Statewide Solidarity Committee Organizer
Listed on 2025-12-10
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
New Virginia Majority (NVM), Virginia’s leading civic engagement organization, builds power in working‑class communities of color across the Commonwealth. Our year‑round approach to building power involves organizing issue campaigns for racial, economic, and environmental justice, conducting mass‑scale voter outreach and policy advocacy.
DescriptionThe full‑time Statewide Solidarity Committee Organizer will lead efforts to organize and direct allies to take action in solidarity for immigration justice. This role will build a network of trained allies, coordinate rapid response systems, and support ongoing immigration justice campaigns.
Reports to: Organizing Director
LocationNorthern Virginia or Richmond (Hybrid, 3 days in the office/field)
Salary Range$54,000 – $59,000, commensurate with experience, and comes with an excellent benefits package, including health, vision, dental, and stipends for phone and transportation.
Key Responsibilities- Timely follow up with leads generated by field and digital outreach efforts
- Conduct regular organizing one‑on‑one meetings with new and interested allies to move them to action and connect them with appropriate solidarity committees in Northern Virginia, Richmond, and other locations to be determined
- Build strong relationships and identify and develop leaders into clear leadership roles
- Support solidarity committee members leading or starting teams across the state with training, coaching, and admin support, including leading statewide virtual solidarity committee trainings
- Orient and coach allies to center NVM’s immigrant base rooted in solidarity, not charity, and develop the political consciousness of allies through political education
- Coordinate solidarity committee efforts statewide, including supporting work on strategic immigration justice campaigns
- Ongoing data management
- Travel within Virginia to support local committees, as needed
- Other duties as assigned related to this role
- Committed to New Virginia Majority’s mission of immigration, racial, and economic justice
- Experience in community organizing and/or volunteer coordination (1‑2 years preferred)
- Strong facilitation and training skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences
- Willingness to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends
- Bilingual proficiency (Spanish/English)
- Experience working in multiracial coalitions
- Familiarity with digital organizing tools
- Commitment to social and racial justice
- Project coordinator skills – stays on top of multiple projects, plans backwards, anticipates obstacles, identifies and involves stakeholders, uses resources wisely
- Results orientation – focus on achievement and producing results (rather than getting immersed in process)
- Resourceful problem solver – consistently overcomes challenges and leverages resources to creatively solve problems, proposes solutions, asks for help proactively, anticipates problems, and course‑corrections when needed
- Strong sense of ownership & resilience – plans ahead and finds alternative paths when needed to get to the finish line, bounces back from setbacks and rejections, holds a high bar even when things are hectic
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We are an equal opportunity employer.
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