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Brattleboro Area Community Organizer

Brattleboro, Vermont

Is remote? No

Out in the Open
Brattleboro, VT

Website: https://www.weareoutintheopen.org/

Posted: February 6, 2025

Contact Information

Name: HB Lozito, Executive Director
Email: hb@weareoutintheopen.org

Link to posting: https://www.weareoutintheopen.org/paidwork

Job Description

Title: Brattleboro Area Community Organizer

Location: Brattleboro, Vermont with occasional in-state and regional travel

Time: approximately 20 hours per week, some evenings & weekends required

Salary: $22,500-25,000

Reports to: executive director

Starts: early March 2025

What You’ll Do

Our Brattleboro area organizer will be primarily responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and hosting Out in the Open events at our land in West Brattleboro, collaborating with other area organizations and partners on local area events & emerging organizing efforts, working with a close-knit staff team across Wabanaki territory, tending our land, coordinating volunteers, readily responding and offering one to one support to community members when needed, and other related tasks as assigned.

This person will work as part of a small collaborative staff team, including staff, contractors, board members, and program participants who live both here and elsewhere in the region, contributing to building a powerful movement of rural LGBTQ+ people. 

Specifically, you will:

Create, host, & support events at our land & within the local area

• Be the primary organizer of events including but not limited to our annual Out in the Open Summits for Rural LGBTQ+ People, community supper series, study groups, work days, organizing meetings, annual Pride Family Potluck, Rural LGBTQ+ Liberation March, arts-based and cultural workshops, and more. This includes coordinating logistics such as food, vendors, outreach, registration, content, safety planning, feedback & reflection mechanisms, etc.
• Be present during events, greet attendees and help them feel welcome, facilitate gatherings, ensure the event runs smoothly, and handle any issues that may emerge.
• Deliver content during events and/or coordinate others to create and present material.
• Create outreach materials and conduct outreach activities like social media posting, fliering, texting, writing press releases, etc.
• In collaboration with the executive director and other staff, identify and work to address related organizing opportunities as they arise within our capacity.
• Some of this work will be independent and some will be in collaboration with other staff members

Participate in & support whole-organization gatherings & activities

• Attend and participate in an overnight staff & board retreat within the region (within Wabanaki territory/Vermont, New Hampshire, and/or Maine)
• Attend and support our annual Maine Summit, in person (this year, May  30-June 2, 2025)
• In collaboration with other staff and the Board of Directors, support whole-organization efforts to financially and materially sustain our work during annual fundraising drives.

Provide community member one-to-one support and referrals as-needed

• Offer a listening ear, grounded in harm reductionist approaches, to members of our community looking for support.
• When appropriate, refer & connect community members to services, providers, resources, etc. that they need

Coordinate volunteers

• Conduct outreach to volunteers who are interested in supporting OITO events and spaces
• Set up system for volunteer coordination, assign tasks & roles based on volunteer needs, abilities, and interests
• Follow-up with any volunteer questions and offer regular support to volunteers

Other related duties as assigned.

Who You Are

People who are a good fit for us will be: able to successfully work independently; skilled and comfortable hosting small, medium, and large groups; able to confidently speak with the press about our work or have a desire to build this skill; someone with strong attention to detail; able to bring a solution-focused approach to identifying and working towards addressing issues that arise in your work and the community; deeply knowledgeable of & have experience working with LGBTQ+ people; willing to learn; able to positively represent our organization in the community; enthusiastic about trying new things; comfortable working with a close-knit team; dedicated to and have an understanding of the movement building work, values, and mission of Out in the Open. We are looking for someone who finds joy in their work, in collaborating closely, and who makes time to laugh.

What Else You Should Know

In addition to a salary, the Community Organizer will receive benefits including paid time off, paid sick time, a work-from-home stipend, and a wellness stipend. People working fewer than 32 hours per week are not eligible for employer-sponsored health insurance through Out in the Open. However, it is possible that for the right person, this position could be combined with another OITO position for which we are currently hiring to reach that hours threshold.

This role requires extensive use of a computer (provided by OITO for work use during the period of employment), including use of Zoom, Google Suite, Slack, and other similar programs. Some evenings & weekends will be required, as well as occasional in-state and out-of-state travel (primarily within Wabanaki territory/Maine, New Hampshire, & Vermont for connection with staff and board members and whole organization events). Regular in-person work in Brattleboro and Windham County, Vermont will be required. You will need to have your own reliable transportation, approved work-related mileage is reimbursable. 

Application Process

Please write and send a letter sharing more about why you’re the person for this role as well as a current resume detailing your related experience to HB@WeAreOutintheOpen.org. Email completed materials by February 21, 2025. 

Who We Are 

Out in the Open is a multiracial grassroots movement building organization that connects rural LGBTQ+ people to build community, visibility, knowledge, & power. We are guided by strong organizational values such as celebrating resistance, anti-racism, and joy. We believe that rural LGBTQ+ people have a critical role to play in the collective liberation of all people. More about us at WeAreOutintheOpen.org.

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