Overview
Campaign Fair Food Organizer Jobs in Naples, Florida, USA at Outstanding in the Field
The CIW is a Presidential Medal-winning, worker-led human rights organization based in Immokalee, Florida, recognized for its impact in combatting long-standing human rights abuses in the agricultural industry from wage theft and dangerous working conditions to sexual assault and forced labor. The CIW’s groundbreaking work — including the development of the Fair Food Program, launched in 2011 — has not only led the charge in remedying egregious human rights violations in agriculture, it has created an entirely new, proven path toprevention, to actually eradicating those abuses altogether.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), an award-winning worker-led human rights organization based in Immokalee, Florida, is hiring Campaign Coordinators to help advance its Campaign for Fair Food. The position is based out of Immokalee, FL.
The CIW’s national Campaign for Fair Food educates consumers on the issue of farm labor exploitation and forges alliances between farm workers and consumers in an effort to enlist the market power of major corporate buyers to help end that exploitation. One of the most well-known and highly-regarded consumer campaigns of its generation, the CIW’s Campaign for Fair Food is known for itsinnovative, creative multi-day tours, marches, and other actions as well as an engaged base of allies.
Through these efforts, the CIW and allies have brought 14 multinational corporations into the Fair Food Program, eliminating egregious human rights abuses from the supply chains of participating buyers.
The Campaign Coordinator works with adynamicmulti-lingual team of farm worker leaders who direct the campaign, as well as adiversebase of consumers, faith leaders, community groups, and youth and students. Ideal candidates are highly responsible, work well in teams as part of afast-paced environment, and possess excellent written and verbalcommunication skills. The position includes the opportunity of regular travel across the U.S.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Campaign Coordinators collaborate on the following broad areas of work:
Formulating strategies and tactics, and contributing to the vision and direction of the national Campaign for Fair Food
Building and maintaining strong relationships with a broad network of organizations and individuals who seek to work in partnership with farm workers in the Campaign for Fair Food, including people of faith and religious institutions, food justice advocates, worker and community groups, students and young people and/or human rights organizations
Planning major mobilizations, tours, and events
Developing new Fair Food Groups and/or Student/Farm worker Alliance chapters in priority cities and campuses and provide ongoing assistance with goals and objectives, meeting facilitation and local campaign strategies and initiatives
Coordinating a youthleadership developmentprogram, including campaign strategy gatherings, skill-building trainings, and regularcommunicationwith the national Student/Farm worker Alliance Organizing Committee
Coordinating the national Fair Food Faith Working Group, a committee of national faith leaders who advise and carry out strategies to support campaign work
Supporting the delegation of projects and overall coordination of the CIW Internship Program
Co-presenting and facilitating workshops and presentations with CIW farm worker leaders
Interpreting between Spanish and English for presentations and support with written translation as needed
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Title: Campaign Fair Food Organizer
Company: Outstanding in the Field
Location: Naples, Florida, USA
Category: Non-Profit & Social Impact, HR/Recruitment
