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Description
POOCH is looking for a passionate and driven community outreach assistant to help with achieving our organizing goals! At the Spring All Member Meeting, POOCH set the community priorities of fighting the unchecked greed of landlords, organizing renters for better housing conditions, and combating hunger in Lawrence. Applicant must be willing to move into one of the three POOCH co-ops to be considered for the position. Pay starting at $15.00 an hour, approximately 8 hours of work per week is expected.
Priority Deadline for Applicants is May 5
Qualifications
Social media maven (portfolio preferred)
Familiarity with and passion for community organizing
Can use Google Suite to include Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Slides
Organized and self sufficient
Excellent interpersonal skills
Good written and oral communication skills
Responsibilities
Community Organizing (60%)
Develop strategies to achieve organizing objectives with
Director of Operations
Attend and represent POOCH at miscellaneous community meetings and canvassings
Keep accurate Google Calendar of upcoming POOCH and community events
Assist with the development of in-house leadership on issues relevant to POOCH members
Social Media and Event Outreach (20%)
Assist with building social media profile of POOCH
Attend POOCH events to document and share co-op life
Tabling at community events to raise community awareness of POOCH
Misc. (20%)
Attend weekly staff meetings
Attend monthly board meetings
Statement of Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Central to Peoples Owned and Operated Collective Housings mission is a commitment to dismantling all systems of oppression and providing transformational leadership in the community towards the goal of collective liberation. We hold that all are entitled to human and civil rights and safe, affordable housing regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, cultural, linguistic, geographic, and spiritual diversity, economic status, immigration status, disability, needed supports, or other factors that expose them to increased risk of marginalization.
We do this by:
Prioritizing and centering the voices of individuals and communities often silenced or absent in decision making processes.
Adjusting community agreements to meet the needs of house members to promote accessibility .
Considering our own matrix of privilege and oppression in our actions and words.
We are committed to making the space accessible to the level of engagement you wish to have. If you have accessibility needs, please speak to one of your POOCH Board Representatives or staff.
