Campus Organizer- University of Arizona

The Outreach Team•Tempe, AZ

3d•$55,000 - $67,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are the national engine of campaigners and organizers building a fairer, cleaner, safer, and more peaceful world. With an on-the-ground presence in communities all across the country, our world-class team runs successful civic engagement campaigns. Campus organizers will be charged with recruiting, training, and working with a team of student volunteers on campus to promote environmental advocacy. The Organizer will start by building and recruiting a team of supporters through petitioning on campus, then converting those supporters into volunteers. From there, Organizers will continue to engage volunteers through a series of campaign events and actions. At the end of the campaign, Organizers will debrief with volunteers and community contacts to share information on how to stay involved with climate action in their communities.

Requirements

Commitment to equity and justice, with an agreement to our North Star.
Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to all of your interactions with colleagues and community members.
Passion for the role that your work plays in creating change in the world.
Kindness and consideration for others.
Drive to work collaboratively: learning from others; stepping-in or stepping-back when needed.
Transparency: comfort admitting what you do and don’t know, your capacity, and abilities.
Task management: Able to adapt to the evolving needs of a project. Able to tackle big-picture projects and break them down into smaller pieces.
Organized and efficient: Experience or demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects or goals at once in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Acute attention to detail: Track interactions and tasks with detailed notes. Plans ahead for roadblocks and bounces back quickly when problems arise.
Effective communication skills (written or spoken) that are clear, concise and honest.
Comfortable and excited to speak about the campaign publicly.
Coach and learning mentality: successful experience or willingness to learn new things and pick up new skills on the job. Able to learn from mistakes and try again.
Understanding of how your words and actions affect others, including an awareness of power language and communication accessibility.
Ability to work weekends and weekday evenings, occasional holidays.

Nice To Haves

Experience working for nonprofits and issue campaigns.
Data Management and Evaluation Experience: Experience working with various data management systems and tools, mainly Google Suite.
Experience with Relevant Campaign Tools and Technologies: VAN, Action Network, ThruText, MailChimp, eCRMs like EveryAction, or social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).
Event or Project Planning & Management, Implementation or Evaluation.
Knowledge or previous experience working on this issue is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

Recruit and train 6-8 hourly campus fellows to register voters across campus.
Call and text supporters and recruit them into grassroots actions.
Identify new supporters and volunteers by gathering petitions, flyering, and conducting in-field recruitment efforts in the community and on local campuses.
Run grassroots skills trainings to develop effective campaigners among volunteers.
Keep meticulous track of a volunteer list.
Develop volunteer leaders who commit to the cause and help lead your student organization.
Represent the campaign through participation in community spaces and events, while engaging and uplifting coalition and partner organizations.
Gather over a thousand petitions from the students in support of climate action.
Recruit and train volunteers to generate more petitions and volunteer engagement at events.
Recruit and engage with community leaders, organizational partners, and VIPs to build meaningful relationships while generating new supporters, volunteers, and event attendees.
Organize and execute exciting, high-visibility in-person events demonstrating support for climate action.
Educate community members about ways to protect our climate, wildlife, lands, and most vulnerable communities.
Ensure 100% of all messaging and legal requirements are met by self and volunteers.
Recruit volunteers to post on their own social media platforms.
Send timely and compelling email campaigns to recruit activists to campaign activities.
Track every interaction with detailed notes in order to report numbers daily and write weekly reports on the results of the campaign.