Environmental Organizer

Student PIRGs; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Paid sick time

Vacation time

Commuter benefits

Student loan assistance

401(k) employer match

Parental leave

Training program

Job summary

Student PIRGs is hiring Campus Organizers to work on college campuses nationwide, helping students organize, mobilize and energize campaigns on environmental protection, public health, democracy, and consumer protection.

As a Campus Organizer you’ll recruit volunteers, train leaders, build coalitions, and run summer canvassing offices, with a competitive annual pay and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to environmental/public interest and student issues.
• Goal-driven and results-oriented.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Willing to step outside comfort zones and take initiative.

Responsibilities

• Recruit hundreds of volunteers to petitions and events.
• Help students run strategic campaigns and build campaigns on major issues.
• Build a diverse coalition of student organizations and partners.
• Train students to be effective social change leaders and engage with media and officials.
• Build a sustainable, student-run campus organization through fundraising and outreach.
• Run a citizen outreach office during the summer and lead canvassers for key campaigns.
• Help recruit volunteers and interns to grow the movement.
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment in significant decisions.

Skills

Environmental commitment

Public interest

Student issues

Leadership

Goal-driven

Excellent communication

Team player

Bold

Job description

As a Campus Organizer, you’ll be at the forefront of building a brighter future for all of us — from protecting our environment and safeguarding public health, to standing up to threats to our democracy and protecting consumers from a predatory marketplace. We believe the best place to start making the changes we want, and to develop the leaders we need, is on college campuses. We’re hiring campus organizers to work on over 100 college campuses to help students get organized, mobilized and energized and start building a greener, healthier future for all of us.

Key responsibilities

As a campus organizer, you’ll work with one or more college campuses alongside passionate student activists as you help them develop and run strategic campaigns on some of the biggest issues our society is facing. Key responsibilities include:

• Recruiting and inspiring hundreds of people to volunteer to collect petitions, host campaign events and more.
• Helping students run strategic campaigns. Campus organizers will recruit and train students to run campaigns such as eliminating single-use plastics, protecting wildlife and special places, making college more affordable and more.
• Building a coalition. Campus organizers work with student volunteers and interns to build a diverse, invested coalition of organizations.
• Training students to be effective social change leaders. We teach students how to organize educational events in their community, work with reporters to get media coverage for their campaigns, build grassroots support, advocate solutions to their elected officials and more.
• Building a strong, sustainable, student-funded and student-run organization on campus by fundraising, building relationships with key players on campus and building our organizational brand.
• Running a citizen outreach campaign office during the summer, where you’ll recruit and lead a team of canvassers to knock on doors to fundraise for important issues and help build critical, timely grassroots support to win key campaigns. You may be assigned to a different location for the summer and should be flexible to move.
• Build the movement by recruiting volunteers, interns and more organizers to work with us.
• This position requires exercising discretion and independent judgment in making decisions in matters of significance.

Learn more

Watch this video to learn more about the position and read more about what it’s like to work with us.

Qualifications

We’re looking for candidates who

• Have a demonstrated commitment to environmental, public interest and/or student issues, and a track record of leadership.
• Are goal-driven and results-oriented.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Are driven, work well with all kinds of people and aren’t afraid to get outside their comfort zones.
• Are passionate about making positive change. Change takes time, and is often incremental; we’re looking for people who are excited to work hard every day, even if it’s just for one small step in the right direction.

Compensation and benefits

The target annual compensation range for this position is $40,000 - $44,450 and depends on location, education and experience. Student PIRGs organizations offer an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid sick time (60-72 hours/year depending on location), vacation time (accruing 10 days over year 1), a commuter benefit program, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. Employees who stay long-term will be eligible for additional vacation time (accruing 15 days over year 2, and 20 days over year 3 and thereafter), a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, and long-term disability insurance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Location

We’re hiring organizers to work on college campuses in Arizona, California, Connecticut, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington state and Wisconsin.

Why work with the Student PIRGs?

Check out 10 reasons: https://studentpirgs.org/jobs/

About Student PIRGs

We believe in the power of young people to build a better world. From civil rights to protecting the environment, students are often at the forefront of movements to build a better future for our country. Whether or not those students make real progress depends on whether they are organized, have the skills to be effective and have a strategic plan to get things done. The Student PIRGs have been working for over 50 years to amplify the power of student activism and help students make real change, right now.

Our chapters and clubs on over 100 campuses provide the training, professional support and resources students need to tackle climate change, save our remaining wildlife, protect public health, revitalize our democracy, feed the hungry and more. We all want to live meaningful lives in a world that's greener and healthier, so we help students get organized, mobilized and energized to make that vision a reality.

Our mission and values

The Student PIRGs work closely with The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a new future and a strategic approach to change. Visit https://studentpirgs.org/core-values/ to learn more about our values when you apply.

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Each of the groups that partner with the Student PIRGs is an equal opportunity employer. The Student PIRGs will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.