Environmental Organizing Associate

Green Corps; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid sick time

Vacation time

Commuter benefit

Student loan assistance

Training program and advancement

Job summary

Green Corps is a yearlong, paid training program that provides classroom instruction and field experience to launch a career in organizing. Over the year, Organizers will run campaigns across the United States, test skills on campuses and in communities, and fundraise while building support for environmental campaigns.

The program includes eight weeks of classroom training on recruiting volunteers, developing strategic campaigns, and gaining media exposure.

Qualifications

• No prior organizing experience required.
• Passion for protecting the environment and dedicating your career to environmental advocacy and organizing 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.
• Flexibility to adjust plans when campaigns change and to work across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Run three to five campaigns across the year in multiple locations nationwide.
• Run a grassroots canvass office, hiring and managing canvass staff.
• Provide eight weeks of classroom training on recruiting, training volunteers and developing strategic campaigns.
• Gain the skills to launch an organizing career and connect graduates with organizing jobs.
• Operate with discretion and independent judgment in matters of significance.

Skills

Environment passion

Communication skills

Leadership experience

Work ethic

Flexibility

Public speaking

Job description

Protecting the environment is the most important challenge facing our world. Nothing prepares you to meet that challenge like Green Corps. Green Corps is a yearlong, intensive, paid training program that gives you the hands‑on training and experience you need to start your career in organizing. You'll gain critical skills while making an immediate impact on environmental campaigns. Our organizers are working to save America's remaining wild places, stop plastic pollution from flowing into our oceans, reduce climate warming pollution and more.

Program Description and Key Responsibilities

The Green Corps Organizer program provides a unique combination of classroom instruction and field experience to give you the foundation you need to launch a career to save the planet. Over the course of the year, Organizers will:

• Run three to five campaigns throughout the year 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 will test your skills and 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.
• Receive eight weeks of classroom training throughout the year 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.
• 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

We’re looking for top candidates to join our unique training program. No previous organizing experience is required, but here’s what we look for:

• A passion for protecting the environment and an interest in dedicating your career to environmental advocacy and organizing 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
• Excitement 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 2027, the target annual compensation is $41,000 (but compensation may range between $41,000 and $44,450 depending on location). Green Corps offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes 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, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement. If you are interested in short-term campaign positions, please visit our website. Compensation and benefits vary for short- term campaign positions.

Start Date and Location

We’re hiring for the next Green Corps Organizer class to start in August 2027. Check out our website to learn about short-term opportunities starting each August and January. 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.

Why work with Green Corps?

Check out 10 reasons: https://www.greencorps.org/programs

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 nearly 450 graduates, Green Corps has been the country’s most respected training program for environmental organizers for over 35 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 new future and a strategic approach to 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.