About:

The East New York Community Land Trust (ENYCLT) is a member-led non-profit organization established by community leaders in East New York and Brownsville to fight displacement. We take community control of land, and steward it to remain permanently affordable for our low-and-middle income Black and Brown community. In February 2024, we purchased a 20-unit rent-stabilized building– establishing community ownership after years of neglect. We are building on this victory to fight displacement with more acquisitions. We also lead coalitions like the Justice for the Jewel Streets and citywide Abolish the Tax Lien Sale Coalition, critical campaigns for systemic change at the speed and scale needed to protect our community and build generational wealth.

Job Description:

The Campaign Organizer will expand ENYCLT’s organizing with tenants in East New York and Brownsville who want to collectively control their housing. They will also work alongside ENYCLT member leaders and part time staff to: 1) Grow and develop ENYCLT’s general membership 2) Support the Justice with the Jewel Streets campaign for resilient infrastructure and community-controlled development 3) Organize with tenants and homeowners impacted by the Tax Lien Sale and supporting the work of our citywide Abolish the Tax Lien Sale Coalition.

Principle duties: 

• Work with our member leaders to conduct outreach to tenants owned by speculative actors in East New York and Brownsville who want to collectively control their housing and help them form/strengthen their tenant associations.
• Bring these tenants together in ENYCLT’s United Against Speculators campaign so that they can support each other’s organizing.
• Work with tenants and ENYCLT members, board and staff to launch and execute powerful acquisition campaigns to acquire and rehab their homes and transition to co-op ownership.
• Help ENYCLT grow our membership, strengthen the leadership of our members and build our collective power through our monthly general membership meetings, ongoing political education and skills-based training, cultural events and campaigns.
• Work with other CLT staff and member leaders to support the organizing needed to win the demands of our Justice with the Jewel Streets Coalition. This includes supporting Jewel Streets residents to organize for resilient infrastructure, pre-disaster buyouts and mixed-use deeply affordable, community-controlled development.
• Work with other CLT staff and member leaders to lead our Abolish the Tax Lien Sale Coalition organizing work including outreach and organizing homeowners and tenants impacted by the lien sale, planning and facilitating coalition meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Details:

Hours: Full-Time (35 hours/week)

Salary: $75,00- $83,000

Benefits: Medical, dental and vision coverage

Hybrid work schedule: There is flexibility but we expect you to work from the office two days a week and attend in-person tenant meetings on weeknights, ENYCLT General Membership Meetings held one Saturday a month, as well as other in-person events held on weeknights and weekends in East New York and Brownsville. Our office is in East New York at 2966 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11208.

Apply:

Please email [email protected] with “Campaign Organizer” in the subject line. Please include your resume and a short statement of interest where you answer these three questions in bullet point format: 1) Why are you interested in this position? 2) Why are you qualified for this role? 3) What do you hope to learn if hired? A reference check will be required prior to any job offers being made.