Civil Rights & Immigration Coordinator

Make the Road New York (MRNY) builds the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services. Make the Road New York operates community centers in Bushwick, Brooklyn; Jackson Heights, Queens; Port Richmond, Staten Island; Brentwood, Long Island and White Plains, Westchester County. With a membership of 27,000, MRNY tackles the critical issues facing our communities, including workplace justice, tenants' rights, immigrant rights and civil rights, TGNCIQ justice, public education, health care access, and immigration reform. (TGNCIQ = transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex and queer). MRNY is a newly unionized workplace, currently negotiating its first Collective Bargaining Agreement.

MRNY is a multi-service organization. Our member-led organizing committees -- which work on the issues named above -- implement strategies to combat shared problems, and develop leadership and the capacity for civic participation. We also provide an array of high-quality bilingual services: We offer English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Spanish-language literacy, computer literacy, citizenship preparation, and in-school and after-school youth programs. We have a robust legal program that offers direct representation across a spectrum of practice areas, including employment law, immigration law, housing and benefits, and TGNCIQ civil rights; we also take on impact litigation as a strategy for achieving broad change. Our health program offers facilitated enrollment into health insurance programs and SNAP benefits, a community health worker home visit program, nutrition education and emergency food pantries, health care navigation, and more."

Current Opening:

The Civil Rights & Immigration Power Project (CRIPP) Coordinator will help build MRNY's base of member leaders in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island to wage bold and strategic fights for immigrant justice. The Coordinator will supervise a team of New York City organizers to deeply engage community members who have been impacted by broken federal and local immigration policies and support advancement of campaigns that improve opportunities for immigrants in New York.

Key Responsibilities but not limited to:

• Support organizers in building relationships and establishing regular communication with community members, through regular community outreach, who have been impacted by immigration policies

• Support organizers in training impacted community members to share their immigration experiences at organizational events and with the press.

• Co-create political education and leadership development modules, in English and Spanish, with organizers to strengthen bi-weekly committee meetings, monthly leadership team meetings and to be shared with ActionNYC partners

• Co-organize public actions to uplift the stories of impacted community members and advocate for key immigration policy reforms.

• Support preparation of community members conducting legislative visits on key issues.

• Represent MRNY in immigration focused coalition spaces at the city, state and federal level.

• Engage in quarterly evaluations with our CRIPP organizers, following the organizing Key Results Area.

• Collaborate with MOIA to provide technical assistance and targeted support to the ActionNYC program

• Join relevant partner meetings on a need to basis convened by MOIA

• Participate in biweekly check-in calls convened by MOIA regarding the ActionNYC program.

• Participate in monthly organizing department team meetings and CRIPP policy meetings.

• Support MRNY's civic engagement work, per supervisors request

Requirements:

• Eligible to work in the U.S;

• Possess a commitment to collective action and community organizing;

• Have experience working in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic work environment;

• Have familiarity with current immigration policy issues;

• Demonstrated commitment to developing and elevating member leadership;

• Be fully bilingual in English and Spanish;

• Be able to work some evenings and weekends;

• Driver's license required;

• As needed, be able to travel and drive to events, often times with members, throughout NYC, NYS and Washington DC, and

• Preferred, but not required, at least 1 year of supervision experience.

Job Competencies:

• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and strong attention to detail

• Be highly professional and team oriented with a passion for excellence and eagerness to help the department meet our goals.

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and complete assignments under strict deadlines with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.

• Ability to work under pressure required.

• Have a working knowledge of spreadsheets, Microsoft Office suite, and using a database (ideally Salesforce) to run reports.

• Flexible work schedule, some evenings or weekends required

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• High level of accountability and initiative; needs to be a self-starter and eager to do team work to support the organization as a whole

Salary and Benefits:

Starting salary is based on a scale set by a democratically-elected personnel committee and will depend on factors such as experience and education.

MRNY offers an excellent benefit package including health insurance, 401K, and generous paid vacation, sick, personal days. The salary range for this

position is from $66,312 to $77,312

How to Apply:

Please attach your resume and cover letter and submit all documents to the Make the Road New York career center.

Make the Road believes that social change is best achieved through grassroots community-based organizing that flows directly from and engages the community demanding the change. As a membership-based organization, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, criminal history, or Veteran status. We strongly encourage those from historically excluded groups to apply.