Description
Employment Type: Part-Time, Non-Exempt (12-15 hours a week)
Wage: A competitive hourly range of $18 base pay
Department: Political
Reports To: Youth Organizing Associate
Position Location: Sierra Nevada Region - Hybrid
Work Schedule: Hybrid schedule – in person once every two weeks
Vaccine Policy: We require all staff to be fully vaccinated
California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters), and EnviroVoters Education Fund, are excited to launch a search for Ambassadors to join our dynamic, fun, and high-performing team!
WHO WE ARE
We believe this moment requires transformative change.
The climate crisis is here. And Black, Indigenous and people of color have been bearing the burden of our pollution-based economy for generations. We have the solutions to stop climate change, but we lack the political will to do it at the rate and scale that’s needed.
EnviroVoters exists to build the political will and power to solve the climate crisis, use climate action to advance justice, and create a global roadmap. To protect our water, land, air, and our most vulnerable communities, we organize voters, elect and train candidates, and hold lawmakers accountable for bold policy change.
Our vision is to build resilient, healthy, thriving communities, and create a democracy and economy that is just and sustainable for all.
EnviroVoters Education Fund, EnviroVoters’s 501(c)3 sister organization, works through programs focused on voter engagement and mobilization, issue advocacy, legislative accountability, and research and opinion polling to provide the public, policymakers, and environmental advocates with the resources they need to make California’s air, water and natural resources cleaner and greener through the democratic process. For more information, please visit www.envirovotersedfund.org.
The work of EnviroVoters and EnviroVoters Ed Fund to protect and advocate for the environment is rooted in our commitment to racial, social, and environmental justice. Engaging Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, among other key constituencies for the environment is an organizational priority. Within the organization, we aim to create a workplace culture and policies and practices that demonstrate how we value equity and inclusion.
OUR CORE VALUES
Relationships are at the heart of our culture and our core values enable us to build ones that are strong, trusting, empowering, and thriving. Therefore, in our everyday interactions with each other and our partners, we strive to act with Equity, Courage, Integrity, Compassion, Impact, and Learning.
WORK SCHEDULE AND VACCINE POLICY
A focus on relationships also informs our work schedule. We believe time together in person is critical to team building. To that end, we currently work two days a week in person. As such, we require all employees to be fully vaccinated.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Attend weekly and monthly meetings to develop grassroots organizing skills, design campaigns, follow-up on administrative duties, and other field work related to the organizing and campaign goals.
- Participate in and lead workshops to grow organizing through base-building, leadership development, campaigns, and electoral organizing.
- Develop members and communities organizing capacity through base-building, leadership development, campaigns, get out the vote campaigns, digital organizing, as well as issue and social media advocacy.
- Help facilitate civic education, skills building, and relationship building/support amongst members, community, and other intersectional topics.
- Support organizing and voter education campaigns by building power with communities on climate, environmental, environmental justice, and other local issues.
- Outreach and Recruitment of community members to support base-building and recruitment on environmental and Environmental Justice issues.
- Collaborate with cohort members on an intersectional justice movement and develop leaders of the future, especially in historically under resourced communities in California.
- Develop and lead community education forums, initiatives, run successful organizing campaigns that effectively advance community-identified environmental issues while advocating for a vibrant, sustainable, and healthy environment.
NICE TO HAVE
- Strong communication abilities
- Good time management
- Critical thinking skills
- Attention to detail
- Self-motivated
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Currently attending post-secondary school
WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW
This is an outstanding opportunity for a highly motivated candidate to assume a pivotal role with this highly respected organization from September 2024 – June 2025.
