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Description
The Campaign Manager is responsible for implementing Bark's Mt. Hood Travel Plan Campaign through grassroots organizing and engagement of coalition partners and communities surrounding Mt. Hood.
Responsibilities:
Coalition Maintenance
Grow a broad coalition of groups, businesses, and individuals to achieve goal of securing a Mt. Hood travel plan that prioritizes recreation, clean water, and wildlife habitat above logging and roadbuilding.
- Recruit new coalition partners to participate in regular meetings and/or to accomplish specific campaign needs.
- Schedule and facilitate regular meetings of coalition partners.
- Facilitate creation of bylaws for coalition
- Delegate tasks to coalition partners
- Facilitate volunteer Treadlightly Committees including similar tasks above, but with an emphasis on cultivating volunteer committee leadership.
- Ensure that Treadlightly Committees and larger coalition are working together strategically.
- Represent Bark in national coalitions working on Planning issues (e.g. Natural Trails and Waters Coalition)
Outreach and Organizing
- Engage members and non-members in Travel Plan Campaign through e-mail alerts, web-alerts (including Bark-Out.org, blogs, MySpace, etc.) presentations, tabling, special events, fundraising communications, and the media.
- Coordinate outings to Mt. Hood National Forest including six annual Bark-Abouts.
- Develop and produce Travel Plan materials such as fact sheets, slide shows, movies, etc.
- Work with Program Director to recruit, train and manage volunteers to fulfill program needs
Qualifications
- Experience in grassroots organizing, volunteer-based campaigns, and coalition building.
- Strong administrative skills.
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills. Demonstrated effective public speaking ability.
- Knowledge of national forest issues and/or Mt. Hood issues, a plus.
Position includes serving as an active member of Bark's staff including participation in staff meetings, committee meetings and optional attendance at board meetings.
Compensation:
Annual salary of $24,000-$27,000, based on experience.
Benefits:
Three weeks of paid vacation, $100/month wellness bonus, saving Mt. Hood National Forest.
To Apply:
E-mail or mail resume and cover letter to (no calls please):
Alex P. Brown
Bark
PO Box 12065
Portland, OR 97212