Outreach Staff : New York

Outreach Staff

Based in Buffalo, NY

Job Title: Outreach Staff
Department: Worker Center
Office Location: 2495 Main Street, Suite 438 Buffalo, NY 14214
Position Type: Part Time, 28hours/wk. $19.25/hour, plus benefits. 6-9 month position, possible transition to permanent status funding dependent.
Date Posted: 10/6/2017
Posting Expires: 10/20/2017

Applications Accepted By:
E-MAIL:JOBS@WNYCOSH.ORG
Please include cover letter, resume, and 3 references. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

MAIL: WNYCOSH 2495 Main Street, Suite 438 Buffalo, New York 14214

Job Description
ORGANIZATION EXPECTATIONS
All employees are expected to practice the following:

• Commitment to OSH movement, social justice, worker justice, and WNYCOSH mission
• Ability to think creatively, strategically, and solve problems
• Commitment to a collaborative, cooperative organizational culture
• Comfortable working with multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual worker populations

POSITION PURPOSE
The WNYCOSH Worker Center assists workers, especially low-wage workers —immigrant, refugee, temp. workers, and native-born— to learn about their rights and organize fellow workers to improve workplace conditions. The ultimate goal of the WNYCOSH Worker Center is to create a programmatic space to foster an informed, engaged membership advocating for positive change in their workplaces, throughout WNY. Worker Center components include outreach, services, education, and advocacy.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and adapt training materials and resources tailored to low skilled, low wage, refugee, and immigrant workers
• Conduct worker rights trainings, specifically surrounding discrimination, health and safety, wage and hour, retaliation, and organizing rights
• Conduct outreach to workers in Home Health Care, Construction, Custodial industries
• Be available for some nights and weekends

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree and 2 years outreach experience or 5 years relevant outreach experience
• Demonstrated experience working with workers from diverse backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a part of a team
• Basic knowledge of labor/employment law
• Strong oral and written communication
• Strong interpersonal skills

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience advocating for workers
• Knowledge of OSHA, DOL, NLRB
• Experience with targeted industries
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, iWork applications, experience with Macintosh computers a plus
• Experience with social media, database management, and graphic design

WNYCOSH VALUES DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.

WNYCOSH STAFF ARE REPRESENTED BY TEAMSTERS LOCAL 264 AND IS A CLOSED SHOP

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