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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Job Position
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

________________________________ The Clearing House Position: Associate Editor Reports to: Director, Strategy & Ops Location: New York, NY Position summary: The Associate Editor serves as the principal author of The Clearing House’s electronic publication, Weekly Brief & Insights, a weekly compendium of activities relating to the work of TCH and banking industry news. As the principal author of the Weekly Brief & Insights, s/he will engage in a substantive way across all areas of TCH’s work, leveraging and summarizing third-party content, as well as working with internal staff to collect, aggregate, and synthesize relevant information relating to the Clearing House’s work. The publication is designed to further the Clearing House’s advocacy and work, both with regard to reaching member audiences and policymakers. The position will further be responsible for launching a new payments-specific weekly publication comparable to the Weekly Brief & Insights. The position further provides support for the Clearing House’s quarterly journal Banking Perspectives, assisting the publisher with proofreading, editing, and organizational responsibilities. Finally, the Associate Editor provides support to the Director of Strategy & Operations around various operational and strategic functions, particularly in the area of preparing presentation decks, board briefing materials, etc. The position entails a particular focus on enhancing the effectiveness of the organization’s publications and member communications. The position requires very strong writing and editing skills. While no formal training in bank regulation, payments, or the banking industry is required, the position requires a quick learner who will develop a comprehensive understanding of the field, including the current regulatory and policy landscapes. Candidates should be self-motivated, well-organized and detail-oriented, collegial and able to function under pressure while handling numerous tasks simultaneously. The position is well-suited to a candidate who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is both quick in execution while also being meticulous. S/he must be able to take initiative, prioritize with minimal supervision and work independently as well as part of a team. Works with senior executives internally and externally and is required to produce a zero-defect publication on a weekly basis. Qualifications required: * Bachelor’s degree * Excellent written and verbal communication abilities * Strong interpersonal skills and collaborative by nature * Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Word and PowerPoint * Ability to meet competing demands under pressure and handle conflicting priorities while working in a cross- functional capacity * Attention to detail, ability to prioritize and see projects through to completion * Strong interest in public policy, including in relation to financial regulation Qualifications desired: * Previous experience and/or knowledge in banking, payments, finance, and/or law * 1-3 years of experience * Experience with online and/or print publications Essential functions and responsibilities: • Creating and distributing company communications collateral and advocacy products, including the organization’s weekly publication and quarterly journal Provide support, both strategic and operational, on a wide-range of assignments, including briefing decks, board materials, etc. Collaborating with lawyers, economists, and technology professionals on a range of key projects. Physical demands and work environment: Work is generally sedentary in nature, but may require standing and walking. The working environment is generally favorable. Lighting and temperature are adequate, and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc. Work is generally performed within an office environment, with standard office equipment available. PLEASEAPPLYIMMEDIATELYbyemailinginasinglesubmission:aletterof interestdescribingyourexperienceand interest in the position, your resume and names or letters of reference immediately to: human.resources(a)theclearinghouse.org. Please use “Associate Editor” as the subject of your email. Only complete applications will be reviewed. The Clearing House is an equal opportunity employer Here is the link to the job posting on the career page of the company’s website for this job opportunity: https://www.theclearinghouse.org/careers/associate%20editor. ?

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Job Opportunity: Associate Director for Development- Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 24 Jun '17

24 Jun '17

https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/561a77cb849948a9ae5831945a5a7b6a-… Description The Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center is a grassroots membership organization that helps street vendors take action to defend and expand their rights, improve their working conditions, and strengthen and grow their businesses. We also celebrate the long history of street vending in New York City, the vibrancy and energy street vending brings to communities throughout the city, and the diversity of cultures from which vendors come. The Street Vendor Project is in the final stages of a multi-year campaign to increase the number of permits for street vending. If and when we win this campaign, it will be our second major legislative victory in the last five years, and a testament to the effectiveness of the organizing work our vendor members do. After this campaign ends, we will be undergoing a planning process with our Leadership Board, staff, members, volunteers, and other key stakeholders to determine how we can build on these successes to take our organization to the next level. We will be identifying our priorities for the years ahead, exploring what kind of organizational infrastructure development, leadership development, and new partnerships we will need to achieve those priorities, and developing a strategy for funding that work. We are seeking an Associate Director for Development who can work alongside our Director to facilitate of that process, catalyzing the engagement of all our organizational stakeholders, and helping to translate the vision we create into a concrete action plan. The primary responsibility of this new staff member in this process will be on ensuring that the organization’s action plan is supported by and aligned with a realistic fundraising plan, and that the organization is well-positioned to be able to expand and diversify its income streams. S/he will also lead all of the fundraising efforts, including institutional giving, individual giving, and special events, and s/he will coordinate with the organizing staff to develop and implement strategies to increase income from membership dues. This staff person will also play a role in our Communications work, ensuring that our messaging to funders and all of our other stakeholders is consistent, and is as targeted, clear, and compelling as possible. Qualifications include * Successful leadership experience in a grassroots justice organization * Strong understanding of base-building, organizing, advocacy, system change campaigns, and grassroots leadership development * At least 3-5 years of successful experience in fundraising, including government, foundation, individuals, and special events * Experience with budgeting, cash flow projections, budget management, and financial reporting * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong inter-personal skills, ability to balance new ideas with respect for organization’s culture and history, diplomacy, creative problem-solving, and humor * Experience and passion for working with immigrant communities * Fluency in a language other then English is a strong plus How To Apply svp(a)urbanjustice.org<mailto:svp@urbanjustice.org> http://www.streetvendor.org <http://www.streetvendor.org/> Send a thoughtful cover letter, resume, writing sample (2-3 pages), and two references to svp(a)urbanjustice.org<mailto:svp@urbanjustice.org> by June 30, 2017. Please put “Associate Director for Development” in the subject line. SVP strongly encourages people of color, immigrants, women, and LGBTQ candidates to apply. Benefits The work structure is very flexible and the benefits are substantial. Level of Language Proficiency The ideal candidate will be fluent in a language other than English, ideally a language spoken by a significant number of vendors, such as Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Spanish, or Wolof. Professional Level Professional Minimum Education Required 4-year degree

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Job Opportunity: Director of Advocacy, 596 Acres
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 11 Jun '17

11 Jun '17

http://596acres.org/doa/ 596 Acres<http://596acres.org/> champions resident stewardship of land to build more just and equitable cities. We believe that neighbors should have a say in how land is used in their communities. By helping regular New Yorkers secure land for community uses, we create space for people to build social infrastructures that will lead to stronger, more resilient communities. There’s a huge need for what 596 Acres does in New York City. We work to transform decades of systemically racist land use policy in NYC including redlining, slum clearance and urban renewal by inviting the most impacted people to the center of making decisions about the abandoned places that show that history. Our organization has three directors operating horizontally: a director of partnership, a director of development, and our director of advocacy (you?). We all oversee the programs and finances, and handle administrative matters collectively, hiring additional staff and creatively partnering with many people to make different projects happen as needed. Your role within 596 Acres As Director of Advocacy, your role would be running our community land access program and community land protection program. Community land access program: sparking and supporting local campaigns for land access in NYC! People call and email us about vacant lots in their lives all the time; your job, among other things, would be making sure the vacant lots hotline phone and email gets answered with accurate information and guidance. You will help guide people through city bureaucracy and coach people as needed in the process of creating new community-stewarded spaces. You will help them keep track of progress. You will walk supporting community land access campaigns while providing access to tools and resources to help community-managed projects can sustain themselves once we have helped them gain access to land. We have lots of existing infrastructures and successful techniques for how we spark and support campaigns! See current campaigns in the NEWS FROM THE ORGANIZING ACRES section in our newsletter archive<http://596acres.org/category/news-from-the-acres>. Community land protection program: we hope it never has to exist! It’s in response to threats to our city’s vital community places. The Director of Advocacy would oversee the protection of individual places as-needed; see Brownsville’s Green Valley Farm<http://596acres.org/springtime-signals-new-growth-at-green-valley/> for an example of a campaign we won because of badass advocacy (cover photo is from a rally and press conference to save Green Valley Farm bringing together grassroots and elected advocates). In addition, they would coordinate citywide campaigns as needed, like our tax lien sale advocacy<http://596acres.org/protecting-our-places/>, the goal of which is to have all nonprofits and vacant lots removed from the 2017 sale which takes place in August. What we are looking for Somebody committed to land sovereignty and stewardship as a strategy for securing other individual and community needs and dreams. Somebody who wants to grow with an organization that is growing with our city! We want to elevate the leadership of people of color and we encourage people from neighborhoods that have been most impacted by the history of neglected land in NYC, which are the neighborhoods that are the focus our work, to apply. Our dream candidate will have: * Knowledge and experiencing navigating NYC politics and policy (or the interest and ability to learn this) * Experience with NYC government land use policy is a super-plus. * Comfort with computers and aptitude to learning new platforms quickly. * Clear communicator – great at writing simply – you will write our bi-monthly newsletter! * Comfort with public speaking and storytelling. * Experience facilitating meetings. * Great at connecting people who should work together. * Ability to read technical/official documents carefully and translate into straightforward information that local advocates can use. * Super strategic thinking. * Optimism! Good at seeing possibility and hope where others might not. * Tenacity – ability to not take no for an answer * Good visual eye and design skills a plus. Salary $48-60k, great benefits, flexible hours full time. To apply Send cover letter and resume to organizers(a)596acres.org ASAP. We are looking to hire by July 1.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Job Opportunity: Community Land Trust & Housing Organizer, Picture the Homeless
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

http://picturethehomeless.org/now-hiring-community-land-trust-housing-organ… JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Picture the Homeless Job title: Community Land Trust & Housing (CLTH) Organizer Term: Full-time with at least a 1 year commitment Salary: commensurate with experience Application deadline: July 7, 2017 Background: Picture the Homeless (PTH) is a citywide grass roots organization founded and led by homeless New Yorkers in 1999. PTH seeks an experienced organizer with a strong background in tenant organizing, base building, leadership and campaign development, and experience with, or demonstrated knowledge of, community development., for our Community Land Trust and Housing Organizer position. The Community Land Trust & Housing Organizer (CLTHO) will organize E Harlem residents (tenants and shareholders, doubled up individuals and families, shelter residents, street homeless, and homeless folks displaced from the neighborhood) to support Community Land Trust and other housing needs. The CLTHO will work closely with East Harlem El Barrio Community Land Trust (EHEBCLT), the New York City Community Land Initiative www.nyccli.org<http://www.nyccli.org/>, and other housing allies. The Community Land Trust & Housing (CLTH) Organizer’s responsibilities will include: Membership Development ● Door knocking, tabling, phone banking and other forms of outreach to residents in E Harlem ● Educate E Harlem community on Community Land Trust ● Extensive leadership development, including identification of potential CLT and cooperative housing board members ● Set up and hold skills building workshops ● Integration of housed and homeless community members into campaign ● Extensive neighborhood ally engagement ● Maintain database for all contacts ● Represent the organization in alliance and citywide spaces Campaign Development ● Staff various CLT and Housing Meetings ● 25% time spend working with EHEBCLT, board and staff to support its continued growth ● Assist Housing Organizer with campaign strategy and lead visioning work with members to ensure permanent affordability for residents, especially extremely low income in East Harlem ● Manage multiple interests of tenants, shareholders and homeless folks on community land trust, ● Become proficient in housing policy, and community land trusts ● Use social media to mobilize allies and disseminate campaign information Requirements: ● Experienced tenant or housing organizer on a social justice campaign;(at least 3 years) ● Demonstrated track record in base building, and campaign development ● Strong Leadership Development skills ● Strong teamwork abilities for close collaboration with other staff and member committees, as well as work independently ● Superb research, analytical, writing, oral communication, and interpersonal skills ● Dedication and ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends ● Fluency in English and Spanish preferred but not required ● Demonstrated commitment to grassroots organizing and building power of poor and working people ● Salary commensurate with experience and comprehensive benefits package, Picture the Homeless encourages applications from people of color from low income communities, LGBTQ, differently abled and people who have personally experienced homelessness. To apply: Please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to employment(a)picturethehomeless.org<mailto:employment@picturethehomeless.org>. Please put CLTH Organizer in the subject line to ensure that your email is received and reviewed. No calls please.

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[UrbanStudiesCircular] Job Opportunity: Community Retrofit Outreach Coordinator, Pratt Center for Community Development
by urbanstudiescircular＠lists.qc.cuny.edu 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

https://pratt-edu.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&j… Community Retrofit Outreach Coordinator Tracking Code 1721 Job Description POSITION SUMMARY: Pratt Center for Community Development seeks to hire an Outreach Coordinator to design, implement and manage a community outreach effort connecting qualified building owners and operators to the Community Retrofit NYC program. Community Retrofit NYC works with buildings from 5-50 units, providing free educational, engineering, financial, and construction management advisory services to building owners, building operators, and community residents to help simplify the energy and water efficiency retrofit process. Pratt Center is working with the program’s lead consultant BlocPower with a focus on the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, and Williamsburg. The Outreach Coordinator will report to and work closely with Pratt Center’s Retrofits Program Manager in crafting and implementing a successful strategy to meet program metrics. This position will require a great deal of in-the-field outreach and relationship building with a large number of individuals and organizations, therefore qualified candidates must have excellent communication and time management skills, and be highly self-motivated. This is a full-time position requiring a 35 hour work week, however it is contract-based and therefore temporary. The contract for the Community Retrofit NYC program runs from April 2017 through March 2019. Note that this position will occasionally require participation in evening and weekend events. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: * Design and implement strategies to reach individual residential property owners, consortia of owners, and ownership companies (buildings with 5-50 units) in order to recruit them as participants in Community Retrofit NYC. * Develop and utilize strategic partnerships with local affordable housing developers, economic development organizations, community boards, and community based organizations (CBOs), to leverage further marketing opportunities for the program. * Create and deliver compelling presentations to educate strategic partners and clients about Community Retrofit NYC program opportunities. * Provide assistance to potential program clients in the City’s energy retrofit incentive programs by responding to calls and inquiries, utilizing marketing collateral and other means relevant to assisting the client with successful program participation. * Maintain information on partnerships, meetings, referrals, and other activities through regular written and verbal reports and the use of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. * Participate in team meetings, strategy sessions, and discussions with program partners and Pratt Center staff colleagues. QUALIFICATIONS: Experience: Direct experience conducting community outreach and/or organizing, preferably in the field/s of community development and/or environmental sustainability; some experience creating or designing community outreach strategies. Knowledge and Skills: Excellent work ethic and well organized, with demonstrated ability to meet strict deadlines under time constraints; excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate with multiple audiences including public officials, business owners, property owners, property managers and residents; strong public speaking and presentation skills; Ability to communicate and work effectively with a diverse range of constituents in a diverse community, including community partners; sustainability and energy efficiency specialists and contractors; property owners; building operators; architects and designers, etc.; demonstrated sensitivity to cross-cultural perspectives and experiences and intercultural competence; demonstrated ability to self-motivate and complete a rigorous work plan. Desired but not required: fluency in Spanish; knowledge of and interest in NYC’s energy industry and environmental sustainability programs and players, and basic understanding of building science and NYC residential architecture; knowledge of (and contacts within) the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick neighborhoods. TO APPLY: Please submit your cover letter, resume including salary history and requirements, and the names and contact information for three professional references. PRATT INSTITUTE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND RECOGNIZES AND VALUES THE BENEFITS OF A DIVERSE WORKFORCE Job Location Brooklyn, New York, United States Position Type Full-Time/Regular

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