About the Black Organizing Project (BOP)
The Black Organizing Project is a Black member-led community organization working for racial, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing and community-building in Oakland, California and across the Bay Area. In addition to caring for our community, BOP has adopted a more sustainable philosophy for our staff. BOP takes pride in caring for its staff by providing competitive salaries, 4-day work weeks, 3 paid company-wide seasonal rest periods each year, as well as other perks that promote a healthy work-life balance.
Our vision is to build a strong bottom up organization of Black people that will:
Craft alternative models and institutions that will advance our vision of racial and economic justice
Rebuild the spirit and foundation of our community
Exercise political and economic power
Act to win real systematic change
Transform the lives of Black people
Embody the spirit that has sustained the Black community
Lead Community Organizer Overview
The Lead Community Organizer is responsible for working in the field, developing organizers and building a powerful base of elders, youth and adults that are actively engaged in our organization, program work and strategic coalitions. The will advance the work of membership development and retention through arts, culture and political education. The Lead Community Organizer will also work with organizers and develop them to build meaningful relationships with current and potential members. They will work at specific school sites developing and conducting workshops, trainings, meetings and strategy sessions that engage members as critical thinkers and leaders working toward our common goals.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, exceptionally organized, thorough, an experienced strategist and a community organizer. We are looking for someone who is passionate about BOP’s mission and committed to developing leaders and organizers. This is a full-time position that will continue to build a powerful, member-led Black organizing institution.
Base Building:
Develop and implement community outreach and engagement strategies
Develop and recruit community members for the membership committee
Work with core leaders on program work, campaign strategy, implementation, negotiations and actions
Represent BOP with media as needed
Represent BOP in coalition and community spaces
A minimum of 50% of time to be spent in the field engaging community
Leadership Development:
Recruit new members, develop and facilitate relationships with members to have shared ownership of the work
Work with Political Education Organizer to develop organizing teams organizers political understanding and landscape analysis
Work in collaboration with membership team to identify and recruit emerging core leaders among membership to participate in committees to help move the work forward
Work in collaboration with membership team to develop members and organizers to participate in and/or lead committees, campaigns, coalitions and movement building activities
Provide Coaching and Supervision:
Build positive relationships and team comradery
Support the ongoing development of members and organizers through coaching, reflection and capacity building
Develop and cultivate work plans, evaluations and assessments
Conduct weekly check-ins w/ organizers and support them in the field
Documentation and Reporting:
Document qualitative and quantitative data related to programs and report to Organizing Director
Maintain systems of tracking outreach, oversee database of contacts, weekly reports
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in community, labor or other relevant grassroots organizing
Demonstrated success in growing and developing an organized base of members, constituents or community members
Team player attitude
Excellent verbal and written skills
Excellent time management skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerbase, Google Docs and Powerpoint are a plus
Flexibility to work on weekends and evenings, as necessary
Ability to multi task and generate solution based ideas
Willingness to travel, as necessary
Valid driver's license and reliable transportation highly preferred
Conditions
Full-time, exempt at-will position, 90-day probationary period. Background check and fingerprinting are required upon job offer.
Salary: $70K-$75,000, plus benefits including seasonal work breaks, a 32 hour FTE work week, incredible co-workers, inspiring work and more.
BOP offers a generous benefits package to all regular full-time employees that includes:
100% organization paid medical, dental, vision coverage for the employee and family
401K organization matching
Accrue 14 vacation days in the first year with incremental increases thereafter, 7 sick days annually, 14 paid holidays, 2 unrestricted floating holidays
3 paid seasonal closures; 1-week long break in spring, 1-week long break in summer and 1 in winter between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Fully paid 4-week sabbatical program after 5 years with the organization
Professional development funds