Part Time Office Manager

UPROSE Part-Time Office Manager

Commitment: 20-25 hours per week

Compensation: $34.00 per hour

Location: Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY

Who We Are

Founded in 1966, UPROSE is an intergenerational, BIWOC-led, internationally recognized community organization working at the intersection of racial justice and climate change through community-based planning and research, policy advocacy, popular education, organizing, artistic expression, and youth leadership development.

UPROSE works with community members and institutions, governmental agencies, technical assistance partners, and private stakeholders to advance a Just Transition away from fossil fuels and toward a regenerative economy.

For more than five decades, UPROSE has built community power in Sunset Park and beyond by centering the leadership, knowledge, and experiences of frontline communities. Our work is rooted in the belief that the communities most impacted by environmental and climate injustice should be at the center of developing solutions and shaping the future.

Job Description

Provide support to a small high-impact team including the Executive Director and Executive Assistant with maintaining the UPROSE Climate Justice Center. Position requires a can-do attitude–collaborative, kind, patient, upbeat, and diligent. Must be able to navigate professional and interpersonal relationships through a liberation-practice lens.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure office spaces are well-maintained, organized, warm and welcoming
• Work with maintenence and security crews before, during, and after events
• Coordinate with movement partners who are using the space
• Support team with our hydroponics systems
• Maintain supplies inventory, replenishment, and security of high value equipment
• Work with building management on structural maintenance e.g. leaks and water damage
• Schedule regular maintenance of HVAC units, office technology, and other utilities
• Support with the UPROSE car (Driver’s License required)
• Offer other staffing and event coverage support as availability, bandwidth, or skills allow

Equal Opportunity

UPROSE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, disability, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by law.

Women, people of color, LGBTQ+ candidates, and people with deep connections to frontline communities are strongly encouraged to apply.