We're Hiring! Multi-Generational Organizer Position

Position: Multi-Generational Organizer
Reports to: Organizing Director
Classification: 1.0 FTE (40 hours / week), Temporary
Priority deadline: February 1st
Ideal start date: February 2022
Location: Seattle, WA (temporarily remote due to COVID-19)

This is a temporary position for 2022 with potential but not guaranteed to renew beyond December 2022.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and three references to:

Email: jobs@feestseattle.org
Subject: Multi-Generational Organizer (FULL NAME)
No phone calls please.

FEEST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. People of color, queer, gay, lesbian and/or bisexual people, transgender, genderqueer, and/or non-binary folks are encouraged to apply. Work is performed in a remote environment until it is safe to return to the office. Some heavy lifting and physical labor is required during special events. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

FEEST’s Vision for Society:

We envision a society where working-class youth and families of color are thriving in vibrant, politically powerful communities. We see this society built on values that include, but are not limited to:

Interdependence and collective care for our people and planet
Transformative economic, racial, and environmental justice
Self-determination
Collective liberation
Creativity and radical joy!

FEEST’s Vision Statement for Schools:

We envision a today where youth of color and working-class youth exercise their power to change systems that serve them so that they can thrive physically, mentally, and emotionally. In our vision, schools are vibrant learning centers that reflect the students they serve and support the long-term growth and holistic wellness of students and our communities.

Mission Statement:

FEEST trains youth of color and working-class youth to build collective power and organize for transformative and systemic change in their schools.

About FEEST:

FEEST trains youth of color and working-class youth to build collective power and organize for transformative and systemic change in their schools. Our power comes from building a strong base, developing youth leaders, and running dynamic, radically joyful campaigns for systemic material change. Our work is both youth-led and multigenerational.

Our roots started in food justice and through that, we have won systemic improvements in school food in Highline and Seattle Public Schools. Since the 2020 campaign to remove police from Seattle Public Schools, we have expanded our campaign goals to include a wide range of systemic solutions that improve student wellness at school.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Build a committed intergenerational base of FEEST alumni, parents, teachers, school staff, union workers, and community members to mobilize around FEEST’s youth-led campaigns. Build out a basebuilding program and public events series to create community joy, recruit new members, and agitate the base about our campaigns.

Manage adult leadership development and campaign actions to increase pressure on decision-makers and win tangible improvements in South Seattle and South King County.

Basebuilding & Event Planning (50%) –

Create clear monthly recruitment goals and outreach system to increase membership
Train current members to recruit new members through 1:1s and a diverse, creative range of outreach activities that agitate the base and connect to their self-interest
Support, evaluate progress and hold members accountable for carrying out outreach plan
Plan and execute basebuilding events with members

Both virtual and in-person (safety permitting)
Buying and coordinating supplies, volunteers, and food needed

Cultivate deep relationships with community partners and staff at each FEEST school to increase knowledge of schools and be responsive to youth and staff needs
Steward community and district relationships. This includes prompt communication and relationship management with Decision Makers, school staff, allies, community partners
Event Planning: Build out a basebuilding program and public events series to create community joy, recruit new members, and agitate the base about our campaigns.

Leadership Development (10%) –

FEEST’s adult members are trained to organize engaging and effective campaigns

Design and facilitate dynamic and energizing organizing programming and skill building with members; plan skill building and development each quarter
Train members to:

Build a base through 1:1s in their respective communities
Identify problems and solutions that are widely felt and deeply felt by stakeholders
Build engaging campaigns; execute tactics that build the base or increase pressure on decision makers
Facilitate and agitate their peers in basebuilding events, New Member Orientation
Run meetings with Decision Makers
Lead workshops and present externally about FEEST’s campaign goals

Coordinate and facilitate 2-4 meetings a week in person and online

Create each week’s agenda and curriculum plan; adapting curriculum to meet the needs of the school district’s political landscape

Create leadership development plan with clear goals and leadership roles
Co-design and facilitate a two week youth organizing summer camp for incoming youth leaders. Responsibilities include: Developing curriculum on youth organizing, food justice, skill building, leadership development; managing new partnerships, guest speakers, volunteers; coordinating food and transportation logistics

Executing Campaigns for Systemic Change (20%) –

Mobilize FEEST’s adult members to support youth-led campaigns for systemic change in their schools

Support campaign research by running engaging strategies to collect community feedback, researching policies, elected officials, campaign tactics
Support members in developing comprehensive organizing strategy, power mapping, and executing tactics to put pressure on Decision Makers
Adapt strategy and tactics to decision-makers and members in your team and district
Consistently evaluate goals, give feedback, and ensure success of campaign in your district

Build the Organization and Movement (15%) –

Engage in collective visioning with staff and members to create FEEST’s organizing strategy
Participate in assessments regarding the overall health of our organization and member participation
Regularly assess the political landscape to explore new relationships to build our power and organizing skills
Build trust and solidarity with other organizations doing similar organizing work locally and nationally

Admin & Org – Wide (5%) –

Campaign planning is efficient, all team events are supported with a collaborative spirit

Create efficient and proactive work plan to execute strategic program outcome goals
Meticulously track member attendance, time sheets, program budgeting
Coordinate outreach and orientation of new members
Participate in team-wide fundraising activities including phone-banking and individual asks

Qualifications:

Unapologetically rooted in social justice, equity and committed to apply racial, gender and economic justice lenses in both personal and workplace context
Lived experience or demonstrated professional skills working with racially and economically diverse individuals and communities, including working class, immigrant/refugees, communities of color, and LGBTQ+ populations
Ability to manage competing priorities and self-direct to meet strict deadlines
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to facilitate and build relationships with an intergenerational audience including youth and young adults

Additional Information:

Salary range: $5,000 per month
We provide full medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, work from home stipends, and access to professional development each year.