Full Time
Community Organizer at Vocal NY
Looking for an organizer to focus primarily on base building and community outreach, leadership development, and mobilizing of people directly impacted.
Brooklyn | 7 Mar 2025
The Community Organizer will focus on mobilizing of people directly impacted by the war on drugs, including active and former drug users. The Community Organizer will work to build VOCAL-NY’s Users Union membership in New York City, as well as assist with communications, coalition building, and other work to win VOCAL-NY city and statewide campaigns.
Job Responsibilities
- Membership Recruitment: Conduct “base building” and achieve targeted recruitment goals through regular community outreach, this includes street-based outreach and outreach at transitional housing facilities, shelters, methadone and harm reduction programs, re-entry programs, HIV service providers and other venues as directed.
- Phone-banking and Membership Mobilization: Conduct regular “phone-banking” to engage and mobilize people to attend meetings, actions, and events.
- Data-entry: Record and input accurate & timely data into our community organizing database.
- Support meetings, events, and mobilizations: Support the logistical & programmatic needs of membership & leadership meetings, organizational events, actions, and mobilizations.
- Leadership Development: Conduct training & political education to build the knowledge and skills of VOCAL-NY’s membership base to participate in planning and policymaking that impacts their lives.
- Support Other VOCAL-NY Campaigns and Coalition work: The position will be expected to periodically provide support for other community organizing and campaign work within VOCAL-NY. We have a highly collaborative office environment where staff members provide support for each other’s campaigns as needed.
Job Requirements
The ideal candidate will be an energetic, self-motivated individual who has strong interpersonal, public speaking, writing, and problem solving skills. Candidates must demonstrate interest in HIV/AIDS, drug policy, homelessness, and/or criminal justice reform and a willingness to approach these issues through a racial justice analysis. A deep commitment to social justice is required.