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    "description": "<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">Organizing Director</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">About KIWA</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">KIWA is a multiracial worker center, with roots in the Korean democracy movement and racial and economic justice movements of the U.S. We organize mostly Latino and Korean workers in the retail and restaurant industries. Founded in 1992, the mission of KIWA is to build the power of immigrant workers and residents to transform our workplaces and communities, in Koreatown and beyond. Worker organizing is central to our theory of change. Our methods are workplace organizing, leadership development, policy innovation, civic engagement, affordable housing development, housing justice advocacy, services, and cultural change.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">Overview</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">The Organizing Director will lead KIWA’s worker and community organizing programs. Central to the role is planning and executing successful workplace organizing campaigns to build enduring worker power. In addition to worker organizing, the role includes membership expansion and leadership development, as well as coordination of communications, community organizing, and legal strategies in the context of organizing campaigns. This position supervises KIWA’s Organizing Team, guiding organizing strategy, and </span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">ensuring our mission is carried through all aspects of KIWA’s work</span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">. The Organizing Director plays a key leadership role in the organization and collaborates closely with the Executive Director and the rest of KIWA’s leadership team to steward KIWA’s vision and ensure impact.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">Roles &amp;</span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\"> Responsibilities</span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Organizing Program Leadership &amp; Strategy</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Design and implement comprehensive worker organizing campaigns that build power.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Implement a long-term base-building strategy. Ensure KIWA’s organizing efforts are rooted in the growth of our base and worker leadership development.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Oversee the structure and coordination of member committees and leadership bodies.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Support KIWA’s policy and community campaigns, integrating worker and renter leadership development</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Supervision &amp; Development</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Supervise, train, and mentor organizing staff. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Foster a culture of accountability and mutual support within the organizing team.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Develop and lead trainings for staff and leaders including organizing skills and campaign strategy.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Community Engagement &amp; Coalition Work</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Build and maintain strategic relationships with government entities, partner and ally organizations, coalitions, and community leaders and members </span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">that move our campaigns forward.</span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\"> Represent KIWA as assigned in coalitions, campaigns, and movement-building spaces.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Support advocacy and mobilization in public actions, meetings, and events.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Organizational Leadership</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Contribute to KIWA’s overall strategy, planning, and program development as part of the Leadership Team.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Collaborate across the organization to ensure alignment between the organizing program and KIWA’s policy, outreach, and communications work.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Assist with fundraising, reporting, and evaluation of KIWA’s programs.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications</span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">At least 6 years’ experience in labor or community organizing, with a minimum of 3 years in a supervisory role. </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a</span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">bility to establish and cultivate respectful relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Commitment to worker organizing in a multiracial context: understanding of KIWA’s mission and a commitment to building power with immigrant workers and their communities.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Experience planning and executing successful organizing campaigns, in particular workplace campaigns</span><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Strong leadership development and facilitation skills.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Knowledge of the labor movement including labor history, current organizing conditions, labor law, and workers' rights.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Desired: Familiarity with the Los Angeles labor, political, and community organizing landscape. </span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">Other Requirements</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">This role includes long and/or unusual hours, including some early mornings, late nights, and weekends.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Must have a valid driver's license and a working car - driving is part of the job.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Travel - mostly locally; some statewide, and possibly occasionally nationally and internationally</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Must be fluent in English and bilingual in Spanish or Korean</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">Additional Information</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Reports to: Executive Director </span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Status: Exempt, full-time, regular, in-person</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Compensation &amp; Benefits:  $95,000 - $125,000, based on relevant successful experience</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Comprehensive benefits package including employee health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays and time off; and a retirement plan with employer match.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">KIWA is a unionized workplace. This is a management role outside the bargaining unit.</span><br><br></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold\">Application Details </span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Apply in the link above by sharing your cover letter, resume, and three references.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Start date: Immediately upon hire or as agreed.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Deadline: We will schedule initial interviews with selected candidates <span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">after</span> August 11, 2025.</span> This position is open until filled or canceled.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic\">KIWA is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, religion, color, sex, disability, sexual orientation or national origin. Candidates whose backgrounds, identities, and/or lived experience have been historically marginalized in roles like this are strongly encouraged to apply.</span></p>",
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