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ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND
Capaces, also known as the CAPACES Leadership Institute (CLI) was established in July of 2011 to prepare emerging leaders in the Latina/o communities of the Mid-Willamette Valley to lead community-based non-profits and for public service. In Spanish, CAPACES means both “we are capable” and “capabilities”. The acronym stands for Colaboración Adelantando a Personal de Apoyo para Capacitarnos, Enlazarnos y Solidarizarnos (Collaborative Assisting Personnel to Advance our Capacity, Engagement and Solidarity). However, the work began as a project out of PCUN, one of our sister organizations, back in 2003.
Capaces was founded to prepare leaders with the political consciousness and skills needed to lead and support social justice work. We envision a Latina/o community with equitable leadership representation in all sectors that is working to address social disparities. Our guiding values are commitment, courage, humility, equity and justice, sacrifice, and sustainability.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Woodburn, Oregon at the center of the Mid-Valley of Oregon. Capaces currently has 25 staff members and a seven-person Board of Directors.
- Mission – Capaces strengthens the wellness, capacity, and political consciousness of individuals, organizations, movements, and community to eliminate social disparities.
- Vision – Equilibrium, harmony, prosperity, and abundance for our communities and our planet while honoring our history, our present, and future generations.
- Values – Holistic Wellness, Fluidity, Tequio (Collectivism, Community, Giving Back), and ‘El Espíritu de la Abuela’ (The spirit of the grandmother).
Capaces Operations Coordinator
Position: Capaces Operations Coordinator
Type: Regular Full-Time
Program: Administration
Reports to: Capaces’ Deputy Director
Pay Range: Salary ($50,000- $55,000) – DOE depending on experience
Work Setting: In-Person (Woodburn and Turner Locations)
Hiring timeline: ASAP
Application Deadline: January 3, 2025 (Applications will be reviewed the following week)
*To apply submit a cover letter and resume (with TWO references) to: jules@capacesleadership.org
Position Summary
The Operations Coordinator is responsible for the organization’s efficient and effective day-to-day operations. This position’s primary areas of responsibility are (1) managing and coordinating the use, upkeep, and compliance of Capaces main headquarters and its Anahuac Farm’s office and surrounding educational program activity spaces as well as the belongings of those spaces, (2) coordinating employee-related systems and supports, and (3) providing administrative support across teams.
Duties and Responsibilities
Facilities and Belongings:
— Manage and coordinate the use, upkeep, and compliance of Woodburn’s Capaces office and building and its belongings (equipment, furniture, materials, supplies) to ensure strong workplace health and safety for all. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Managing and coordinating the use of the facility for Capaces staff and partners
- Managing and coordinating the general maintenance, inventory, repairs, safety, and security of the facility and its belongings
- Coordinating the purchasing of facility materials and supplies needed for day-to-day operations
— Coordinate the use, upkeep, and compliance of the Capaces Anahuac Farm’s office and surrounding educational program activity spaces in Turner and its belongings (equipment, materials, supplies) to ensure strong workplace health and safety for all. This includes, but it’s not limited to:
- Coordinating the use of Anahuac Farm’s office and surrounding educational program activity spaces in close collaboration with the Anahuac Program Operations Manger
- Coordinate the general maintenance, inventory, repairs, safety, and security of the Anahuac Farm’s office, surrounding program activity spaces, and their belongings in close collaboration with the Anahuac Farm Caretaker and Anahuac Program Operating Manager.
- Supporting the purchasing of materials and supplies needed for the program’s day-to-day operations
Human Resource Support:
- Serve as the primary coordinator for the use and upkeep of the organization’s employee benefits.
- Maintain HR in accordance with document retention policy
- Ensures that the organization’s general policies are up-to-date and in compliance with current labor laws and other federal or state laws and policies
- Support accounting and finance staff in payroll completion coordination and complete payroll.
- Support coordination of employee evaluation system and process.
- Serve as the CLI Board liaison by coordinating all board activities, including general meetings, committed meetings, and retreats.
- Coordinate staff activities and events (e.g., Staff meetings, retreats, staff appreciation activities)
- Lead employee onboarding and exit interview process
- Served as the primary contact for organizational inquiries (phone calls, office drop-ins, office and general info@capacesleadership.org emails) are handled efficiently, timely, and are customer-friendly.
- Provide general IT support of logins and passwords to organizational accounts.
- Serve as the first point of contact for employee questions related to day-to-date operations.
Other Administrative and Program Supports:
- Manage the organization’s insurance policies to ensure we are current and in compliance, including workers compensation and liability insurance (commercial, automobile, employer liability)
- Support purchasing and processing invoices for CLI projects.
Qualifications
- Commitment to the values, purpose, and vision of Capaces
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Experience in management or operations role
- Ability to work flexible hours (some evenings and weekends required)
- Ability to work independently and effectively
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
Benefits
- PTO and generous winter break leave
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Employee Wellness Fund Stipend
How to Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume (with TWO references) to: jules@capacesleadership.org
Deadline to Apply: January 3, 2025 (Applications will be reviewed the following week)
OCTPET Postsecondary Outreach Coordinator
Position: OCTPET Postsecondary Outreach Coordinator
Type: Regular Full-Time / Regular Part-Time
Program: OPEN
Reports to: Capaces’ Executive Director with close support from the OCTPET Project Manager
Pay Range: Salary ($50,000- $55,000) – DOE depending on experience
Work Setting: Hybrid & In-Person (Woodburn and Turner Locations)
Hiring timeline: ASAP
Period of Employment: 1 year upon hiring, renewal is depending on funding and performance
Application Deadline: January 10, 2025 (Applications will be reviewed the following week)
*To apply submit a cover letter and resume (with TWO references) to: jaime@capacesleadership.org
Program Description
Oregon Community Table on Postsecondary Education and Training (OCTPET)
Our Purpose: To Transform our postsecondary higher education system to better serve underrepresented and underserved students in Oregon by advocating for equity, access, affordability, and policy change.
OCTPET Is Oregon’s first statewide community advocacy group focused on addressing the disparities in education of our underrepresented and underserved students in postsecondary education and training. However, our roots stem from CAPACES Leadership Institute following the work of former Representative Teresa Alonso Leon where she led the Joint Task Force on Underrepresented Students in Higher Education in 2022. Through this Task Force they centered the voices of underrepresented Students and developed policies reflecting student needs in financial aid, student wrap around services and accountability. Our work as an advocacy group for upcoming legislative sessions is to advocate and join coalitions working to pass policies that we have identified as key important issues that help meet the needs of our students.
Position Summary
The Postsecondary Outreach Coordinator is responsible for developing and overseeing outreach projects and initiatives that help increase the visibility of our programs. This role involves strategizing outreach efforts, coordinating training events, managing communications and building relationships with our universities, community colleges and their surrounding communities. Underrepresented and underserved students have historically not participated in the legislature to share their lived experiences related to their college experience, whether they attend a university or community college. Our program aims to remove the barrios that inhibit everyday students from voicing their issues or telling their stories by having them go through our Civic and advocacy training program to ensure student voices are being heard during legislative days, and during legislative sessions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and implement strategic outreach plans
- Coordinate and manage outreach events and activities
- Recruit students, parents, community partners
- Provide Civic and Advocacy Trainings
- Build and maintain relationships with postsecondary education partners and stakeholders
- Work with Program Coordinator and Interns to create and distribute outreach materials such as flyers, communicate on social media and other forms of communication
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the trainings and outreach work
- Work with Program lead and OCTPET team to meet program goals
- Participate in OCTPET required meetings
- Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices to continuously improve outreach and recruitment efforts
- Organize and attend events related to recruiting students
Qualifications
- Commitment to the values, purpose, and vision of Capaces and its OCTPET Program
- Experience working with underserved and opportunity populations, especially Latine, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant Latine populations.
- Bilingual and Bicultural in English/Spanish
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, Social Science, or similar experience preferred
- At least two years of experience in outreach, community engagement or recruitment, specially with a student population
- Proficiency with social media and digital marketing tools
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience planning and coordinating events
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Ability to analyze data and evaluate outreach efforts
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other Office Suite Software (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Problem solving skills and ability to adapt to changing situations
- Ability to work independently and effectively lead teams
- Willingness to work some evenings and weekends.
Benefits
- PTO and generous winter break leave
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Employee Wellness Fund Stipend
How to Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume (with TWO references) to: jaime@capacesleadership.org
Deadline to Apply: January 10, 2025 (Applications will be reviewed the following week)
Anahuac Educational Programming Operations Manager
Position: Anahuac Educational Programming Operations Manager
Type: Regular Full-Time
Program: Anahuac
Reports to: Capaces’ Director of Programs
Pay Range: Salary ($58,000- $65,000) – DOE depending on experience
Work Setting: Hybrid & In-Person (Woodburn and Turner Locations)
Hiring timeline: ASAP
Application Deadline: January 15, 2025 (Applications will be reviewed the following week)
*To apply submit a cover letter and resume (with TWO references) to: inge@capacesleadership.org
Program Description
Somos Anahuac: We are migratory seeds, having traveled by land, water and air from our native lands of the South to the Pacific Northwest Territory of our continent. We understand what it means to adapt to and survive in a new climate as much as what it means to preserve our culture and protect our way of life. We are resilient as we learn to grow in new soils but are reminded no matter where we grow on this continent we are the people of the corn, the Indigenous peoples of Anahuac (what is now referred to as the entire continent of America), who have something valuable to contribute to humanity.
Anahuac Program Values:
- COEXISTENCE: to honor interconnected relationships with all living beings and the natural elements of life
- TEQUITL: of the Nahuatl language; to practice our Indigenous custom of work or labor in service for the benefit of the community
- RECIPROCITY: to carry mutual respect in our hearts for all life by practicing exchange and giving back for what is received
- TRADITION: to maintain and promote our ancestral traditions and knowledge in agriculture, food, wellness, language and cultural arts
- EQUITY: to acknowledge the systemic and historical oppression that has impacted communities, all life and the heart of Mother Earth while exercising inclusion and fairness to heal future relationships
- COLLECTIVISM: to support and work in partnership with multigenerational families and other communities who share our values
- GOODNESS: to practice good intention for the wellbeing and prosperity of the community
- BALANCE: to create space for ancestral ceremonies where we silence the mitote and live from the heart to best engage with our inner self and surrounding world
Anahuac Program Mission:
Anahuac is a community centered program and farm of Capaces Leadership Institute located in Turner, Oregon surrounded by the Willamette Valley of the Pacific Northwest. The farms in our valley rely on our community, who are often referred to as farmworkers, to sustain our country’s food supply and monoculture system. Our mission is to support our migrant Indigenous communities of the Americas to reclaim our ancestral culture, traditions, knowledge and values and restore sacred relationships with all life and Mother Earth for generations to come. Acting as a bridge between ancestral and contemporary times, we offer traditional education in agriculture, culinary and cultural arts, wellness and Indigenous languages. We also believe that in order for humanity and Mother Earth to heal we must walk together with our brothers, sisters and two spirits from all four directions who share our values for a greater common good. Through Anahuac, the wisdom and values of our abuelos y abuelas remains strong in our hearts and lives on for many generations to come.
Anahuac Program Vision:
We envision a world in which communities are empowered with the freedom of choice, accessibility and restoration of responsibility to practice the ways of their ancestors to sustain humanity, all life and our Mother Earth for many generations to come.
Position Summary
The Anahuac Program Operations Manager is intended for a community member who has shown dedication, passion, belief in Anahuac’s ancestral values, and the motivation to continue growing as a leader for our future generations.The position is responsible for overseeing and managing the Anahuac Program’s day-to-day operation of its traditional educational programming. This includes leading the planning and implementation of all program activities as well as co-leading the evaluation process to ensure the programs’ overall success. They are to manage and support the development of the traditional educational programming staff. They are also responsible for ensuring there is a strong workplace health and safety for all.
Duties and Responsibilities
Program Planning and Delivery
- Lead and oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of Anahuac’s traditional educational programming including its Traditional Agriculture & Culinary Arts, Traditional Wellness, Cultural Arts, Indigenous Languages, and Intercultural Exchanges.
- This includes developing and implementing annual work plans with clear goals, activities, metrics, roles, and timelines aligned with program mission, values, and funder deliverables.
- Support the delivery of program activity as needed and capacity permits.
People and Programming
- Manage and support the development of the educational programming staff. This includes establishing work schedules, ongoing team meetings and individual check-ins, carrying-out staff evaluations, identifying and implementing staff development opportunities, and ensuring all other human resource needs are met.
- Manage program contractors for traditional educational programming delivery
- Lead and oversee program participant registration & tracking processes and systems
- Support with program external partnerships as needed
Program Budget and Grant Support
- Coordinate with Program Development Manager and Grants & Government Relations Manager to ensure grant reporting needs are met.
- Maintain up-to-date the program budget in collaboration the Program Development Manager and Programs Director
- Support the program purchasing needs and expense reconciliation
- Support the program fundraising efforts as needed and capacity permits
Program Work Spaces
- Manage in close collaboration with the Capaces Operations Coordinator the use, upkeep, and compliance of the Capaces Anahuac Farm’s office and surrounding educational program activity spaces in Turner and its belongings (equipment, materials, supplies) to ensure there is a strong workplace health and safety for all.
- Support the traditional food production as needed and capacity permits
Qualifications
- Commitment to the values, purpose, and vision of Capaces and its Anahuac Program
- Experience managing teams and programs in multicultural educational spaces preferred
- Experience working with underserved and opportunity populations, especially migrant Indigenous, Afro-descendant Indigenous and Latino populations.
- Experience working in non-profit farm operations and/or educational programming preferred
- Bilingual language ability in English, Spanish, or an Indigenous Language required or Trilingual (English/Spanish/Indigenous Language) preferred
- Ability to work independently and collectively, take initiative and leadership within a team
- Willingness to work some evenings and weekends.
- Strong time-management skills including being punctual completing tasks in a timely manner.
- Have a driver’s license and have their own transportation.
- Culturally competent and aware of Indigenous cosmovision and ethnic diversity within our communities
- Technology Proficiency: strong ability to use and navigate Google Drive including Gmail, Calendar, Mail, or a file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides
- Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to engage with professional and popular cultural ways of communication
- Initiative: Creative, critical and analytical thinking abilities when it comes to implementing new procedures and systems of integrating both administrative and programmatic areas of work
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines simultaneously
- Ability to collaborate with diverse populations
- Ability to be flexible and creative in response to changing circumstances
Benefits
- PTO and generous winter break leave
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Employee Wellness Fund Stipend
How to Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume (with TWO references) to: inge@capacesleadership.org
Deadline to Apply: January 15, 2025 (Applications will be reviewed the following week)