Community Organizer jobs in Chicopee, MA

Community Organizer develops and coordinates social service programs to communicate and raise awareness of services and resources available to the community. Networks with community leaders and officials to raise awareness of specific social or environmental issues. Being a Community Organizer plans and devises action plans to access resources. Organizes community members to work toward a common goal supported by staff and volunteer workers. Additionally, Community Organizer may require a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Community Organizer work is closely managed. Works on projects/matters of limited complexity in a support role. To be a Community Organizer typically requires 0-2 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Regional Organizer
  • Massachusetts Teacher Association
  • Holyoke, MA FULL_TIME
  • Who we are:

    The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) represents over 117,000 members and nearly 400 locals across the state and employs a full-time staff of over 150. Our members are public school teachers, faculty, professional staff, and education support professionals working at public schools, colleges, and universities. As a member-driven organization and the largest union in New England, our collective power makes MTA an influential voice for educators, students, and their communities. We are proud to be an advocate for social, racial, and economic justice and for a public education system that provides one of the cornerstones of a democratic society.

    Major Responsibilities:
    The Regional Organizer will provide strategic leadership, planning, resources, and direct assistance to a) advance regional and statewide solidarity, coordination, and power building, and b) link statewide organizing, bargaining, and political campaigns to local and regional initiatives that connect members to the life of the union, and c) strengthen local organizing, including membership growth and rank and file leadership development.

    Essential Job Functions:
    • Support organizing and growth of regional networks to foster solidarity and coordination in the region and around the state
    • Collaborate with and serve as a resource to leaders, members, and staff in the planning and implementation of regional and local capacity-building including internal organizing, new unit organizing, issue organizing, membership sign-up and retention, leadership identification and development, power mapping, engaging marginalized constituencies, and advancing a common good agenda
    • Create regional organizing and capacity-building programs, in collaboration with other divisions, including trainings, events and materials focused on achieving bargaining, internal organizing, common good, and political campaign goals
    • Collaborate closely with the Government Relations and Grassroots divisions to design and implement statewide legislative, ballot, and electoral campaigns that build power through strengthening local capacity, engaging rank and file members, and advancing a common good agenda and coordinate statewide campaign activity in the region

    Specific Responsibilities:
    • Assist regional councils/networks/county associations and locals to build relationships with students, parents, and the community, including the formation of labor-community and campus coalitions, and to pursue common good initiatives
    • Support initiatives that engage and empower marginalized groups, such as educators of color and ESPs, and center social and racial justice in local and regional organizing
    • Provide support for local/regional initiatives to build cultural competency, a climate of equity and inclusion, and other topics designed to increase awareness and support of equity and inclusion values
    • Partner with field staff and locals to establish robust systems for membership sign-up, new hire orientation, building/campus communication networks based on 1:1 contact, and collection and tracking of data to connect members to the life of the union
    • Partner with field staff and locals to develop organizing plans for bargaining, issue campaigns, membership recruitment and engagement, and leadership identification and development with clear goals, strategies, and benchmarks
    • Develop and coordinate the Summer Member Organizing program, including coaching and mentoring SMOs, canvassing, cutting turf and compiling and analyzing data, alert Field Managers to any SMO performance or other supervisory issues
    • Collaborate with Bargaining Campaign & Strategy Specialists to implement strategic and coordinated bargaining campaigns in the region and link local bargaining and local issues to statewide campaigns
    • Assist with the recruitment for and utilization of the Senate District Coordinator/Political Action Liaison program
    • Develop proficiency for use of technology and applications to enhance organizing, targeting, and member communication and recruitment, including NEA360, the VAN, and Hustle
    • Serve as a regional and sometimes statewide rapid response organizing team to be nimble in response to crises or opportunities
    • Contribute to building a unified and powerful statewide union dedicated to social, racial, and economic justice
    • Provide support to MTA committees, task forces, and other teams as assigned
    • Other related duties as needed or assigned within areas of responsibility

    Qualifications:
    • Commitment to the mission and strategic goals of the MTA and the organized education profession
    • Demonstrated knowledge of rank and file organizing and mobilizing principles and demonstrated ability to develop and implement comprehensive organizing plans that include rank and file leadership development, data analysis, messaging, power analysis, and benchmarks and assessments
    • Substantial experience with grassroots community or rank and file union organizing including one-on-one organizing conversations, assessments, leadership identification and development, and moving people to action
    • Understanding of key concepts and commitment to dismantling systems of oppression that create inequity by race, class, and gender
    • Ability to listen and influence across multiple MTA stakeholders and promote intercultural dialogue and organizing
    • Experience building coalitions among diverse organizations and understanding of the historic tensions that exist in the relationships between community and labor and knowledge and experience in navigating the complexities of the relationships
    • Ability to develop effective relationships and teams with diverse constituencies of members, community groups, staff, and leaders
    • Working knowledge and experience with bargaining for the common good and open bargaining strategies
    • Successful experience utilizing data for targeting and developing bargaining and organizing campaigns
    • Facilitation, training, and presentation skills including demonstrated ability to train members and leaders using a popular education model
    • Understanding of and commitment to a vision of a labor movement that advances social, racial, and economic justice and a common good agenda
    • Ability to establish and maintain successful working relationships and teams with staff, leaders, and members
    • Proficiency with MS Word and Excel; experience with Power Point, VAN, and Hustle preferred
    • Effective writing and communication skills
    • Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees preferred
    • Ability to work well under a tight deadline and in a team environment
    • Ability to work evenings, weekends, and long hours when needed
    • Driver’s license and access to a car required
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Summer Member Organizer
  • Massachusetts Teacher Association
  • Holyoke, MA PART_TIME
  • The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) is a union, dedicated to improving the workplace and the quality of life for all education employees and to protecting their hard-won rights. Equally impor...
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Field Representative-Organizer
  • Massachusetts Teacher Association
  • Holyoke, MA FULL_TIME
  • Major Responsibilities: The Field Representative-Organizer is responsible for helping to build strong locals and a strong union by supporting local leaders and rank and file members in all aspects of ...
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Political Organizer, 1199SEIU UHWE
  • SEIU Branding
  • AMHERST, MA FULL_TIME
  • POSITION TITLE: Political Organizer ASSIGNMENT: Quincy, MASS CLASSIFICATION: Permanent/Full time YEARLY SALARY RANGE $60,000 - $67,000 BENEFITS: Competitive Benefit Package Offered NO. OF POSITIONS 1 ...
  • 28 Days Ago
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Political Organizer, 1199SEIU UHWE
  • SEIU Branding
  • AMHERST, MA FULL_TIME
  • POSITION TITLE: Political Organizer ASSIGNMENT: Quincy, MASS CLASSIFICATION: Permanent/Full time YEARLY SALARY RANGE $60,000 - $67,000 BENEFITS: Competitive Benefit Package Offered NO. OF POSITIONS 1 ...
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Community Manager
  • The Community Builders
  • Greenfield, MA FULL_TIME
  • Community Manager The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) Join a growing organization that is strengthening neighborhoods across the nation! The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) is one of America's leading n...
  • 21 Days Ago
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Meat & Seafood Team Member Full-time 35 - Northampton
  • RIVER VALLEY MARKET LLC
  • Northampton, MA
  • Job Details Job Location River Valley Co-op Northampton - Northampton, MA Position Type Full-time 35 Salary Range $18.00...
  • 5/26/2024 12:00:00 AM
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CRA Mortgage Officer
  • PeoplesBank
  • West Hartford, CT
  • Welcome to PeoplesBank! We are the largest mutually chartered bank in Western Mass and Northern Connecticut and a leader...
  • 5/25/2024 12:00:00 AM
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AmeriCorps Communtiy Health Worker
  • EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC
  • Hartford, CT
  • Community Health Worker – AmeriCorps Member Do you have a passion for making a difference, helping people, enhancing you...
  • 5/25/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Bilingual Community Health Registered Nurse - Community Health
  • Hartford HealthCare
  • Hartford, CT
  • Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Job Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: Monday through Friday with some...
  • 5/25/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Lead Shop Woodworker
  • Fresh Start Pallet Products INC
  • Hartford, CT
  • Job Description Job Description Fresh Start Pallet Products is looking to hire a Lead Shop Woodworker for a full-time po...
  • 5/24/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Employment & Training Support Professional 1
  • Jobs for Humanity
  • Bloomfield, CT
  • Company Description Jobs for Humanity is collaborating with Viability to build an inclusive and just employment ecosyste...
  • 5/23/2024 12:00:00 AM
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Parent and Community Engagement (FACE) Specialist
  • Springfield Public Schools
  • Springfield, MA
  • DEPARTMENT: Family and Community Engagement (FACE) REPORTS TO: Family and Community Engagement FUNDING: Title I SCHEDULE...
  • 5/22/2024 12:00:00 AM
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HEALTH EQUITY COORDINATOR
  • YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC
  • Worcester, MA
  • Job Details Level Experienced Job Location YWCA Central Massachusetts - Worcester, MA Education Level High School Salary...
  • 5/22/2024 12:00:00 AM
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About Chicopee, Massachusetts

Chicopee is located at 42°10′13″N 72°35′19″W / 42.17028°N 72.58861°W / 42.17028; -72.58861 (42.170159, -72.588630). The city is made up of several neighborhoods; the result of the city's origin as a collection of four villages in the northernmost part of Springfield, which seceded from it in 1848. Chicopee Falls, Chicopee Center (Cabotville), Fairview, and Willimansett continued to develop. In the early 1900s, Aldenville developed as a distinct community. Since then, the city has filled in most of its open space resulting in a number of new neighborhoods. These neighborhoods include Chicom...
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Income Estimation for Community Organizer jobs
$53,770 to $73,866
Chicopee, Massachusetts area prices
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What does a Community Organizer do?

Community Organizer in Temple, TX
While most are familiar with the fact that medicine is dedicated to restoring health and law is concerned with a body of rules for conduct, unfortunately very few have a clear understanding on the world of community organizing.
December 14, 2019
Community organizers utilize social work skills at the community level to support communities in acting together to make the changes they want to see in their communities.
February 24, 2020
Community Organizer in Port Arthur, TX
As in individual-level social work practice, the social worker in the community organizer role does not identify and solve problems for the community but supports the community in creating solutions to their own self-identified issues.
December 12, 2019
Community Organizer in Beaumont, TX
Let's find out what skills a Community Organizer actually needs in order to be successful in the workplace.
February 18, 2020