JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Radical Hospitality Housekeeping Crew Member (Part-Time Salary) Highlander is searching for a talented, self-motivated, and detail-oriented Housekeeper to serve on the Radical Hospitality team. The Radical Hospitality team provides hospitality to Highlander’s visiting program participants and other guests. As a member of the team with whom guests will often interact most directly and frequently while at Highlander, an important part of this role is clearly communicating the story and work of Highlander. With all of Highlander’s staff, this role will contribute to Highlander’s educational and accompaniment work as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in the
Human Resources Manager // Gerente de Recursos HumanosHighlander Research and Education Center [Note: Actual title to be consistent with Highlander’s current titling structure is “People and Culture Coordinator”] // [Nota: El título real para ser consistente con la estructura de cargos actual de Highlander es “Coordinadx de Personas y Cultura”] The Highlander Mission // La Misión de HighlanderHighlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South. We work with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny. Through popular education, participatory research,
Bookkeeper/Fiscal Specialist Organization Summary The Highlander Research and Education Center is a 90 year-old popular education center that works with grassroots groups in Appalachia and across the U.S. South to promote social and economic justice. Highlander’s long and proud history includes cutting edge work with labor education and organizing, the Civil Rights Movement, environmental justice in Appalachia, and more recently, the changing demographics of our region. Widely acclaimed as a leadership development center for grassroots activists across race, culture and generations, Highlander is world-renowned as a beacon for progressive organizing. Overview of position: This position will provide bookkeeping support to
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Librarian & Archivist (Full-time, permanent) Highlander is searching for a skilled Assistant Librarian & Archivist for a full-time permanent position. The Harry Lasker Memorial Library and Archives are a critical part of Highlander’s educational work. Housed on-site in the new Septima Clark Learning Center and in several off-site archives throughout the US, Highlander’s library and archives are vital resources for the thousands of grassroots leaders, popular educators, scholar-activists, writers, and visitors who seek Highlander’s support annually. With the new library and archives in place, we have undertaken upgrades in all of our systems, and this position will
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Development Coordinator (Full-Time, Salaried, Exempt) The Highlander Research and Education Center seeks a full-time Development Coordinator to support and lead the staff that is responsible for cultivating and stewarding foundation and individual gifts and relationships, creatively building and nurturing an organizational culture of power-building through fund- and friend-raising, and educating donors about Highlander’s storied work and current priorities. With everyone in Highlander’s staff and broader ecosystem, this role will contribute to Highlander’s educational and accompaniment work as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia, across US South, and beyond. Learn more about Highlander’s current and
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Development Specialist for Grants & Foundation Relationships Highlander is searching for a talented, self-starting, and organized Development Specialist for Grants & Foundation Relationships to join our Development & Communications staff. The role will help Highlander acquire grant support and other philanthropic funding by telling the story and impact of Highlander’s educational and accompaniment work as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in the US South and beyond. Learn more about Highlander’s current and past work here: https://www.highlandercenter.org/our-story/ ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES Highlander’s Development Specialist for Grants & Foundation Relationships will be the primary grant researcher, writer, and
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Development Specialist for Grants & Foundation Relationships Highlander is searching for a talented, self-starting, and organized Development Specialist for Grants & Foundation Relationships to join our Development & Communications staff. The role will help Highlander acquire grant support and other philanthropic funding by telling the story and impact of Highlander’s educational and accompaniment work as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in the US South and beyond. Learn more about Highlander’s current and past work here: https://www.highlandercenter.org/our-story/ ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES Highlander’s Development Specialist for Grants & Foundation Relationships will be the primary grant researcher, writer, and
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Development Coordinator (Full-Time, Salaried, Exempt) The Highlander Research and Education Center seeks a full-time Development Coordinator to support and lead the staff that is responsible for cultivating and stewarding foundation and individual gifts and relationships, creatively building and nurturing an organizational culture of power-building through fund- and friend-raising, and educating donors about Highlander’s storied work and current priorities. With everyone in Highlander’s staff and broader ecosystem, this role will contribute to Highlander’s educational and accompaniment work as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia, across US South, and beyond. Learn more about Highlander’s current and
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Librarian & Archivist (Full-time, permanent) Highlander is searching for a skilled Assistant Librarian & Archivist for a full-time permanent position. The Harry Lasker Memorial Library and Archives are a critical part of Highlander’s educational work. Housed on-site in the new Septima Clark Learning Center and in several off-site archives throughout the US, Highlander’s library and archives are vital resources for the thousands of grassroots leaders, popular educators, scholar-activists, writers, and visitors who seek Highlander’s support annually. With the new library and archives in place, we have undertaken upgrades in all of our systems, and this position will
Bookkeeper/Fiscal Specialist Organization Summary The Highlander Research and Education Center is a 90 year-old popular education center that works with grassroots groups in Appalachia and across the U.S. South to promote social and economic justice. Highlander’s long and proud history includes cutting edge work with labor education and organizing, the Civil Rights Movement, environmental justice in Appalachia, and more recently, the changing demographics of our region. Widely acclaimed as a leadership development center for grassroots activists across race, culture and generations, Highlander is world-renowned as a beacon for progressive organizing. Overview of position: This position will provide bookkeeping support to
Human Resources Manager // Gerente de Recursos HumanosHighlander Research and Education Center [Note: Actual title to be consistent with Highlander’s current titling structure is “People and Culture Coordinator”] // [Nota: El título real para ser consistente con la estructura de cargos actual de Highlander es “Coordinadx de Personas y Cultura”] The Highlander Mission // La Misión de HighlanderHighlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South. We work with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny. Through popular education, participatory research,
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Radical Hospitality Housekeeping Crew Member (Part-Time Salary) Highlander is searching for a talented, self-motivated, and detail-oriented Housekeeper to serve on the Radical Hospitality team. The Radical Hospitality team provides hospitality to Highlander’s visiting program participants and other guests. As a member of the team with whom guests will often interact most directly and frequently while at Highlander, an important part of this role is clearly communicating the story and work of Highlander. With all of Highlander’s staff, this role will contribute to Highlander’s educational and accompaniment work as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in the
1959 Highlander Way
New Market, TN 37820
(865) 933-3443
hrec@highlandercenter.org