Job Opportunities
New Frontiers Garden City Organizer
Loud Light is hiring a part time New Frontiers Community Organizer to help us build youth political power and increase civic engagement in Garden City, Kansas!
Position Status: Part-time, with 15-20 hours per week with flexible scheduling
Location: Remote, but required to be a year round Kansas resident in the Garden City area with the ability to travel the state on occasion
Reports to: New Frontiers Campaign Manager
Compensation: Starting wage $20 per hour
Benefits: Paid time off - 20 hours of vacation and 10 hours of paid sick leave pro-rated in year of hire. Two company wide breaks per year - one week post-legislative session break in the spring and two week winter break each paid at 20 hours per week. $50 monthly employee wellness allowance and $50 monthly employee work from home allowance. Option to participate in Ascensus SIMPLE IRA plan with up to 3% employer match. This position is represented by SEIU Local 513 (Service Employees International Union) and is a bargaining unit position.
Position Description: The Garden City Community Organizer is responsible for planning and enacting base building, leadership development, and electoral program efforts in Garden City and southwest Kansas with the assistance and support of the New Frontiers Campaign Manager and the Liberal Organizer.
A strong candidate will be a joyful leader who is strongly motivated by New Frontiers’ values to build political, social, and economic power for young and impacted southwest Kansans and who is enthusiastic about teaching young folks the tools they need to build collective power in order to achieve concrete policy wins locally in our primary communities of Garden City, Dodge City, and Liberal. An effective organizer will demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills and a capacity to “meet people where they are at” in order to work towards long-term organizing goals. Lastly, potential candidates should show a willingness to try out new and creative approaches to reaching target populations in a historically underserved region.
Role & Responsibilities:
Base Building (30%): mobilizing people to take simple actions & bringing new people in as supporters through calls to action, public presentations, and events
Leadership Development (30%): organizing impacted communities into CAT teams to learn skills, engage in base building tactics, and take collective action together that make a positive impact in state and local politics
Other Public Engagement (30%): Represent Loud Light, New Frontiers, and our values in various public spaces, such as with coalition partners, elected officials, media, and digital engagement (this covers coalition engagement, issue advocacy, and communications)
Administrative Duties (10%): accurately and consistently maintain database to track actions, base of support, and leadership development of volunteersThis job description is intended to convey information essential to understand the scope of the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position. Additional duties may be assigned as needed.
Qualifications:
Must be a Kansas resident over the age of 18 with experience working/living in southwest Kansas.
A passion for Kansas, and its people and local politics.
Commitment to New Frontiers and Loud Light’s mission and the organization’s values, goals and objectives, including voter registration, voter education, voting and civil rights advocacy, and get out the vote efforts centering young people.
Creativity, flexibility and comfort with strategic decision making in a fast-paced environment with unanticipated opportunities to advance New Frontiers and Loud Light’s mission.
Deeply collaborative and able to work with a team in managing multiple projects with differing interests and priorities at once.
Skill in building meaningful relationships, strengthening our network, and deepening our connections with partners and community members. Commitment to equity and effectiveness, and able to work in diverse communities.
Strong organizational skills and detail-orientation. Comfort navigating spreadsheets and databases used for creating reports and tracking progress.
Commitment to the growth and development of self, team, and community. Strong applicants will be inquisitive, curious and open to feedback, direction, and collaboration.
Willingness to work nontraditional hours when needed.
Preferred Skills:
Multi/Bilingual (Spanish preferred).
Previous experience in movement work, either paid or unpaid.
About Loud Light:
Loud Light isn’t about who wins the election. Loud Light is about who decides the winner.
In 2014, Kansas had one of the lowest youth voter participation rates in the nation and one of the least transparent state governments. In 2015, Loud Light (501c3) was founded to transform Kansas by building a better democracy. That means breaking down barriers to the ballot, producing accessible information, registering and turning out young voters, and preparing the next generation of Kansans to be civic leaders. In 2020, Loud Light Civic Action (501c4) was founded to unleash new opportunities for voter education and voting and civil rights advocacy. In 2021, we launched New Frontiers to build economic, social, and political power through culturally relevant grassroots organizing and local issue advocacy in Southwest Kansas; the youngest and most diverse region in the state.
We’re transforming Kansas through building community power, issue advocacy and education, leadership development, coalition building, pro-democracy litigation, and voter registration and turnout.
Loud Light Mission Statement: Loud Light engages, educates, and empowers individuals from underrepresented populations to build community power that has an impact on decision makers.
Loud Light Civic Action Mission Statement: Loud Light Civic Action is protecting and advancing voting rights and civil rights in Kansas.
Loud Light Values Statement: We help young and underrepresented Kansans take meaningful actions that impact political decision makers through community organizing, engaging in collective actions that protect and expand civil rights, and mobilizing electoral turn out.
To Apply:
To apply, send an email to hiring@loudlight.org stating your interest in the position with "Garden City Organizer Application" in the subject line. Please include your resume and cover letter in PDF form. If applying via a job posting website, please still send an email and resume. Please note that applicants invited to interview should be prepared to share at least two references. Applicants must reside within the state of Kansas and the Garden City Metro.
Applications will be reviewed and candidates invited to interview on a rolling basis until the position is filled. If interested please apply as soon as possible. Not sure if you meet all of the qualifications? We’d still love to see your application!
Loud Light is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, history with the criminal legal system, or veteran status.