[CTC] Anti-TPP organizer positions in NC, OR, WA...

[Arthur Stamoulis]

Several anti-TPP organizing positions being offered by our friends…


Friends of the Earth Grassroots Organizer

Position: Contract organizer 
Location: NC ideally in the area of Raleigh, Durham, or Chapel Hill.

Friends of the Earth-U.S., founded by David Brower in 1969, is the U.S. voice of the world’s largest federation of grassroots environmental groups, with a presence in 75 countries. Friends of the Earth works to defend the environment and champion a more healthy and just world. We are a hard-hitting, progressive, environmental organization that pulls no punches and speaks sometimes uncomfortable truth to power. It’s an approach that has worked for more than 45 years, resulting in landmark environmental laws, precedent-setting legal victories and groundbreaking reforms of domestic and international regulatory, corporate and financial institution policies.

To accomplish our mission, Friends of the Earth is working at the nexus of environmental protection, economic policy and social justice to fundamentally transform the way our country and the world value people and the environment. Our current campaigns focus on promoting clean energy and solutions to climate change, ensuring the food we eat and products we use are sustainable and safe for our health and the environment, and protecting marine ecosystems and the people who live and work near them.

Basic function
We are seeking to hire a talented and dedicated organizer to do a six-month contract as a Friends of the Earth grassroots organizer focused on generating environmental pressure to address the impacts of trade including working to stop the TPP. The goals of the organizer will be to locally recruit new volunteers, develop leaders, and collaborate with allies on behalf of Friend of the Earth focusing that organizing on the urgent issue of free trade. We are looking for an experienced organizer who can created the needed impact and help us maximizing the impact of our organizing model.

Principal duties and responsibilities

 

·       Recruit, train and activate local volunteers
·       Develop grassroots leaders.
·       Organize and mobilize a broad, diverse and powerful base of supporters and allies in support of policy campaigns.
·       Coordinate and collaborate with a wide variety of allies (environmental, environmental justice, food justice, farming, gardening, food, consumer, faith-based, labor, parents, women’s, social justice, student, health, scientists, sustainable businesses, etc.).
·       Coordinate events such as organizing meetings, rallies, weeks of action, panel discussions, film screenings,. 
·       Coordinate and implement grassroots and grasstops organizing and public education campaigns. 
·       Other responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements

·       Two or more years of experience in grassroots/field organizing,
Skills and knowledge

·       A demonstrated commitment to the environment and social justice.
·       Experience in grassroots organizing, recruitment, and leadership development.
·       Experience in organizing events including protests, rallies, and actions on key issues.
·       Desire to have a major impact on policy debates through hard-hitting advocacy.
·       Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to inspire trust and respect among colleagues and external partners.
·       Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at once in a self-directed manner, ability to work collaboratively as part of a fast-moving and results-oriented team, ability to work in coordination with a diverse group of coalition partners and ability to work effectively in a changing environment.
·       Sophisticated oral and written communication skills and comfort with presenting material to a wide range of audiences, including the public, the press, businesses and government officials.
·       Excellent decision-making skills, professional initiative, time management, prioritization and networking skills, demonstrated initiative, flexibility and creativity.
This is a six month contract with Friends of the Earth. The contract will be commensurate with experience.

 

To apply: Send an email with your resume, a cover letter, and a writing sample to foeorganizing at gmail.com

 

Friends of the Earth is an equal opportunity employer who encourages applications from women, people of color and other members of underrepresented groups who will contribute to the diversity of its staff.

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Friends of the Earth Grassroots organizer

Position: Contract organizer 
Location: Portland, OR

Friends of the Earth-U.S., founded by David Brower in 1969, is the U.S. voice of the world’s largest federation of grassroots environmental groups, with a presence in 75 countries. Friends of the Earth works to defend the environment and champion a more healthy and just world. We are a hard-hitting, progressive, environmental organization that pulls no punches and speaks sometimes uncomfortable truth to power. It’s an approach that has worked for more than 45 years, resulting in landmark environmental laws, precedent-setting legal victories and groundbreaking reforms of domestic and international regulatory, corporate and financial institution policies.

To accomplish our mission, Friends of the Earth is working at the nexus of environmental protection, economic policy and social justice to fundamentally transform the way our country and the world value people and the environment. Our current campaigns focus on promoting clean energy and solutions to climate change, ensuring the food we eat and products we use are sustainable and safe for our health and the environment, and protecting marine ecosystems and the people who live and work near them.

Basic function
We are seeking to hire a talented and dedicated organizer to do a six-month contract as a Friends of the Earth grassroots organizer focused on generating environmental pressure to address the impacts of trade including working to stop the TPP. The goals of the organizer will be to locally recruit new volunteers, develop leaders, and collaborate with allies on behalf of Friend of the Earth focusing that organizing on the urgent issue of free trade. We are looking for an experienced organizer who can created the needed impact and help us maximizing the impact of our organizing model.

Principal duties and responsibilities

 

·       Recruit, train and activate local volunteers
·       Develop grassroots leaders.
·       Organize and mobilize a broad, diverse and powerful base of supporters and allies in support of policy campaigns.
·       Coordinate and collaborate with a wide variety of allies (environmental, environmental justice, food justice, farming, gardening, food, consumer, faith-based, labor, parents, women’s, social justice, student, health, scientists, sustainable businesses, etc.).
·       Coordinate events such as organizing meetings, rallies, weeks of action, panel discussions, film screenings,. 
·       Coordinate and implement grassroots and grasstops organizing and public education campaigns. 
·       Other responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements

·       Two or more years of experience in grassroots/field organizing,
Skills and knowledge

·       A demonstrated commitment to the environment and social justice.
·       Experience in grassroots organizing, recruitment, and leadership development.
·       Experience in organizing events including protests, rallies, and actions on key issues.
·       Desire to have a major impact on policy debates through hard-hitting advocacy.
·       Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to inspire trust and respect among colleagues and external partners.
·       Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at once in a self-directed manner, ability to work collaboratively as part of a fast-moving and results-oriented team, ability to work in coordination with a diverse group of coalition partners and ability to work effectively in a changing environment.
·       Sophisticated oral and written communication skills and comfort with presenting material to a wide range of audiences, including the public, the press, businesses and government officials.
·       Excellent decision-making skills, professional initiative, time management, prioritization and networking skills, demonstrated initiative, flexibility and creativity.
This is a six month contract with Friends of the Earth. The contract will be commensurate with experience.

 

To apply: Send an email with your resume, a cover letter, and a writing sample to foeorganizing at gmail.com


Friends of the Earth is an equal opportunity employer who encourages applications from women, people of color and other members of underrepresented groups who will contribute to the diversity of its staff.

 


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SustainUS #StopTPP Advocacy Fellow

SustainUS is seeking a smart, ambitious and creative fellow to campaign to #StopTPP. The fellow will recruit volunteers in critical Congressional districts, mobilize young people to engage in the TPP debate, and design actions targeted at combating a narrative of TPP inevitability in the lame duck session. This is a 33 hrs/wk position through November 20th.

TPP State of Play

The rest of 2016 will be absolutely critical for the fight against the Trans­Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Because of the incredible work to make the TPP toxic and controversi​al, it is ​highly unlikely that the pact would be brought to Congress for a vote before the "lame duck" session of Congress in November/December. While the votes to pass the TPP do not currently exist, it is critical to continue to pressure Members of Congress now to oppose the pact in order to decrease the likelihood that the TPP will be put to a vote and, if it does come to a vote, to decrease the chances that it will pass.

About the Position

The fellow will split their time between two primary areas of work. First, the fellow will recruit, develop, and manage volunteers from youth climate activist networks and college campuses in five to eight Congressional districts. The second area of work will be mobilizing these volunteers through actions designed to garner media attention on the continued injustice, controversy, and opposition to TPP. Examples of such actions include: birdogging Members of Congress in­district at campaign events, organizing around pro­TPP events like the Administration’s TPP Roundtable tour when in those districts, and organizing two post­election demonstrations preempting a possible lame duck session vote on TPP. These roles would also involve reaching out to local and national media and coordinating with other environmental organizations and trade movement actors. This position would be managed by the SustainUS Advocacy Fellowship Coordinator.

Qualifications

● Experience in birdogging and other organizing tactics
● 2 years experience in organizing at the local or national level
● Knowledge and passion for climate and trade issues such as the TPP
● Ability to communicate clearly
● Ability to work in a fast paced campaign
● Ability to work effectively in a coalition
● Knowledge in media and communications work
● Demonstrated leadership experience and ability to recruit and maintain volunteers


Volunteer Development Responsibilities (50% of time)

●  Recruit five volunteers per each of five to eight Congressional districts.

●  Identify key college campuses and connect with youth climate movement and environmental

spaces/communities in target districts.

●  Train all volunteers in birdogging tactics and educate them on the principles of trade justice

and talking points on why we must #StopTPP.

Mobilization Responsibilities (50% of time)

●  Design and execute at least one birdogging action in each of five to eight Congressional districts to get undecided Members of Congress on the record as opposing the TPP

●  Develop media plans for actions and follow up (ie. press releases, action recordings, press lists).

●  Design and execute two actions post­election to elevate attention to the corporate beneficiaries of TPP and its continued relevance to constituents of key congressional districts during the lame duck session.

Position Details

POSITION TYPE: Temporary fellowship (10 weeks from start date)
LOCATION: ​Preference of Pacific Northwest (ie. Portland, OlympiaS, Tacoma, eattle) SUPERVISION: Report to the SustainUS Advocacy Fellowship Coordinator APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, Sept. 4th at 8pm ET
POTENTIAL START DATE: Immediately
COMPENSATION: $15.15 per hour, 33 hours per week for 10 weeks

Application Instructions

Please send your resume, cover letter, and the contact information for two references to anthony.torres at sustainus.org​. ​Applications will be accepted until Monday, Sept. 4th at 8pm ET.

SustainUS is a youth­led nonprofit organization advancing justice and sustainability by empowering young people to engage in advocacy. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage people of color, women, LGBTQ, and m​ embers of ot​her disadvantaged groups to apply. Find out more about SustainUS at SustainUS.org. 
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