Job Details

Position: Backup Dispatcher & Program Assistant

Program: Immigrant Rights and Community Empowerment (IRCE)

Reports to: SFILEN Program Manager

Compensation: $24 per hour, Full-Time, Temporary till June 2026. This position will be reviewed for extension when funding available. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending account, commuter benefits, paid holiday, paid sick leave, generous vacation with Summer Recess and Winter Recess, and 401(K) with employer matching.

Deadline: Immediately interviewing on a rolling basis until position is filled.

About the Organization:

Mission Action has been growing rapidly, therefore, we have created a lot of new positions in different programs. Please consider joining our team to serve the communities.

Mission Action nurtures individual wellness and cultivates collective power among low-income and immigrant communities to create a more just society. As a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization, we work to improve lives on an individual level as well as affect broader social change by engaging in advocacy and community organizing. We work together across programs to address homelessness, lack of affordable housing, and to support immigrant rights in order to meet the complex needs of our communities and collectively address the root causes of suffering and injustice. To learn more about our organization's model and impact, we encourage you to watch the following video.

Program Description:

The Immigrant Rights and Community Empowerment Program (IRCE), a program of Mission Action was established in 2018 to improve the impact of immigrant rights work in San Francisco through coalition building and infusing the coalitions and their work with a transformative/healing justice lens. IRCE provides leadership and coordination to the San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network (SFILEN) and the San Francisco Rapid Response Network (SFRRN).

Position Description:

The Backup Hotline Dispatcher & Program Assistant supports program administration and implementation for IRCE's two immigrant rights collaboratives, SFILEN and SFRRN. As Backup Hotline Dispatcher, this position is the staff providing coverage when needed including evening, weekend, and holidays on SFRRN's immigrant rights hotline, which provides critical resource referrals and response to ICE emergencies in San Francisco. As Program Assistant, this position provides critical data entry, translation, and logistical support for SFILEN, which provides legal services and Know Your Rights education to low-income immigrants citywide.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Dispatcher Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide coverage as needed including evening, weekend, and holidays on the SF Rapid Response Hotline as a dispatcher, appropriately referring and advising callers, completing intakes, and responding to emergencies when necessary
• Together with SFRRN Program Coordinator, respond to confirmed ICE emergencies, including those that happen outside of normal business hours, as needed
• Monitor, track, and problem-solve technical issues to ensure community access to the hotline is uninterrupted
• Manage scheduling for SFRRN dispatcher team and facilitate monthly team meetings to discuss emerging issues
• Maintain and update all hotline dispatcher training materials, including timely updates related to ICE enforcement policies, court protocols, and other issues that may impact community members calling the hotline
• Support the training and onboarding process for new hotline dispatchers
• Transcribe all hotline calls, tracking trends and identifying opportunities for system improvement

2. Program Assistant Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support grant management through monthly data entry, compilation of narrative reports, and tracking of services rendered by subcontractors
• Support program logistics and communications, including sending email reminders, logistics for calls and meetings, participating in event planning and outreach, social media and website support, etc.
• Translate notes from English to Spanish and vice versa
• Research projects on immigration policies, community resources, and other subjects as assigned
• Participate in team meetings and communicate proactively with SFILEN and SFRRN Coordinators
• Effectively prioritize multiple tasks and responsibilities, elevating issues to Coordinators as necessary

Other Organizational Duties:

• Conduct business in accordance with the Mission Action Employee Handbook, exercising sound judgment and serving the best interests of the agency and the community
• Work within the framework of the agency's mission, vision, values, theory of change, and organization's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, restorative justice, trauma-informed work, and language justice.
• Commit yourself to treating each community member with respect and dignity
• Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Background in and passion for working with low-income and immigrant communities around issues of affordable housing, land use, and/or immigrant & worker rights; familiarity with these issues in the Mission District and San Francisco, highly desired.
• Fluency in Spanish required, including ability to provide written translation of documents
• Excellent word-processing and computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Must possess emotional intelligence and be well resourced to deal with vicarious trauma experienced through the Hotline work
• Must be well organized, efficient, highly motivated, and able to handle multiple tasks at once, work well under pressure, and take initiative
• Must have outstanding written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, superb attention to detail, and excellent phone manner
• Ability to work independently

Mission Action (www.missionaction.org) is an equal-opportunity employer which values lived experience and seeks applicants of the greatest diversity possible. We encourage people of color, women, older people, members of the LGBTQ community, and individuals with disabilities, including HIV and community members who grew up in the Mission District. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.