4 positions with Greenpeace
POSITION TITLE: DEPUTY GRASSROOTS DIRECTOR
DEPARTMENT: GRASSROOTS DEPARTMENT
LOCATION: WASHINGTON, DC OR SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SUPERVISOR: GRASSROOTS DIRECTOR
The grassroots department mobilizes grassroots pressure to win hard-hitting campaign victories, identifies, activates and trains a diverse constituency for Greenpeace and helps build the next generation of leaders and activists in the environmental movement.
The Deputy Grassroots Director will lead Greenpeace’s programs designed to build a more engaged and empowered environmental movement through grassroots activist development. These programs include:
· Coal Activist Training Program: a new initiative as part of our priority campaign to shut existing coal plants across the U.S. by training and supporting activists and local groups. Working with the New Organizing Institute, the program will create and test new, cutting-edge leadership development and movement-building models that took root in the Obama Presidential Campaign.
· The Greenpeace Semester is advanced organizing training for student activists. The program combines classroom-style workshops with hands-on field training. Students learn grassroots organizing, how to plan effective campaigns and the principles and practice of non-violent direct action. Semester alumni have gone on to work for such groups as Energy Action Coalition, NRDC, Green Corps and many others.
· Greenpeace’s Frontline Campaign program trains, coaches and mentors dozens of leaders in our Frontline canvass offices on grassroots organizing and campaign work. These dedicated activists are a proven powerhouse of grassroots pressure, contributing significantly to numerous corporate victories in recent months.
The best candidate for this position will be a seasoned manager, a brilliant strategist and organizer, an experienced trainer, a visionary mentor and a decisive leader. This person needs to be adept at working and coordinating with a variety of departments and disciplines at all levels, especially with members of our Development, Campaigns, Actions, and Communications departments.
This position is grant-funded and will depend on continued foundation funding beyond 2011.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage, mentor and work collaboratively with grassroots department staff in their planning and execution of grassroots campaign work; ensure ambitious programmatic and campaign goals are set and accomplished; directly manage, mentor and oversee long term development department staff
- Adopt changes to existing organizing models and curricula based on rigorous testing and evolving organizational, programmatic and campaign needs
- Manage reporting and analysis for the department, including monthly department reports to the grassroots director and senior management team, as well as periodic reports to campaigners, other project teams and funders; perform annual strategic evaluations of the team’s performance
- Consult and advise campaigners on organizing strategy; develop campaign plans and package campaigns with campaigners as needed; facilitate campaign planning with staff and activist volunteers; participate in and lead grassroots-related components of the campaign planning process
- Ensure integration within the Grassroots Department and in the broader organization; serve as a liaison between the grassroots team and other departments; manage projects on behalf of the Grassroots Department
- Ensure the team is in compliance with all HR policies; manage hiring and termination decisions with approval from the Grassroots Director
- Manage and oversee relevant department budgets; seek supplemental funding for programs from foundations and major donors
- Represent Greenpeace to external parties and stakeholders including consultants, advisors and individuals from partner organizations
- Represent the Grassroots Director to the Senior Management Team, the Program Management Team and the organization as a whole, as needed
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION:
- BA/BS degree
EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Three to five years staff and program management with proven track record for developing, growing and winning campaigns
- Six to eight years as a grassroots organizer and/or campaigner—especially experience working on a national scale
- Proven ability to plan campaigns and manage projects and budgets from start to finish; proven track record on data-driven program improvement
- Ability to work under tight deadlines, juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced campaign environment
- Experience training and developing organizing staff; experience developing training curricula for activists, volunteers and staff
SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:
- Patient, calm under pressure, honest communicator
- Excellent planning and project management skills
- Management, leadership development and facilitation skills
- Can take and deliver effective feedback
- Excellent listener
- Excellent writing skills
- Budget management skills
- Analytical skills
- Inspirational figure with a commitment to non-violence and organizing as means of affecting change
OTHER PREFERRED SKILLS OR EXPERIENCE:
- Bilingual (Spanish/English)
TO APPLY:
Please send a resume and cover letter to resumes@wdc.greenpeace.org. The position will remain open until filled.
Greenpeace encourages people from underrepresented racial, gender, sexual preference and socio-economic groups to apply.
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POSITION TITLE: FRONTLINE CAMPAIGN MANAGER
DEPARTMENT: GRASSROOTS DEPARTMENT
LOCATION: WASHINGTON, DC or SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SUPERVISOR: GRASSROOTS DIRECTOR
Some people dream of this – to have groups of people trained across the country ready to take action on the next campaign at any moment. Greenpeace’s Frontline Canvass operation a is powerhouse of grassroots fundraising that brings our message and the opportunity to take immediate action straight to the people while bringing in over half of the organization’s income by recruiting more than 75,000 new members every year. Our Frontline canvass staff play a critical role in winning victories for the planet. In 2010 alone, Frontline staff supported our campaign to convince HSBC to drop its shares in Sinar Mas, the largest producer of palm oil in Indonesia, where tropical rainforests and ultra carbon-rich peatlands are being torn up to provide land for oil palm plantations. In 2010, Frontline also pressured fast food giant Burger King to drop Sinar Mas products from their menu, and convinced Trader Joe’s and Costco to commit to stop selling red-list fish in their stores, among other victories.
The Frontline campaign program, as part of the grassroots team, provides the grassroots power to win these hard-hitting campaign victories, builds Greenpeace’s national profile, and identifies, activates, and builds a diverse next generation of leaders and activists in the environmental movement. As Frontline Campaign Manager, you’ll lead the team currently made up of two other full-time staff – an organizer and a fellow.
The best candidate for this position will be an experienced organizer, a seasoned manager, a strategic campaign planner, a motivating trainer, and a canvasser at heart. You need to be adept at working and coordinating with a variety of departments and disciplines, especially with members of our Development, Campaigns, Actions, and Communications departments.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Adopt changes to existing training models and curricula based on organizing innovations and evolving organizational, programmatic and campaign needs; ensure Greenpeace’s Frontline Campaign Program provides a vibrant, inspired, and well-integrated activist base for our grassroots campaigning objectives
- Consult and advise campaigners on organizing strategy related to the Frontline Campaign Program; ensure all campaign-related goals are hit; develop campaign plans and package campaigns with campaigners as needed
- Ensure the successful collaborative design of campaign pushes between departments to maximize our campaign output and motivate Frontline staff
- Ensure one Campaign Coordinator is hired and trained for each Frontline Canvass office; coach Campaign Coordinator through weekly phone calls, conference calls or other means; oversee program staff to do the same
- Participate in and lead grassroots-related components of the annual campaign planning process; perform annual strategic evaluations of the team’s performance
- Orchestrate bi-annual weekend-long organizing trainings with Campaign Coordinators, City Coordinators and other leaders in the Frontline program
- Directly manage, mentor and oversee long term development of the Frontline Campaign staff
- Ensure integration within the Grassroots Department and with the Development Department, especially with the Frontline Canvass Team, and in the broader organization; coordinate with other managers in the Grassroots Department; project manage campaign projects on behalf of the Grassroots Department as needed
- Take a leadership role within the Grassroots department to help shape the strategies and success of the team
- Ensure the team is in compliance with all HR policies; manage hiring and termination decisions with approval from the Grassroots Director
- Supervise team budgets
- Serve as a liaison between the grassroots frontline campaign team and other departments
- Represent the Grassroots Director as needed
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education
- BA/BS degree
Experience and Accomplishments
- Seven years of organizing and/or campaigning experience; three years of management experience with a proven track record of developing and creating leadership opportunities for staff
- Background of working with door-to-door or street canvasses in grassroots advocacy or electoral campaigns
- Proven experience in training and coaching campaign volunteers including working with them remotely
- Experience planning strategic campaigns, executing large events
- Proven ability to manage projects and budgets with attention to detail from start to finish
- Experience in a leadership role, creating a shared vision within a team and motivating staff
- Experience effectively working with diverse groups of people with different motivations and objectives
Skills and Requirements
- Patient, calm under pressure; able to thrive in a fast-paced campaign environment and to work under tight deadlines
- Able to create strategic training regimens for activists and staff of all levels
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including editing; able to craft effective campaign messages for different audiences
- Honest communicator who can coach staff and deliver feedback; good listener who is willing to act on constructive feedback
- Project management skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities, develop effective systems to track progress and analyze results, and set ambitious goals and deliver
- Able to create a strategic training regimen and develop experienced staff
- Inspirational communicator, able to motivate and invest volunteers in campaign work
- Able to get to the heart of a problem and address it appropriately; decisiveness and good judgment a must
- Commitment to Greenpeace’s principled and uncompromising stance to protect people and the environment
- Commitment to non-violent direct action and grassroots organizing as a means of affecting change
Other Preferred Experience or Skills:
- Bilingual (Spanish/English)
- Non-violent direct action experience
TO APPLY:
Please send a resume, cover letter and writing sample to resumes@wdc.greenpeace.org by Mar 28, 2011.
Greenpeace encourages people from underrepresented racial, gender, sexual preference and socio-economic groups to apply.
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POSITION TITLE: COAL ACTIVIST SUPPORT COORDINATOR
DEPARTMENT: GRASSROOTS
LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, CA, or WASHINGTON, DC
SUPERVISOR: GRASSROOTS COAL MANAGER
Are there easier jobs? Yes. Could there be a better job? Unlikely.
America's 650+ coal-burning power plants are the largest single source of global warming pollution in the country, and the toxic smoke that billows from them shortens the lives of tens of thousands of Americans each year. These plants also produce enough toxic ash and sludge every year to fill train cars stretching from the North Pole to the South Pole. In spite of these alarming facts, the coal industry has maintained a stranglehold on our government and, between 2002 and 2008, American tax dollars were spent on coal industry subsidies to the tune of about 40 billion dollars. Something needs to change. It’s time for an energy revolution.
Greenpeace is shutting down dirty coal-fired power plants, exposing the industry's influence on our politicians and helping to build a powerful movement of trained, passionate activists demanding energy policy that values people over polluters. The coal activist training program will play an integral role in Greenpeace’s national campaign to close coal-fired power plants around the country and replace them with renewable energy and efficiency technologies.
The coal activist training program will work with the New Organizing Institute to pilot a training model aimed at developing leaders. Greenpeace’s Quit Coal campaign will be a “living laboratory” to track progress and effectiveness.
The goals of our coal activist training program are to:
1. Support Greenpeace’s coal campaign by training activists and building relationships with groups and leaders on the ground in strategic communities. Specifically, we will train at least 240 activists in 2011 to fulfill grant deliverables.
2. Pioneer new, cutting-edge activist training models to be tested through this program. Eventually, we hope to integrate new training models into the broader organization, as appropriate.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
As part of the coal activist training team you’ll play an integral role in building a cutting-edge program, from naming the program and developing training curriculum, to creating outreach materials and delivering passionate, effective trainings. Specifically, your team will:
· Collaborate with the New Organizing Institute to pilot, test, and refine a cutting-edge training model for issue-based campaigns
· Coordinate with other Greenpeace departments and programs, especially the coal campaign, other teams in the grassroots department, and the communications, actions and online departments to accomplish programmatic goals
· Devise and implement a complete activist recruitment plan to reach out to and network with local groups and activists
· Maintain a database of activists and groups who take part in the training, including information on skills, experience and level of involvement
· Ensure local activists are plugged into Greenpeace after the training so that they continue to receive support and information as needed
· Recruit skilled trainers and inspiring key note speakers (both internally from Greenpeace and externally from other organizations)
· Innovate, test and evaluate the training program’s effectiveness in leadership development
You will be one of two trainers on the team and play a leadership role. As one of the first people hired to the team you’ll be asked to help decide what the training models will look like and identify communities and local leaders we’d like to invest in. As the program develops, you will spearhead the coal training strategy, be responsible for testing, analyzing, and sharing training results, be the primary point of contact with coalition partners, and lead internal coordination with other grassroots programs and the coal team.
This is a contract position renewable in 2012 pending continued grant funding. Salary is competitive and includes benefits.
EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
· A minimum of 4 years experience in grassroots organizing with experience as a trainer required
· Proven ability to work both independently and in close coordination with a team, inspire activists, and build leaders
· Well-rounded with ability to work with a variety of people and groups
· Proven experience in directing a project from conception to completion and clear track record in overseeing effective campaigns
· Strong skills and experience in public speaking and organizing people around an issue
· Commitment to non-violence and grassroots organizing as means of affecting change
· Willingness to travel
· BS/BA
TO APPLY
Please send a resume and cover letter to resumes@wdc.greenpeace.org by Mar 21st, 2011.
Greenpeace encourages people from underrepresented racial, gender, sexual preference and socio-economic groups to apply.
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POSITION TITLE: FIELD ORGANIZER
DEPARTMENT: GRASSROOTS
LOCATION: CHARLOTTE, NC
SUPERVISOR: GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING MANAGER
You: A passionate grassroots organizer. In the United States, coal is
public enemy #1 when it comes to clean air, safe, healthy communities,
and a stable climate. You’re ready to go where you’re needed to take
on the dirtiest coal plants in the country and SHUT THEM DOWN. You’re
also prepared to jump in and support Greenpeace campaigns to save our
oceans and forests and to protect our communities from toxic pollution
and the risks of nuclear energy. You want a job working alongside
communities to hold politicians and corporate polluters accountable to
the decisions that affect us all. And you’re ready to start, NOW.
Us: Greenpeace was founded in 1971 by a small group of activists
standing up to nuclear testing off the Alaskan Coast. These daring few
effectively won a total ban on nuclear testing and launched
Greenpeace’s legacy of “bearing witness” to environmental abuse. We
continue to use non-violent direct action, creative confrontation, and
grassroots organizing to build solutions to global warming, toxic
pollution, the threat of nuclear energy expansion, and destruction of
our ancient forests and oceans. Today, Greenpeace has 2.5 million
members in 40 countries, and continues to lead the way to a clean and
peaceful planet.
Job Scope and Responsibilities:
A Greenpeace Field Organizer is passionate, driven, strategic, and
thrives in a fast-paced environment. You can quickly and effectively
inspire communities to demand change— from grocery chains selling
threatened fish species to shoe companies sourcing their leather from
cattle ranchers who clear-cut tropical forest. You work with local
citizens and groups to challenge decision-makers to make local
chemical plants safer and to expose the polluter lobbyists who are
undermining science-based climate legislation. You are happy wearing
a suit to a morning lobby meeting with key allies and a local member
of Congress, only to get paint on an old pair of jeans that evening
while painting a banner with local volunteers.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Lead regional fights to shut down coal-fired power plants while balancing the demands of ongoing work for our oceans, forests, and other priority campaigns
- Build lasting relationships with a variety of strategic allies
- Recruit, train, and maintain a base of volunteer activists building power on your campaigns
- Plan and execute education and outreach events
- Generate media coverage on Greenpeace issues
- Build relationships with elected officials to ensure long-term action
- Quickly develop knowledge of Greenpeace issues
- Other responsibilities as required by the Field Organizing Director
Skills and accomplishments:
- 1-2 years of grassroots organizing experience preferred
- Strong communication skills - written and oral
- Critical thinking and time-management skills
- Commitment to grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action as a means of effecting change
- BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience preferred
Start Date: April 18, 2011
Salary: $37,928.38 per annum, plus generous benefits
To Apply: Email resume and cover letter to: resumes@wdc.greenpeace.org
Deadline: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Location: Charlotte, NC – Please note that while position is
permanent, Greenpeace Organizers may be asked to relocate to adjust to
changing campaign needs.
Greenpeace encourages all interested persons to apply, regardless of
sex, race, religion, national origin, disabilities or sexual
orientation.
We encourage candidates with a strong background, work experience or
ties in the Charlotte, NC area to apply.
