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Birmingham Community Organiser
ACORN
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Overview
Want to fight for low-income people in a supportive and exciting work environment? Come and work with us!
£22,932 Real Living Wage, rising to £23,182 after probation passed
Per year
Full time
(35 hours per week. 12 months fixed-term contract, with the view to be extended depending on funding.)
Birmingham
Key information
ACORN is a mass membership organisation and a direct action community union. By taking action on issues that affect us, we win real changes to our lives and in our communities.
ACORN is looking for a Community Organiser to build power to fight for social and economic change in Birmingham, starting on 6 October 2025!
This role has a specific focus on organising with women across Birmingham. As such, it is a requirement of the position that applicants for this position are women.
About the role
As an Organiser with ACORN, you will be responsible for recruiting, developing and supporting members to take action on issues affecting them and the communities they come from.
This could mean stopping evictions, winning housing repairs or safe accommodation for our members, or fighting for fair treatment at work.
Your daily work will involve
- recruiting individual ACORN members, particularly women, through in person outreach, online interaction and other means (door-knocking, street stalls and other community outreach takes up around half of our organisers’ time)
- evaluating whether ACORN can support someone (such as a person whose landlord is refusing to make repairs), and empower them to take action to confront injustice, including building a team of ACORN members to stand up for each other
- building new and maintaining existing ACORN groups and teams, including through organising drives
- identifying and taking action on issues that affect our members and their communities, particularly those affecting women
- and much more!
Why work for ACORN?
ACORN is committed to investing in the continued professional development of our organising staff. All staff are provided with a full week of community organising training when they first start the job followed by close supervisory support during their probation period to ensure they have the confidence and skills necessary to develop as a community organiser. Regular training sessions are delivered beyond the probationary period in order to promote the continuous personal and professional development of the organising team. We are well known for having the best organising training of any community organisation and you will be well-equipped with all the resources and tools you need to succeed as an organiser.
ACORN is a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and you are happy to disclose this to us, you will have the option to on the application form. Unfortunately if we have a large number of applications we cannot guarantee an interview to every disabled candidate.
Requirements
No formal qualifications are necessary! We’re primarily looking for women with a strong work ethic, good listening skills and the ability to motivate others.
For more specific information on the role and its requirements, please refer to the full Job Description and Selection Criteria.
ACORN is committed to investing in the continued professional development of our organising staff. Please refer to the Job Description and Selection Criteria for information on the training and support you will receive as an ACORN staff member.