ABOUT THE STREET VENDOR PROJECT
The Street Vendor Project (SVP) is a membership-driven organization that champions the rights of street vendors as small businesses to earn a living and contribute to the culture and life of New York City. SVP envisions a New York City where street vendors thrive as essential entrepreneurs and anchors of community and culture in the five boroughs. Through direct leadership development, education, legal support, and strategic legislative advocacy, SVP builds power and community among vendors.
ABOUT THE POSITION
SVP is looking for a Community Organizer to work with our Latinx Members to collaboratively implement strategic grassroots organizing campaigns, design and implement leadership development programs, and strengthen our Latinx street vendor community. We are seeking a new team member with experience working within multicultural, working class and immigrant communities
Ideal candidate is:
- Relentlessly dedicated to building the power of working class, immigrant communities of color to incite transformative social and economic justice movement building;
- Excited about working across multiple cultures and is flexible and patient when communicating with people who speak different languages;
- A thoughtful communicator with excellent interpersonal, written, and public speaking skills;
- Fully bilingual in Spanish and English (spoken and written), and comfortable conducting outreach, workshops, counseling in Spanish;
- A team-player eager to collaborate with diverse, intergenerational, and multicultural stakeholders to achieve systemic change;
- Experienced with outreach, base-building, member leadership development, and organizing campaigns;
- Knowledgeable of New York City and New York State organizing and political landscape, with particular attention to racial, economic, and gender equity;
- An experienced facilitator with the ability to plan and facilitate meetings with sensitivity to the needs of a diverse membership;
- Committed to and knowledgeable of SVP’s mission and movement building, and enthusiastic about nurturing leadership growth among members;
- Has 1 to 5 years of labor, immigration and/or community organizing experience.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Currently, the Latinx Member Organizer will focus on:
- Coordinating and implementing membership recruitment activities including direct outreach on-the-street and through partner organizations;
- Receiving vendors who come into the office during SVP drop-in hours or conduct intake over the phone;
- Strengthening our Spanish-speaking vending community across NYC.
- Identifying promising members to develop their interest and leadership in SVP through one-on-ones;
- Planning regular membership and committee meetings focused on skill shares, political education, connection to campaign work, and building SVP’s membership;
- Maintaining database for tracking participation and development of members;
- Maintaining relationships with allied community organizations;
- Participating in legislative campaigns that engage members and leaders with elected officials and win concrete improvements in the lives of vendors;
- Collaborate with Lead Organizer on setting up strategy and workplans for the organizing team
- Maintain relationships with other community-based organizations and represent SVP in these various spaces
- Like most roles in a small organization, this role requires a high level of flexible and adaptability as duties, tasks and priorities can shift throughout the year dependent on campaigns, rapid-response actions, etc.
