Environmental Organizer

Green Corps; Michigan; Sur place; USD 40 000 - 44 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid sick time

Vacation time

Commuter benefit

Student loan assistance

Advancement opportunities

Résumé du poste

Green Corps offers a yearlong, paid training program to jumpstart an organizing career. You will undergo eight weeks of classroom training, oversee campaigns across the United States, and gain hands-on field experience—from campus outreach to canvassing staff leadership.

Graduates are connected with organizing jobs in environmental and social change movements, with an emphasis on discretion and independent judgment in decision-making.

Qualifications

• A passion for protecting the environment and committing to environmental work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for diverse audiences.
• Leadership experience on campus or in the community.
• Flexibility to adjust plans as campaigns move across locations.
• Desire to learn organizing and campaign skills for a year-long program.

Responsabilités

• Receive eight weeks of classroom training on organizing theory and skills.
• Run three to five campaigns across multiple locations in the United States.
• Organize on campuses, in communities, and through door-to-door outreach.
• Lead a grassroots canvass office, hire and manage canvass staff, and fundraise.
• After the program, connect with organizing jobs in environmental movements.

Connaissances

Environmental passion

Strong communication

Leadership experience

Work ethic and goals

Organization and adaptability

Description du poste

Program Description and Key Responsibilities

Are you determined to make the biggest positive impact you can on issues like climate change and clean water, but you don’t know where to start? Green Corps offers a yearlong, paid training program that gives you the training and experience you need to kickstart your organizing career while making an immediate impact on critical environmental issues, from saving our last wild places, to protecting our oceans, to reducing climate change pollution.

• Receive eight weeks of classroom training to learn the theory and skills of environmental organizing, including skills like how to recruit and train volunteers, develop strategic campaigns, organize events, gain media coverage and more.
• Run three to five campaigns throughout the year where you will learn how to organize on a range of issues in multiple locations across the United States. You could be in Raleigh, North Carolina, working on a campaign to reduce single-use plastic pollution in the fall; then move to Pueblo, Colorado to work on a campaign to advance clean energy in the spring; and then move to Chicago to build support for wetlands protection in the summer.
• You could also organize in different contexts - on a college campus, in a community, and knocking on doors in neighborhoods to fundraise and build support for a campaign in the summer.
• Run a grassroots canvass office for the final campaign of the year, including hiring and managing canvass staff. You and your canvass staff will educate the public, build support, sign-up members, and fundraise for top environmental and public interest organizations.
• Gain the skills and experiences needed to launch your organizing career. After completing the year, we connect graduates with organizing jobs in the environmental and social change movements. Many groups need trained organizers to run their campaigns, and most Green Corps graduates are able to find professional positions immediately.
• This position requires exercising discretion and independent judgment in making decisions in matters of significance.

Qualifications

• A passion for protecting the environment and an interest in dedicating your career to environmental work
• Strong communication skills, including writing, public speaking, and working with others one-on-one and in a group
• Leadership experience on campus or in your community
• Strong work ethic and dedication to goals, and also the flexibility to adjust plans when a rapidly-moving campaign changes
• Excited to dedicate a year to learning how to be an organizer, including working on multiple campaigns with different campaign partners and in different locations

Compensation and Benefits

For positions starting in August 2026, the target annual compensation is $39,500 (but compensation may range between $39,500 and $44,450 depending on location). Green Corps offers an excellent benefits package.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• paid sick time (60-80 hours/year depending on location)
• vacation time (accruing 10 days over year 1)
• a commuter benefit program
• needs-based student loan assistance

We also offer additional short-term campaign and training opportunities, as well as opportunities for advancement. Compensation and benefits will vary for short-term campaign positions.

Start Date and Location

We’re hiring for the next Green Corps Organizer class to start in August 2026. Green Corps Organizers go where the environment needs them and wherever they can make the biggest impact. Organizers could work on campaigns almost anywhere in the country, and while location preferences are considered for placements, we require all organizers to be geographically flexible.

About Green Corps

Green Corps trains organizers, provides field support for today’s critical environmental campaigns, and graduates activists who have demonstrated the skills, temperament and commitment to fight and win tomorrow’s environmental battles. With over 400 graduates, Green Corps has been the country’s most respected training program for environmental organizers for over 30 years.

Our Mission and Values

Green Corps is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit https://www.greencorps.org/core-values to learn more when you apply.

Please do not use AI to help draft your cover letter or responses to our application questions. We want to know how you think and write.

Green Corps is an equal opportunity employer. Green Corps will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.