Lead Housing Organizer
Lead Housing Organizer
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Position Location: This position will be in ACTs offices in New York or the DC/MD/VA area
Reports to: Housing Justice Program Director
FLSA Status: Salaried- Exempt
Employment Type: Full-time
Hours: Monday-Friday hybrid position requires a mix of remote work work on-site and community-based outreach.
Salary: The baseline salary for this position is $70000; additional compensation is negotiable based on experience.
Overview: ACTs Housing Justice Program organizes and mobilizes African immigrants and allies to advocate for dignified affordable housing in New York City Philadelphia and the Washington D.C. metro area.
The program uses a multi-pronged approach to address key housing challenges including unaffordable rents poor living conditions limited access to affordable housing programs and displacement.
Through grassroots organizing local tenant campaigns and leadership development ACT empowers African immigrant tenants to challenge predatory practices by corporate landlords and advocate for their housing rights.
Position Description: We are seeking a passionate and strategic Lead Housing Organizer to spearhead the organizing component of our housing justice work across ACT chapters.
This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in grassroots organizing demonstrated leadership skills and a deep commitment to building power within immigrant and BIPOC communities.
This role will report to the Housing Justice Program Director and will work closely with community members allies and coalitions to advance housing rights combat displacement and drive equitable community-led solutions to housing injustice.
Key Responsibilities include:
Organizing & Leadership Development
- Facilitate and manage regular housing committee meetings that empower tenants to lead discussions make collective decisions and develop campaign strategies.
- Identify recruit and train community leaders to become effective advocates and organizers within their own communities.
- Support the formation and growth of tenant associations including overseeing member recruitment agenda-setting facilitation and collaborative work planning.
- Plan and execute actions alongside community members to bring increased attention to housing injustices and put pressure on relevant stakeholders to bring about change (ex: rallies protests sit-ins etc).
Education & Capacity Building
- Design and facilitate Know Your Rights workshops and other housing education sessions tailored to community needs.
- Develop multilingual accessible materials including tenant rights toolkits campaign guides and advocacy resources.
Campaigns & Policy
- Work with the Housing Justice Program Director to design and implement housing justice campaigns that center and uplift impacted communities.
- Lead project management for campaign strategies and tactics including planning implementation and evaluation.
- Support housing policy strategy and advocacy efforts at the local state and federal levels in alignment with ACTs organizational goals.
- Support broader organizational campaigns during rapid response moments including providing strategic input and participating in joint mobilizations.
Relationship Building & Coalition Work
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with partner organizations coalitions elected officials and other stakeholders to expand ACTs presence and influence in the housing justice movement.
- Represent ACT at various public events and in the media to bring attention to housing campaigns and needed housing policy changes.
Data
- Assist with collecting and maintaining data on member engagement and campaign activities to monitor participation and support progress toward organizing goals.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of three (3) years prior experience in grassroots organizing preferably around housing justice immigrant rights tenants rights or economic justice.
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships with diverse communities especially low-income and immigrant tenants.
- Demonstrated leadership skills with a history of developing mentoring and supporting individual leaders.
- Cultural competence and significant experience working with immigrant and/or BIPOC communities.
- Experience leading campaigns facilitating workshops and developing organizing materials.
- Excellent written and verbal communication facilitation and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders effectively.
- Ability to develop and communicate plans goals strategy and outcomes clearly and persuasively.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities.
- Willingness and ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.
- Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in either an African language or French is a plus
- Proficiency with common business software (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint Gmail) and a willingness to learn new tools including our CRM database.
- Alignment with ACTs mission and values.
Employee Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including fully paid employee Medical Dental Vision along with partial dependent coverage a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and a Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP-IRA). Additional benefits include paid time off 10 paid holidays parental leave professional development opportunities sabbatical leave and wellness reimbursements.
Application Process:
To apply please submit your resume. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications by July 31th 2025; however applications will be accepted until the position is filled. We recognize that it is highly unlikely that someone meets 100% of the qualifications for the role. Studies have shown that people of the global majority and female-identifying candidates in particular are likely to count themselves out of otherwise well-matched opportunities due to this fact. If much of this job description describes you please apply for this role.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ACT is an affirmative action employer and strongly supports the social goals of affirmative action. We therefore make special efforts to recruit individuals from groups that are historically under-represented in professional environments or that suffer from broader societal discrimination.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
