Student / Farmworker Alliance National Co-Coordinator, Campaign for Fair Food, Immokalee, FL

Student / Farmworker Alliance National Co-Coordinator

Posted on: August 25, 2014
Application deadline: September 14, 2014
Posted by: Campaign for Fair Food

AREAS OF WORK

MOBILIZATIONS, TOURS AND NATIONAL ORGANIZING

• Educate and organize with students and other communities regionally and nationally to plan mobilizations and tours (often involves travel);
• Plan logistical elements and coordination of events and actions;
• Develop and carry out press strategy;
• Produce internal media (written, photo, video, social media).

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

• Co-present and facilitate workshops with CIW members during Immokalee visits and at conferences and gatherings;
• Raise consciousness and engage base though targeted outreach, online actions, institutional endorsements and sign-on letters;
• Oral interpretation and written translation between Spanish and English for campaign literature;
• Develop and disseminate materials and newsletters;
• Maintain listservs, website, and social media presence, and supporter database.

STUDENT/YOUTH ORGANIZING

• Co-coordinate a youth leadership development program, including campaign strategy gatherings, skills trainings, and regular communication with SFA's Steering Committee;
• Build and maintain relationships with SFA members and allies around the country, including local SFA chapters, national and local student organizations, individual students and youth, and professors/teachers/university staff;
• Help design and carry out student-led organizing campaigns to further the goals of the Campaign for Fair Food.

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Joint fundraising and grant-writing;
• Administrative work and book/record keeping;
• Organizational development of Student/Farmworker Alliance and the Alliance for Fair Food.

SUPPORT FOR CIW AND FARMWORKER COMMUNITY

• Assistance with with interpretation, rides, wage-theft cases, low-power FM radio station, technology and more.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep commitment to social and economic justice
• Prior organizing experience, including student organizing
• Bilingual in Spanish-English
• Skill working with a broad range of peoples
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Computer proficiency (web and design skills a plus)
• Willingness to work long hours when necessary
• Ability to take initiative and responsibility for projects
• Ability to work well in teams
• Experience living or working in low-income, immigrant, or multi-cultural communities
• Commitment to anti-oppression, collective liberation and building diverse movement leadership
• Minimum two year commitment

HOW TO APPLY

To request an application, contact organize@sfalliance.org or call Claudia at 239-503-0605. In addition to the application, we will request a cover letter in English and Spanish, resume, and two letters of recommendation.

Given our commitment to developing a diverse leadership, we strongly encourage people of color, women, working-class, LGBTQ, gender non-conforming, and differently-abled people to apply.