West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project - Community Organizer

West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project - Community Organizer
The West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, a community-based non-profit education and advocacy organization has an immediate opening for an experienced Community Organizer.
The campaign goals of the WOEIP are:reducing health risks to West Oakland residents associated with the movement of goods to and from the Port of Oakland, seeking to move polluting trucks and truck related businesses out of West Oakland residential neighborhoods and to identify and reclaim contaminated lands for the benefit of the community.

ROLE
The role of the community organizer position is to educate, organize, nurture and sustain a movement to empower and develop leadership among West Oakland residents impacted by polluted air and contaminated land. We seek an organizer with 2-3 years experience, who is ready to take on responsibility for organizing residents and building the membership for the WOEIP.

This is not a desk job. If you like people, and want to stimulate change at the grassroots level in a dynamic political atmosphere, this might be the job for you!

The WOEIP Community Organizer will:
1. Conduct outreach and education to West Oakland residents on air quality and land-use issues, using door-to-door direct contact and presentations to community and faith-base organizations.
2. Build EIP membership using person-to-person relationship- building, and other creative methods of engagement, to recruit and train residents to become active participants in our air quality and land use campaigns.
3. Empower residents through advocacy and leadership training targeting the negative impacts of freight transport and land use on West Oakland neighborhoods.
4. Support a core member group to lead work groups and campaign activities.
5. Maintain records and prepare reports related to program work
For this job you’ll need great communications skills, and 2-3 years experience in grassroots organizing with diverse ethnic groups, including outreach and leadership development. You need a BA or tech degree plus formal training in community organizing or equivalent experience developing and leading community-based campaigns. Conversational Spanish is a big plus.

Salary is $35,000/year, plus health plan, paid vacation & sick leave.

Contact:
Send cover letter, resume and three references to: WOEIPjob@yahoo. com

Or mail to: WOEIP, 1747 14th St. , Oakland , CA. 94607