Woori Center Community Organizer 

Full-Time Position 

Location: Montgomery County and Greater Philadelphia, PA 

Reports to the Executive Director 

Established in late 2018, Woori Center’s mission is to organize Korean and Asian Americans to achieve social, racial and economic justice. Serving the greater Philadelphia area, Woori Center empowers the most vulnerable community members including low-income, recent immigrant, limited English proficiency, undocumented, youth, women and seniors. Through education, social service, community organizing, public policy advocacy and civic participation, Woori Center ensures that these community members can impact progressive change at the local and state levels. Woori Center is an affiliate of a national progressive Asian American organization, NAKASEC. 

The Community Organizer is responsible for building a strong base of community activists and leading effective campaigns. The Community Organizer directly reports to the Executive Director. Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

Responsibilities 

● Engage and build relationships with community members, particularly low-income, recent immigrant, limited English proficiency, undocumented, youth, women and seniors.

● Develop, implement and evaluate creative and effective organizing campaigns that serve and engage our target populations. 

● Develop and implement civic engagement programs and projects; such as door knocking, phone banking, texting, mailings, voter registration, voter education, and other forms of outreach. 

● Recruit, train, and develop a base of volunteer activists who are committed to leading our immigrant rights campaigns. 

● Support the political education and leadership development of community members.

● Plan and execute community engagement events, like Know Your Rights workshops, campaign actions, and voter registration drives. 

● Ensure the intersection of immigrant rights with race, gender, sexual orientation and ability are integrated into campaign planning. 

● Help represent Woori Center in relevant coalitions and provide public speaking at conferences and events as needed. 

● Identify new partnerships and engagement strategies where appropriate.

● Collaborate with the Executive Director in developing program goals, plans, and budgets. 

Experience & Skills 

To be successful in this role, you will excel in these four areas:

1. Ability to motivate and support others – You believe in the community’s ability to support each other, organize and achieve desired goals together. You can inspire others to take action and develop their skills through coaching, training, and feedback. 

2. Relationship building skills – You have strong interpersonal communication skills and can quickly gain trust from volunteers, staff, community members, and coalition partners, especially across lines of difference (race, ethnicity, gender identity, citizenship status, age, class, and other identities). 

3. Resolve and resilience – You are self-motivated and driven to achieve ambitious goals. You have the resolve and creativity to overcome challenges that arise and the resilience to bounce back from setbacks. 

4. Attention to detail - You can review data for completeness and quality, spot any errors or mistakes, and ensure that all information meets requirements and standards.

5. Commitment to racial and social justice – You have a strong understanding of issues facing the Asian American community and other marginalized communities including people of color, women, and LGBTQ community members. You have a deep commitment to change the world with marginalized communities especially in immigrant rights and social, economic, and racial justice. 

Prior experience in civic engagement or community organizing is preferred, but not required. We will provide training and support in those areas. Given the communities we are serving, fluency in English and Korean would be a huge asset, but is not required. 

The salary range for this position will be $40,000 - $45,000. 

Health care and other benefits are included. 

Woori Center is an equal opportunity employer. 

apply to  jobs@wooricenterpa.org