Lead Community Organzier

CAPI's mission is to guide refugees and immigrants in their journey toward self-determination. Key organizational values are rooted in equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Today, we are an inclusive, multi-lingual and immigrant-led nonprofit serving new refugees and immigrants including Minnesota's Asian, East and West African, and Latinx communities, as well as underserved US born communities. Over 7,000 individuals are served annually across three core service areas of Basic Needs, Economic Empowerment and Civic Engagement.
The Lead Community Organizer at CAPI primarily develops and leads a member base formed and trained from the immigrant community. Through continuous outreach, community events, and 1-on-1 connection points the organizer builds up a base of members involved in advocating and creating substantial change for the prosperity of Minnesota's immigrant community. Likewise, through member input, the organizer identifies key policy to target and change, organizing campaigns around the issue area. This work includes mobilizing the member base around the issue area and campaign, rapid response work, and deep coalition work to ensure the immigrant community can achieve substantial policy change.

The physical duties associated with this position are consistent with duties associated with work performed in an office setting. This job description serves only as a general description of anticipated day-to-day responsibilities of the position. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship. The Public Policy Manager retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to carry out each essential job function satisfactorily.

Essential Job Functions:

•Develop and Organize Member Base* 60%
•Schedule and conduct monthly membership meetings with your base.
•In tandem with other CAPI staff schedule and conduct monthly community outreach events to foster a greater sense of belonging in the immigrant community, to educate the community, and to recruit community members into CAPI's bases.
•Actively recruit members into your specific base, connecting them to volunteer opportunities and increasing their involvement.
•Relational Organizing: Meet 1-on-1 with members monthly to check-in and develop their leadership and skills.
•Work with membership leadership to identify and organize around specific policy deeply impacting the immigrant community of MN.
•Develop comprehensive policy campaigns advocating for the immigrant community, scheduling out yearly activity that culminates in substantial policy adoption/change.
•Organize base members, recruiting and mobilizing them for campaign activities.
•Track data from events/campaigns and compile reports on activity.
•Actively partake in campaign activity including canvassing, phone banking, site based outreach, meeting with officials, etc. Using these times to further train and develop members and refresh yourself on the core organizing activities.

•Coalition Work* 30%
•Identify at least 1 coalition to take on a leadership or significant role within and that aligns with the objectives of your base and policy agenda.
•Engage in coalition committees and duties helping to support larger coalition work around legislation and the successful passage of it
•Represent CAPI and the community we serve at coalition meetings, local and state government, with legislatures, and on media.
•Partake in public facing activities (media, speeches, etc.) advocating for the policy supported and for the border immigrant community.
•Work to identify, train, and empower community members from CAPI's base to come and advocate for local and state policy change.
•Develop outreach and education strategies, events, and actions to better inform the community and engage the community around policy issues and help build up CAPI's base ready to advocate.
•Coordinate with coalition partners emphasizing effective communication.

•Civic Engagement Support* 5%
•Engage and support in Civic engagement efforts including phone banking, canvassing, education, events, etc.
•Identify intersectionality between civic engagement and public policy and work to educate and support in these areas.

•Other duties* 5%

Position Requirements:

1. Education and Experience
•Associate degree in a relevant field, or demonstrably equivalent experience
•2 + years of progressive community organizing experience, preferably in a non-profit setting
2. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
•Community, organizing and outreach knowledge
•Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
•Skilled in group process and facilitation of effective meetings
•Culturally competent: ability to work effectively and respectfully with people of many cultures, nationalities, and groups
•Ability to use MS Office products, internet & program databases
3. Licenses and/or Certifications
•Valid MN Drivers' License, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet CAPI's driving record requirements

Working Conditions and Environment:

This position is located in an office setting. The building is accessible and smoke free. This position works during normal business hours and may include evening and/or weekend hours.

All agency employees must have the competency to work effectively in a mission-driven agency whose clients and staff exhibit significant diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, nationality, and religion.