Campaign Associate

About the Role

Environment California is seeking a Campaign Associate to work on campaigns to save California’s oldest trees, conserve and protect our ocean, and defend the wildlife that call our forests and ocean home.

Key Responsibilities

• Educate and mobilize public support: Conduct online and in-person outreach to educate the public on issues and ways to get involved.
• Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups to demonstrate support for campaign goals.
• Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign.
• Organize events and work with volunteers: Organize webinars, community events, and public meetings. Recruit organizations and members of the public to attend and participate.
• Lobby elected officials: Meet with decision makers to make the case for and demonstrate support for campaign goals.
• Research and write reports: Catalog and analyze data relevant to issues and policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn media attention.
• Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns, and full-time staff.
• Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Knock on doors to raise money to support campaigns, build the organization and membership, and help build critical grassroots support to win key campaigns. Responsibilities will include meeting fundraising goals and managing a team of paid staff.
• Organizational projects and trainings: Assist other teams on priority campaigns and tactics. Travel and participate in regional and national trainings and other in-person or virtual projects as needed.

This is not a standard “9-5” or “clock in, clock out” position.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Candidates must be able to travel regularly and be motivated to work when needed, which may sometimes be in the evenings and on weekends.

Qualifications

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Training on advocacy and organizing skills will be provided, along with oversight by an experienced advocate.

• Passion for the environment and using the power of grassroots organizing to win campaigns.
• Leadership experience.
• Top-notch writing and public speaking skills.
• An eagerness to learn.
• Organizing experience, including building campus or community groups.