Senior Organizer - Suffolk County Regional Office

About the role

The Suffolk County Regional Office is part of NYCLU’s state Field Organizing Department. The Suffolk County Senior Organizer is a member of the NYCLU’s Suffolk Regional Office and will report to the Suffolk County Regional Director. NYCLU’s statewide Field Organizing Department engages in multi-layered advocacy efforts aimed at both the state and local levels including base building organizing, public education, coalition building, leadership development, and lobbying of state and local lawmakers. The Suffolk County Senior Organizer will focus on local organizing work in Suffolk County to improve democratic participation, including youth, parents, voters, candidates, and residents—and support efforts for change through integrated advocacy that will allow marginalized communities to better hold school districts and local governments accountable. We are looking for candidates who have experience working on grassroots campaigns, have strong base-building and leadership development skills, and are committed to building power to win transformative policy and legislative change. Ideal candidates are strategic, passionate, and collaborative. The ideal candidate will have a passion for engaging young people in leadership development and organizing around issues that impact them at the local and state level. They will also have the ability to engage with NYCLU members, community members and leaders, coalition partners, policymakers, nonprofit leaders, school district administrators to bring about real and meaningful change. They are a people person and are comfortable approaching new people from different backgrounds. They are energetic, empathetic, fun, and quickly establish connections. They can take the emotional temperature of a room and facilitate a hard conversation (but also know that plenty of consensus happens one-on-one outside of the meeting. They have a proven ability to build reciprocal relationships with members of directly impacted communities, coalition partners from directly impacted communities and to foster collaboration. The Suffolk County Senior Organizer reports to the Suffolk Regional Director. The Suffolk County Senior Organizer’s direct report may include interns and volunteers. The NYCLU is committed to building an equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist workplace that centers the voices of marginalized and directly impacted communities. This commitment strengthens our mission to protect civil liberties and advance justice across New York. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, formerly incarcerated people, and others whose experiences reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Centers and empowers directly impacted people and marginalized communities in local level organizing.
• Plays an integral role in organizing and developing campaigns for greater social, education and political equity in School Districts in Suffolk County, including coordinating, and collaborating across departments.
• Works to establish NYCLU Suffolk’s credibility and presence in specific school districts in Suffolk County by building relationship with youth leaders, educators and other school officials.
• Plays an integral role in the leadership development of young people, parents and educators to ensure that youth can organize on issues that directly impact them.
• Organizes, strategizes, and leads public advocacy campaigns that mobilize grassroots and NYCLU members and supporters to uphold and defend civil liberties and civil rights, particularly immigrants’ rights, voting rights and educational equity.
• Stays abreast of NYCLU’s statewide organizing portfolio and recognizes and recommends issues for NYCLU’s consideration.
• Identify opportunities to develop strategic partnerships with community groups to advance the NYCLU’s advocacy agenda.
• Builds reciprocal relationships with grassroots groups, communities, advocacy organizations