Community Organizer Job at St. Nicks Alliance
Community Organizer
St. Nicks Alliance is seeking a Community Organizer t o assist with The Community Building Safer
Streets Coalition; a coalition including elected officials, law enforcement agencies, local organizations,
community leaders and local business addressing issues of street safety, gun violence and public use of
illegal drugs primary within the former Greenpoint Hospital campus area, NYCHA Cooper Park Houses and
NYCHA Williamsburg Houses and many single and multi-family homes in North Brooklyn. This group is an
outgrowth of volunteer Greenpoint Renaissance Enterprise Corp. a volunteer group of 13 organizations
which has successfully focused on affordable housing, parks, quality of life and urban planning.
Responsibilities
• Strengthen Community Building Safer Streets Coalition supporting grassroots effort to build
community, address public display of illegal substance abuse, and gun violence which threaten
community life.
- Assist community leaders to engage elected officials, city and state agencies, law enforcement
of illegal activities and improve the public safety and quality of life around the target areas.
- Work with stakeholders and community leaders identifying “hot spots” for gun violence and illegal
- Lead the community outreach and education efforts to engage community members to attend regular
- Assist organizing immediate community responses for all shooting and violent incidents that occur in
- Assist the Coalition with the planning and facilitation of community events, such street clean-ups,
- Maintain a log of violent/illegal activity within target area that includes gun violence, and drug sales.
- Facilitate the group in evaluating selection of partners to: undertake sustained engagement of
substance abusers and identification of potential partner groups that can undertake a “Cure Violence
Model” to address gun violence
Candidate Qualifications:
- Must be fluently bilingual (English-Spanish).
- Possess excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills; strong public speaking skills.
- Demonstrated experience-facilitating community organizing campaigns.
- Possess deep knowledge of direct service and crisis intervention work or the equivalent
- Ability to work with diverse stakeholders, including community residents, community leaders, elected
- Ability to work a flexible schedule that includes late evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Able to walk 30 blocks or more on a regular basis
- An in-depth knowledge of North Brooklyn in particular the target area (preferred)
Compensation: $45,000 to $55,000, commensurate with experience; Health, Dental and other benefits
If interested, please send resume and cover letter indicating salary requirements to:
St. Nicks Alliance
Attn: Community Organizer Search
2 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Email: cpjobs@stnicksalliance.org
St. Nicks Alliance and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity Employers
St. Nicks Alliance is a 45+ year old not-for-profit community organization focusing primarily on the neighborhoods in
North Brooklyn. Its programs impact more than 17,000 residents annually in the areas of: Housing, Tenant
assistance; Workforce Development; Youth and Education; Economic Development and Healthcare.
2 Kingsland Avenue, 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11211 T 718 388 5454 F 718 486 5982 www.stnicksalliance.org
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