Climate Resilience Organizer

Sierra Club•Steamboat Springs, CO

13d•Remote

About The Position

The Climate Resilience Organizer organizes campaigns that win victories and build grassroots power for Sierra Club priorities, particularly climate resilience. The work includes supporting and identifying funding for climate adaptation, building support for renewable energy projects, promoting conservation, and helping ensure transportation systems are resilient. The Organizer works with local teams to recruit and train volunteers, develop their leadership, represent Sierra Club with community and institutional audiences, plan and implement campaign tactics, and report on campaign results and effectiveness. The role contributes to state strategy with a particular focus on Western Colorado and leads specific campaigns. In collaboration with volunteers, staff, partners, and other stakeholders, the Organizer implements strategic plans, facilitates meetings and volunteer onboarding, develops partnerships, monitors regulatory and legislative opportunities, and evaluates progress using data and metrics. The position also supports volunteer leadership development, team-building, event planning and mobilization, coalition work, public representation, and good volunteer and data practices. Campaigns are expected to be rooted in equity and justice and inclusive of frontline and directly impacted communities. The position is remote in Western Colorado and requires travel. Heavier workloads may occur around project deadlines, staff absences or vacancies, and peak activity periods. Frequent evening and/or weekend work is required. The position reports to the Political Director and is a category 4, exempt, represented position covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Compensation is $75,000 annually. Sierra Club offers medical, dental, and vision coverage and a 401(k) retirement savings plan.

Requirements

Experience as a field organizer or community organizer, or demonstrated ability to onboard, train, and support volunteers.
Experience designing and implementing tactics as part of a larger campaign strategy.
Working understanding of quantitative and qualitative data and willingness to use data to inform and evaluate organizing work.
Experience using and training others on in-person and online/virtual tools, such as Zoom, G-Suite, peer-to-peer texting, and Mobilize.
Demonstrated leadership working within a team structure and ability to build vision, trust, and mutual accountability with team members.
Experience working closely with volunteers.
Commitment to continually deepen and evolve understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility; ability to recognize relationships to privilege and power and adjust behavior as appropriate.
Constructive, additive approach to mistakes and problems, with a can-do attitude, sense of humor, and authentic kindness.
Ability to travel; the position is based remotely in Western Colorado.
Availability for frequent evening and/or weekend work.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of environmental and energy issues, or expertise or ability to develop expertise in state energy, climate justice, and/or conservation areas.
Ability to create rapport and inspire trust.
Openness to feedback and ability to learn new skills.

Responsibilities

Participate in creating state strategy, focusing particularly on Western Colorado, and lead specific campaigns.
Build relationships with volunteers, partners, and staff to create and implement campaigns aligned with the strategic plan.
Help ensure campaigns are rooted in equity and justice and include frontline and directly impacted communities.
Collaborate with volunteers to implement Sierra Club priorities, facilitate organizing meetings, onboard and integrate volunteers, and develop partnerships.
Track regulatory proceedings and legislative or executive opportunities, identify opportunities for engagement, mobilization, or intervention, and evaluate progress using data and metrics.
Build mutually accountable relationships with Chapter staff, volunteers, coalition partners, and grasstops partners; communicate expectations and capacity and coordinate strategically.
Identify and recruit volunteers and activists, match them with areas of interest, and increase participation in the Chapter structure.
Support issue-focused volunteer teams, coach volunteers, coordinate activities, and engage stakeholders, coalitions, decision makers, and influencers.
Support volunteer leadership development by facilitating training, coaching leaders, and supporting governance processes and functions.
Maintain data on volunteer teams, roles, contact information, and other core metrics.
Coordinate with coalition partners and outside groups to plan volunteer activities and attend meetings to coordinate events and mobilization tactics.
Respond to public, member, and volunteer inquiries concerning membership, outings, events, and environmental issues; provide public relations and volunteer support.
Represent Sierra Club priorities to public officials, partner organizations, and media; maintain strategic relationships and, when needed, serve as a spokesperson and promote media exposure for volunteers and partners.
Build, maintain, and participate in teams advancing state-level campaigns and Chapter development; train volunteer leaders to facilitate effective, healthy teams.
Actively participate in and build the state field team, support a community of care, and recognize the need for self-care to sustain the work.
Work with the manager to develop and adjust an annual work plan based on state or regional strategic priorities and campaign goals.