<b><font color="#800000"><font color="#339966">Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants<br>
42 Seaverns Avenue<br>
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130<br>
maht@saveourhomes.org</font><br><br>
<font color="#000000">Job Description: Tenant Organizer</font></font><font color="#800000"><br><br>
The Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants (MAHT), a tenant-controlled alliance of resident associations in HUD-subsidized multi-family housing, seeks an experienced Organizer to organize and support tenants fighting to save and improve their homes in Eastern and Central Massachusetts. As Lead Organizer, s/he will play a role in supervising the organizing team, including coordination of two critical MAHT projects: 1) the integration of voter registration strategies with tenant organizing goals; and, 2) potential VISTA volunteer program. As the oldest and most accomplished HUD tenant coalition in the US, MAHT has preserved more than 9,700 apartments through tenant organizing since 1983. MAHT has 38 tenant association and organizing committee members representing more than 8,000 families. MAHT is the Massachusetts affiliate of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants, the only national tenants union in the US, with which MAHT shares office and staff. MAHT and NAHT play a key role in fighting for policies to save privately-owned, HUD subsidized housing at risk of conversion to market rents. </font><font color="#800000"><br><br>
<font color="#339966">Responsibilities Include:</font></font><font color="#800000"><br></font></b><ul><li><b><font color="#800000">
Help coordinate MAHT field organizing efforts, including intensive door-knocking drives</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Assist HUD tenants in organizing and strengthening tenant groups at the building level</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Assist tenant leadership in setting goals, strategizing and building campaigns to save and improve at-risk HUD housing, including resident-controlled ownership where feasible</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Assist tenant leadership in conducting participatory planning and training workshops</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Manage Voter Registration, Education and Mobilization (VREM) and VISTA volunteer projects, including supervision & field training for part-time VREM organizers & VISTA Volunteers, grant management and reporting</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Develop fliers, newsletters, Action Alerts, fact sheets and other materials and post them to the web</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Help tenant groups negotiate with owners and agencies for repairs, services and affordable rents</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Involve tenants in city-wide, statewide and national activities, coalitions, and campaigns</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Assist tenant groups in assembling appropriate technical resources</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Help coordinate National Alliance of HUD Tenants Annual Save Our Homes Conference<br></font></b></li></ul><b><font color="#800000"><br>
Qualifications:<br></font></b><ul><li><b><font color="#800000">
Commitment to social change and the empowerment of low and moderate income people</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Experience working with racially and economically diverse groups of people</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Organizing experience, preferably in the housing field</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Project-management and supervisory experience; knowledge of A*VISTA program helpful</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Knowledge of HUD housing issues or ability to learn </font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Experience with VREM campaigns and integration of voter databases with organizing campaigns</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Grassroots leadership-training experience and knowledge of popular education methods </font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Experience in planning and coordinating large meetings, events and campaigns</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Strong administrative, oral and written communication skills</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Excellent computer skills including all MS applications; database and web experience helpful</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Ability to work as a creative contributing member of a strong staff team</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Ability and willingness to travel in Eastern/Central Massachusetts and to Washington DC</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Must have cell phone, driver’s license, a car or routine access to a car </font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Bi-lingual capacity (Spanish, Creole, Russian, Vietnamese, Chinese) helpful </font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Grasp of big picture with an eye for detail</font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Possessing initiative, enthusiasm, sense of humor, and a collaborative approach </font></b></li><li><b><font color="#800000">Available to work evenings and weekends</font></b><br></li></ul><b><font color="#800000"><br>
<font color="#339966">Salary & benefits</font>: Mid 30’s to Low 40’s, depending on experience. 2/3 health and dental insurance for individual, family health negotiable. Two weeks paid vacation first year, more thereafter.</font><font color="#800000"><br><br>
People of color, women, and residents of multifamily HUD housing are strongly encouraged to apply.</font><font color="#800000"><br><br>
Please e-mail your resume and cover letter to <font color="#339966">maht@saveourhomes.org</font>. No phone calls please. Position open until filled.</font><font color="#800000"><br></font></b>
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