Two tenants rights organizations in San Francisco — the San Francisco Tenants Union (SFTU) and the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC) — are seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to work half time at each organization. These positions offer the unique opportunity to be at the heart of two organizations that play critical roles in the fight for tenants rights and saving homes in San Francisco and build upon the long-standing collaborative relationship between the two groups.
THE ORGANIZATIONS
Since 1971, the San Francisco Tenants Union, a membership-supported and volunteer-based collective, has been the city's leading advocate for tenants. The SFTU provides counseling on tenants rights under the San Francisco Rent Ordinance (which limits rent increases and evictions), and also protections under state law. This counseling is provided by volunteers who staff shifts at our drop-in clinic or counsel members by phone. For more information on the SFTU please visit our website at http://www.sftu.org.
The Eviction Defense Collaborative is the principal agency in San Francisco assisting tenants to respond to eviction lawsuits. The EDC provides advocacy, information, hands-on assistance, referrals, and limited representation to low-income and indigent tenants who are facing eviction, and also administers one-time rental assistance to help tenants stay in their homes. The work at the EDC is made possible by a small staff and many volunteers. The work environment at the EDC is collegial, and we work as a team to help the tenants who seek our assistance. For more information about the EDC please visit: http://evictiondefense.org.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
AT THE SAN FRANCISCO TENANTS UNION
The Volunteer Coordinator will be responsible for ongoing volunteer counselor recruitment and for coordinating volunteer trainings. Recruitment efforts will focus on recruiting counselors. Specifically, the duties include:
- Responding in a timely fashion to people who offer to volunteer and then pairing the person to sit in with a trained counselor.
- Organizing outreach efforts at schools, community organizations, events, etc. to recruit new volunteers, and emphasizing the recruitment of volunteers who will add to the diversity of our counselors, particularly to recruit bi-lingual counselors.
- From 2-4 times a year, organize a workshop-type training session for new counseling volunteers. This entails setting the date & location, recruiting existing counselors to teach specific topics (e.g., evictions, rent increases, repairs), notifying all prospective volunteers of the training, preparing handouts, and arranging refreshments.
- Facilitating involvement of volunteer counselors in other Tenants Union campaigns and projects.
- Recruit and assist with placement of additional volunteers to assist with office tasks, data entry, filing, organizing, research, etc.
- Other duties as specified.
AT THE EVICTION DEFENSE COLLABORATIVE
The Eviction Defense Collaborative seeks a Volunteer Coordinator to maintain and improve the award winning volunteer program at the EDC. Specifically, the duties include:
- Working with school volunteer and intern placement offices, career services, public interest law internship programs, volunteer recruitment centers, and others in advertising opportunities at EDC and recruiting volunteers.
- Working with attorneys and other EDC staff to train volunteers and interns and provide them feedback.
- Coordinating volunteer activities such as volunteer orientation, in-service training sessions (approximately 6 times a year), volunteer appreciation gatherings, and other activities.
- Monitoring, evaluating, and coordinating changes to improve the volunteer program.
- Other duties as specified.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrate a commitment to social justice and to assisting diverse, low income and/or disadvantaged communities.
- Be well-organized, highly motivated, and creative.
- Prior experience recruiting, supervising and assisting volunteers strongly desired.
- Able to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; computer literate.
- Facility in Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Russian or other second language a plus.
- Legal experience or knowledge of landlord-tenant law a plus but not required.
TO APPLY
Email a resume and cover letter AS ATTACHMENTS to edc.sftu@gmail.com.
We are strongly committed to diversity and encourage applications from people who can contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the fact or perception of their race, creed, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, domestic partner status, marital status, disability, weight, height or AIDS/HIV status. We apologize for the fact that the SFTU is not currently wheelchair accessible.
- Compensation: The salary range for the Eviction Defense Collaborative Volunteer Coordinator position is $17,790 – $20,610 for half time, plus full medical and dental benefits. At the Tenants Union, the Volunteer Coordinator would receive $13.24 per hour for twenty hours per week, plus sick and vacation pay.
- While the hiring process will be conducted by both organizations and the individual will fill both positions, the two jobs will be independent of each other once they are filled.
- This is at a non-profit organization.
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