Save Our Global Forests Campaign Associate

Key Responsibilities

• Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to like-minded organizations and affected constituency groups to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
• Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for the campaign.
• Lobby corporate and elected officials: Make a convincing case to major corporations who are undecided on whether to adopt a particular policy. When a critical decision is being made on your campaign, work to demonstrate the support you’ve been building on the ground to help line up the votes needed to win. You’ll also support legislation in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures to pass bills to reduce the United States’ impact on deforestation and degradation. Work with legislative champions and build support to win votes on bills such as the FOREST Act in Congress.
• Research and write reports: Catalog and analyze data relevant to the issue and our policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn media attention for our cause.
• 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: Run a campaign office for the summer, knocking on doors to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns. Your responsibilities will include meeting your own fundraising goals and managing a team of paid staff. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move.

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