Community Organizer I Black Parent Network - Los Angeles

Overview

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About Innovate Public Schools

Innovate Public Schools is a power-building organization that was launched in 2012. At Innovate, our vision is a high quality school experience that cherishes and affirms every student, particularly Black and Brown students, and prepares them for a lifetime of opportunity and choice. Our mission is to build the capacity of parents and families to organize, advocate, and demand high quality schools for their children. Our program model centers long-term power-building through community organizing for parents & education stakeholders. To support this work, we deploy our Research & Policy (RAP) team to collect & publish data that supports the informed demands of engaged parents. Our Communications team helps to disseminate RAP findings and supports parent leaders in implementing effective outreach strategies that bring more parents into our established organizing communities. Our Partnerships & Training team then scales this work nationally, providing training for schools & community leaders to build capacity within their organizations to support authentic grassroots parent organizing. We deeply engage with parents and education stakeholders to support them in cultivating sustainable power-building practices that ensure that their voices are heard in the education advocacy space.

Reporting

The Community Organizer I Black Parent Network will report to the Vice President of Organizing, Los Angeles.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, train, and develop community leaders in the principles and practices of grassroots community organizing in order to build powerful parent-driven organizations affiliated with Innovate Public Schools
• Develop and manage relationships with a broad base of constituents from targeted neighborhoods (including faith-based institutions, public officials, local government agencies, social service agencies, teachers and school leaders), and build their support for the reform efforts of Innovate's member parent organizations.
• Conduct at least 15 one-to-one conversations with parents and community members every week
• Over time, build and manage multiple parent organizations that drive local education justice work and bring new community leadership to communities in assigned region
• Plan and coordinate large public forums and meetings, led by parent leaders
• Participate in local, regional and national staff development sessions with organization partners
• Participate in fundraising and administrative activities as required

Sample "Week-in-the-Life" of a Community Organizer

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Compensation

Compensation depends on experience and is highly competitive. Innovate offers very generous benefits including health and dental insurance, Paid Time Off, 33 days paid time off per year (including office closures in July, November, and December), 1 day per year paid volunteering time off, and 3% employer contribution to 401k.

Work Environment / Work Demands

The work environment characteristics and the physical demands described here represent those an employee encounters while successfully performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Pay Range

70,000 - 75,000 USD per year (Los Angeles)

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