About the job: Living Rent is hiring a full-time community organiser to support members to organise in their neighbourhoods to challenge the issues they face and to fight for better housing and a system that works for the common good. The role entails outreach (stalls, door knocking, phones), recruiting members, and supporting members to organise meetings, take responsibilities locally, build democratic branches and take part in national structures.
Qualifications: We are looking for someone who is passionate about building real people power and excited about the chance to work for a young, diverse and member-run organisation. Experience in recruitment, training delivery, community education or campaigns is welcome; however enthusiasm, willingness to learn and commitment to social justice are more important than previous experience as training will be provided. This role may suit someone with experience in sales, street fundraising or other customer facing work, and wishes to move into organising. We are looking for someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, dedicated to building working class power in Scotland, win real changes on issues affecting our lives, and keen to build Living Rent’s potential.
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Send it to recruitment@livingrent.org with the subject matter: ‘NAME_North_East_Community_Organiser’ by Friday 14th of June 6pm. Late applications will not be considered.
Once you have submitted your application, please complete the equal opportunities monitoring form (here).
Please note, the interview process will take place over two stages. We will hold a first stage of online interviews on the week of 3rd of June which is mandatory to be considered for the position, where we will provide applicants with introduction to the organisation, hands-on collective exercises and an interview.Short-listed candidates will be asked to a second stage hands-on evaluation and doorknocking session which will take place on the week of the 3rd or 10th of June.
Application Deadline: Friday 14th of June 2024 6pm.
1st stage interviews: Thursday 20th of June 2024
2nd stage interviews: Week of 24th of June or 31st of June 2024
Start date: August 2024.
If you have any questions about the roles, please contact Living Rent at recruitment@livingrent.org
About Living Rent: Living Rent is Scotland’s Tenants and Community Union. We are people campaigning for better rights for tenants, protections against rent increases, evictions and poor-quality housing and we represent and defend our members when they are having housing problems or problems in our community. We are not affiliated to any political party and only answer to our members.
By building power and challenging decision-makers collectively, we not only win for our members but we also fight for a housing and political system that puts people before profit. We believe in the collective power of members to fight for their rights together and use diverse tactics – including direct action – to achieve this. Living Rent is affiliated to ACORN International and the International Union of Tenants. We work closely with ACORN England and Wales.