Applicant Qualifications
Potential Organizer Trainees must have:
- Passion for justice and equality
- Ambition for a long-term career organizing with DART (minimum of 3 years)
- Strong work ethic and discipline
- Drive toward excellence
- Self-motivation
- Capacity to build and strengthen relationships of trust
- Professional, team player attitude
- Conviction to overcome economic and racial barriers
- Comfort working with religious institutions
- Willingness to be mentored and trained
- Ability to create and execute a plan
- Sense of humor
- College degree or equivalent professional experience (DART is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, therefore, employees of the DART Network are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness under the recently enacted College Cost Reduction and Access Act. For more information on Public Service Loan Forgiveness, visit www.ibrinfo.org.)
- A reliable car
- Flexibility regarding relocation
- Proof of US citizenship or permanent residency (green card)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Fluency in Spanish/English
- Professional organizing experience
- Master's degree or J.D.