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ORGANIZATION: Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency

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HONE YOUR MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS AT LOCAL AWARD-WINNING SOCIAL JUSTICE NONPROFIT!

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) is an East Bay human services and social justice organization that provides solutions to mass homelessness, mass incarceration, and community violence. We operate housing and service programs in Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward that serve 6,000 people every year.

We are looking for someone to assist our Marketing & Communications Manager with marketing activities, including:

  • Writing blog posts for the website
  • Creating social media posts (@bossbayarea on FB, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tik Tok, YouTube)
  • Researching issues relevant to BOSS' work for creating content
  • Contacting program staff to collect program & client stories for content
  • Assisting with community outreach and tabling events
  • Othre marketing/communications tasks as assigned

TIMES ARE FLEXIBLE: The work is primarily remote, plus some regular in-person office time, occasionally visiting programs, and asissting with community events.

Benefits to you:
- Help people in need!
- Learn about nonprofit programs, strategy & operations
- Meet amazing activists and change makers!

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About Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency

Location:

1918 University Ave. 4th Fl., Berkeley, CA 94704, US

Mission Statement

The MISSION of BOSS is to help homeless, poor, and disabled people achieve health and self-sufficiency, and to fight against the root causes of poverty and homelessness. BOSS develops solutions to mass homelessness, mass incarceration and community violence and is dedicated to the inclusion of people marginalized by addiction, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, homelessness and violence. Our CORE VALUES are: SYSTEMIC CHANGE (addressing the root causes of inequity); INCLUSION (creating a sense of love, respect, safety and belonging, and hiring people with lived experience at all levels); INNOVATION (using both traditional and non-traditional evidence-based, culturally relevant approaches); COLLABORATION (maximizing impact by combining strengths and resources with allies); and EMPOWERMENT (empowering people to self-identify their needs and goals, and developing new leaders from impacted communities).

Description

BOSS is a nonprofit social justice organization that is committed to ending mass homelessness, mass incarceration and community violence: we help people achieve health, housing, safety, stability, and full socioeconomic inclusion no matter what barriers they face. BOSS operates programs across Alameda County, California - from shelter and housing to education, training and employment programs to violence prevention/intervention and community healing to health and mental health initiatives. BOSS believes that those closest to the problem are closest to the solution: over 50% of staff (80% in reentry programs) have lived experience and are expert peer mentors and agents of change. Our programs are divided into three core strategies:

HOUSING SECURITY: Emergency shelters, permanent housing facilities, rental assistance, housing search/placement support, and housing retention support.
WELLNESS & EMPOWERMENT: Multidisciplinary services for individuals and families (primarily people of color) impacted by systemic inequity including incarceration and criminal justice system involvement - health/mental services and trauma response, violence prevention/intervention and neighborhood outreach, education, training and employment services, safe neighborhood events, and more.
SOCIAL JUSTICE: Changing the root causes of inequity through collaborative advocacy/organizing, leadership development, civic engagement and voter education.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Homeless & Housing
Advocacy & Human Rights, Homeless & Housing

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

(37.87127,-122.27243)
 

SKILLS

  • Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
  • Interactive/Social Media/SEO
  • Graphic Design / Print
  • Graphic Design
  • Social Media / Blogging
  • Verbal / Written Communication

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 18
  • 5-10 hours per week
  • While the work can mostly be done remotely, we are looking for interns who are willing and able to spend some time on-site, visit programs, and attend BOSS events.

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