one afternoon.
The Lead Organizer position is a highly social, highly demanding, and highly creative role. This is a full-time position with the UnifiEd team and we're hiring now! The work includes evenings and weekends and a flexible day schedule.
Responsibilities
- Conduct extensive outreach to parent and youth groups, community organizations, congregations, advocacy groups and other organizations;
- Mobilize and train parents and community members to participate in a wide variety of activities, including grassroots lobbying, press conferences, rallies and demonstrations, meetings and leadership trainings;
- Build teams of volunteers and develop volunteer leadership to build large scale capacity to create big change;
- Cultivate and coordinate relationships with coalition partner groups and the service provider community;
- Create advocacy, organizing and outreach materials as needed and for broad-based distribution;
- Organize and/or work with other organizations to collaborate in a variety of actions, including rallies, legislative days, legislative testimony, etc.;
- Build the power of a grassroots education coalition in support of excellent and equitable public education.
- Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly work-plan with supervisor.
- Help develop strategies for organizing selected local communities and coordinating actions to ensure the effective implementation of all campaigns. Develop and implement a variety of engagement strategies including on-line, face-to-face, and social networks to support UnifiEd efforts.
· Identify opportunities for speaking engagements, tabling events and displays to expand citizen knowledge of and engagement in all organizational goals. Help plan and coordinate events such as community town hall meetings.
· Maintain and develop new partnerships with affinity groups who share common goals and values.
· Work with district and community coalitions to develop mutually beneficial actions that further UnifiEd community organizing goals.
· Work with the Executive Director to develop media campaigns for local communities.
· Help develop Organizer I into an Organizer II.
· Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Flexibility to work long hours, nights and weekends.
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire citizens to develop into leaders.
- Ability to take initiative and be creative in developing new roles for community members and providing the support needed to be successful.
- Sound interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to establish and cultivate respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Sound organizational skills to manage and prioritize work subject to deadlines in a dynamic and changing environment, as an individual and as a member of a team.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, databases and Internet.
- Willingness to learn new things and challenge yourself and others to excel.
- Bilingual skills a plus, but not required.
· Prior Chattanooga, TN experience a plus, but not required.
· Prior organizing experience required.
· Demonstrated ability to organize effectively over a medium term span (i.e. setting organizing goals and hitting them over a period of time).
· Demonstrated ability to train new organizers in organizing practices.
Compensation and application
· Compensation is $19.23 per hour/$40,000 annually. All organizers are expected to work 40 hours. Employer will pay 90% of Health and Dental Insurance after 90 day probationary period. 10 days paid vacation and 12 days sick leave available after 90 day probationary period. A 403b retirement plan is also available.
· Please email a resume and cover letter in Word or PDF format to jonas@unifi-ed.org and keely@unifi-ed.org. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the positions are filled. We encourage people to apply as soon as possible.
Job description: Organizer Level III (Organizing Supervisor)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
UnifiEd is a community-led movement of parents, teachers, students, and friends of public schools, united around a shared goal: that every student in Hamilton County will have the opportunity to graduate prepared for a brilliant future. To create a better public education system, we need to be a better public. We believe that if citizens are informed about why education matters, what works in the classroom, and how anyone can help, then we can build better schools. We get involved in education by getting the public involved. Uniting parents, community members, teachers, students, and elected officials in support of public schools so that every child in our care has access to the best educational opportunities.
We do this by creating neighborhood-level teams, investing in individuals on the ground and building transformative connections between communities and schools. The objective of each team is to create large-scale change within each school, as well as to share best ideas and practices across the entire system. At the same time, we advocate for action with the School Board, City Council, and County Commission to make sure that local government is creating policies and frameworks in which students can thrive.
UnifiEd is looking for an Organizing Supervisor. An Organizing Supervisor is responsible for implementing the UnifiEd outreach program alongside a dedicated staff team. The OS works to run UnifiEd's robust outreach programs: leading workshops, giving presentations, and engaging parents, teachers and students and community members in classrooms, at community events, and everywhere in between.
The ideal candidate can wow a room full of high school students, plan a volunteer event at a local music venue, give a training to a team of parents and coach a young volunteer through their first field event – in one afternoon.
The OS position is a highly social, highly demanding, and highly creative role. This is a full-time position with the UnifiEd team and we're hiring now! The work includes evenings and weekends and a flexible day schedule.
Responsibilities
- Conduct extensive outreach to parent and youth groups, community organizations, congregations, advocacy groups and other organizations;
- Mobilize and train parents and community members to participate in a wide variety of activities, including grassroots lobbying, press conferences, rallies and demonstrations, meetings and leadership trainings;
- Build teams of volunteers and develop volunteer leadership to build large scale capacity to create big change;
- Cultivate and coordinate relationships with coalition partner groups and the service provider community;
- Create advocacy, organizing and outreach materials as needed and for broad-based distribution;
- Organize and/or work with other organizations collaborate in a variety of actions, including rallies, legislative days, legislative testimony, etc.;
- Through all of these activities and others, build the power of a grassroots education coalition in support of excellent and equitable public education.
- Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly work-plan with supervisor.
- Help develop strategies for organizing selected local communities and coordinating actions to ensure the effective implementation of all campaigns. Develop and implement a variety of engagement strategies including on-line, face-to-face, and social networks to support UnifiEd efforts.
· Identify opportunities for speaking engagements, tabling events and displays to expand citizen knowledge of and engagement in all organizational goals. Help plan and coordinate events such as community town hall meetings.
· Maintain and develop new partnerships with affinity groups who share common goals and values.
· Work with district and community coalitions to develop mutually beneficial actions that further UnifiEd community organizing goals.
· Work with the Executive Director to develop media campaigns for local communities.
· Help develop Organizer I into an Organizer II. Help develop Organizer II into Organizer III.
· Supervise and manage Organizer I's and Organizer II's.
· Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Flexibility to work long hours, nights and weekends.
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire citizens to develop into leaders.
- Ability to take initiative and be creative in developing new roles for community members and providing the support needed to be successful.
- Sound interpersonal and communication skills appropriate to providing a quality experience including the ability to establish and cultivate respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Sound organizational skills to manage and prioritize work subject to deadlines in a dynamic and changing environment, as an individual and as a member of a team.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, databases and Internet.
- Willingness to learn new things and challenge yourself and others to excel.
- Bilingual skills a plus, but not required.
· Prior Chattanooga, TN experience a plus, but not required.
· Prior organizing experience required.
· Demonstrated ability to organize effectively over a long term span (i.e. setting organizing goals and hitting them over a period of time).
· Demonstrated ability to write field plans and execute them independently.
· Demonstrated ability to train new organizers in organizing practices.
· Demonstrated ability to lead other organizing staff.
Compensation and application
· Compensation $21.63 per hour/$45,000 annually. All organizers are expected to work 40 hours. Employer will pay 90% of Health and Dental Insurance after 90 day probationary period. 10 days paid vacation and 12 days sick leave available after 90 day probationary period. A 403b retirement plan is also available.
· Please email a resume and cover letter in Word or PDF format to jonas@unifi-ed.org and keely@unifi-ed.org. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the positions are filled. We encourage people to apply as soon as possible.
Job description: Organizer Level IV/ Organizing Director
Chattanooga, Tennessee
UnifiEd is a community-led movement of parents, teachers, students, and friends of public schools, united around a shared goal: that every student in Hamilton County will have the opportunity to graduate prepared for a brilliant future. To create a better public education system, we need to be a better public. We believe that if citizens are informed about why education matters, what works in the classroom, and how anyone can help, then we can build better schools. We get involved in education by getting the public involved. Uniting parents, community members, teachers, students, and elected officials in support of public schools so that every child in our care has access to the best educational opportunities.
We do this by creating neighborhood-level teams, investing in individuals on the ground and building transformative connections between communities and schools. The objective of each team is to create large-scale change within each school, as well as to share best ideas and practices across the entire system. At the same time, we advocate for action with the School Board, City Council, and County Commission to make sure that local government is creating policies and frameworks in which students can thrive.
UnifiEd is looking for an Organizing Director (Organizer IV). An Organizing Director is responsible for implementing the UnifiEd outreach program alongside a dedicated staff team. The OD works to run UnifiEd's robust outreach programs: leading workshops, giving presentations, and engaging parents, teachers, students and community members in classrooms, at community events, and everywhere in between.
The ideal candidate can wow a room full of high school students, plan a volunteer event at a local music venue, give a training to a team of parents and coach a young volunteer through their first field event – in one afternoon.
The OD position is a highly social, highly demanding, and highly creative role. This is a full-time position with the UnifiEd team and we're hiring now! The work includes evenings and weekends and a flexible day schedule.
Responsibilities
- Conduct extensive outreach to parent and youth groups, community organizations, congregations, advocacy groups and other organizations;
- Mobilize and train parents and community members to participate in a wide variety of activities, including grassroots lobbying, press conferences, rallies and demonstrations, meetings and leadership trainings;
- Build teams of volunteers and develop volunteer leadership to build large scale capacity to create big change;
- Cultivate and coordinate relationships with coalition partner groups and the service provider community;
- Create advocacy, organizing and outreach materials as needed and for broad-based distribution;
- Organize and/or work with other organizations to collaborate in a variety of actions, including rallies, legislative days, legislative testimony, etc.;
- Through all of these activities and others, build the power of a grassroots education coalition in support of excellent and equitable public education.
- Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly work-plan with supervisor.
- Help develop strategies for organizing selected local communities and coordinating actions to ensure the effective implementation of all campaigns. Develop and implement a variety of engagement strategies including on-line, face-to-face, and social networks to support UnifiEd efforts.
· Identify opportunities for speaking engagements, tabling events and displays to expand citizen knowledge of and engagement in all organizational goals. Help plan and coordinate events such as community town hall meetings.
· Maintain and develop new partnerships with affinity groups who share common goals and values.
· Work with district and community coalitions to develop mutually beneficial actions that further UnifiEd community organizing goals.
· Work with the Executive Director to develop media campaigns for local communities.
· Help develop Organizer I into an Organizer II. Help develop Organizer II into Organizer III. Help develop Organizer III into Organizer IV.
· Manage Organizer I's, Organizer II's, and Organizer III's.
· Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Flexibility to work long hours, nights and weekends.
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire citizens to develop into leaders.
- Ability to take initiative and be creative in developing new roles for community members and providing the support needed to be successful.
- Sound interpersonal and communication skills appropriate to providing a quality experience including the ability to establish and cultivate respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Sound organizational skills to manage and prioritize work subject to deadlines in a dynamic and changing environment, as an individual and as a member of a team.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, databases and Internet.
- Willingness to learn new things and challenge yourself and others to excel.
- Bilingual skills a plus, but not required.
· Prior Chattanooga, TN experience a plus, but not required.
· Prior organizing experience required.
· Demonstrated ability to organize effectively over a long term span (i.e. setting organizing goals and hitting them over a period of time).
· Demonstrated ability to write field plans and execute them independently.
· Demonstrated ability to train new organizers in organizing practices.
· Demonstrated ability to lead other organizing staff.
· Demonstrated ability to manage organizing staff.
Compensation and application
· Compensation is $50,000/ year. All organizers are expected to work 40 hours. Employer will pay 90% of Health and Dental Insurance after 90 day probationary period. 10 days paid vacation and 12 days sick leave available after 90 day probationary period. A 403b retirement plan is also available.
· Please email a resume and cover letter in Word or PDF format to jonas@unifi-ed.org and keely@unifi-ed.org. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the positions are filled. We encourage people to apply as soon as possible.
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