Online Organizing Fellows needed in Columbus,Ohio
Jennifer S
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative and Ohio Organizing Campaign are looking for dynamic rising leaders who are interested in entering the world of online organizing.
Position Details
The Online Organizing Fellowship is a part-time position located in Columbus, OH. This is an opportunity for undergraduate or graduate students, or recent graduates who are interested in getting involved with the progressive movement at the local level, and want to invoke social change here in Ohio. The Online Organizing Fellow must be committed to working 20-30 hours per week, and have access to transportation. This is a paid fellowship that ends in December 2012.
Required Skills and Abilities
The Online Organizing Fellow is a self-motivated creative and detail-oriented critical thinker and a strong multi-tasker. The Online Organizing Fellow should be able to use online tools that are included, but not limited to: Facebook, Twitter, Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, and You Tube, along with other web 2.0 tools, and tools that help tabulate online usage. Potential fellows should either have some experience in community organizing, or a strong desire to organize in low-income communities and communities of color across the state of Ohio.
Position Responsibilities
· *Function well as part of a team that shares strengths and maintains consistent standards.
· * Work effectively with diverse staff, leaders, volunteers, and members of the public – including maintaining positive, open lines of communication with individuals and groups involved with OOC.
· * Applicants should be familiar with social media and web 2.0 tools that are mentioned in the required skills and abilities section, and have excellent written and verbal communications skills.
· *Applicants must be able to work well independently, and be committed to the Ohio Organizing Collaborative and Ohio Organizing Campaign’s commitment to organizing low income communities and creating good jobs across the state of Ohio.
· *College students, graduate students and recent college graduates are preferred but not required. Applicants should be over the age of 18.
· *Women, people of color and other under-represented communities are encouraged to apply.
About the Ohio Organizing Collaborative
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, formed in 2007, is an innovative and experimental statewide organizing model that unites community organizing groups, labor unions, faith organizations, and policy institutes aimed at building and exercising statewide power to carry out a progressive agenda. The OOC was formed around three basic ideas. One, that community, faith, labor, and policy organizations must commit to a long term permanent alliance as opposed to coming together sporadically around the latest campaign, contract fight, or election. Second, that there is a need for innovation in the field of community organizing that addresses issues of scale, nimbleness, and breadth of leadership development. And last, that the unique context of Ohio as a postindustrial state and as an anchor of the Midwest requires progressive infrastructure that is deeply rooted here and that has a sharp economic analysis of this region.
Please send cover letter, resume and writing samples to jenn...@ohorganizing.org.