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Asian Tenants Union Chinese Membership Organizer

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities

Part-Time

Posted: 06/3/2020

Location:

Queens,

Founded in 1986, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities builds the intergenerational leadership of Asian immigrant communities in New York City to fight for racial, gender and economic justice. CAAAV is looking for a part-time ATU Chinese Membership Organizer with a background in outreach, base-building, leadership development and grassroots organizing in working-class Asian communities. This position is a part-time position at 20 hours / week.

About the Position:

The ATU Chinese Membership Organizer is responsible for building and coordinating a membership base of Chinese tenants in the Queensbridge Houses and growing a new base in the Woodside and Ravenswood Houses to demand improved living conditions and stop gentrification. The Membership Organizer will be supervised by ATU’s Lead Organizer. The overall goal of the project is to develop the leadership of the tenants to join larger multiracial fights for systemic and institutional changes at NYCHA.

The ATU Chinese Membership Organizer will be focusing on:

  • Building and mobilizing our Chinese base in Western Queens, primarily in the Queensbridge Houses, through outreach and 1:1s;
  • Developing the leadership of members in Queensbridge around the fight to fully fund public housing and other emerging needs such as fighting privatization and gentrification in Long Island City through weekly and monthly meetings, with curriculum development support from the Lead Organizer;
  • Participating in organization-wide meetings, events and strategy sessions as needed.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have/be:

  • Bilingual in Cantonese (preferred) or Mandarin – enough to engage members in organizing and political conversations – written ability a plus;
  • Strong commitment to CAAAV’s mission and movement building;
  • Strong working knowledge of issues affecting low-income, immigrant, communities of color and relevant experience working in Asian immigrant communities;
  • At least one year experience with outreach, base-building, member leadership development and organizing campaigns;
  • Ability to run workshops and trainings for members;
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills; strong public speaking skills.

To Apply:

Please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@caaav.org with subject heading: ATU Membership Organizer by June 14th.

CAAAV is an equal opportunity employer. Women, immigrants, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, and people of color from low-income communities are strongly encouraged to apply. Due to high volume of calls, please do not call. Applicants will be notified for an interview by e-mail.

Intergenerational Leadership Development Coordinator

JOB DESCRIPTION

Founded in 1986, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities builds the leadership of Asian immigrant communities in New York City to fight for racial, gender and economic justice. CAAAV’s primary bases are the Chinatown Tenants Union, which organizes Chinese tenants in rent-stabilized housing in Chinatown and the Asian Tenants Union, which organizes Chinese, Bangladeshi and Korean tenants in public housing in Western Queens. 

CAAAV is seeking a dynamic Intergenerational Leadership Development Coordinator to manage the organization’s overall leadership development, with a specific focus on organizing and developing the leadership of youth members of our base. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to develop political education curriculum for participants with different languages and literacy levels and to build relationships with working class Asian immigrant youth. This is a full-time position (40 hours/week) with paid overtime and benefits. The Intergenerational Leadership Development Coordinator will be supervised by CAAAV’s Executive Director.

About the Position:

The Intergenerational Leadership Development Coordinator is responsible for managing CAAAV’s leadership development and political education across our different geographic bases and across generations. This position will have a specific focus on youth organizing, outreach and relationship-building in Chinatown and Western Queens.  

The primary responsibilities of the Intergenerational Leadership Development Coordinator are:

  • Developing and implementing an organization-wide leadership development plan with the Executive Director;
  • Developing organization-wide political education and campaign skills-building curriculum for adult and youth members of CAAAV;
  • Training organizers on political education and campaign skills-building curriculum in a ‘train-the-trainers’- style for monthly and weekly membership meetings;
  • Coordinating organizers to consistently track shifting levels of member leadership and to identify and fill leadership and political education gaps;
  • Bringing Asian youth in Chinatown and western Queens into CAAAV’s bases and campaigns, through door-knocking with organizers, building relationships with schools and community organizations, 1:1s, and other creative forms of outreach;
  • Planning and facilitating CTU and ATU youth membership meetings or breakouts;
  • Facilitating the involvement of Asian youth in coalitions and campaign strategy meetings;
  • Participating in organization-wide meetings, events and strategy sessions as needed.

Qualifications:

We’re seeking candidates who excel in relationship-building, have strong verbal and written communication skills, and have strong project management skills with a strong commitment to CAAAV’s mission and movement building. The ideal candidate will have:

  • Ability to develop and curriculum accessible for varying levels of literacy and across multiple languages;
  • Experience with outreach, base-building, member leadership development, and curriculum development;
  • Experience with youth and community organizing;
  • Experience managing multiple projects and an ability to manage a project with a team of staff, members and volunteers;
  • Strong commitment to CAAAV’s mission and movement building;
  • Strong working knowledge of issues affecting low-income, immigrant, communities of color and relevant experience working in Asian immigrant communities;
  • Strong commitment to multilingual, multiethnic and multiracial organizing;
  • Proficiency in Bangla, Cantonese, Korean, or Mandarin preferred, but not required;
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills.

To Apply:

Please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@caaav.org with subject heading: Intergenerational Leadership Development Coordinator by April 19th, 2020.

CAAAV is an equal opportunity employer. Women, immigrants, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, and people of color from low-income communities are strongly encouraged to apply. Due to high volume of calls, please do not call. Applicants will be notified for an interview by e-mail.

 

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