Job Description

Missouri Jobs with Justice

St. Joseph Organizer

Based in St. Joseph, MO

Salary and Benefits: $50,000 – 60,000 per year, 100% employer paid health insurance, paid vacation and sick days, employer funded FSA, phone stipend, and travel expenses reimbursed.

Location: St. Joseph, MO

The Position
The St. Joseph organizing position is a one-year grant-funded position. The Organizer will be responsible for identifying individuals and institutions who support advancing a family supporting economic agenda. A family and worker centered economy is one that recognizes workers as the drivers of the economy and invests in them through policies such as: fair wages, good benefits, and a strong social safety net that prioritizes health, development and opportunity. The Organizer will also help build local coalition/tables to help inform and build local support for the agenda and mobilize them into collective action to advance the agenda. 

This position will be working with and through the Missouri ECOSYS partners to strengthen the existing organizational advocacy infrastructure and build community power and infrastructure in an under-organized area of the state. These efforts will help provide the foundation for successfully advancing a family supporting economic agenda that is informed by the community and the Black Women Best framework. 

MISSOURI ECOSYS PARTNERS

• Kids Win Missouri
• Missouri Budget Project
• Missouri Jobs with Justice
• Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative
• Missouri Workers Center
• WEPOWER

Job Responsibilities
Base-building: Canvassing, one on ones, mobilization to events
Coalition building: Build relationships with policy allies and coordination with other partner organizations
Leadership development: Support activists and coalition partners in their development
Data management: Data entry
Communications: Work with the Communications team to highlight voices of impacted workers/communities

Must Have Qualifications

• Solid commitment to the principles of social and economic justice
• Commitment to dismantling white supremacy and patriarchy
• Minimum of two years grassroots organizing experience
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to be a self-starter, and to work independently toward agreed upon goals 
• A strong ability to motivate people, coordinate volunteer activity and delegate responsibility
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of organizations and people
• Willingness to work long hours, including nights and weekends; while also being able to prioritize work and seek input and feedback from the team about how to maintain a healthy work life balance
• Proficient computer skills, including database management and google docs
• Vehicle and insurance available for work (mileage outside of office commute is reimbursed)

Ideal applicants would also have knowledge of and/or experience with Jobs with Justice in Missouri, ballot initiatives, and voter engagement. 

The Organization
Missouri Jobs with Justice (MO JwJ) is a coalition of labor, faith, student and community activists and organizations committed to protecting the basic human rights of all people. MO JwJ is working for an economic system that benefits the entire community. We believe that the fate of all working people and the communities in which they live are tightly bound together. We strive to build a multi-racial movement and are dedicated to leadership development and base building. We work in partnership with central labor councils, local unions, civil rights organizations, students, community, and faith-based organizations in mobilizing direct actions for social and economic justice, including the right to organize a union, rebuilding the social safety net, living wages, health care, and equal treatment for all.

MO JwJ is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. We seek a diverse pool of volunteers and applicants for all opportunities and responsibilities within the organization – in particular with respect to traditionally marginalized populations including Black people, women, other people of color, the LGBTQIA community, immigrants, and people of all ages. 

To Apply
Please send a résumé, cover letter and at least three references to jobs@mojwj.org , with “ St. Joseph Organizer ” in the subject line. Please send documents as PDF or MS Word email attachments. Deadline: July 24, 2026

For more information on Missouri Jobs with Justice please visit the website at or call the office at 314-644-0466. 

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