Organizing Manager

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

Location: Queens, New York City (Hybrid)

Position Type: Full-time

Key focus: Organizing team management, campaign implementation, and leadership development
Salary Range: $77,000- $83,000

Reports to: Associate Director, Policy & Advocacy

Adhikaar, meaning “rights” in Nepali, is a women-led community and workers’ center based in Queens, New York. We provide direct services and organize low-income Nepali from South and Southeast Asia (Neb , India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet and the diaspora), and other impacted communities, to advance social justice and human rights.

Founded by working-class immigrant women, Adhikaar is rooted in grassroots leadership, collective action, and building community power. For over 20 years, we have been a trusted home (“maiti ghar”) for our community supporting workers, advancing dignity, and fighting for systemic change.

As Adhikaar enters its next chapter of growth and impact, the Organizing Manager plays a central role in leading the organizing team that builds the base, leadership, and campaigns driving Adhikaar's fight for justice.

The Manager of Organizing & Campaigns is responsible for strengthening Adhikaar's organizing infrastructure and leading the implementation of community organizing strategies that build collective power among Nepali and Himalayan immigrant communities.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Policy & Advocacy, this position supervises organizing staff while building the organizational systems that connect direct services, leadership development, and policy advocacy. The Manager ensures that organizing is integrated across departments and that every community interaction creates opportunities for deeper engagement, membership, leadership development, and collective action.

Strategic Organizing Leadership

Translate Adhikaar's strategic plan, policy agenda, and organizational priorities into integrated organizing campaigns.

Develop annual and multi-year organizing strategies that strengthen community power and advance systems change.

Identify emerging issues affecting Nepali-speaking and Himalayan immigrant communities and recommend responsive organizing strategies.

Ensure organizing campaigns align with Adhikaar's mission, values, and long-term movement‑building goals.

Design and strengthen organizational systems that move community members from services to organizing, leadership, and advocacy.

Partner with program managers to ensure client engagement strategies intentionally incorporate membership recruitment, leadership development, civic engagement, and campaign participation.

Convene regular cross-program coordination meetings to identify emerging community issues, align outreach strategies, and strengthen collective impact.

Work closely with Communications, Development, and Research teams to ensure campaigns, storytelling, and fundraising reinforce organizing priorities.

Document and continuously improve organizing systems, workflows, and best practices.

Membership Growth & Base Building

Developing year-round membership recruitment and engagement strategies.

Increasing active membership participation across campaigns and organizational initiatives.

Building systems that strengthen member retention and long-term engagement.

Creating multiple pathways for community members to participate at different levels of leadership.

Leadership Development & Political Education

Coordinate political education curricula that deepen members' understanding of immigrant justice, labor rights, civic engagement, racial justice, gender equity, and community organizing.

Oversee Know Your Rights trainings, organizing workshops, and leadership institutes.

Support organizers in identifying and mentoring emerging leaders.

Create opportunities for members to facilitate trainings, lead meetings, speak publicly, and represent Adhikaar in advocacy spaces.

Build intentional intergenerational leadership opportunities that engage youth, workers, and long-term community leaders.

Campaign Implementation

Coordinate organizing campaigns, advocacy initiatives, public actions, and community mobilizations.

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