Georgia Equality seeks a full-time Field Organizer located in Atlanta Metro Area to help lead the implementation of Georgia Equality’s programs. The Field Organizer will assist all programs, events and issue areas as needed, including passing pro-equality legislation, expanding healthcare access, voter registration , HIV/AIDS advocacy, transgender rights, and electing pro-equality candidates to office on a local and state level. Georgia Equality’s ’s work  includes an intersectional approach to issues, as well as working with a wide range of institutions such as schools, businesses, unions, religious congregations, local governments, health clinics, law enforcement and LGBTQ centers. We strongly encourage people with personal experience with HIV, people of color, and queer, trans, and gender non-conforming folks to apply for this position. Ideally, this  position would be based in either Macon or Savannah and will report to the Deputy Director.

Responsibilities:

 

1. Serve as Georgia Equality Field Organizer by primarily supporting GE’s programmatic work. This work includes:

• Volunteer Engagement: Be able to engage in significant volunteer recruitment and community mobilization.
• Electoral Experience: At least one cycle of experience in field operations, as a community organizer for a non-profit or a political campaign, or another community mobilization experience. Familiarity with state and/or national campaigns highly desired.  
• Community Familiarity: Experience working with both the transgender and broader LGBTQ communities, as well as an understanding of the dynamics between different communities within the overall progressive and LGBT movements is desired. 
• People Person: Enjoys talking to people, listening to people talk, and helping people through decision-making and generally counseling them through challenges in their work. 
• Project Leadership: Experience in planning and executing projects or initiatives, including collaborating with colleagues to ensure projects are completed on time. 
• Self-Direction: Takes initiative in what can sometimes feel like chaotic or ambiguous environments, and motivated to figure out solutions instead of waiting for directions. 
• Communications: Strong overall written and oral presentation skills, and the ability to communicate with people of various backgrounds and experiences. 
• Knowledge: Understanding of community organizing and campaigns, and ideally, planning events. 
• Optimism: An optimism that is unwavering, with a can-do attitude and a problem-solving orientation, and the assumption that most people are also trying to improve the world. 
• Resilience: Able to withstand being exposed to biased beliefs and incidents, including anti-LGBTQ bias, from external sources and help community members facing similar challenges in their own advocacy. 
• Collaborative Spirit: Ability to work as an integral part of a team of hard-working, energetic professionals, taking input from a variety of assertive colleagues. 
• Prioritization and Detail Orientation: Ability to set and meet goals, prioritize, plan, manage, and complete work on deadline and in optimum quality. 
• Commitment to Social Justice: An understanding of and commitment to issues affecting LGBTQ people, as well as an understanding of racism, classism and other systems of inter-connected oppressions is critical. 
• Relationship Building: Be able to develop key relationships with representatives of LGBTQ organizations, LGBTQ-friendly religious congregations, LGBTQ student groups, labor organizations, immigration-serving organizations, healthcare organizations, and other civil rights and allied partner organizations.
• Acumen for Fundraising:  Ability to work with development team to build pipeline for fundraising. 

 

1. Support Georgia Equality’s advocacy, legislative, and electoral work.

 

III. Support other work of the organization on an as-needed basis at the discretion of the Deputy Director and Executive Director.

 

Qualifications:

Applicants for this position should bring the following knowledge, abilities, and attitude:

• At least 1 – 3 years experience working in any of the following fields: advocacy, outreach, public education, and mobilization; as well as, working in social justice areas including: civil rights, progressive and/or social justice organizations, preferably in the LGBTQ movement or public health.
• Knowledge, passion and commitment to addressing issues impacting the LGBTQ community as well as advancing equality and social justice generally.
• Strong public presentation skills, and experience in public speaking and/or training.
• Strong written communication skills including ability to assist in writing grant proposals, draft member communications, social media outreach, and event publicity.
• Commitment to working across lines of difference including race, class, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and age to achieve objectives.
• Ability and interest to work with a wide range of organizations and institutions including other LGBTQ groups, schools, unions, religious congregations, and other social justice and advocacy organizations. Demonstrated experience with at least some of these types of organizations preferred.
• Knowledge of MS-Office systems and CRM database systems. Experience with Voter Activation Network and Every Action is preferred.
• Extensive travel is required and applicants must have their own vehicle for transportation.
• Healthcare advocacy knowledge and expertise, and/or a background in public health policy preferred.
• Experienced campaign/community organizer preferred.
• Above all else, a positive attitude and willingness to work collaboratively and in support of Georgia Equality’s mission.

 

Georgia Equality is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Competitive salary and excellent benefits including mileage reimbursement, generous time off and subsidized health insurance.

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