Youth Climate Campaign Ambassador

California-Environmental-Voters; Fresno (CA); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

California Environmental Voters seeks Youth Ambassadors for a nine-month cohort in the Central Valley, Inland Empire, Sacramento, or Sierra Nevada regions. The program builds grassroots power for environment and climate justice, including a youth climate board for local decision-making and community education.

The role is part-time, hybrid, with in-person meetings roughly monthly. Ideal candidates are passionate about justice, leadership, and youth engagement in environmental policy.

Qualifications

• Commit to 10–12 hours per week with occasional weeks up to 15 hours.
• Passionate about environmental justice and climate policy.
• Strong communication, social and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in community engagement, youth empowerment and leadership development.
• Strong public speaking skills.
• Good time management.
• Critical thinking.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Commit to working an average of 10 to 12 hours per week, with occasional weeks of up to 15 hours during events, retreats, or campaign pushes.
• Attend weekly online meetings to build skills in grassroots organizing, public speaking, and advocacy, complete administrative tasks, and collaborate with your cohort. Meet in person with your regional cohort at least once a month.
• Coordinate with your cohort and plan the next phase of the Water Equity and Clean Air Now! Campaign (WE CAN!) to push for youth climate boards in your respective regions.
• Collaborate with the regional organizers on their campaigns to increase youth engagement in local policy issues.
• Develop social media content that amplifies local voices, shares success stories, and promotes initiatives that address pressing challenges facing young people and the environment.
• Develop and lead community initiatives and run grassroots organizing campaigns to advance solutions for community-identified environmental issues and advocate for a vibrant, sustainable, and healthy environment.
• Foster increased youth participation and leadership in civic processes and actively advocate for policies shaped and led by youth. Support initiatives that cultivate youth leadership and expand opportunities for young people to influence decision‑making at all levels.
• Plan and coordinate events, including but not limited to workshops, informational sessions, volunteer recruitment, and forums aimed at engaging students, youth, community members and to recruit volunteers on issues of clean air and water, and youth civic participation.
• Expand awareness on climate, environmental policies, environmental justice, and other local issues through digital organizing and social media advocacy.
• Increase youth civic participation through issue‑based organizing and nonpartisan get out the vote activities.
• Meet with local elected officials and state legislators in their respective regions and in Sacramento to advocate for sustainability initiatives, environmental justice issues, and the importance of youth involvement.
• Participate and attend the two staff retreats in the Los Angeles and Sacramento areas, one in winter and one in spring.
• And other duties as assigned.

Skills

10-12 hours weekly

Environmental justice

Sustainability

Policy

Public speaking

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Community engagement

Youth empowerment

Leadership development

Time management

Critical thinking

Self-motivation

Autonomy

Teamwork

Job description

California Environmental Voters seeks Youth Ambassadors for a nine-month cohort in the Central Valley, Inland Empire, Sacramento, or Sierra Nevada regions. The program builds grassroots power for environment and climate justice, including a youth climate board for local decision-making and community education.

The role is part-time, hybrid, with in-person meetings roughly monthly. Ideal candidates are passionate about justice, leadership, and youth engagement in environmental policy.