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The War Resisters League is HIRING.  Please spread the word!! For more information, see below or visit  http://www.warresisters.org/employment.htm#field
 
 WRL Field Organizer
 The War Resisters League seeks a strategic, self-directed, and  experienced Field Organizer to help build and develop our work on a  national level. As one of the leading radical voices in the anti-war  movement, our programs challenge military recruitment and war  profiteering, organize nonviolent direct action, and offer  on-the-ground education. Our current projects include the Not Your  Soldier Project, the Stop the Merchants of Death Program, and a number  of local and regional anti-war organizing projects.
 
 The Field Organizer (FO) will be responsible for bolstering and  strengthening the work of the War Resisters League and increasing the  number of people who identify with its radical analysis of violence  and war-making and radical action for revolutionary nonviolence and  peacemaking.
 
 The Field Organizer will be based in our New York City national  office, but will also spend a significant portion of their time on  the  road building the League. The Field Organizer will initiate, organize,  and support WRL local chapters and affiliates, and assist  WRL-identified groups network, organize and act for social and  political change, with the goal of developing community leaders who  will continue to organize with the WRL in the coming years.
 
 Along with other organizing staff, they will serve as a project  representative,  articipating in workshops, trainings, and
 conferences, and act as a conduit to bring information, analysis and
 work back to the organization’s staff, locals and affiliates.
 
 As this is a new position and the organization is seeking to
 strengthen its organizing and outreach work, the initial work of the
 field organizer will involve taking part in an organization-wide
 assessment and evaluation of our membership base. An early project of
 the Field Organizer will be to initiate a “listening project” with
the
 WRL’s colleagues in the anti-war movements and allies in other
 movements for social and political justice. This process will shape
 the direction of WRL’s organizing work, the League’s future mission
 and analysis, as well as help develop a holistic understanding of
what
 our role in the anti-war movement can and should be, on a national,
 regional, and local level.
 
 One of the Field Organizer’s projects will be to revive nonviolent
 direct action training within the League by coordinating “training
for
 trainers” and convening a WRL Nonviolent Direct Action and Training
 Working Group. In addition, they would serve as the staff coordinator
 of the WRL’s Organizing Network and offer organizing and nonviolent
 direct action training to our membership and colleagues.
 
 Responsibilities and Areas of Work
 
 1. Helps develop and sustain WRL local and national organizing
 initiatives, and supports organizers working on these initiatives.
 
 2. Trains organizers, and/or conducts training for trainer sessions,
 to maximize the effectiveness of the WRL’s Organizing Network.
 
 3. Coordinates and facilitates networking between other national
 organizations and between local groups involved in campaigns.
 
 4. Promotes the work and messages of WRL through public speaking and
 via progressive and mainstream media.
 
 5. Helps with WRL administrative and fundraising responsibilities,
and
 raises funds to expand and sustain the work of WRL as a whole.
 
 6. Reports to relevant WRL task forces and other WRL decision making
 bodies, including helping to develop and oversee budgets and
reporting
 regularly on the progress and effectiveness of the work.
 
 Skills and Qualifications
 
 Commitment to grassroots organizing as a means of affecting change
and
 a minimum of two years experience in grassroots organizing
 Proven experience in directing a project from conception to
completion
 Proven ability to work both independently and in close coordination
 with a team ” Ability to mobilize allies and constituent groups not
 currently represented in the WRL.
 Familiarity with the peace and social justice movements
 Deep grounding in the history, philosophy and practice of nonviolence
 Strong record of project coordination and collaborative work within
 non-hierarchal organizations
 Willingness and ability to travel widely and often
 Time-management and organizational skills, including experience with
 project administration.
 Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
 Volunteer recruitment, management and leadership development skills.
 Public speaking skills.
 Demonstrable comfort with self initiated work, managing multiple
tasks
 simultaneously
 Training experience strongly recommended
 Full gambit of computer skills and familiarity with basic office
 operations assumed.
 Please send a cover letter, resume, and three references to
 youth@warresisters.org with Field Organizer in the subject line. The
 deadline is September 15th 2006.
 
 You can also fax your application to 212.228.6193 or mail it to:
 Field Organizer Hiring Committee
 War Resisters League
 339 Lafayette St
 New York, NY 10012
 
 The War Resisters League is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
 employer. The office, however, is located on the second floor and not
 wheelchair-accessible. There is an office cat. This is a full time
 salaried position.
 
 Yearly salary is $35,677, with full benefits, including health
 insurance, paid vacation and a pension contribution of five percent.
 
 
 WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE
 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012
 Phone 212-228-0450; Fax 212-228-6193
 AMC@warresisters.org  www.warresisters.org

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