Washington Organizer

Food & Water Watch; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health, dental, vision

403b retirement plan

Parental leave

Vacation days

Sick days

Personal days

Paid federal holidays

Winter break

Job summary

Food & Water Watch is seeking a full-time, temporary Washington Organizer to support campaigns to protect our food, water, and climate. The Organizer will work with volunteers and community partners, focusing on a statewide moratorium on new data centers.

Remote with preference for western Washington (King, Pierce, or Thurston County); occasional travel within the state. The organizer will report to the Deputy Political Director, collaborating with the organizing, policy, digital and

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of full-time organizing experience, or an equivalent combination of full-time and volunteer experience.
• Demonstrated ability to execute effective grassroots organizing strategies.
• Familiarity with Washington politics and communities.
• Commitment to Food & Water Watch’s core values of justice, human dignity, fair treatment, and equity.
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse racial, ethnic, class, age, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management & organizational skills and ability to balance multiple projects.
• Ability to work remotely using basic online programs, including email, Slack, and Google docs.

Responsibilities

• Recruit volunteers and allies.
• Participate in the development of campaign plans. Contribute to the establishment of long and short-term goals, strategies, and tactics to win our campaigns.
• Organize campaign tactics. Execute strategic tactics to meet the needs of our campaigns, including educational events, base-building drives, and actions directed at elected officials.
• Build capacity. Develop the leadership of volunteers and grassroots organizations by offering limited training and organizing support.
• Represent Food & Water Watch. Speak at public events and in press interviews on behalf of the organization. Participate in coalitions and joint campaigns or tactics.
• Use digital tools. Become proficient in tools such as ThruText, Scale to Win, and Mobilize.
• Know our issues. Maintain familiarity with Food & Water Watch’s priority issue campaigns and policy positions, and respond to information and support requests from activists, coalition members, and the media.
• Build Food & Water Watch for the long haul. Participate in member recruitment for Food & Water Watch.
• Carry out other projects as assigned.

Skills

Grassroots organizing

Verbal communication

Written communication

Time management

Remote collaboration

Tools

Slack

Google Docs

Email

ThruText

Scale to Win

Mobilize

Job description

Food & Water Watch is looking for a full-time, temporary Washington Organizer to join our Organizing team and help support campaigns to protect our food, water, and climate. The Organizer will work closely with volunteers and community partners and other staff at Food & Water Watch, with a focus on our campaign to pass a moratorium on new data centers in Washington.

This position is primarily remote for an organizer based in western Washington (King, Pierce, or Thurston County preferred). However, the organizer will be required to occasionally travel for meetings, events, and community outreach within the state.

About Food & Water Watch:

Food & Water Watch is working to create a healthy future for all people and generations to come—a world where everyone has food they can trust, clean drinking water and a livable climate. Making this happen requires involving people in the pressing issues of our time at the local, state, and federal level, building on one win after another, as we develop a larger movement that has the political power to make our democratic process work.

About the position:

The Washington Organizer will report to the Deputy Political Director and will work with other staff on the organizing, policy, digital and communications teams to support Food & Water Watch’s work. The Organizer will carry out grassroots organizing tactics in priority districts to build support for a statewide moratorium on new data centers. This is a full-time, temporary grant-funded position and ends May 14th, 2027.

Salary: $26.49 - $30.57 per hour for a 40 hour work week.

Location: This position is based in western Washington, with a preference for King, Pierce, or Thurston County

Responsibilities:

• Recruit volunteers and allies. Assist with building a strong base of volunteers and organizations in support of our local, state, and national campaigns.
• Participate in the development of campaign plans. Contribute to the establishment of long and short-term goals, strategies, and tactics to win our campaigns.
• Organize campaign tactics. Execute strategic tactics to meet the needs of our campaigns, including educational events, base-building drives, and actions directed at elected officials.
• Build capacity. Develop the leadership of volunteers and grassroots organizations by offering limited training and organizing support.
• Represent Food & Water Watch. Speak at public events and in press interviews on behalf of the organization. Participate in coalitions and joint campaigns or tactics.
• Use digital tools. Become proficient in tools such as ThruText, Scale to Win, and Mobilize.
• Know our issues. Maintain familiarity with Food & Water Watch’s priority issue campaigns and policy positions, and respond to information and support requests from activists, coalition members, and the media.
• Build Food & Water Watch for the long haul. Participate in member recruitment for Food & Water Watch.
• Carry out other projects as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 1 year of full-time organizing experience, or an equivalent combination of full-time and volunteer experience.
• Demonstrated ability to execute effective grassroots organizing strategies.
• Familiarity with Washington politics and communities.
• Commitment to Food & Water Watch’s core values of justice, human dignity, fair treatment, and equity.
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse racial, ethnic, class, age, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management & organizational skills and ability to balance multiple projects.
• Ability to work remotely using basic online programs, including email, Slack, and Google docs.

Desired but not required skills and experience:

• Experience leading volunteer canvasses and phonebanks, and training others to do the same.
• Access to a vehicle and valid driver’s license (work travel and mileage is reimbursable)

Compensation:

$26.49 - $30.57 per hour for a 40 hour work week dependent upon experience and location.

Food & Water Watch provides an excellent benefits package for full-time employees. This includes 100% employer-paid health, dental and vision plans for staff; 403b retirement plans with employer contribution once eligible; 12 weeks paid parental leave once eligible; 3 weeks vacation for new employees; 12 sick days and 5 personal days; paid federal holidays and winter break (December 24 - January 1).

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas.

Equal Opportunity:

Food & Water Watch is an equal opportunity employer who encourages applications from women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, individuals with disabilities, and other members of underrepresented groups. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

Food & Water Watch (FWW) is committed to the health and safety of its staff members. Moreover, FWW, as an organization, promotes science-based policy. Science clearly shows that unvaccinated populations drive the spread of the coronavirus and the emergence of new variants, and that unvaccinated people are more likely to contract COVID and experience severe symptoms. FWW requires new staff to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, subject to availability, unless they receive an approved religious or medical accommodation.