Community Organizer/coordinator - Hartford, United States - Advancing Connecticut Together

Description

Position:
Community Organizer/Coordinator

• Part time

Site:
Keep the Promise Coalition, 110 Bartholomew Ave, Hartford CT 06106


Overview:

Keep The Promise Coalition (KTP) is a statewide, grassroots mental health advocacy coalition that focuses on power building and community organizing as a means to promote human rights, self-determination, and racial and social justice in Connecticut's mental health system.

The Coalition works to assure that Connecticut provides a comprehensive range of liberatory and rights-based mental health supports and services to support people in mental health recovery as well as experiences of distress, crisis, and through experiences of trauma and oppression.

In order to accomplish this goal, advocacy is required on all levels of government, and KTP is committed to doing all that it can to assure that the voices of people with lived experience are heard when decisions are being made about their lives.

Keep The Promise Coalition engages Advancing Connecticut Together (ACT) as fiduciary. KTP staff are employees of ACT.


Duties:

Functions include:

• Maintaining KTP's mailing list, including writing and sending newsletters in consultation with the Executive Director
• Maintaining KTP's social media presence, including Twitter and Facebook
• Maintaining up to date records of KTP administrative functions, such as membership attendance, votes, meeting recordings and meeting summaries, and resource lists
• Maintaining relationships with members and partner organizations
• Supporting members in legislative advocacy efforts including organizing legislative advocacy days and signing up members to testify at public hearings
• Assisting the Executive Director in planning and executing events and activities, including quarterly community conversations regarding KTP/Community priorities, annual Awards Ceremony, events related to KTP legislative priorities, and other functions
• Assisting the Executive Director with administrative duties e.g. mail, phone, computer, hard copy files,
• Additional duties as required, including providing support for other related activities including advocacy issues and special events as needed

Requirements:

• Lived experience of mental distress, lived experience with the mental health system, or intersecting forms of oppression & traumas.
• Project coordination skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good writing skills

• Good computer skills

• Internet, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to work with diverse groups of people
• 50/50 remote and on site work will require some instate travel
• Website and newsletter upkeep knowledge a plus
• Proficiency/fluency in social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
• Fluency in Spanish a plus
• Recovery Support Specialist or Intentional Peer Support trained a plus
• Knowledge of mental health system a plus

Schedule:
Part-time: 20 hours per week, flexible schedule as needed, may include occasional evenings and weekends.


Wage Range:
$20 hourly


Reporting:
Executive Director, KTP Fiduciary at Advancing Connecticut Together (ACT)

Please send your resume and a one-page cover letter detailing experience with mental health to apply. (Can include lived experience)


Job Type:
Part-time


Pay:
$20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week


Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Relocate:

• Hartford, CT 06106: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Hartford, CT 06106