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Chinatown Community Land Trust seeks a full-time Operations and Communications Manager to support its work to stabilize the future of Boston Chinatown through community control of land and shared resources.

Job Description

The Op Comms Manager will work to improve both internal systems and external communications important to growing the organization’s work and support base, and will have opportunities for learning about affordable housing preservation, open space planning, historic preservation strategies, environmental justice, and community governance.  Core responsibilities:

1.  Membership Development - Organize community outreach and membership development events to involve residents in CCLT projects and decision-making.  Take responsibility for database maintenance and record-keeping to support reporting to both community and funders.

2.  Communications - Work with the Executive Director to publish bimonthly newsletters and reports, develop and implement a social media plan, and work with the CCLT team and Greater Boston CLT Network on media outreach and messaging.

3. Donor Communications – Work with the Executive Director on donation tracking and donor cultivation, including the Reggie Wong Memorial Park capital campaign and the Community Investment Tax Credit program.

4. Capacity Building – work with other members of the Greater Boston CLT Network to develop plans for shared capacity, personnel, or other infrastructure to grow the local CLT movement. 

5. Support Projects – The Op Comms Manager will participate in biweekly all-staff meetings and may provide support to different programs and projects as needed.

Our Ideal Candidate

●       Is committed to both grassroots empowerment and developing partnerships

●       Is both self-starting and a great team player

●       Can comfortably manage multiple tasks and projects independently and with attention to detail

●       Computer literate in social media, Microsoft Office suite, and standard database systems

●       Has at least 2 years of experience doing community outreach, organizing, project management, leadership development, or popular education

●       Has strong communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as interpersonal skills

●       Is bilingual and biliterate in English and Chinese. Familiarity with Boston Chinatown a plus.

●       Experienced and comfortable working with people of diverse social and economic backgrounds

We seek candidates who will embrace our mission and the relationship between community organizing and project implementation.  This position will report to the Executive Director. Chinatown CLT staff is a small 3-4 person team, which combines work from home and in the office, including in-person meetings and activities with Chinatown residents and occasional evening and weekend meetings.

Compensation

Commensurate with experience. Benefits include generous paid time off, health insurance with vision/dental and 401k options.

Process

Cover letter and resume to: participate@chinatownclt.org.  We encourage submissions by January 4, but will review all applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled.