Seeking Community Organizer

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Jun 23, 2010, 10:53:22 AM6/23/10

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Hello everyone,

Hope you are doing well and enjoying your summer. We are having to bid farewell to our community organizer Shirhad Meah at the end of August as he pursues higher education full-time. We are therefore seeking to hire a new full-time organizer. Attached and pasted below is a description. We greatly appreciate you helping us spread the word and recruit an experienced and dynamic organizer for Chhaya! Many thanks.

Afreen <<...>>

Seeking a Community Organizer!

Chhaya seeks an energetic and dynamic Community Organizer to spearhead its grassroots organizing and advocacy efforts around tenant rights, predatory lending and other issues impacting local residents throughout the borough. The Community Organizer will focus on multiple Queens’s communities, build a leadership body of community residents within the organization, and participate in city-wide campaign efforts.

The Community Organizer’s primary responsibilities will include:

· Spearheading Chhaya’s direct organizing and outreach efforts on tenant rights, home conversion, predatory lending, and other emerging issues in South Asian immigrant communities;

· Managing Chhaya’s relationships with clients, partner organizations and community members;

· Participating in city-wide coalition efforts on housing rights and affordable housing;

· Strategizing on Chhaya’s approach to broadening and building its community base;

· Facilitating and organizing community workshops;

· Facilitating translation of print materials as needed.

Note: weekend and evening hours will be required and compensated with flex time.

Qualifications:

· Bilingual in English, Bangla, Punjabi, Urdu, Nepali or Hindi is preferred;

· Commitment to immigrant and housing rights;

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and public speaking capacity;

· Experience or willingness to work on base building, door knocking, and organizing;

· Community organizing and outreach experience preferred.

Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience plus excellent benefits including, medical and dental benefits, 403b option, TransitChek and generous vacation and holidays.

To apply: Send a resume, cover letter and list of references to Afreen Alam, Deputy Director at afr...@chhayacdc.org. For more information on Chhaya, please visit our website: www.chhayacdc.org. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Chhaya CDC is an equal opportunity employer.

Based in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York - Chhaya CDC is a community organization that organizes, educates and offers one-on-one counseling to South Asians, new immigrants, and New York City residents in the areas of housing rights and civic participation. Our work encompasses issues of tenant rights, homeownership, foreclosure prevention, housing rights, civic engagement, and affordable housing opportunities; and advocates for community needs through research and advocacy. Our programs are offered in Bengali, English, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, and Urdu out of our offices in northwestern Queens as well as in public venues such as public libraries and local area community centers throughout the borough.