Climate Community Organizer III

9to5; Denver (CO); Presencial; USD 60.000 - 74.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Descripción de la vacante

9to5 Colorado seeks an experienced community organizer based in the Denver-Metro area. This full-time role focuses on climate justice priorities, including campaign development, membership and base-building, supervising staff, and running organizing campaigns to advance the organization’s mission in Colorado.

The position involves coordinating outreach to tenants affected by local policies, training organizers, and supporting coalitions and communications efforts.

Formación

• At least 4 years organizing experience with a community, labor or women’s organization.
• Proven ability to build a base of grassroots members and leaders to achieve people powered campaign goals.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of grassroots organizing skills, theory, and practice.
• Ability to align practice within 9to5’s theory of change and organizing model.
• Experience with issue-based policy campaigns. Ability to motivate others, share vision and energy.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, manage and develop staff.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills; able to prioritize work and manage time.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate outreach programs including canvassing, phone calls, emails, and community events.
• Recruit and engage members; train and develop member leaders; ensure turnout and participation.
• Support regular membership meetings, trainings, and neighborhood events.
• Manage Community Justice Fellowship program and related activities.
• Meet monthly organizing goals for new contacts and membership recruitment.
• Lead and plan the local energy efficiency campaign in Boulder; participate in strategy planning.

Conocimientos

Organizing experience

Grassroots organizing

Staff supervision

Campaign planning

Community outreach

Herramientas

Excel

Word

Google

Zoom

Online databases

Descripción del empleo

9to5 Colorado seeks an experienced community organizer based in the Denver-Metro area. This position will implement the chapter’s climate justice priorities including campaign development, membership and base-building work, supervising staff, and implementing organizing campaigns, and manages the day-to-day campaign activities and programs to advance the mission of 9to5 Colorado.

Duties & Responsibilities

Membership Recruitment / Development

• Coordinate and conduct outreach programs designed to reach tenants affected by local energy efficiency policies; this outreach will come in the form of door-to-door canvassing, phone calls, emails and attending community events.
• Recruit and engage members, conduct training that identify and develop member leaders, and ensure consistent turn-out and active participation of members in campaign activities.
• Support and facilitate regular 9to5 membership meetings, trainings, neighborhood meetings and other general membership events.
• Support the Community Justice Fellowship program and any campaign members are pursuing.
• Meet monthly organizing goals for new contacts, one on ones and membership recruitment.

Campaign Development

• Lead the current local energy efficiency campaign in Boulder and participate in strategy planning for future goals and target regions.
• Research policy issues related to energy efficiency at the municipal and county levels in target regions and at the state level when appropriate.
• Power-map key components to support the campaigns implementation.
• Provide administrative support, drafts, and presentations related to coalition to work.
• Help draft fact sheets and other communications tools and some digital assets related to coalition work.
• Participate in coalitions as appropriate, develop and maintain relationships with key partners.

Supervision

• Supervise, train and develop organizers to plan for and evaluate chapter growth, recruitment and campaign strategies as appropriate.
• Meeting base-building goals
• Developing effective work plans
• Creating effective campaign goals and strategy

Grassroots Fundraising

• Support the promotion and execution of fundraising campaigns and events.

Data and Communications

• Work and coordinate with the chapter’s Communications Coordinator to ensure presence of member-leaders on all media channels including public relations, op-ED, press releases and social media channels.
• Collaborate with the chapter’s Data Coordinator to ensure implementation of data guidelines and policies.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years organizing experience with a community, labor or women’s organization.
• Proven ability to build a base of grassroots members and leaders to achieve people powered campaign goals.
• Deep knowledge and understanding of grassroots organizing skills, theory, and practice.
• Ability to align practice within 9to5’s theory of change and organizing model.
• Experience with issue-based policy campaigns.Ability to motivate others, share vision and energy.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, manage and develop staff.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, ability to organize and prioritize work, budget time and account for work results.
• Proven ability to successfully manage projects and campaigns with limited supervision.
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, Google and Zoom tools and online database programs.
• Access to a vehicle to drive to meetings on a regular basis.
• Available to work evenings and weekends depending on campaign needs.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, anti-racism, anti-oppression and ability to work with diverse populations.
• Access to a vehicle to drive to meetings on a regular basis.
• Weekly in person attendance in Metro-Denver office and Boulder, Arapahoe, and Adams counties field work and occasional out of state and local travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• English/Spanish Bi-lingual candidates who are proficient in reading, writing and speaking in both languages will be highly considered.

This is a full-time position based in metro Denver, Colorado (40 hours/week) with a salary of $66,968.00 with generous family health insurance, employer retirement contribution, life insurance, and paid time off benefits including sick time, vacation time, personal time, and 10 paid holidays annually.

This position will require travel to staff training, conferences and mandatory in-person meetings.

This position is included in the employee bargaining unit.

We value a diverse staff and strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, bilingual and bicultural individuals, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Job applicants and staff shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, gender identity, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, color, marital status, medical conditions or other related criteria.