This campaigner will run an innovative and strategic campaign, working closely with climate partners, to make New York a leader on fighting climate change. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, an experienced and successful campaigner, a solid project manager, skilled with digital platforms, and a talented writer.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Campaign planning and implementation
- Developing relationships with current and prospective partner organizations across NY state, securing their engagement in Fossil Free New York plans
- Building and strengthening a Fossil Free New York coalition
- Initiating and organizing events and pickets and supporting and recruiting to partner-led events
- Recruiting and maintaining a core group of diverse volunteers for online and offline activities, including phone and text banking
- Writing and contributing to blogs, email blasts, letters to the editor, and media releases. Writing and project managing the production of event specific materials
- Developing relationships with key elected officials and staff
- Acting as a campaign spokesperson, developing relationships with key media
- Travel around New York State
Skills/Experience:
- 3+ years campaign experience.
- Experience working closely with partners including building out effective and nimble coalitions.
- Experience recruiting, coordinating and energizing diverse teams of offline and online volunteers.
- Creativity and comfort with experimenting with new tools and tactics, and a sharp instinct for finding creative opportunities to build campaign momentum or get a message across.
- Access to reliable transportation to travel around the state.
- Excitement to engage in and support the organization's commitment to advancing and creating an equitable and inclusive work culture.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with team members who are often remote.
- Excellent time management skills and commitment to healthy work-life balance.
Additional Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of political context in New York State, with existing relationships to progressive and climate organizations in New York.
- Spanish proficiency
- Experience recruiting for mass mobilizations, days of action or town halls.
- Experience with using and engaging in peaceful civil disobedience
- Experience using social media (e.g. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) for an organization or campaign.
- Experience at the intersection of online and offline organizing, mobilization, and direct action.
- Experience working in communities of color and frontline communities
How to Apply:
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Aug 20 2018
Active Until:
Sep 20 2018
Hiring Organization:
350.org
industry:
Nonprofit