New Brunswick ACORN Part-Time Organizer

Where you will work: Work remotely AND in tenant communities in Moncton or Fredericton.

Starting wage: $18.77 per hour

Hours: 15 hours per week

Training is provided. Bilingual is preferred, but not required for strong candidates.

ACORN is a community action group/union that punches above its weight class. If you want to actually win victories for tenants and working-class people—and not just talk about it—ACORN is the place for you.

Recent ACORN victories: Rent cap in Nova Scotia and for 10 months in New Brunswick; eviction protections in New Brunswick, landlord registration in the Halifax Regional Municipality. $10 NSF fees recently announced by the federal government.

Job Summary: Work with ACORN’s national field director to perform the needed tasks to sustain and build ACORN’s organization in Atlantic Canada.

Four main roles of the job:
1. Outreach: Phone calling, door knocking, street canvassing, petitioning, online communications, to bring new people into the organization and then linking them to the existing membership and campaigns.
2. Fundraising: Assist in bringing in revenues to the organization.
3. Working with the N.B. ACORN leadership: Check in weekly and work with our dynamic leadership in Atlantic Canada.
4. Maintain and expand neighborhood chapters: Work in person with the three chapters ACORN has in N.B.

Qualifications and Skills Sets:

• Strong social and people skills
• Work ethic and self-discipline
• Ability to work in a team setting, sometimes leading and sometimes following
• Listening skills
• Social media and communication skills
• Conflict resolution

Hours and Compensation:

• 15 hours per week
• Working in afternoons and evenings is required.
• Room for growth in the organization, full-time positions available, we prefer to hire from within

To Apply: Email resume and cover letter to fielddirector@acorncanada.org