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Green Corps 2009-2010 Field School for Environmental Organizing
Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.
In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Greenpeace. And, when you graduate from Green Corps, we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.
For more information, read below or visit our web site: www.greencorps.org.
In your year with Green Corps:
You’ll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corps organizers take part in trainings with leading figures in the environmental and social change movements: people such as Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, author and organizer of the “Step It Up” rallies for climate action.
You’ll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the country: Green Corps sends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Environment America. Potential locations include, but are not limited to, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Madison, WI and dozens of places in between. You must be willing to relocate during your year with Green Corps.
You’ll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems we’re facing today: Green Corps organizers have built the campaigns that helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led to new laws that support clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumping in our oceans and much, much more.
You’ll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750. Organizers also have a chance to opt into our health care program with a pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those who qualify.
And when you graduate from the program, you’ll be ready for what comes next: Green Corps will help connect you to environmental and progressive groups that are looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and help them create social change and protect our environment.
Check out some of our founders, alum, campaign partners and staff tell the story of Green Corps:
In the next few months, we‘ll invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2009-2010. We’re looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, people who have taken initiative on their campus or community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over the long haul.
If you think you’re one of those people, visit http://www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the 2009-2010 class of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing.
Green Corps’ year-long program begins in August 2009 with Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.
For more information, visit www.greencorps.org or contact Ben Walsh, Recruitment Director, at jobs@greencorps.org.
Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.
In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Greenpeace. And, when you graduate from Green Corps, we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.
For more information, read below or visit our web site: www.greencorps.org.
In your year with Green Corps:
You’ll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corps organizers take part in trainings with leading figures in the environmental and social change movements: people such as Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, author and organizer of the “Step It Up” rallies for climate action.
You’ll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the country: Green Corps sends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Environment America. Potential locations include, but are not limited to, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Madison, WI and dozens of places in between. You must be willing to relocate during your year with Green Corps.
You’ll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems we’re facing today: Green Corps organizers have built the campaigns that helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led to new laws that support clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumping in our oceans and much, much more.
You’ll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750. Organizers also have a chance to opt into our health care program with a pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those who qualify.
And when you graduate from the program, you’ll be ready for what comes next: Green Corps will help connect you to environmental and progressive groups that are looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and help them create social change and protect our environment.
Check out some of our founders, alum, campaign partners and staff tell the story of Green Corps:
In the next few months, we‘ll invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2009-2010. We’re looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, people who have taken initiative on their campus or community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over the long haul.
If you think you’re one of those people, visit http://www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the 2009-2010 class of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing.
Green Corps’ year-long program begins in August 2009 with Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.
For more information, visit www.greencorps.org or contact Ben Walsh, Recruitment Director, at jobs@greencorps.org.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
U.S. PIRG Fellowships - Madison, WI
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if the health care you receive had everything to do with your health and nothing to do with your bank account?
What if they held an election and everyone came?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
If you want a job where you can work to solve problems each day, consider a job with U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group).
U.S. PIRG is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform and more.
The goal of a PIRG Fellowship is to help develop leaders for the public interest movement. As a PIRG Fellow, you gain hands-on experience in organizing, advocating and leading public interest campaigns in your first two years on staff. More importantly, you get real results, whether at the local, state or federal level. And your experience is complemented by intensive training and the direction and advice of a senior mentor.
As a Fellow, you are placed in a position working on energy efficiency, consumer protection, health care, campaign reform, or another social problem. You conduct research, make the case for solutions, act as a spokesperson to the media, build diverse coalitions, write grants, and develop the kind of politically powerful support you need to win.
We have PIRG Fellowships in Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Baltimore, MD; Ann Arbor, MI; St. Louis, MO; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA.
Salary & Training:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
*Salary and benefits vary in California and New York.
What if the health care you receive had everything to do with your health and nothing to do with your bank account?
What if they held an election and everyone came?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
If you want a job where you can work to solve problems each day, consider a job with U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group).
U.S. PIRG is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform and more.
The goal of a PIRG Fellowship is to help develop leaders for the public interest movement. As a PIRG Fellow, you gain hands-on experience in organizing, advocating and leading public interest campaigns in your first two years on staff. More importantly, you get real results, whether at the local, state or federal level. And your experience is complemented by intensive training and the direction and advice of a senior mentor.
As a Fellow, you are placed in a position working on energy efficiency, consumer protection, health care, campaign reform, or another social problem. You conduct research, make the case for solutions, act as a spokesperson to the media, build diverse coalitions, write grants, and develop the kind of politically powerful support you need to win.
We have PIRG Fellowships in Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Baltimore, MD; Ann Arbor, MI; St. Louis, MO; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA.
Salary & Training:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
*Salary and benefits vary in California and New York.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Citizen Outreach Director: Run Environmental & Civil Rights Campaigns- Madison
Are you ready to make a difference on the most pressing environmental issues of our generation? Are you ready to stand up to the corporations that are compromising the integrity of our democracy? Are you ready to fight discrimination and defend human rights?
We’ve got the job for you!
The Fund for the Public Interest is currently hiring Citizen Outreach Directors and Assistant Directors to run grassroots canvass offices around the country.
Over the last 15 years, we’ve helped sign up 400,000 members for the state PIRGs, raised millions of dollars each year for the Sierra Club’s priority campaigns, expanded Human Rights Campaigns’ grassroots base into places like Texas, Tennessee and Utah, and much more.
As a Citizen Outreach Director or Assistant Director, you’ll work with environmental and progressive groups like the Sierra Club, Environmental Action, Human Rights Campaign, and state-based environmental groups like Environment California.
Your responsibilities include:
• Recruiting, training, supervising and working alongside a staff of 10-40 canvassers.
• Reaching or exceeding your office’s fundraising and membership goals. Most offices have goals of $250,000 raised and 5,000 members identified each year.
• Overseeing all administrative functions related to fundraising, membership development, campaign work and general office management.
• Taking charge of additional campaign field work including petition and letter-writing drives, coalition-building, news conferences, and grassroots lobbying.
• Directors canvass three to four days per week to train staff, raise money, identify and activate members, and educate the public on the issues.
We have career positions available now for offices in CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, WA and Washington, DC.
And we offer many opportunities for rapid advancement, as we continue to expand into new locations, work with new progressive groups and implement innovative strategies.
To learn more, visit http://www.fundcareers.org.
Salary & Benefits:
New staff will earn $23,750-$25,250 in their first year. The Fund offers a generous benefits package that includes college loan assistance and competitive vacation and holiday policies. Staff are encouraged to join our group health care plan.
Other qualifications:
We are looking for smart, motivated, action-oriented people who are interested in politics, have a commitment to working for the public interest, and are willing to work hard to make change. To do this work, you need stamina. You need to be resourceful on a shoestring budget. You need to be able to convey the sense of urgency and passion you feel about these issues. (In-depth training on campaign strategies, issues and skills is provided.)
We work campaign hours, and are looking for a minimum commitment through August 2009.
Application instructions:
To learn more, please visit http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs/leadership/application2, and make sure you include the following ad code, 'cocr-lt, in the application.
The Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of the Fund for the Public Interest.
We’ve got the job for you!
The Fund for the Public Interest is currently hiring Citizen Outreach Directors and Assistant Directors to run grassroots canvass offices around the country.
Over the last 15 years, we’ve helped sign up 400,000 members for the state PIRGs, raised millions of dollars each year for the Sierra Club’s priority campaigns, expanded Human Rights Campaigns’ grassroots base into places like Texas, Tennessee and Utah, and much more.
As a Citizen Outreach Director or Assistant Director, you’ll work with environmental and progressive groups like the Sierra Club, Environmental Action, Human Rights Campaign, and state-based environmental groups like Environment California.
Your responsibilities include:
• Recruiting, training, supervising and working alongside a staff of 10-40 canvassers.
• Reaching or exceeding your office’s fundraising and membership goals. Most offices have goals of $250,000 raised and 5,000 members identified each year.
• Overseeing all administrative functions related to fundraising, membership development, campaign work and general office management.
• Taking charge of additional campaign field work including petition and letter-writing drives, coalition-building, news conferences, and grassroots lobbying.
• Directors canvass three to four days per week to train staff, raise money, identify and activate members, and educate the public on the issues.
We have career positions available now for offices in CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, WA and Washington, DC.
And we offer many opportunities for rapid advancement, as we continue to expand into new locations, work with new progressive groups and implement innovative strategies.
To learn more, visit http://www.fundcareers.org.
Salary & Benefits:
New staff will earn $23,750-$25,250 in their first year. The Fund offers a generous benefits package that includes college loan assistance and competitive vacation and holiday policies. Staff are encouraged to join our group health care plan.
Other qualifications:
We are looking for smart, motivated, action-oriented people who are interested in politics, have a commitment to working for the public interest, and are willing to work hard to make change. To do this work, you need stamina. You need to be resourceful on a shoestring budget. You need to be able to convey the sense of urgency and passion you feel about these issues. (In-depth training on campaign strategies, issues and skills is provided.)
We work campaign hours, and are looking for a minimum commitment through August 2009.
Application instructions:
To learn more, please visit http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs/leadership/application2, and make sure you include the following ad code, 'cocr-lt, in the application.
The Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of the Fund for the Public Interest.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Campus Organizer - Milwaukee, WI
We’re hiring talented and passionate college graduates and interested others for campus organizing positions.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Campus Organizer - Madison, WI
We’re hiring talented and passionate college graduates and interested others for campus organizing positions.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Environmental Fellowship - Madison
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA is hiring college grads for upcoming campaigns. Also hiring for environmental organizations in other states.
We all want clean air, clean water and open spaces. But it takes independent research and tough-minded advocacy to win concrete results for our environment, especially when powerful interests stand in the way of environmental progress. That's the idea behind Environment America. We focus on protecting America’s air, water and open spaces. We speak out and take action at the local, state and national levels to improve the quality of our environment and our lives.
Environment America is hiring for our Fellowship Program. We're part of a nationwide network of similar state-based environmental organizations that are also hiring. If you're interested in a position in another state, you can apply through Environment America.
Fellowship Program: Job Description
We're hiring recent college graduates and graduating college seniors to help win campaigns with Environment America or one of our partner organizations. By working together, our network's efforts to pass renewable energy standards in the states have already resulted in decreasing global warming pollution - the equivalent of taking 1.5 million cars off the road. We have preserved our natural heritage by securing permanent protection for 58.5 million acres of pristine wilderness areas in 39 states. We protected countless waterways in the states, including the passage of 7 ocean protection bills in California.
Environment America Fellows will get a chance to work with some of the top environmental advocates and organizers in the country, and will have an immediate impact on a critical environmental issue. The Fellowship Program gives recent college graduates the training and experience to assume leadership roles in the environmental movement for the long term.
The Fellowship Program positions include, but are not limited to:
* Issue Associate: As an issue associate, you'll master your issue area and build the kind of powerful support it takes to make your voice heard and change public policy. Responsibilities include: researching and writing reports, developing and coordinating campaigns, preparing legislative testimony, building statewide and national coalitions, organizing media events, raising funds, and meeting with elected officials.
* Field Associate: As a field associate, you'll build and demonstrate support for proposals at the state or federal level to ensure that decision-makers hear from and pay attention to the public. You must quickly master the basics of a variety of issues, and then reach out to individuals, media outlets and organizations to build visibility and gain their support.
Issue associates and field associates may work on any of the following issues: global warming, energy policy, clean air and water, preserving our open spaces, and more. Each associate takes on the critical role of building the organization by canvassing at various times during the year and running a citizen outreach office during the summer.
Qualifications
We are looking for recent college graduates who care about the environment and are driven to preserve it for the future. We look for strong leadership skills, academic excellence, problem solving ability, and top-notch written and verbal skills. We value experience with campus and activist groups.
Training and Experience
A key part of the Environment America mission is to train leaders who are capable of organizing and winning results for the environment. Immediately following an intensive training, fellows are trusted with significant responsibilities in their jobs. The initial training lasts 10 days and is fully paid. Four additional trainings take place during the rest of the year. Training topics include skills and political strategy, and topics are covered in a mix of lectures, classroom briefings and discussions, role-plays, and in-the-field training. Throughout the year, you gain valuable skills and experience in both making your voice heard on the issues and in building an organization through grant-writing, canvassing, recruiting and managing staff, and directing campaigns.
Placement
Fellowship candidates are considered for positions with Environment America and our network of state-based environmental organizations across the country. If you are interested only in particular locations, you will be asked to identify those locations during the interview process. If you are offered a fellowship position, you are guaranteed placement in one of your desired locations. In most cases, final placement, including location and position, occurs during the initial training.
Salary & Benefits*
As a recent graduate, you will earn $23,750 in your first year and $24,250 in your second year. Salary for experienced candidates is commensurate with relevant professional experience and/or advanced degrees. You will be eligible to opt in to our group health plan, and will accrue two weeks paid vacation over the course of your first year, three weeks in your second year and will be eligible to apply for college loan assistance. In your second year, you will also be eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan.
Locations
Our network of environmental organizations is currently hiring for positions in: Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Ann Arbor, MI; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Raleigh, NC; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Madison, WI
How to apply:
Click here to apply online, http://www.environmentamerica.org/jobs/environmental-fellowship, and make sure you include the following ad code 'efid-jh' in the application.
We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
For more information, visit http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs/.
*Salary and Benefits vary in California and New York.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of Environment America.
We all want clean air, clean water and open spaces. But it takes independent research and tough-minded advocacy to win concrete results for our environment, especially when powerful interests stand in the way of environmental progress. That's the idea behind Environment America. We focus on protecting America’s air, water and open spaces. We speak out and take action at the local, state and national levels to improve the quality of our environment and our lives.
Environment America is hiring for our Fellowship Program. We're part of a nationwide network of similar state-based environmental organizations that are also hiring. If you're interested in a position in another state, you can apply through Environment America.
Fellowship Program: Job Description
We're hiring recent college graduates and graduating college seniors to help win campaigns with Environment America or one of our partner organizations. By working together, our network's efforts to pass renewable energy standards in the states have already resulted in decreasing global warming pollution - the equivalent of taking 1.5 million cars off the road. We have preserved our natural heritage by securing permanent protection for 58.5 million acres of pristine wilderness areas in 39 states. We protected countless waterways in the states, including the passage of 7 ocean protection bills in California.
Environment America Fellows will get a chance to work with some of the top environmental advocates and organizers in the country, and will have an immediate impact on a critical environmental issue. The Fellowship Program gives recent college graduates the training and experience to assume leadership roles in the environmental movement for the long term.
The Fellowship Program positions include, but are not limited to:
* Issue Associate: As an issue associate, you'll master your issue area and build the kind of powerful support it takes to make your voice heard and change public policy. Responsibilities include: researching and writing reports, developing and coordinating campaigns, preparing legislative testimony, building statewide and national coalitions, organizing media events, raising funds, and meeting with elected officials.
* Field Associate: As a field associate, you'll build and demonstrate support for proposals at the state or federal level to ensure that decision-makers hear from and pay attention to the public. You must quickly master the basics of a variety of issues, and then reach out to individuals, media outlets and organizations to build visibility and gain their support.
Issue associates and field associates may work on any of the following issues: global warming, energy policy, clean air and water, preserving our open spaces, and more. Each associate takes on the critical role of building the organization by canvassing at various times during the year and running a citizen outreach office during the summer.
Qualifications
We are looking for recent college graduates who care about the environment and are driven to preserve it for the future. We look for strong leadership skills, academic excellence, problem solving ability, and top-notch written and verbal skills. We value experience with campus and activist groups.
Training and Experience
A key part of the Environment America mission is to train leaders who are capable of organizing and winning results for the environment. Immediately following an intensive training, fellows are trusted with significant responsibilities in their jobs. The initial training lasts 10 days and is fully paid. Four additional trainings take place during the rest of the year. Training topics include skills and political strategy, and topics are covered in a mix of lectures, classroom briefings and discussions, role-plays, and in-the-field training. Throughout the year, you gain valuable skills and experience in both making your voice heard on the issues and in building an organization through grant-writing, canvassing, recruiting and managing staff, and directing campaigns.
Placement
Fellowship candidates are considered for positions with Environment America and our network of state-based environmental organizations across the country. If you are interested only in particular locations, you will be asked to identify those locations during the interview process. If you are offered a fellowship position, you are guaranteed placement in one of your desired locations. In most cases, final placement, including location and position, occurs during the initial training.
Salary & Benefits*
As a recent graduate, you will earn $23,750 in your first year and $24,250 in your second year. Salary for experienced candidates is commensurate with relevant professional experience and/or advanced degrees. You will be eligible to opt in to our group health plan, and will accrue two weeks paid vacation over the course of your first year, three weeks in your second year and will be eligible to apply for college loan assistance. In your second year, you will also be eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan.
Locations
Our network of environmental organizations is currently hiring for positions in: Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Ann Arbor, MI; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Raleigh, NC; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Madison, WI
How to apply:
Click here to apply online, http://www.environmentamerica.org/jobs/environmental-fellowship, and make sure you include the following ad code 'efid-jh' in the application.
We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
For more information, visit http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs/.
*Salary and Benefits vary in California and New York.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of Environment America.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Associate Campaign Representative, National Corporation Accountability
Carries out the strategies and activities for corporate accountability initiatives of the national coal campaign. Participates in the development of strategies and priorities. The National Corporate Accountability Organizer coordinates with chapter and national staff and volunteers on a broad, education effort on coal and related energy and conservation issues. Participates in activities and services provided by
the national coal campaign.
Job Activities:
Works to develop and/or support strong Sierra Club committees and
presence in the state on issues of coal and related energy and
conservation issues.
Collaborates in development of campaign strategy and implementation,
including developing strong grassroots networks.
Represents Sierra Club to the public and in the media, including
developing public education and media strategy, in coordination with
staff and volunteers.
Develops positive working relationships with existing coalitions on coal
and related energy and conservation issues; works to build and
sustain issue coalitions.
Educates and trains volunteer leaders, including writing training
materials.
Lobbies public officials on issues of importance to Sierra Club.
Coordinates preparation of special reports and other publications and
alerts.
Participates in political campaign strategy and works on electoral
campaigns.
Participates in various issue committee and conservation meetings.
Monitors or participates in public meetings and local activities around
the state related to coal development and related energy and
conservation issues.
Performs miscellaneous duties as directed.
Seasonal Activities:
Heavier seasonal workloads may occur as a result of project deadlines,
staff absences and vacancies, and during peak activity periods. Frequent
weekend and/or evening work required.
Knowledge and Skills:
B.A./B.S. degree in Environmental Studies, Political Science or a
closely related field.
1-2 years' experience in the environmental field that includes research
and organizing campaigns, press relations and public speaking.
Valid driver's license, satisfactory driving record, and proof of auto
insurance required. Requires extensive travel.
Good written and oral communication skills
Prior experience and ability writing training and information materials.
Prior experience and knowledge of the legislative process.
Demonstrated ability and effectiveness working with volunteers.
Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse
workforce.
Explore, enjoy and protect the planet.
the national coal campaign.
Job Activities:
Works to develop and/or support strong Sierra Club committees and
presence in the state on issues of coal and related energy and
conservation issues.
Collaborates in development of campaign strategy and implementation,
including developing strong grassroots networks.
Represents Sierra Club to the public and in the media, including
developing public education and media strategy, in coordination with
staff and volunteers.
Develops positive working relationships with existing coalitions on coal
and related energy and conservation issues; works to build and
sustain issue coalitions.
Educates and trains volunteer leaders, including writing training
materials.
Lobbies public officials on issues of importance to Sierra Club.
Coordinates preparation of special reports and other publications and
alerts.
Participates in political campaign strategy and works on electoral
campaigns.
Participates in various issue committee and conservation meetings.
Monitors or participates in public meetings and local activities around
the state related to coal development and related energy and
conservation issues.
Performs miscellaneous duties as directed.
Seasonal Activities:
Heavier seasonal workloads may occur as a result of project deadlines,
staff absences and vacancies, and during peak activity periods. Frequent
weekend and/or evening work required.
Knowledge and Skills:
B.A./B.S. degree in Environmental Studies, Political Science or a
closely related field.
1-2 years' experience in the environmental field that includes research
and organizing campaigns, press relations and public speaking.
Valid driver's license, satisfactory driving record, and proof of auto
insurance required. Requires extensive travel.
Good written and oral communication skills
Prior experience and ability writing training and information materials.
Prior experience and knowledge of the legislative process.
Demonstrated ability and effectiveness working with volunteers.
Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse
workforce.
Explore, enjoy and protect the planet.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Midwest Logistics Coordinator
Get Your Guts in Gear – The Ride for Crohn’s & Colitis (“GYGIG”) is a charitable organization that creates and produces 3-day bicycle rides designed to raise awareness and funds for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (collectively known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease, or “IBD”). Our Rides raise awareness about IBD and empower individuals affected by these diseases.
GYGIG is seeking a self-motivated, energetic individual for the part time contract position (avg. 25 hours/week) of Midwest Logistics Coordinator. The Midwest Logistics Coordinator will be responsible for assisting with organizing and implementing GYGIG’s inaugural 3-Day, 210-mile bicycle ride in the area of Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin.
The Midwest Logistics Coordinator will work at home and meet in person and by telephone with the Director and others as needed. Compensation will be from $1,450 to $1,550 per month, depending on experience.
Specific duties for this position include:
• Coordinate event logistics details (route, rest stops, camps, entertainment, food, hydration, some volunteer crew support, other logistics details)
• Conduct progress report meetings with the Director
• Work full time the three weeks prior to and the week following the Midwest event, at a temporary office in northern Illinois
• Work as a crew member on the 2009 New York and Seattle Rides, typically 6 - 8 days in both June and August
• Manage data entry and comply with budget requirements and financial procedures
• Assist with local marketing
• Continuously maintain accurate computer files and event lists
• Conduct occasional participant communication
• Frequent local travel
• Other duties and projects as assigned or needed
GYGIG is seeking a self-motivated, energetic individual for the part time contract position (avg. 25 hours/week) of Midwest Logistics Coordinator. The Midwest Logistics Coordinator will be responsible for assisting with organizing and implementing GYGIG’s inaugural 3-Day, 210-mile bicycle ride in the area of Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin.
The Midwest Logistics Coordinator will work at home and meet in person and by telephone with the Director and others as needed. Compensation will be from $1,450 to $1,550 per month, depending on experience.
Specific duties for this position include:
• Coordinate event logistics details (route, rest stops, camps, entertainment, food, hydration, some volunteer crew support, other logistics details)
• Conduct progress report meetings with the Director
• Work full time the three weeks prior to and the week following the Midwest event, at a temporary office in northern Illinois
• Work as a crew member on the 2009 New York and Seattle Rides, typically 6 - 8 days in both June and August
• Manage data entry and comply with budget requirements and financial procedures
• Assist with local marketing
• Continuously maintain accurate computer files and event lists
• Conduct occasional participant communication
• Frequent local travel
• Other duties and projects as assigned or needed
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Advocacy / Field Organizing Fellowships- Madison
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if the health care you receive had everything to do with your health and nothing to do with your bank account?
What if they held an election and everyone came?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
If you want a job where you can work to solve problems each day, consider a job with U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group).
U.S. PIRG is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform and more.
The goal of a PIRG Fellowship is to help develop leaders for the public interest movement. As a PIRG Fellow, you gain hands-on experience in organizing, advocating and leading public interest campaigns in your first two years on staff. More importantly, you get real results, whether at the local, state or federal level. And your experience is complemented by intensive training and the direction and advice of a senior mentor.
As a Fellow, you are placed in a position working on energy efficiency, consumer protection, health care, campaign reform, or another social problem. You conduct research, make the case for solutions, act as a spokesperson to the media, build diverse coalitions, write grants, and develop the kind of politically powerful support you need to win.
We have PIRG Fellowships in Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Baltimore, MD; Ann Arbor, MI; St. Louis, MO; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA.
To learn more, visit uspirg.org/jobs.
Additional Qualifications:
Passion. Persistence. We’re looking for smart, motivated individuals with initiative and a strong commitment to protecting the public interest. We value experience with campus groups or student government, academic achievement, and outstanding verbal, writing and leadership skills. Most of all, we look for people who find a way to make a difference.
Salary & Training:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
How to Apply:
To learn more, visit uspirg.org/jobs. Please apply online at www.uspirg.org/jobs/about/application and make sure to include the following ad code 'pfid-lt' in the application. We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
U.S. PIRG and all PIRG-affiliated organizations are equal opportunity employers.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of U.S. PIRG.
What if the health care you receive had everything to do with your health and nothing to do with your bank account?
What if they held an election and everyone came?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
If you want a job where you can work to solve problems each day, consider a job with U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group).
U.S. PIRG is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform and more.
The goal of a PIRG Fellowship is to help develop leaders for the public interest movement. As a PIRG Fellow, you gain hands-on experience in organizing, advocating and leading public interest campaigns in your first two years on staff. More importantly, you get real results, whether at the local, state or federal level. And your experience is complemented by intensive training and the direction and advice of a senior mentor.
As a Fellow, you are placed in a position working on energy efficiency, consumer protection, health care, campaign reform, or another social problem. You conduct research, make the case for solutions, act as a spokesperson to the media, build diverse coalitions, write grants, and develop the kind of politically powerful support you need to win.
We have PIRG Fellowships in Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Baltimore, MD; Ann Arbor, MI; St. Louis, MO; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA.
To learn more, visit uspirg.org/jobs.
Additional Qualifications:
Passion. Persistence. We’re looking for smart, motivated individuals with initiative and a strong commitment to protecting the public interest. We value experience with campus groups or student government, academic achievement, and outstanding verbal, writing and leadership skills. Most of all, we look for people who find a way to make a difference.
Salary & Training:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
How to Apply:
To learn more, visit uspirg.org/jobs. Please apply online at www.uspirg.org/jobs/about/application and make sure to include the following ad code 'pfid-lt' in the application. We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
U.S. PIRG and all PIRG-affiliated organizations are equal opportunity employers.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of U.S. PIRG.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Citizen Outreach Director- Madison, WI
Are you ready to make a difference on the most pressing environmental issues of our generation? Are you ready to stand up to the corporations that are compromising the integrity of our democracy? Are you ready to fight discrimination and defend human rights?
We’ve got the job for you!
The Fund for the Public Interest is currently hiring Citizen Outreach Directors and Assistant Directors to run grassroots canvass offices around the country.
Over the last 15 years, we’ve helped sign up 400,000 members for the state PIRGs, raised millions of dollars each year for the Sierra Club’s priority campaigns, expanded Human Rights Campaigns’ grassroots base into places like Texas, Tennessee and Utah, and much more.
As a Citizen Outreach Director or Assistant Director, you’ll work with environmental and progressive groups like the Sierra Club, Environmental Action, Human Rights Campaign, and state-based environmental groups like Environment California.
Your responsibilities include:
• Recruiting, training, supervising and working alongside a staff of 10-40 canvassers.
• Reaching or exceeding your office’s fundraising and membership goals. Most offices have goals of $250,000 raised and 5,000 members identified each year.
• Overseeing all administrative functions related to fundraising, membership development, campaign work and general office management.
• Taking charge of additional campaign field work including petition and letter-writing drives, coalition-building, news conferences, and grassroots lobbying.
• Directors canvass three to four days per week to train staff, raise money, identify and activate members, and educate the public on the issues.
We have career positions available now for offices in CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, WA and Washington, DC.
And we offer many opportunities for rapid advancement, as we continue to expand into new locations, work with new progressive groups and implement innovative strategies.
To learn more, visit http://www.fundcareers.org.
Salary & Benefits:
New staff will earn $23,750-$25,250 in their first year. The Fund offers a generous benefits package that includes college loan assistance and competitive vacation and holiday policies. Staff are encouraged to join our group health care plan.
Other qualifications:
We are looking for smart, motivated, action-oriented people who are interested in politics, have a commitment to working for the public interest, and are willing to work hard to make change. To do this work, you need stamina. You need to be resourceful on a shoestring budget. You need to be able to convey the sense of urgency and passion you feel about these issues. (In-depth training on campaign strategies, issues and skills is provided.)
We work campaign hours, and are looking for a minimum commitment through August 2009.
Application instructions:
To learn more, please visit http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs/leadership/application2, and make sure you include the following ad code, ‘coid-lt’, in the application.
The Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of the Fund for the Public Interest.
We’ve got the job for you!
The Fund for the Public Interest is currently hiring Citizen Outreach Directors and Assistant Directors to run grassroots canvass offices around the country.
Over the last 15 years, we’ve helped sign up 400,000 members for the state PIRGs, raised millions of dollars each year for the Sierra Club’s priority campaigns, expanded Human Rights Campaigns’ grassroots base into places like Texas, Tennessee and Utah, and much more.
As a Citizen Outreach Director or Assistant Director, you’ll work with environmental and progressive groups like the Sierra Club, Environmental Action, Human Rights Campaign, and state-based environmental groups like Environment California.
Your responsibilities include:
• Recruiting, training, supervising and working alongside a staff of 10-40 canvassers.
• Reaching or exceeding your office’s fundraising and membership goals. Most offices have goals of $250,000 raised and 5,000 members identified each year.
• Overseeing all administrative functions related to fundraising, membership development, campaign work and general office management.
• Taking charge of additional campaign field work including petition and letter-writing drives, coalition-building, news conferences, and grassroots lobbying.
• Directors canvass three to four days per week to train staff, raise money, identify and activate members, and educate the public on the issues.
We have career positions available now for offices in CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, WA and Washington, DC.
And we offer many opportunities for rapid advancement, as we continue to expand into new locations, work with new progressive groups and implement innovative strategies.
To learn more, visit http://www.fundcareers.org.
Salary & Benefits:
New staff will earn $23,750-$25,250 in their first year. The Fund offers a generous benefits package that includes college loan assistance and competitive vacation and holiday policies. Staff are encouraged to join our group health care plan.
Other qualifications:
We are looking for smart, motivated, action-oriented people who are interested in politics, have a commitment to working for the public interest, and are willing to work hard to make change. To do this work, you need stamina. You need to be resourceful on a shoestring budget. You need to be able to convey the sense of urgency and passion you feel about these issues. (In-depth training on campaign strategies, issues and skills is provided.)
We work campaign hours, and are looking for a minimum commitment through August 2009.
Application instructions:
To learn more, please visit http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.fundforthepublicinterest.org/jobs/leadership/application2, and make sure you include the following ad code, ‘coid-lt’, in the application.
The Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of the Fund for the Public Interest.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Executive Director, New York
Public Allies:
Public Allies is a growing national leadership development organization with local programs in 15 cities. Our mission is to advance new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation. Public Allies is the premier source for identifying and cultivating the next generation of leaders for a flatter, more diverse world. We are changing the face and practice of leadership in communities across the country to meet the demands of our changing times.
Since 1999, Public Allies New York has led a powerful model for identifying, training and supporting talented and diverse young adults to lead positive community change. Through our signature AmeriCorps program, young people, ages 18 to 30, serve in full-time apprenticeships creating, improving and expanding services at local nonprofit organizations, and participate in a rigorous leadership development program that combines training, coaching, team projects and reflection. We extend the impact of our program by supporting an active, growing alumni network, and investing through our alumni programs in those positioned to make the greatest difference. Since its establishment, Public Allies New York has graduated 170 dynamic leaders who are passionately leading social change.
We currently seek talented staff to build on the site’s past accomplishments, scale its operations, enhance alumni engagement efforts, and in conjunction with the national office create opportunities for the training and consulting function of Public Allies. Learn more at http://www.publicallies.org.
The Position:
The Executive Director is the leader and administrator of the Public Allies New York site. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Ally Programs, the Executive Director will be responsible for managing the operational, financial and programmatic functions of Public Allies New York, including overall site leadership, fundraising and financial management, and stakeholder development. Externally, the Executive Director will be the ambassador for Public Allies New York, focused on developing robust partner and funding relationships across the region. Internally, the Executive Director will build capacity and infrastructure to support effective programming, staff management, and operational and financial management, creating a successful, sustainable organization with strong roots in the community.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the Executive Director include but are not limited to:
Site Leadership
• Serve as leader, coach and mentor for staff and provide ongoing opportunities for staff development Set clear goals and expectations for staff and provide timely and helpful feedback on progress toward meeting those goals and expectations
• Create and support innovations and partnerships that improve program quality, expand program impact, and encourage program growth and sustainability
• Serve as an active ambassador in the community and engage stakeholders productively to raise awareness and support organizational success and sustainability
• Engage, grow and manage an active local advisory board that champions the program in the community, raises money, supports affiliation, and advises program strategy and achievement
• Develop and implement effective communications strategies to attract and maintain support and communicate our impact
• Supports efforts to eventually affiliate the site
• Develops internal capacity, infrastructure, systems and procedures for planning, managing, tracking and achieving goals and outcomes
• Participate and play a leadership role in Public Allies national planning and coordinating activities with other local offices
Fundraising and Fiscal Management
• Lead all site fundraising efforts to garner the necessary resources to operate effectively and the relationships necessary to be financially sustainable
• Manage all of Public Allies New York’s donor relationships, including federal, foundation, individual and corporate grants by meeting reporting requirements and other grant compliance responsibilities
• Identify in-kind support that reduces program and operating costs and increases organizational and program effectiveness
• Manage and oversee local finances in full compliance with Public Allies fiscal management policies and procedures
Stakeholder Development
• Work with staff, alumni and stakeholders to engage community resources, ensuring wide stakeholder involvement in the identification of potential partners
• Lead organization in determining collaborative potential and cultural fit between Public Allies and potential partners
• Support contract negotiations to ensure effective partnerships, including communication of clear expectations around all operational, financial and programmatic functions
Compensation:
Salary is commensurate with experience. In order to attract highly qualified candidates, Public Allies offers a competitive benefits package and professional development opportunities
Public Allies is a growing national leadership development organization with local programs in 15 cities. Our mission is to advance new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation. Public Allies is the premier source for identifying and cultivating the next generation of leaders for a flatter, more diverse world. We are changing the face and practice of leadership in communities across the country to meet the demands of our changing times.
Since 1999, Public Allies New York has led a powerful model for identifying, training and supporting talented and diverse young adults to lead positive community change. Through our signature AmeriCorps program, young people, ages 18 to 30, serve in full-time apprenticeships creating, improving and expanding services at local nonprofit organizations, and participate in a rigorous leadership development program that combines training, coaching, team projects and reflection. We extend the impact of our program by supporting an active, growing alumni network, and investing through our alumni programs in those positioned to make the greatest difference. Since its establishment, Public Allies New York has graduated 170 dynamic leaders who are passionately leading social change.
We currently seek talented staff to build on the site’s past accomplishments, scale its operations, enhance alumni engagement efforts, and in conjunction with the national office create opportunities for the training and consulting function of Public Allies. Learn more at http://www.publicallies.org.
The Position:
The Executive Director is the leader and administrator of the Public Allies New York site. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Ally Programs, the Executive Director will be responsible for managing the operational, financial and programmatic functions of Public Allies New York, including overall site leadership, fundraising and financial management, and stakeholder development. Externally, the Executive Director will be the ambassador for Public Allies New York, focused on developing robust partner and funding relationships across the region. Internally, the Executive Director will build capacity and infrastructure to support effective programming, staff management, and operational and financial management, creating a successful, sustainable organization with strong roots in the community.
Responsibilities: The responsibilities of the Executive Director include but are not limited to:
Site Leadership
• Serve as leader, coach and mentor for staff and provide ongoing opportunities for staff development Set clear goals and expectations for staff and provide timely and helpful feedback on progress toward meeting those goals and expectations
• Create and support innovations and partnerships that improve program quality, expand program impact, and encourage program growth and sustainability
• Serve as an active ambassador in the community and engage stakeholders productively to raise awareness and support organizational success and sustainability
• Engage, grow and manage an active local advisory board that champions the program in the community, raises money, supports affiliation, and advises program strategy and achievement
• Develop and implement effective communications strategies to attract and maintain support and communicate our impact
• Supports efforts to eventually affiliate the site
• Develops internal capacity, infrastructure, systems and procedures for planning, managing, tracking and achieving goals and outcomes
• Participate and play a leadership role in Public Allies national planning and coordinating activities with other local offices
Fundraising and Fiscal Management
• Lead all site fundraising efforts to garner the necessary resources to operate effectively and the relationships necessary to be financially sustainable
• Manage all of Public Allies New York’s donor relationships, including federal, foundation, individual and corporate grants by meeting reporting requirements and other grant compliance responsibilities
• Identify in-kind support that reduces program and operating costs and increases organizational and program effectiveness
• Manage and oversee local finances in full compliance with Public Allies fiscal management policies and procedures
Stakeholder Development
• Work with staff, alumni and stakeholders to engage community resources, ensuring wide stakeholder involvement in the identification of potential partners
• Lead organization in determining collaborative potential and cultural fit between Public Allies and potential partners
• Support contract negotiations to ensure effective partnerships, including communication of clear expectations around all operational, financial and programmatic functions
Compensation:
Salary is commensurate with experience. In order to attract highly qualified candidates, Public Allies offers a competitive benefits package and professional development opportunities
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Executive Director
The East Isthmus Neighborhoods Planning Council (EINPC) is a coalition of neighborhood and business association, community organization and at-large representatives. Our mission is to strengthen the east Madison community by supporting neighborhood-based organizations and facilitating community-driven planning and action.
The Executive Director, under the direct supervision of the Governing Board, provides leadership and management of the organization; strategic planning and implementation; fund-raising; and acts as the liaison with members, committees, funders. The Executive Director works with and helps develop volunteer leaders, and to increase the capacity of neighborhood organizations, create public forums, and mobilize people around issues.
We seek someone who believes in the power of people working together to improve their neighborhoods and community. We seek an individual who is a creative and strategic thinker, a visionary, and a problem solver. The ideal candidate will have diverse skills, including good time management and the ability to prioritize work in order to juggle multiple projects, and experience and skill in working with diverse constituents and volunteers. The individual will be asked to manage an organization and achieve results while promoting democratic principles of participation and assuring that all voices are heard. The individual who is chosen will share the values of the organization and be effective at representing the organization to the public.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1) Organizational Development and Management
• Facilitate the development and functioning of the Governing Board, Community Council and committee structure (including member recruitment, orientation, training, coordination and support of committees).
• Maintain communication (including regular reports) with the Governing Board, Community Council and committees regarding all aspects of organizational work
• Manage and carry out administrative work, including record keeping, office management, and financial management (financial reporting, develop budgets, pay bills, monitor deposits).
• Establish and maintain strong external relationships with government agencies, local organizations, and other strategic partners.
• Hire, support, supervise, evaluate, and terminate other staff, as necessary.
2) Fundraising and Donor Relations
• Work with the Governing Board to develop and implement a fund-raising plan to support all aspects of the organization.
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with funders, including progress, evaluation, and financial reporting.
3) Strategic Planning, Implementation & Evaluation
• Coordinate, in conjunction with the Governing Board and Eastside Community Council:
• Development, monitoring and implementation of the strategic plan.
• Development and implementation of strategies and work plans based on the strategic plan.
• Goal-setting and prioritization;
• Assurance that projects and activities achieve desired outcomes.
• Development and implementation of tools to evaluate program and activity effectiveness.
4) Community Organizing/Community Building
• Work with neighborhood residents to organize and strengthen neighborhood organizations and coalitions.
• Support neighborhood/ community leaders in identifying, researching, and addressing issues of importance to neighborhoods and the larger East Isthmus community.
• Work with volunteers to plan, publicize, and implement community events, forums, and meetings.
• Supervise and support staff and volunteers to develop and maintain organizational communication through newsletters, website, list-serve, and other tools.
• Coordinate leadership development training and technical assistance for neighborhood based organizations and community groups.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Minimum of three years experience and demonstrated skills in nonprofit development and administration, including fundraising and grant writing, financial management, board and policy development, staff supervision, strategic planning, and project development and management.
• Minimum of three years of professional experience and demonstrated skills in community organizing, community development, or a related field. Demonstrated success in multi-issue community organizing, including organizational capacity building.
• Experience and demonstrated skills and abilities in as many of the following additional areas as possible: leadership training/adult education; group facilitation; volunteer coordination; project evaluation.
• Excellent communication skills (including public speaking and writing), people skills and computer skills (Excel, QuickBooks, Word, and Access or FileMaker).
• Must be self-directed and able to work as part of a team.
• Experience working with people of diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.
• This position offers a flexible work schedule. However, some weekends and evenings are expected.
• Travel within Madison and the ability to transport meeting materials is a necessity; access to a reliable vehicle is essential, although use of public transportation, ride-sharing, or bicycle will be possible in some situations.
• Formal education and/or advanced training in one or more of the above areas desirable, but not a substitute for experience and demonstrated skills/ability.
COMPENSATION
• A full time position (averaging 40 hours per week) with an annual salary in the range of $34,000 - $40,000, depending on qualifications.
• Health benefits (Sec. 105 Medical Reimbursement Plan).
• Two weeks paid vacation, nine paid holidays, 2 personal days, and up to 12 sick days annually.
• Professional development supported.
The Executive Director, under the direct supervision of the Governing Board, provides leadership and management of the organization; strategic planning and implementation; fund-raising; and acts as the liaison with members, committees, funders. The Executive Director works with and helps develop volunteer leaders, and to increase the capacity of neighborhood organizations, create public forums, and mobilize people around issues.
We seek someone who believes in the power of people working together to improve their neighborhoods and community. We seek an individual who is a creative and strategic thinker, a visionary, and a problem solver. The ideal candidate will have diverse skills, including good time management and the ability to prioritize work in order to juggle multiple projects, and experience and skill in working with diverse constituents and volunteers. The individual will be asked to manage an organization and achieve results while promoting democratic principles of participation and assuring that all voices are heard. The individual who is chosen will share the values of the organization and be effective at representing the organization to the public.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1) Organizational Development and Management
• Facilitate the development and functioning of the Governing Board, Community Council and committee structure (including member recruitment, orientation, training, coordination and support of committees).
• Maintain communication (including regular reports) with the Governing Board, Community Council and committees regarding all aspects of organizational work
• Manage and carry out administrative work, including record keeping, office management, and financial management (financial reporting, develop budgets, pay bills, monitor deposits).
• Establish and maintain strong external relationships with government agencies, local organizations, and other strategic partners.
• Hire, support, supervise, evaluate, and terminate other staff, as necessary.
2) Fundraising and Donor Relations
• Work with the Governing Board to develop and implement a fund-raising plan to support all aspects of the organization.
• Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with funders, including progress, evaluation, and financial reporting.
3) Strategic Planning, Implementation & Evaluation
• Coordinate, in conjunction with the Governing Board and Eastside Community Council:
• Development, monitoring and implementation of the strategic plan.
• Development and implementation of strategies and work plans based on the strategic plan.
• Goal-setting and prioritization;
• Assurance that projects and activities achieve desired outcomes.
• Development and implementation of tools to evaluate program and activity effectiveness.
4) Community Organizing/Community Building
• Work with neighborhood residents to organize and strengthen neighborhood organizations and coalitions.
• Support neighborhood/ community leaders in identifying, researching, and addressing issues of importance to neighborhoods and the larger East Isthmus community.
• Work with volunteers to plan, publicize, and implement community events, forums, and meetings.
• Supervise and support staff and volunteers to develop and maintain organizational communication through newsletters, website, list-serve, and other tools.
• Coordinate leadership development training and technical assistance for neighborhood based organizations and community groups.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Minimum of three years experience and demonstrated skills in nonprofit development and administration, including fundraising and grant writing, financial management, board and policy development, staff supervision, strategic planning, and project development and management.
• Minimum of three years of professional experience and demonstrated skills in community organizing, community development, or a related field. Demonstrated success in multi-issue community organizing, including organizational capacity building.
• Experience and demonstrated skills and abilities in as many of the following additional areas as possible: leadership training/adult education; group facilitation; volunteer coordination; project evaluation.
• Excellent communication skills (including public speaking and writing), people skills and computer skills (Excel, QuickBooks, Word, and Access or FileMaker).
• Must be self-directed and able to work as part of a team.
• Experience working with people of diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.
• This position offers a flexible work schedule. However, some weekends and evenings are expected.
• Travel within Madison and the ability to transport meeting materials is a necessity; access to a reliable vehicle is essential, although use of public transportation, ride-sharing, or bicycle will be possible in some situations.
• Formal education and/or advanced training in one or more of the above areas desirable, but not a substitute for experience and demonstrated skills/ability.
COMPENSATION
• A full time position (averaging 40 hours per week) with an annual salary in the range of $34,000 - $40,000, depending on qualifications.
• Health benefits (Sec. 105 Medical Reimbursement Plan).
• Two weeks paid vacation, nine paid holidays, 2 personal days, and up to 12 sick days annually.
• Professional development supported.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Environment America Fellowship - Madison
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA is hiring college grads for upcoming campaigns. Also hiring for environmental organizations in other states.
We all want clean air, clean water and open spaces. But it takes independent research and tough-minded advocacy to win concrete results for our environment, especially when powerful interests stand in the way of environmental progress. That's the idea behind Environment America. We focus on protecting America’s air, water and open spaces. We speak out and take action at the local, state and national levels to improve the quality of our environment and our lives.
Environment America is hiring for our Fellowship Program. We're part of a nationwide network of similar state-based environmental organizations that are also hiring. If you're interested in a position in another state, you can apply through Environment America.
Fellowship Program: Job Description
We're hiring recent college graduates and graduating college seniors to help win campaigns with Environment America or one of our partner organizations. By working together, our network's efforts to pass renewable energy standards in the states have already resulted in decreasing global warming pollution - the equivalent of taking 1.5 million cars off the road. We have preserved our natural heritage by securing permanent protection for 58.5 million acres of pristine wilderness areas in 39 states. We protected countless waterways in the states, including the passage of 7 ocean protection bills in California.
Environment America Fellows will get a chance to work with some of the top environmental advocates and organizers in the country, and will have an immediate impact on a critical environmental issue. The Fellowship Program gives recent college graduates the training and experience to assume leadership roles in the environmental movement for the long term.
The Fellowship Program positions include, but are not limited to:
* Issue Associate: As an issue associate, you'll master your issue area and build the kind of powerful support it takes to make your voice heard and change public policy. Responsibilities include: researching and writing reports, developing and coordinating campaigns, preparing legislative testimony, building statewide and national coalitions, organizing media events, raising funds, and meeting with elected officials.
* Field Associate: As a field associate, you'll build and demonstrate support for proposals at the state or federal level to ensure that decision-makers hear from and pay attention to the public. You must quickly master the basics of a variety of issues, and then reach out to individuals, media outlets and organizations to build visibility and gain their support.
Issue associates and field associates may work on any of the following issues: global warming, energy policy, clean air and water, preserving our open spaces, and more. Each associate takes on the critical role of building the organization by canvassing at various times during the year and running a citizen outreach office during the summer.
Qualifications
We are looking for recent college graduates who care about the environment and are driven to preserve it for the future. We look for strong leadership skills, academic excellence, problem solving ability, and top-notch written and verbal skills. We value experience with campus and activist groups.
Training and Experience
A key part of the Environment America mission is to train leaders who are capable of organizing and winning results for the environment. Immediately following an intensive training, fellows are trusted with significant responsibilities in their jobs. The initial training lasts 10 days and is fully paid. Four additional trainings take place during the rest of the year. Training topics include skills and political strategy, and topics are covered in a mix of lectures, classroom briefings and discussions, role-plays, and in-the-field training. Throughout the year, you gain valuable skills and experience in both making your voice heard on the issues and in building an organization through grant-writing, canvassing, recruiting and managing staff, and directing campaigns.
Placement
Fellowship candidates are considered for positions with Environment America and our network of state-based environmental organizations across the country. If you are interested only in particular locations, you will be asked to identify those locations during the interview process. If you are offered a fellowship position, you are guaranteed placement in one of your desired locations. In most cases, final placement, including location and position, occurs during the initial training.
Salary & Benefits*
As a recent graduate, you will earn $23,750 in your first year and $24,250 in your second year. Salary for experienced candidates is commensurate with relevant professional experience and/or advanced degrees. You will be eligible to opt in to our group health plan, and will accrue two weeks paid vacation over the course of your first year, three weeks in your second year and will be eligible to apply for college loan assistance. In your second year, you will also be eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan.
Locations
Our network of environmental organizations is currently hiring for positions in: Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Ann Arbor, MI; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Raleigh, NC; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Madison, WI
How to apply:
Click here to apply online, http://www.environmentamerica.org/jobs/environmental-fellowship, and make sure you include the following ad code 'efid-jh' in the application.
We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
For more information, visit http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs/.
*Salary and Benefits vary in California and New York.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of Environment America.
We all want clean air, clean water and open spaces. But it takes independent research and tough-minded advocacy to win concrete results for our environment, especially when powerful interests stand in the way of environmental progress. That's the idea behind Environment America. We focus on protecting America’s air, water and open spaces. We speak out and take action at the local, state and national levels to improve the quality of our environment and our lives.
Environment America is hiring for our Fellowship Program. We're part of a nationwide network of similar state-based environmental organizations that are also hiring. If you're interested in a position in another state, you can apply through Environment America.
Fellowship Program: Job Description
We're hiring recent college graduates and graduating college seniors to help win campaigns with Environment America or one of our partner organizations. By working together, our network's efforts to pass renewable energy standards in the states have already resulted in decreasing global warming pollution - the equivalent of taking 1.5 million cars off the road. We have preserved our natural heritage by securing permanent protection for 58.5 million acres of pristine wilderness areas in 39 states. We protected countless waterways in the states, including the passage of 7 ocean protection bills in California.
Environment America Fellows will get a chance to work with some of the top environmental advocates and organizers in the country, and will have an immediate impact on a critical environmental issue. The Fellowship Program gives recent college graduates the training and experience to assume leadership roles in the environmental movement for the long term.
The Fellowship Program positions include, but are not limited to:
* Issue Associate: As an issue associate, you'll master your issue area and build the kind of powerful support it takes to make your voice heard and change public policy. Responsibilities include: researching and writing reports, developing and coordinating campaigns, preparing legislative testimony, building statewide and national coalitions, organizing media events, raising funds, and meeting with elected officials.
* Field Associate: As a field associate, you'll build and demonstrate support for proposals at the state or federal level to ensure that decision-makers hear from and pay attention to the public. You must quickly master the basics of a variety of issues, and then reach out to individuals, media outlets and organizations to build visibility and gain their support.
Issue associates and field associates may work on any of the following issues: global warming, energy policy, clean air and water, preserving our open spaces, and more. Each associate takes on the critical role of building the organization by canvassing at various times during the year and running a citizen outreach office during the summer.
Qualifications
We are looking for recent college graduates who care about the environment and are driven to preserve it for the future. We look for strong leadership skills, academic excellence, problem solving ability, and top-notch written and verbal skills. We value experience with campus and activist groups.
Training and Experience
A key part of the Environment America mission is to train leaders who are capable of organizing and winning results for the environment. Immediately following an intensive training, fellows are trusted with significant responsibilities in their jobs. The initial training lasts 10 days and is fully paid. Four additional trainings take place during the rest of the year. Training topics include skills and political strategy, and topics are covered in a mix of lectures, classroom briefings and discussions, role-plays, and in-the-field training. Throughout the year, you gain valuable skills and experience in both making your voice heard on the issues and in building an organization through grant-writing, canvassing, recruiting and managing staff, and directing campaigns.
Placement
Fellowship candidates are considered for positions with Environment America and our network of state-based environmental organizations across the country. If you are interested only in particular locations, you will be asked to identify those locations during the interview process. If you are offered a fellowship position, you are guaranteed placement in one of your desired locations. In most cases, final placement, including location and position, occurs during the initial training.
Salary & Benefits*
As a recent graduate, you will earn $23,750 in your first year and $24,250 in your second year. Salary for experienced candidates is commensurate with relevant professional experience and/or advanced degrees. You will be eligible to opt in to our group health plan, and will accrue two weeks paid vacation over the course of your first year, three weeks in your second year and will be eligible to apply for college loan assistance. In your second year, you will also be eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan.
Locations
Our network of environmental organizations is currently hiring for positions in: Phoenix, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Washington, DC; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Portland, ME; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Ann Arbor, MI; Concord, NH; Trenton, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Raleigh, NC; Columbus, OH; Portland, OR; Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Madison, WI
How to apply:
Click here to apply online, http://www.environmentamerica.org/jobs/environmental-fellowship, and make sure you include the following ad code 'efid-jh' in the application.
We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
For more information, visit http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs/.
*Salary and Benefits vary in California and New York.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of Environment America.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Campus Organizer- Milwaukee
We’re hiring talented and passionate college graduates and interested others for campus organizing positions.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Additional Qualifications:
Passion. Persistence. We’re looking for smart, motivated individuals with initiative and a strong commitment to protecting the public interest. We value experience with campus groups or student government, academic achievement, and outstanding verbal, writing and leadership skills. Most of all, we look for people who find a way to make a difference.
Salary & Training*:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
How to Apply:
To learn more, visit http://www.uspirg.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.pirg.org/jobs/about/application/ and make sure to include the following ad code 'pcid-lt' in the application. We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
*Salary and benefits vary in California and New York.
U.S. PIRG and all PIRG-affiliated organizations are equal opportunity employers.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of U.S. PIRG.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Additional Qualifications:
Passion. Persistence. We’re looking for smart, motivated individuals with initiative and a strong commitment to protecting the public interest. We value experience with campus groups or student government, academic achievement, and outstanding verbal, writing and leadership skills. Most of all, we look for people who find a way to make a difference.
Salary & Training*:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
How to Apply:
To learn more, visit http://www.uspirg.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.pirg.org/jobs/about/application/ and make sure to include the following ad code 'pcid-lt' in the application. We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
*Salary and benefits vary in California and New York.
U.S. PIRG and all PIRG-affiliated organizations are equal opportunity employers.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of U.S. PIRG.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
Campus Organizer- Madison
We’re hiring talented and passionate college graduates and interested others for campus organizing positions.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Additional Qualifications:
Passion. Persistence. We’re looking for smart, motivated individuals with initiative and a strong commitment to protecting the public interest. We value experience with campus groups or student government, academic achievement, and outstanding verbal, writing and leadership skills. Most of all, we look for people who find a way to make a difference.
Salary & Training*:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
How to Apply:
To learn more, visit http://www.uspirg.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.pirg.org/jobs/about/application/ and make sure to include the following ad code 'pcid-lt' in the application. We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
*Salary and benefits vary in California and New York.
U.S. PIRG and all PIRG-affiliated organizations are equal opportunity employers.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of U.S. PIRG.
What if we really could kick our dependence on oil – not just foreign oil – and make the shift to clean, renewable energy?
What if we could guarantee the next generation (and the one after that and the one after that) that we won’t spoil our last wild places with oil rigs or clear-cuts or super-sized vacation homes?
What if hunger and homelessness in the world’s richest economy was something people refused to tolerate?
Sound like a challenge? Of course it does. Society doesn’t change overnight. But when someone – or more to the point, lots of someones – speak up and take action, change can happen.
That’s where you come in.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a federation of nonprofit groups, based in states across the country, and we tackle issues ranging from the environment to energy to health care reform to hunger and homelessness.
PIRG campus organizers recruit college students, faculty and community members to investigate problems and build support for solutions. PIRG organizers, and the volunteers they recruit and train, research issues, build coalitions, work with the media, educate the public, and generate citizen support on issues ranging from poverty to environmental protection.
A typical day might include:
• training volunteers to conduct an educational program;
• meeting with a professor to plan a research project;
• addressing the City Council about a state PIRG campaign they should support; and
• talking with students about summer jobs in the grassroots campaign office you’ll help direct.
We have campus organizing positions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Additional Qualifications:
Passion. Persistence. We’re looking for smart, motivated individuals with initiative and a strong commitment to protecting the public interest. We value experience with campus groups or student government, academic achievement, and outstanding verbal, writing and leadership skills. Most of all, we look for people who find a way to make a difference.
Salary & Training*:
Recent college graduates earn $23,750 in their first year on staff. In addition, full-time staff can opt into our state health care coverage, are eligible for paid sick and vacation days, and can apply for our college loan assistance program. Our staff accrues two weeks of vacation by the end of their first year and three weeks by the end of their second year. Staff is also eligible to join our 401(k) program in their second year. The state PIRGs’ staff training combines classroom study with hands-on field work.
How to Apply:
To learn more, visit http://www.uspirg.org/jobs. Please apply online at http://www.pirg.org/jobs/about/application/ and make sure to include the following ad code 'pcid-lt' in the application. We’ll carefully consider your application, and if we think you’re a good fit we’ll get in touch.
*Salary and benefits vary in California and New York.
U.S. PIRG and all PIRG-affiliated organizations are equal opportunity employers.
This is a Work for Progress recruitment campaign conducted on behalf of U.S. PIRG.
Categories: Nonprofit Jobs
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