Community Organizer Manager
Network for Developing Conscious Communities works towards developing a Black economy in which all people participate and prosper. We are a tax-exempt nonprofit corporation offering professional services in cooperative business development organizing, strengthening the Black community development ecosystem,and evaluating the need for racial equity matters.
We’re seeking an experienced Community Organizer Manager to manage our growing community operations. The Community Organizer Manager will help develop and implement NDCC’s organizational and community strategies, through operations management, program planning, and delivery. As Network for Developing Conscious Communities is growing, the Community Organizing Manager will have the opportunity to grow personally and professionally as well.
Our organizational purpose is to work “for an economy in which all Black people participate and prosper.” We want to offset the deep financial inequality that our Black community currently suffers. Poverty is a market failure that can be eliminated with the resources already available nationwide. To that end, we organized NDCC to promote the cooperative business model in the Black community. Our theory of change holds that cooperative enterprise creates the economic conditions we seek.
We take a “helping people help themselves” approach to cooperative development. Our support is aimed at giving communities and families greater control over their own economic and social circumstances through jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprises. The result is communities creating and running their own programs, not having a nonprofit run it for them.
NDCC operates through several program areas:
- Direct technical assistance for cooperatives, including business planning support, organizing and governance training, meeting facilitation, and financial training, and connection to sources of financing.
- Training and education on cooperative concepts and models, community building, and business skills, plus outreach to local leaders in government, business, and education.
- Cooperative formation legal services, operating as a public interest law firm.
Key Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the Community Organizer Manager includes but are not limited to:
- Work with the Executive Director to develop a comprehensive community development plan with an approved budget.
- Planning and implementing projects in collaboration with staff colleagues.
- Monitoring performance measures and providing timely reporting on engagement and outcomes for grants, projects, and programs.
- Directly providing cooperative training and technical assistance.
- Facilitate 12- week cooperative training sessions to provide opportunities for cooperative members to learn about internal operational issues, learn about the political process, discuss current events impacting their cooperatives, and identify upcoming advocacy and organizing opportunities.
- Work under the supervision of the Executive Director to research, design, and pilot small programs and projects
- Work with Executive Director and a graphic designer to professionally lay out 12-week Black CoopNomics Training curriculum and share materials with other agencies interested in integrating community organizing into their service model.
- Conduct regular outreach to build awareness and increase member participation in NDCC and new organizing initiatives.
- Maintain updated statistics about member involvement in using our online database.
People successful in this role typically have:
- 3-5 years of experience in an organizational management role, as well as
- 1-5 years of experience with business development, business counseling, cooperative development, organizational development, community organizing, or a combination; post graduate degree in relevant field.
- Strong written and spoken communication skills. Proficiency in Spanish as well as English will be an advantage.
- Have prior experience in organizational management and development
- Have experience in budgeting
- Have experience in meeting facilitation
- Be self-motivated and self-directed
- Possess the ability to work closely within a small team and incorporate constructive feedback and training within their work flow
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to listen with empathy
- Work well with people of different abilities, cultures, races, identities, and incomes
- Be able to speak, read, and write in English fluently
- Have competency with technology and online platforms such as Zoom, Canva, Microsoft Suite, Google Workspace
- Demonstrate commitment to racial, social, and economic justice, and deep alignment with the NDCC’s mission and cooperative values
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range is $50,000 – $60,000 depending on experience. Benefits negotiable.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
NDCC is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Candidates with socially and/or economically marginalized backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.