STREET LEVEL HEALTH PROJECT
Title: Employment Advocate (Day Laborer Job Connection Advocate)
Hours: 40 hours per week - Non - Exempt; 100% In person (no exception)
Reports to: Immigrant Rights and Empowerment Program Manager
About Street Level Health Project:
Street Level Health Project is an Oakland-based non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of underserved, urban, immigrant communities in the Bay Area. Street Level is "a safety net of the safety net” and serves as a point of entry to accessing health and other services for uninsured, underinsured, low-wage workers.
About the Oakland Workers’ Collective:
The Oakland Workers’ Collective (OWC), part of the Immigrant Rights and Empowerment Program (IRE), focuses on day laborers and advocates for systemic changes at local and state levels. It is a worker-driven group promoting economic self-sufficiency through education about rights, skill-building, and employer connections. OWC’s activities include workers’s rights and health training, leadership development, job referrals for short-term placements, and culturally relevant community- building efforts that foster allyship across diverse identities.
Role Summary:
The Day Laborer Job ConnectionAdvocate (DLJCA) works with the IRE Manager to connect employers with the OWC members by conducting job intakes and outreach efforts such as door to door leafleting and community events to increase job opportunities. This role acts as a liaison among workers, employers, and the organization to facilitate dignified employment and ensure fair job distribution. The DLJCA manages the daily job requests, dispatch systems, and databases, and supports creating safer, more organized alternatives for day laborers who traditionally sought work on the street corners in a safer environment.
Job Responsibilities:
Job Referral Coordination and Placement:
- Following up on and enforcing the OWC member and agreement manual to build and maintain strong relationships with day laborers and all OWC members, while applying placement guidelines to ensure fair and equitable job distribution among members.
- Managing the OWC hotline, which connects day laborers with job referral by handling daily calls and emails. The aim is to secure temporary job connections for workers and align with the OWC members’ pay scale.
- Support conflict resolution between day laborers and employers to ensure positive placements and repeat clients. Document conflicts, incidents, and member issues as they arise.
- Develop and cultivate employer base and maintain feedback to improve job connections process and maintain client satisfaction.
- In collaboration with the IRE manager, create and develop a marketing plan for the OWC and analyze effectiveness periodically and tailored to seasonal work fluctuations for our target audience.
- Develop partnerships with local businesses, governmental agencies, educational institutions, and other community-based organizations to further the goals of employment opportunities.
Oakland Workers Collective Program Activities:
- Support and collaborate with program manager and staff on OWC activities such as but not limited to: weekly day labor outreach and education activities, every other week evening member meetings, program logistics and programming, new member orientations, nurturing leadership development of members, and promoting and encouraging civic participation and democratic decision-making practices.
General Organizational and Administrative Responsibilities
- Attend and participate in staff meetings, team meetings, external meetings, trainings, and conferences to build partnerships and allyship.
- Maintain weekly records of outreach, job connections, and issues on databases for program tracking and grant reporting purposes. Collaborate with other program staff to ensure documentation of referrals between departments.
- Participate in organizational events, advocacy efforts (such as annual holiday events and other social events).
- Support other program needs as needed and other duties as assigned
Skills and Experience Required:
- Bilingual fluency in Spanish and English (oral and written) with strong communication, facilitation, mediation, and conflict resolution skills in both languages.
- Ability to maintain accurate records and work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a small, fast paced, dynamic team managing multiple priorities in both office and field settings.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and basic computer skills.
- Must be flexible, adaptable with a team oriented approach and a desire to work collaboratively with team members and other programs.
- Flexibility to work irregular hours including evenings and weekends
- Valid California driver’s licence with a good driving record
- Demonstrate commitment to diversity, integrity, equity, and inclusion.
Skills and Experience Preferred
- Knowledge of local, state and national resources and systems. Experience managing or supporting workforce development,community outreach or organizing, job dispatch systems or tailored to limited literacy, low-income, day laborers and immigrant communities.
- Trilingual Mam, Spanish and English is a plus.
- Experience with data management, CRM, or dispatch, data tracking, and analysis.
Salary and Benefits: This position is full time at a base rate of $26/hr - $28/hr. Street Level Health Project provides full benefits (medical, dental, vision, vacation, paid one-week spring/summer break, paid 10-day winter break, and sick leave) and voluntary, employee-funded retirement savings plan.
Street Level Health Project is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, weight, linguistic characteristics (such as accent and limited English proficiency where not substantially job-related), citizenship status, HIV/AIDs status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
How to Apply: Please submit a cover letter detailing related experience and a resume to [email protected]. Note job title in the email subject. This position will remain open until filled.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $26.00 - $28.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
