Regional Organizer, Northeast

Job Description

Job Description

DEPARTMENT :   Organizing and Faith Engagement

REPORTS TO :   Deputy Director of Organizing / Faith Engagement

LOCATION :   Northeast Region (CT, DE, DC, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NH, NY, PA, RI, VT)

Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger. Our mission is to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE :    To build, organize and strengthen a regional grassroots network to help Bread for the World accomplish its legislative goals toward ending hunger and poverty in the United States and internationally.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES / ACTIVITIES :

• Implements mobilization efforts including resourcing existing activists and Bread teams and churches, delivering results for legislative campaigns and developing financial support for Bread and the Institute.
• Engages, educates and motivates a diverse network on hunger-related issues and advocacy with particular emphasis on the Latino community.
• Builds grassroots capacity identifying new leaders, building grassroots infrastructure and ensuring that diversity (racial, ethnic, generational, and providing denominational) is an active part of activist recruitment.
• Recruits participants for Bread for the World-sponsored events.
• Trains volunteers in community organizing, lobbying and media engagement; creates and manages training events and seminars.
• Works with deputy director in setting grassroots strategies. Works cross-departmentally to implement engagement with local activists.
• Communicates regularly with Bread for the World activists and members.
• Stays abreast of legislative and organizational developments, building and maintaining knowledge of key Congressional targets as well as congressmen in assigned regions.
• Uses organization's resources in a manner that demonstrates responsibility and good stewardship, including submitting corporate credit card receipts on time, completing timesheets on time, submitting personnel documents on time, and making choices regarding travel arrangements, meals and lodging that are consistent with Bread's values.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED :

WORK ENVIRONMENT ISSUES :

CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS :

Bread is committed to advancing racial equity externally and internally; all staff members play a vital role. In the course of our work, each staff person should work to apply a racial equity lens to their work and practices; and participate in racial equity on-going training. Bread is also committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

OUR VALUES :

DISCLAIMER :

Background and reference checks will be conducted on all final candidates. The information in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.