Greenpeace seeks an Organizing Term Coordinator

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Greenpeace seeks an Organizing Term Coordinator.

Closing March 23

 

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:

The Greenpeace Student Program was created to train and

mobilize a diverse new generation of environmental leaders to win

Greenpeace

campaigns. The primary programs are the

Greenpeace Student Network and the Greenpeace Organizing Term (GOT). The GOT is a semester or summer-long

environmental training program filled with training, travel, and action. The GOT prepares the country’s best emerging

student activists to mobilize their campuses on Greenpeace campaigns. Students learn through more than 50

trainings, hands-on campaign work, mentorship from staff, teamwork, and

by

mobilizing students across the country. Coursework

includes grassroots organizing, strategic campaign planning,

direct action climbing and boating, nonviolence, working with the

media,

building groups, leadership, and Greenpeace values, history, and

current

campaigns. The GOT includes a weeklong

trip abroad for students to meet international Greenpeace activists.

Priorities include:

Training and coaching students in classroom, campaign, and

one-on-one settings;

Working with campaign staff and the student organizing

manager to design and manage student campaign work;

Recruiting trainers;

Refining and developing specific trainings as well as

overall curriculum;

Managing students and logistics during international trip;

and

Frequent evaluations of the program.

This position will report to the student-organizing

manager. In the absence of the

student-organizing manager, the team member will report to the

grassroots

outreach director.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Run and review trainings for students in the program.

Develop and run inspiring trainings on a range of

campaign

and organizing topics: from the basics of recruitment, phonebanking,

petitioning, to writing a press release, making a campaign plan,

etc.

Manage the student group throughout the semester, provide

feedback and motivation to each individual GOT participant, help foster

GOT

team and leadership development,

Recruit trainers internally from Greenpeace and

externally

from organizations and allies to do individual training sessions

throughout the

semester and provide training outlines; and

Provide weekend and weeklong trainings and skill-shares

for

key Greenpeace organizers.

2. Implement and manage student component of Greenpeace

campaigns in select parts of the country.

Achieve agreed-upon campaign objectives and student

grassroots organizing strategy with the Greenpeace campaign teams and

create

campaign plans, creative tactics and events.

Oversee program GOT student participants’ involvement in

Greenpeace campaigns;

Write, or assist in writing, press releases and in

planning

media strategies; and

Represent Greenpeace at public events, grassroots

activists

groups and in the environmental community at large.

3. Liaise with the Communications, Development, or Campaign

Teams on approved projects.

4. Develop project budgets and monitor program budget. Maintain all management and evaluation

systems. Maintain contact management systems and update contact

information

databases regularly.

5. Perform other job-related duties as requested or assigned

by the student organizing manager.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:

1. Student satisfaction with programs

based on surveys and

regular evaluations.

2. Campaign and programmatic results versus objectives.

3. Recruitment and retention results versus objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: BA/BS

Degree preferred or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

A minimum of two years experience as a

grassroots organizer.

Proven ability to develop grassroots leaders, inspire

activists, and build lasting long-term relationships.

Proven ability to work both independently and in close

coordination with a team.

Prior experience as a trainer or educator.

Strong skills and experience in key campaigning areas:

public speaking, activist training, strategic planning, organizing

people

around an issue, oral and written communication, and problem

solving skills.

Ability and willingness to travel.

Proven leadership.

Commitment to non-violence as a means of affecting change.

PREFERRED ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Direct Applications/Inquiries to:

Human Resources

resumes