We’re looking for a Temporary Organizer (for 4 months) to build 350.org’s base and membership in the United States, bring those members and groups into campaigns and develop leadership.
About 350.org
350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. 350.org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action. We want to be a laboratory for the best ways to strengthen the climate movement and catalyze transformation around the world. The values that guide and drive our work are listed here.
350.org is an equal opportunity employer. 350.org strives to be an inclusive and collaborative group of people who bring a variety of approaches to the work we do. We’re committed to the principles of justice, and we try to build a safe workplace where everyone is treated fairly and enjoys working together. We value new perspectives, ideas of all sorts, and different ways of working. Diverse perspectives and experiences improve the way 350.org carries out our work – including what we decide to work on and how creatively/effectively we do that. We do our best to make staff positions accessible to all potential team members, regardless of race, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, assigned gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or identity, religion or creed, veteran status, marital or parental status, and genetic information. We also strive to include team members in communities most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice.
About the Temporary Organizer Position
To build 350.org’s base and membership in the United States, bring those members and groups into campaigns and develop leadership. The temporary organizer will use traditional organizing skills and digital platforms to recruit members, activists and leaders to join and take action on a campaign focused on utility companies and changing how power is delivered in the United States, with an emphasis on both the energy transition and how BIPOC and lower-income white communities experience issues around utilities. The organizer will also support individuals and groups on leadership development, strategic planning, campaign development and organizing coordination.
Responsibilities:
- Work as part of the U.S. Organizing team to grow the scale, capacity and diversity of our activist network and mobilize the public around 350’s utility campaign
- Use traditional organizing and digital platforms to coach local groups and volunteers on organizing skills, movement building, campaigns, mobilization and creative action, help to develop local group leadership, infrastructure and capacity.
- Assist in development of organizing plans for 350.org’s utility campaign, recruit local groups and partners to participate in campaigns, actions and mass mobilizations
- Recruit and coach volunteers to participate.
Engage in substantial on-line outreach and recruitment, with an emphasis towards moving activists and volunteers from on-line to off-line. - Be part of the organizing team that is iterating and experimenting around a variety of organizing models and solutions.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in the nuts and bolts of organizing including recruiting, organizing, training, and supporting volunteer-led grassroots organizations and experience supporting the development of effective leaders.
- Experience or familiarity organizing with an orientation to movement building and broader social justice approach, including working in diverse coalitions, especially in communities of color, low-income communities, and communities impacted by climate change.
- Campaign strategy, planning, and volunteer management experience.
- Proven ability to work effectively with people from diverse racial, ethnic, class, age, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
- Ability to adapt to and juggle evolving and competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Comfortable working independently as part of a remote team and communicating over phone, Slack, and messaging programs.
- Enthusiasm and ability to travel up to 25% of your staff time including a valid driver’s license and clean driving record
Desired (but not required) skills and experiences
- Experience working on grassroots campaigns to influence decision makers.
- Experience building or leading a local activist organization, including creating effective structures, decision-making and campaign development.
- Fluency in additional languages beyond English (particularly Spanish)
- Experience creating externally facing, written and/or visual content for organizing campaigns
- Familiarity or excitement to learn digital organizing skills using new strategies and platforms.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management & organizational skills and ability to keep track of multiple projects and relationships.
We are looking for someone who is comfortable working remotely, both independently & on teams, and who is highly responsive, able to lead initiatives while also taking direction from others.
Position Type: This is a fixed-term full-time position. The length of employment will be 4 months.
Compensation: SG 1.3 at USD 75,000 (annualized income)
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