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Description
Mid-City Community Advocacy Network (Mid-City CAN) is a community collaborative comprised of hundreds of partners and thousands of residents in San Diego’s communities of color. Centered in the City Heights Community, Mid-City CAN’s mission is to create a safe, productive, and healthy community through collaboration, advocacy, and organizing. In its 35th year Mid-City CAN plays an essential role in the San Diego Region by facilitating dialogue, identifying common issues, spearheading advocacy efforts, building power, and training residents to take leadership roles in affecting change. Campaign wins include $5.1 million towards two skate parks and the Halal school lunch program to name a few.
The Policy Advocate works as assigned, to proactively develop policy opportunities for the advancement of Mid-City CAN community organizing and advocacy campaigns. The Policy Advocate works with diverse and monolingual community members, their families, and organizational allies in the design and ongoing implementation of Mid-City CAN community organizing and advocacy campaigns. Duties include, and may not be limited to, tracking legislation at state and local levels, formulating policy solutions, analyzing polices, developing strategies, directly providing and preparing community members for public testimony, liaising with elected offices, and working in coalition with other nonprofits to advance a policy platform. The Policy Advocate reports to the Organizing Director or their designee. This position is full-time exempt and not eligible for overtime. Current policy work is focused, and may not be limited to, City budget equity, Parks and Recreation, Cannabis Equity, Housing, and Youth Policies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Health, Safety and In-person Work
Physical Requirements and Work Environment: Work is performed in an office or community setting; employee regularly sits at a computer station and operates electronic equipment 6 to 8 hours per day; occasionally lifts, carries and positions objects weighing up to 20 pounds. Position involves regular use of a computer and keyboard, telephone, and face-to-face communications; employee should be able to communicate clearly and professionally in all of these manners. Position works in community settings, may be standing at event table, and walks neighborhood for several hours on as needed basis. The employee may spend periods of time sitting, standing, or walking. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Compensation: The annual salary for this mid-career full-time, exempt position is $68,000, commensurate with work experience, skills and educational background.
Mid-City Community Advocacy Network provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, age, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, caregiver status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$33k-44k (estimate)
05/06/2024
07/05/2024
midcitycan.org
SAN DIEGO, CA
25 - 50
1988
Private
AGLAE STLOT
<$5M
Social & Legal Services
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