Regional Field Coordinator – San Fernando Valley

JOB TITLE: Regional Field Coordinator – San Fernando Valley

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986. CHIRLA is a California leader with national impact made of diverse immigrant families and individuals who act as agents of social change to achieve a world with freedom of mobility, full human rights, and true participatory democracy. CHIRLA organizes and serves individuals, institutions, and coalitions to build power, transform public opinions, and change policies to achieve full human, civil and labor rights. Guided by power, love, and vision of our community, CHIRLA embraces and drives progressive social change. 

POSITION SUMMARY: 

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is seeking a Regional Field Coordinator who will be responsible for reinforcing CHIRLA’s presence in the San Fernando Valley area by establishing strong relationships with local partners in addition to providing community education to the community at-large, referrals to individuals and servicing CHIRLA dues-paying members, as appropriate. This ideal candidate will encourage other partners, as well as individuals, to become active and dues-paying members of CHIRLA. This position requires an individual who can think beyond the immediate service requested and connect a person’s need to long-term civic engagement.  Additionally, this position requires public speaking in a community-friendly manner, being able to engage individuals and groups during educational sessions, and cope with stressful situations. 

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Identify new local partners and new Community Education event opportunities in the region, as well as establish new partnerships with local organizations.
• Meet with local partners as needed and spearhead our efforts to brand CHIRLA as a trusted source of information and referral in the area.
• Serve as one of the primary contacts in the region for the organization.
• Identify new opportunities, set up and conduct community education presentations on a consistent basis.
• Table at community events throughout the year.
• Research and identify ways to foster greater opportunities for relationship building among local groups to create a volunteer pool that could promote CHIRLA’s expansion efforts.
• Promote and recruit CHIRLA membership in the community, including assisting individuals with their membership sign-up process.
• Provide Membership services whenever paying-dues members to assist them to attain any sort of Immigration Relief, whenever is possible. This includes providing information that helps them document their cases, working closely with the CHIRLA Legal Services team and following CHIRLA’s Legal Services protocol.  
• Be knowledgeable on key information areas such as Deferred Action for Childhood arrival, Other Forms of Immigration Relief, Citizenship, Worker’s Rights, Access to Education, Housing, Public Charge, Access to Healthcare, Hate Crimes, COVID-19 resources, and various topics on immigration and CHIRLA campaigns.
• Keep up to date and expand our referral list in the local region.
• Be the first contact for local individuals seeking in-person assistance and ensure their information is collected for reporting purposes.
• Partake on continuous immigration-related training to better serve the community and CHIRLA members.
• Proactively identify families that can get involved with CHIRLA’s policy and programmatic priorities and connect directly with appropriate staff.
• Keep abreast of important community education topics by participating in key meetings, forums, conferences, and other vehicles to identify community education needs and analysis.
• Timely report on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis on progress, outcomes, successes, and challenges.
• Coordinate and train volunteers as needed.
• Develop Work plan for quarterly, semiannually, and annual evaluation.
• Other community education tasks as assigned by the Department Director.
• Maintain updated online schedule with calendar of events, office work-blocks, meetings, track deadlines, and maintain communication with Department Director, Programs Manager, and office staff.
• Support CHIRLA’s fundraising goals including but not limited to annual Membership drive and Gala activities.
• Participate in other organization activities that further CHIRLA’s mission.
• Strong customer service perspective; as well as a focus on achieving practical results.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• At least two year’s community education or related field experience.
• Must be flexible and willing to work early morning, evening, and weekend hours.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a must.
• Computer literacy: word processing, internet navigation, and other work-related applications.
• Knowledge of and commitment to immigrants, worker’s rights and CHIRLA’s mission.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have a reliable car and valid driver’s license.
• Ability to work well with diverse groups and populations.
• Demonstrated commitment to the values of diversity and inclusiveness.
• Tenacity, flexibility, resilience, and high energy.
• Highly responsive to unexpected but necessary requests from the Department Director or Programs Manager.

Preferred:

• Proficient with Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point and other Microsoft Suite or other software utilized by CHIRLA.
• Excellent public-speaking skills.

Desired Traits or characteristics:

• Knowledge of immigrant worker models and experience supporting leadership development of grassroots members.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to successfully relate to community residents as well as newly arrived immigrants.
• Able to work independently, as well as a member of a team.
• Highly self-motivated, creative, takes initiative, ability to learn quickly, flexible, and able to work as part of an interdisciplinary team of advocates.
• Self-motivated – proven ability to work independently and open to be innovative and creative.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proactive nature in using technology and systems to maximize efficiency with tasks.

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JOB TITLE: Regional Field Coordinator San Fernando Valley

Salary & Benefits: $68,640
CHIRLA offers an excellent benefit package, which includes generous time off, health, dental, vision and 401K plan.

FLSA Classification:  Exempt, full-time

Classification: CHIRLA recognizes a staff bargaining unit affiliated with AFSCME Local 4501. This position is included in CHIRLA’s bargaining unit and covered under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

REPORTS TO: Director of Community Education and Outreach

CLOSING DATE OF THIS POSITION: Position will remain open until filled.

LOCATION: Pacoima Office

CHIRLA is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and administers all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, appointment, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, training and educational opportunities without regard to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, genetic information as defined by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 or older), sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related disability, military or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.  All such discrimination is unlawful. It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.