Senior Environmental Justice Organizer

myHR Partner, Inc.; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: $60,000-65,000/year

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k with employer match

Generous PTO including parental leave

Job summary

A statewide coalition focused on environmental justice is seeking a Senior Organizer I to enhance leadership development and member engagement. This hybrid role combines campaign management and strategic planning in Michigan. Ideal candidates will have 4-7 years of experience, excellent interpersonal skills, and familiarity with organizing strategies. You will contribute to significant statewide campaigns and support grassroots efforts aimed at promoting a clean environment for vulnerable communities. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience managing social justice issue campaigns.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of organizing strategies.
• Support campaigns and grow statewide base of environmental justice leaders.
• Represent the organization in community spaces and public forums.

Skills

Leadership development

Member engagement

Strategic campaign planning

NGP Van software

Interpersonal skills

Community building

Direct action planning

Tools

Relational organizer software (Mobilize, Impactive)

Job description

The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition (MEJC)is building a future rooted in justice, sustainability, and community power. To keep our movement strong,we’reseekingaSeniorOrganizerIto strengthen our movement through leadership development, member engagement, and strategic campaigns. Thishybrid-onsite/remoterolebased inDetroit, MI,isagreat opportunityforsomeonewho thrivesin collaborative environments,valuesequity, andwantsto be part of a dynamic team driving change across Michigan.

Whatyou’lldo

This position playsa key role in strengthening community engagement, supporting campaigns, and growing our statewide base of environmental justice leaders. OurSeniorOrganizer Iwill lead the development and execution of MEJC’s organizing strategies, with a focus on advancing utility accountability and environmental justice in Michigan. This role combines campaign management, staff leadership, and strategic organizational planning. Day to day, you can expect to:

• Build the leadership and capacity of members, partners, and community residents
• Support and engage members through meetings, trainings, and relationship-building
• Participate in and support action-based campaigns, advocacy efforts, and community mobilization
• Collaborate with staff and partners to design and implement organizing strategies
• Help builda strong baseof environmental justice leaders across the state
• Represent the organization in community spaces, coalition settings, and public forums
• Contribute to statewide alliance-building efforts with social and environmental justice partners
• Support electoral and advocacy work, including organizing community participation
• Engage residents in movement-building efforts for a clean, healthy, and safe future
• Travel statewide
• Lead and manage staff, oversee data/metrics, and guide campaign evaluation and strategy
• Coordinate higher-level advocacy and electoral (C3/C4) tactics and represent the organization in statewide coalitions
• Manage project budgets and resource allocation

What you need to thrive in this role

• 4-7 years of experience
• Intermediate NGP Van software experience
• Experience with relational organizer software (Mobilize, Impactive)
• Intermediate understanding of policy issue areas
• Large event planning of experience – over 100+ people
• Direct action planning experience
• Experience managing social justice issue campaigns
• Excellent interpersonal skills, community-building, and movement building practices
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take initiative
• Love for Earth, all our relations, and understanding of how resources impact lives
• Collaborative in spirit and practice with clear ability to bring others into meetings,facilitatewell, and mobilize people for collective action
• Structured and outcomes-driven organizing experience withdemonstratedtime management and task management

About us

The Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition (MEJC) is a statewide coalition working to achieve a clean, healthy, and safe environment for Michigan’s most vulnerable residents. We focus on the Jemez and EJ Principles through popular education, grassroots policy advocacy, and organizing our communities for systems change. MEJC convened in 2011 to grow the Environmental Justice movement in Michigan. We lead campaigns to fight for Energy Justice and Clean Air as well as engage in federal and state policy. MEJC hopes to define an ambitious Environmental Justice agenda for Michigan that centers Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities and is free of fossil fuels and false solutions.

What we offer you

• Salary: $60,000- $65,000/year, depending on experienceand position level
• Medical, dental, and vision (Individual coverage is 100% paid for by MEJC)
• 401k with employer match
• Disability insurance options
• Generous PTO including parental leave
• Community involvement

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At MEJC, we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As anequal-opportunityemployer, we stay true to that by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place.