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Community Organizer (Part-Time, Temporary)
Company:
Rise Academy
Industry:
Non-profit
Job title:
Community Organizer (Part-Time, Temporary)
Job level:
Entry
Job description:
Position Description
Reporting to the Director of Policy & Advocacy, the Community Organizer will coordinate grassroots engagement efforts among residents in communities across Nebraska. This position will require building relationships with residents through civic outreach, special events and projects. Duties include canvassing residents and collaborating with partner organizations on advocacy and engagement efforts. Civic engagement activities range from voter registration, volunteer training, grassroots advocacy, and education campaigns. RISE’s advocacy efforts include mobilizing and educating communities about legislation and voting rights that impact people with criminal legal system involvement.
This position is a temporary, contracted position.
About RISE
RISE is the largest nonprofit organization in Nebraska focused solely on habilitative programming in prisons and reentry support. At RISE, transformation starts pre-release and continues post-release. Our inside/out model bridges incarceration to the community and considers all the critical steps in that journey. We prepare and train people for each phase through intensive character development, employment readiness, job creation through entrepreneurship, family programming and case management. We transform people in the community by building awareness and empathy that leads to support and opportunity. These connections heal families, create employment pathways and lower recidivism. The mission of RISE is to break generational cycles of incarceration.
Responsibilities
Engage voters at their doorsteps, events and high traffic areas to conduct voter registration, canvassing, and conversation about relevant issues pertaining to RISE’s Policy & Advocacy priorities
Implement voter contact plans and community engagement strategies to engage new registrants, drive voter turnout, and increase overall awareness to drive voter registration and voter turnout goals
Facilitate meaningful discussions with impacted communities to understand their specific challenges, needs, and priorities as related to specific advocacy efforts
Solicit feedback on issues impacting the community and develop advocacy skills and opportunities promoting self-representation
Develop relationships of trust and mutual respect with residents and other stakeholders
Recruit, train, and support residents from communities to participate as volunteers in civic engagement activities
Document all appropriate information in databases and keep databases updated with timely data entry
Demonstrate and model RISE’s core values
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
2-3 years of community organizing experience required
Experience using VAN/Votebuilder and other voter contact and relational tools
Ability to work independently and also effectively collaborate with teammates
Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion values and ability to work with diverse groups of people
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Willingness to learn relevant databases and commit to the importance of data entry and updates
Exceptional organizational skills; detail-oriented with strong follow-through
Demonstrated experience in taking initiative with the ability to be flexible in a fluid and fast-paced environment
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite or other comparable office software
Ability to work some evenings, weekends
Access to reliable transportation with willingness to travel to other counties in Nebraska as necessary
Some knowledge of the Nebraska criminal legal system preferred (but not required)
Basic computer skills preferred
Commitment to the RISE vision that “all people will find freedom from cycles of incarceration”
Scrappy, adaptable, entrepreneurial and innovative
Openness to feedback, coachable, with a dedication to continually learn and improve
Exceptionally high level of honesty and integrity as well as being friendly, flexible, adaptable, self-aware and confident
Willingness to cultivate superb time management and organizational skills
Positions available:
1
Posted on:
February 20, 2026