Associate Organiser – West Yorkshire
Employment Type: Full time 37.5 hours per week/ 24-month fix term contract
Location: Hybrid · Leeds, UK
Salary: Starting from £29,071 (GBP)
Closing date: 10:00am, 26 April 2024 BST
Citizens UK
We are Citizens UK. We’re working together to make change on the issues that matter, from campaigning for zebra crossings on dangerous roads, to reforming the immigration system, to the Living Wage campaign.
We bring together everyday people and local organisations to build a better, fairer society. Too often communities are left out of decisions that affect their lives, but we know everyday people have the ability to shape the world around them. We develop local leaders who find solutions to problems big and small and hold power-holders to account.
We work with hundreds of civil society organisations, who we call our members – schools, universities, faith groups, charities, unions and more – to help them win change. Over the last 30 years, we’ve worked in alliance with 500+ members, trained 4,000+ community leaders, accredited 13,000 Living Wage employers, and won hundreds of campaigns.
Our Migrants and Refugees Organising (MaRO) team is mainly made up of community organisers from diaspora, refugee, and formerly undocumented backgrounds. They collaborate with local civic organisations and migrant leaders, using community organising to achieve national change.
Purpose
Our immigration and system is too long, too expensive, and fundamentally unfair. The often multi-decade journey towards citizenship leaves people broken and less capable of flourishing as part of their communities.
We firmly believe that migrants possess the capacity to build substantial power, enabling them to achieve social justice for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Citizens UK’s Migrant and Refugee Organising (MaRO) team is looking for the right person to learn the craft of Community Organising under the guidance of an experienced Community Organiser. Community Organising focuses on the building of relational power, the identification and development of leaders to strengthen the local institutions that make up the fabric of society, support leads to take public actions in order to win systemic change.
NB We particularly encourage those who have been through the immigration system themselves or their families
Main Responsibilities
- Working as an Associate Organiser at Migrant and Refugee Organising, Citizens UK your main responsibilities will be to;
- Contribute towards the goals of the Migrant and Refugee Organising team
- Build relationships with people who have experience of the immigration system or who may be important allies, speaking to at least 3 people per day through 121 conversations.
- Work to build a team of 10-15 leaders, including those with lived experience of the immigration system, in West Yorkshire to create change
- Work with colleagues in the Migrant and Refugee Organising (MaRO) team and to run local and national campaigns and leadership teams
For further information and to apply please visit our website
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