State Community Organizer

Compensation Range

$65,000 - $70,000 commensurate with experience

We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

The New York State Organizer oversees Housing Works’ contributions to statewide organizing for Housing Works and the Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA).

• Facilitate advocacy participation by Housing Works clients, C2EA members, and coalition partners
• Carry out advocacy and lobbying work with elected officials and staff in Albany and in legislators’ home districts
• Lead the development and execution of New York state C2EA and Housing Works advocacy campaigns and events
• Supervise advocacy and organizing by Housing Works client peer organizer
• Represent Housing Works with regional, state and local AIDS, AIDS housing, harm reduction, people of color, LGBT, antipoverty, public health and other activist organizations and coalitions.

• HIV/AIDS, including domestic and global initiatives;
• AIDS housing, homelessness & supportive housing;
• Medicaid, Medicare and other federal health care programs;
• Substance abuse and mental health;
• Harm reduction;
• Civil rights for people living with HIV/AIDS and other disabilities;
• LGBT rights;
• Decriminalization efforts

• Understanding of and commitment to aggressive advocacy on HIV/AIDS and homelessness
• Top-level organizing, writing, supervision and teamwork skills
• Experience in writing, editing and electronic communications, including competence in current database, web, and publishing software and hardware, including HTML as necessary
• Understanding of and commitment to harm reduction principles
• Ability to carry out culturally appropriate and racially aware organizing work
• Ability to speak Spanish and/or other languages a plus
• Commitment to multi-level advocacy, including direct action and civil disobedience
• Occasional heavy lifting and physically moving of items for events and activities related to advocacy efforts.
• Occasional evening and night-time meetings, as well as weekend and overtime hours, are required.
• Travel to strategic locations in New York State as it relates to supporting city policies, resources, and relationships.
• Frequent travel and stays in Albany and other areas of the state.
• Hybrid work environment—Up to four days a week in the office depending on joint advocacy department decisions.
• Staff conducting work in the field is considered in-person office work. Fieldwork is considered in-person meetings and activities outside of the office that are advocacy-related or Housing Works official business.

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Housing Works was founded in 1990;
With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high‑end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much‑loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

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