Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Right Coalition (TIRRC)- West Tennessee Community Organizer

POSITION: West Tennessee Community Organizer

Full-Time Exempt Position. Based in Memphis. Reports to the Senior Director of Organizing & Leadership Development.

To apply for this position, please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@tnimmigrant.org

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ABOUT TIRRC

The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration. Our mission is to build power, amplify our voices, and organize communities to advocate for our rights. Our vision is a stronger, more inclusive Tennessee where people of all nationalities, immigration statuses, and racial identities can belong and thrive. TIRRC has an affiliated entity, TIRRC Votes, a separate, but related, nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Although TIRRC and TIRRC Votes share a common goal of building power for immigrants and refugees in Tennessee, they are separate organizations with their own board of directors. A set of employees at the two organizations, including the person filling this position, shares their time between the two organizations. This has no effect on salary or benefits.

ABOUT THE POSITION

TIRRC is seeking an enthusiastic West Tennessee Community Organizer to work with our organizing team to connect individuals to TIRRC’s existing services, campaigns, and leadership development opportunities. The ideal candidate for this position is an established leader within immigrant and refugee communities in West TN with strong communication and organizational skills

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

Community Education:

● Lead community education campaigns to ensure that immigrant and refugee communities have accurate and timely information about policy changes that impact the lives of their community;

● Lead outreach efforts about TIRRC’s services and leadership development opportunities;

● Coordinate outreach, and logistics for meetings, actions, and strategic gatherings.

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Community Engagement & Organizing:

● Develop and implement strategies to connect Memphis community members to TIRRC’s broader organizing work, with a focus on TIRRC’s statewide Essential Workers Network; ● Build a base of engaged leaders from diverse immigrant and refugee communities who can inform and lead TIRRC’s advocacy campaigns;

● Hold individual and group meetings to develop and deepen relationships with community leaders and identify important issues affecting the community;

● Facilitate member groups in developing local strategy, tactics, outreach, information sessions, KYR’s presentations, and campaign focus groups;

● Lead mobilization efforts to increase the participation of diverse immigrant and refugee communities in TIRRC events and actions.

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Organizational Support

● Represent TIRRC at community events, in the media, and with other organizations as needed;

● Ensure all data is maintained in the organizational database;

● Participate in significant organizational events;

● Recruit dues-paying individual and organizational members to join TIRRC.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to those listed above. As with every position at TIRRC, every person in the organization will assist their colleagues to ensure a cooperative environment and respond to the needs of the moment.

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QUALIFICATIONS:

● Belief in TIRRC’s mission and experience with social justice;

● Fluency in English is required and another language is preferred;

● Knowledge of Memphis and West Tennessee immigrant and refugee communities preferred;

● Excellent skills in communication with experience collaborating in a multidisciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team;

● Demonstrated ability and comfort with public speaking;

● Ability to work independently as well as part of a team;

● Proficiency with Google Suite or other office productivity tools and video conferencing required;

● Ability to work flexible hours, including some nights and weekends, and travel statewide;

● Must have a car and access to reliable transportation for Statewide mobility.

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SALARY ANDBENEFITS PACKAGE:

Salary Range: $46,000-51,000 depending on experience

Benefits: Full-time TIRRC employees are eligible to receive medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% of the medical employee premium covered by TIRRC, participate in a 401K retirement plan with an employer match, and receive 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Program. In addition, TIRRC provides paid leave including up to 15 vacation days, 13 paid holidays, and 3 weeks paid sick leave in an employee’s first year and 6 weeks of paid parental leave.

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To apply for this position, please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@tnimmigrant.org