The Village of Love and Resistance (VOLAR) is a Black led grassroots organization facilitating resident-led community development. Our mission is to co-create a cooperative community in East Baltimore owned by Black and Brown people. We seek to build this cooperative community through the reclamation of land, healing, reconnecting and building a base of community power.

VOLAR Values:

Healing and Wellness, Cooperative Ownership, Justice and Equity, Shared Leadership and Participatory Democracy, Power, Love, Transformational Learning

Scope of work:

VOLAR is seeking a Data Organizer to support our grassroots organizing for building a base of community leaders informed from good data entry, analysis and management.

Areas of Work

The major areas of work for the Data Organizer include:

Support VOLAR working Committees through regular data entry, management, and mass outreach including

• • Own Our Hood Program
  • Base building and membership development
  • Food Mutual Aid Program
  • Other VOLAR programs as needed

Coordinate (Bottomline) Social Media and Website

• • Regularly generate content for VOLARs social media and website
  • Create and distribute press releases for VOLAR events
  • Conduct media trainings with members
  • Conduct outreach and develop relationships with local media outlets and journalists

Coordinate (Bottomline) VOLAR Databases

• • Manage and update VOLARs Google and Nationbuilder databases
  • Transition VOLAR from Google Database to Nationbuilder database
  • Regularly assure up-to-date status of databases

Education/Training:

• • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, statistics, or a related field is the standard minimum requirement.
  • Several years of experience in entry-level data roles

Required experience/qualifications:

• Database management: Proficiency with database management software and concepts
• Expertise in some form of SQL for data organization and manipulation.
• Data security: Knowledge of data protection regulations and best practices
• Data analysis: Skills in data analysis, statistics, and data visualization for effective interpretation and data presentation.
• Problem-solving: The ability to troubleshoot issues and find solutions
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain findings to community stakeholders and work with teams.
• Organizational skills: high degree of organization to create and maintain small to large datasets.
• Attention to detail: Meticulous attention to detail to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Project management: Ability to plan, execute, and complete data-related projects
• Time Management

Preferred experience/qualifications:

• Experience working with mission focused organizations
• Lived or worked in Baltimore area communities for at least one year
• Commitment to VOLARs mission around building community rooted in healing, wellness, and cooperation
• Ability to work some evenings and weekend hours
• Ability to understand or identify with the experience of poor and working class people
• Willingness to engage oneself and engage with the shared leadership team in honest, constructive, mindful, and compassionate self-reflection and self-criticism
• Non-violent communication skills
• Telephone Etiquette
• Experience and/or ability to approach problem-solving, and crisis intervention from a love perspective (find ways to resolve issues without calling police/agencies when possible)
• Creativity and sense of humor
• Experience in anti-racism/anti-oppression trainings
• Knowledg…