Is social justice a passion of yours? Are you tired of just talking about change and are ready to take action?
Then we want YOU to join the Toronto ACORN organizing team!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Building/expanding neighbourhood groups by being directly in the communities we’re organizing.
• Develop building, neighbourhood, and municipal campaigns with the current ACORN leadership and new leaders from the community that you help develop.
• Are responsible for your own projects such as organizing neighbourhood meetings, press conferences, townhalls, protests, sit-in’s and other direct actions. This includes all of the strategic planning, logistics, leadership development, media relations, communications and outreach.
• Represent the organization in the neighbourhoods, as well as with our leadership at external meetings or events (allies or targets).
• Work with our Toronto Lead Organizer on a day to day basis to learn the basics of ACORN’s organizing methods and techniques.
• Fundraising and asking for money is a fundamental part of ACORN staffs’ jobs. We are structured like a union: ACORN members pay membership dues. While this is not the entire job, it’s fundamental that organizers sign up members and can ask for dues and donations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• No paid experience required.
• Be willing to work in the afternoons/evenings between 12-9pm.
• Have strong social and people skills.
• Be self driven.
• Have the ability to work both independently but also follow direction.
• Ability to listen in order to identify issues that are affecting our people.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks in the same day – flexibility and resilience are keys to success.
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
  Pay: $42,000.00-$44,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Application question(s):

• Do you live in Toronto?
• Are you returning to school? If yes, when?
• Please outline (using examples when possible) how you have an enthusiasm for knocking on doors and talking to strangers year-round.
• Describe your passion for fairness, equality and social/economic justice.
• How do you feel about membership dues as a model for sustaining an independent community union?
• SITUATIONAL QUESTION: You’ve been planning a protest for the last month against a local landlord who has mistreated an ACORN member. Half an hour before it’s due to start, the member calls you to say that she can’t attend the protest because she thinks the landlord will respond by increasing her rent as a punishment. What would you say to the member to persuade her to change her mind?
• SITUATIONAL QUESTION: A member you recruited recently attends your chapter meeting. He begins to speak over other members and is not willing to listen to others who have a different opinion. You can see that some members are getting uncomfortable or frustrated. What do you do to defuse the situation?

Work Location: In perso

Please refer the Job description for details