California Valley Community Organizer

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Central Valley Community Organizer Department:
Organizing FLSA Status:
Exempt Job Type: Full Time

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Hybrid/Remote Salary Range: $85,000–$105,000 About TURN

TURN (The Utility Reform Network) is a non‑profit advocacy organization committed to ensuring affordable, reliable, and sustainable utility services for all people living in California. We advocate for equitable policies that protect all consumers, while centering the needs of lower income and BIpoc communities, through policy change, research, and grassroots organizing.

TURN believes in a society where clean power, phone, and broadband are treated as basic rights for all families.

TURN is seeking a Central Valley Community Organizer who will support our grassroots organizing efforts in Fresno, Merced and San Joaquin Counties. The Organizer will identify, train and support leaders, build and sustain regional organizing tables and engage in power‑building activities to advance energy, phone and broadband justice.

Our ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience organizing within base‑building organizations working with BIpoc communities with specific expertise in identifying and developing leaders to grow the base and advance strategic campaigns.

Working under the direction of the Organizing Director, the Central Valley Community Organizer is responsible for identifying, training community leaders and advocates, facilitating leadership development and education, co‑leading issue identification, power analysis, and campaign strategy development, and will support community leaders with campaign implementation, community outreach and engagement.

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• Organize to build power to advance an energy and communications justice movement that recognizes the interdependence of people, policies, and basic needs of energy and communications for all Californians.
• Strengthen and expand TURN’s working relationships with community‑based organizations, public sector partners, and decision makers throughout the state.
• Develop and present training on energy and communications justice, popular education, know your rights and legislative process to community members, partner organizations, and allies.
• Maintain a working knowledge of how public policy is created and shaped at the legislative and regulatory level of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

• Maintain a consistent presence in the targeted communities, developing and maintaining relationships with grassroots leaders, community groups and decision‑makers.
• Identify noteworthy stories from the field and assist with story development.
• Regularly provide reports to the Organizing Director on leader development, network expansion and issue opportunities for campaigns.
• Provide and post content of organizing activities to social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as prepare articles for newsletters and action alerts.
• Create outreach and training materials for use in organizing activities and campaigns.

• Provide regular support, guidance and education to customers through TURN’s consumer hotline.

• Utilize Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Asana and/or other data and project management tools to work collaboratively with team members.
• Maintain organized documentation of agendas, fliers, event notes, training materials and other collaterals.

• Hands‑on experience developing and coordinating successful organizing campaigns
• Ability to connect with diverse populations, be empathetic and build trust and connections with people.
• Advanced organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple assignments
• Ability to translate complex problems and concepts in training
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations.
• Strong problem resolution skills
• Strong communication skills
• Passion and commitment to issues of equity and justice
• Ability to build authentic relationships with diverse populations
• Ability to hold others…