Position: Full-time exempt employee, with frequent evening and weekend hours
Salary: $62,000-$75,000; we are willing to consider candidates of varying experience levels, and adjusting the title from Coordinator to Organizer for candidates with significant community organizing experience.
Deadline to apply: October 6, 2023
El Tímpano, an award-winning local journalism and civic engagement organization, is seeking a Contra Costa Community Outreach Coordinator/Organizer responsible for expanding and deepening relationships with community leaders and residents within the region’s Latino immigrant communities, and conducting an extensive listening and relationship-building process. By building relationships with churches, schools, businesses, community-based organizations, and others, the Community Outreach Coordinator identifies and pursues opportunities to meet community members where they’re at, expands El Tímpano’s reach, and increases opportunities for community members to access local information, resources, and opportunities to be heard.
The Community Outreach Coordinator/Organizer’s role involves a variety of community organizing and outreach tactics, including identifying and sitting down with community leaders, tabling to meet, engage, and listen to residents, organizing and facilitating workshops and presentations, and gathering insights and community-rooted data on the issues and information of greatest importance to Latino immigrant communities in Contra Costa County. The Community Outreach Coordinator/Organizer will be supported by El Tímpano’s team, which has employed such strategies in Oakland and beyond using and adapting the Listening Post Collective model and playbook.
While El Tímpano is a remote-first work environment, this position involves extensive on-the-ground activities, primarily in Contra Costa County but also beyond. Candidates must be based in or near Contra Costa County.
El Tímpano is a fiscally sponsored project of the 501(c)(3) public charity Independent Arts & Media (IAM). All employees of El Tímpano are employees of IAM, and subject to all IAM policies and procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Identify and cultivate relationships with community leaders and institutions in Contra Costa County that are from and/or serve Latino and/or Mayan immigrants.
- Coordinate and lead in-person outreach events, including tabling, surveying, and workshops to introduce El Tímpano, listen to the information needs and issues of interest of Latino immigrant residents, and expand our community; regular weekend and evening work to accommodate community outreach opportunities.
- In partnership with colleagues, organize and facilitate engaging community programming
- Record activities and community insights to assess information needs and identify opportunities for partnerships, community-centered media, and iteration; utilize El Tímpano’s digital platforms and processes to enter data
- Collaborate with El Tímpano’s team to build relationships within the region’s Maya Mam immigrant communities
- Identify local resources of relevance to Contra Costa’s Latino immigrant communities and add them to El Tímpano’s resource directory
- Other programmatic or administrative activities as they emerge to support the needs of a growing non-profit organization
You are a great fit if you…
- Are bilingual in English and Spanish and have significant experience working with Latino immigrant communities
- Are familiar with Contra Costa County’s Latino immigrant communities, gathering spaces, and local organizations
- Have experience with community organizing or outreach and/or the ability to communicate information to a diverse audience with varying familiarity
- Have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, including the ability to communicate respectfully and inclusively in diverse environments with colleagues, community members, and external peers
- Are organized and able to effectively manage multiple projects on time, problem-solve, and communicate and adapt when iteration is needed
- Can travel to/from various community locations across the Bay Area, primarily in Contra Costa County (mileage reimbursed). Must have access to a vehicle and driver’s license.
- Thrive in a start-up environment where you are expected to build things from scratch, learn and iterate as you go, take initiative and ownership of your work, collaborate with a team, and adapt as the organization grows and evolves
Some great candidates may not check all the boxes above, and may have valuable skills not included here. If that’s you, please don’t hesitate to apply and tell us why you would thrive in this role. If you have any questions in advance of applying for this position, we encourage you to reach out to Deana Balinton, dbalinton@eltimpano.org to address your questions via email or a brief call.
Compensation & Values
The annual salary is $62,000-$75,000, depending on experience. El Tímpano, as a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, offers generous benefits, including 13 paid holidays, a one-week paid office closure, and 13 additional days PTO in the first year, 100% paid medical insurance premiums as well as vision and dental care, a Roth IRA, flexible work hours, and professional development opportunities. We are committed to supporting the personal and professional development of staff and caring for the holistic wellbeing of our team.
El Tímpano is committed to addressing inequities and dismantling the various ways white supremacy shows up in journalism as well as organizational culture. While we’re imperfect, we are actively building a team that reflects the diverse life experiences of the communities we serve and that fosters equity, belonging, trust, and respect. We strongly encourage applications from immigrants, Latinos, and Indigenous candidates, people of color, women, people with disabilities, formerly incarcerated people, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
To Apply
Click here to submit your application by October 6. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
About El Tímpano
El Tímpano is an award-winning civic media organization that informs, engages, and amplifies the voices of the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants. Through innovative approaches to local journalism and civic engagement, El Tímpano surfaces community members’ stories and questions on local and national issues, provides news and information relevant to their needs, and investigates the concerns they bring to our attention. Our model for building journalism from the ground up, in collaboration with Latino immigrants, has been awarded, emulated, and recognized by peers nationwide.
El Tímpano is a growing start-up nonprofit and is a fiscally sponsored project of the 501(c)(3) Independent Arts & Media (IAM).