Community Organizing and Power Building Specialist

Established as a community non-profit in 1972, The Center provides targeted programs and services to the full diversity of the San Diego LGBTQ+ community. The mission of The Center is to enhance and sustain the health and well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities for the betterment of our entire San Diego region. Our vision is to create a Center and Center culture where every person feels and knows that they are welcomed, valued, and supported.

As the beacon for our regional LGBTQ+ community, we actively recommit to being a more vibrant, bold, innovative, safe, and modern center each day than the day before. The Center provides advocacy and critical health and social support services to support our community members through all stages of life, focusing on our deeply held values of equity, social justice, and client-centered, trauma-informed care.

The Center currently has over 100 staff working at seven facilities across San Diego County.

The Center has a long and rich history of organizing community electoral power through our ever-growing civic engagement and advocacy program. Through advocacy, civic engagement, and coalition building, The Center works to promote LGBTQ+ health and wellness, fight homophobia, transphobia, and racism, and advance human rights by amplifying the voices of our LGBTQ+ community and families, especially those who remain most marginalized -- youth, seniors, those experiencing homelessness and poverty, communities of color, those living with HIV, and immigrants.

A core value of The Center is that the health and wellness of our community cannot thrive without strong advocacy and community power.

Under the direction of the Director of Advocacy & Civic Engagement, the Community Organizing and Power Building Specialist performs various duties related to supporting, coordinating and implementing The Center's community organizing, engagement, empowerment, and advocacy efforts. In partnership with the Senior Director of Strategic Communications & Marketing and the Chief Impact Officer, this position will advance LGBTQ+ internal and external organizing priorities while leading In partnership with the Chief Impact Officer, this position will also coordinate the strategy and execution of The Center's LGBTQ+ political power campaigns.

This position in partnership with the COO and CIO also facilitates: A Community-Led Civic Engagement Model for LGBTQ+ Systems Change in San Diego (CLCEM), a three-year community-based research initiative conducted in partnership with the San Diego State University Institute for Public Health. In this role, the Specialist coordinates a Community Research Advisory Council of up to 20 paid community research partners, supports community-based research activities, and helps develop, test, and share a civic engagement model and narrative reframing toolkit for LGBTQ+ communities.

The Community Organizing and Power Building Specialist is an emerging leader able to:

• Lead on-the-ground organizing and implementation of The Center's civic engagement campaigns and activities.
• Coordinate closely with their colleagues to organize and implement The Center's community engagement and empowerment strategies that align with and contribute to the agency's strategic plan goals.
• Build and sustain a community research council that brings lived experience into research, policy, and civic action as framed by this project.
• Contribute to The Center's growth to build deeper impact of our advocacy and civic engagement goals.
• Represent The Center externally at movement building efforts, coalition tables, and community events.

This position will work closely with the Chief…