OPEN DOORS Community Organizer

Along with your resume, please send a thoughtful cover letter that demonstrates you’re familiar with our work and why you are a good fit for the position. 

Title: Community Organizer

Reports to: OPEN DOORS Director

Status/Rate: Part-time; $30/hr; avg. 18 hrs/wk (Must live in New York City Area)

Schedule: Attend regular weekly meetings (below) and complete remaining hours flexibly. Must be available for occasional evening events (approx. once/month).

Weekly Meetings:

  • Monday: 12–1pm (Remote Week Ahead), 2–3:30pm (Workshop)

  • Tuesday: 2–3:30pm (Remote Council)

  • Thursday: 2–3:30pm (In-person, bi-weekly podcast recording)

  • Friday: 12–1:30pm (Remote NHLM Meeting); 2pm-3:15pm (Remote Freestyle Fridays)

Additional involvement in OPEN DOORS events and projects (cookout, gala, open mics, FADE, Food Stories, etc.)

Start Date: July 1, 2026

About the Position

OPEN DOORS is an arts-and-justice initiative that invests in the creativity and leadership of Black and brown people who use wheelchairs. Our work centers disability justice, community building, and gun-violence prevention, using art as a tool for advocacy and change. 

We are guided by the vision and lived experience of the Reality Poets—an artist collective of current and former residents of Coler Rehabilitative and Nursing Care Center on Roosevelt Island. The Community Organizer will work closely with the Reality Poets and community partners to keep projects moving, events running, and relationships strong.

The Community Organizer will support ongoing work across the organization—from a campaign for better food at Coler to the OPEN DOORS podcast. They will facilitate team meetings, run open mics, follow up with partners, and help plan major projects like the 10-Year Gala and a new theater production premiering this fall. 

The ideal candidate is highly organized and dependable, warm and observant, and able to meet people where they are. They keep things on track while staying grounded in the relationships at the center of the work.


Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and run events, including open mics, cookouts, and the 10-Year Gala

  • Show up consistently to workshops, Council, and other meetings; help facilitate and keep things moving

  • Work directly with Reality Poets to support their creative and professional work—organizing materials, troubleshooting tech, and following up on various needs

  • Build and maintain relationships with community partners and funders; attend events and represent OPEN DOORS

  • Handle day-to-day logistics: scheduling, sending calendar/meeting invites and event invitations, tracking meeting and event attendance, taking notes, and keeping materials organized

  • Communicate clearly and consistently with artists, partners, and team members by email and in person

  • Support the OPEN DOORS podcast, including scheduling guests, recording/setting up camera, microphones and lighting, transferring recordings to a hard drive, coordinating with the editor, sending footage and audio to the editor

  • Create and post social media content in collaboration with the team and Reality Poets

Experience/Skills/Qualifications

    • Comfortable working face-to-face with disabled artists and community partners

    • Friendly, clear communicator in both email and in-person settings

    • Confident speaking in groups and helping guide conversations

    • Organized and able to keep track of multiple moving pieces

    • Takes initiative and follows through without needing constant direction

    • Flexible and responsive when plans shift

    • Basic design and digital skills (social media, simple graphics, uploading content)

    • Camera on during Zoom meetings when possible; active participation expected

    • Arrive on time and communicate ahead of any delays

    • Stay responsive to email and team communication

HOW TO APPLY

If you are excited about this opportunity, emailsupport@opendoorsnyc.org with “Community Organizer” in the subject line, and include 1) your resume and a 2) a brief paragraph cover letter in the email body. If you have not heard back from us in two weeks, feel free to follow up. Good luck!

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

CTA is an equal opportunity employer. Employees are hired based on their merit, ability, experience, and training without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, size, religious affiliation, genetic make-up, military/veteran status, domestic violence victim/survivor status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, or past participation in the discrimination complaint process. We are committed to being an inclusive organization and encourage people from diverse communities to apply.