Green Corps Organizer

Program Description and Key Responsibilities

• Receive eight weeks of classroom training to learn the theory and skills of environmental organizing, including skills like how to recruit and train volunteers, develop strategic campaigns, organize events, gain media coverage and more.
• Run three to five campaigns throughout the year where you will learn how to organize on a range of issues in multiple locations across the United States. You could be in Raleigh, North Carolina, working on a campaign to reduce single-use plastic pollution in the fall; then move to Pueblo, Colorado to work on a campaign to advance clean energy in the spring; and then move to Chicago to build support for wetlands protection in the summer. You could also organize in different contexts - on a college campus, in a community, and knocking on doors in neighborhoods to fundraise and build support for a campaign in the summer. 
• Run a grassroots canvass office for the final campaign of the year, including hiring and managing canvass staff. You and your canvass staff will educate the public, build support, sign-up members, and fundraise for top environmental and public interest organizations.
• Gain the skills and experiences needed to launch your organizing career. After completing the year, we connect graduates with organizing jobs in the environmental and social change movements. Many groups need trained organizers to run their campaigns, and most Green Corps graduates are able to find professional positions immediately.
• This position requires exercising discretion and independent judgment in making decisions in matters of significance. 

Qualifications

• A passion for protecting the environment and an interest in dedicating your career to environmental work
• Strong communication skills, including writing, public speaking, and working with others one-on-one and in a group
• Leadership experience on campus or in your community
• Strong work ethic and dedication to goals, and also the flexibility to adjust plans when a rapidly-moving campaign changes
• Excited to dedicate a year to learning how to be an organizer, including working on multiple campaigns with different campaign partners and in different locations

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