Campaign Manager – California Coastkeeper Alliance

Waterkeeper Alliance; California; On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

California Coastkeeper Alliance is seeking a Campaign Manager to lead communications, education, and advocacy campaigns that advance the mission of California Waterkeepers. The focus for the Campaign Manager over the next year is educating state decision-makers and the public about the Clean Water Act and citizen enforcement that makes it work, amid federal efforts to weaken protections.

Since 1972, the Act has empowered citizens to enforce pollution limits when government agencies do not.

Responsibilities

• Lead communications, education, and advocacy campaigns to advance the mission of California Waterkeepers.

Job description

Campaign Manager – California Coastkeeper Alliance

October 21, 2026

California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA) unites Waterkeeper organizations statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians. CCKA and Waterkeepers work together to develop, implement, and defend freshwater and ocean policies for the benefit of California’s communities and ecosystems.

POSITION SUMMARY

California Coastkeeper Alliance is seeking a Campaign Manager to lead communications, education, and advocacy campaigns that advance the mission of California Waterkeepers. The specific focus for the Campaign Manager over the next year will be a campaign educating state decision-makers and the public about the Clean Water Act, the citizen enforcement that makes it work, and the growing federal efforts to weaken both. Since 1972, the Clean Water Act has empowered citizens to enforce pollution limits when government agencies do not. Those protections are now under attack: the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA narrowed the waters the Act protects, and federal rulemakings and proposals in Congress threaten to further roll back protections and restrict citizens’ ability to hold polluters accountable.