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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