Grassroots Campaign Organizer

Clean Water Fund will be hiring a part-time (4 days per week) grassroots organizer to coordinate the public outreach campaign for the Producer Responsibility Campaign. This organizer will work with youth, non-profit organizations and community groups to build support for municipal and state campaigns.

Clean Water Fund is a national non-profit research and education organization that promotes the public interest on issues relating to energy, water, waste, toxics and natural resources. Clean Water Fund's top goals include building support for environmental health issues, and empowering citizens to create real grassroots power to make democracy work. Clean Water Fund's programs build on and complement those of Clean Water Action, with which Clean Water Fund shares some staffing and office space. Clean Water Action has over 40,000 Rhode Island members and 1.2 million members nationally.

The Project

The Producer Responsibility Campaign builds on Clean Water's success in requiring manufacturers to fund the collection and recycling of computers, television, and mercury switches after the products are no longer in use. Requiring manufacturers to take back their products both saves tax dollars and gives the right incentive for them to design products that are less toxic, more durable, and easier to recycle in the first place.

Clean Water's Producer Responsibility Campaign is working to build the base of community and municipal leaders to support producer responsibility policies for Rhode Island. These policies will change business as usual practices that provide government subsidies for managing trash and that allow manufacturers to get off the hook for the products they put into the marketplace

Responsibilities:

The Grassroots Campaign Organizer will conduct grassroots organizing and advocacy to help build citizen, legislative, and agency support for this initiative.

The responsibilities of the Grassroots Campaign Organizer will include coordinating public education campaigns; coordinating district citizen lobby efforts; making public presentations to organizations and municipal leaders; preparing materials and training for grassroots community groups; coordinating work with the Rhode Island Product Stewardship Council; media work; helping to develop on-going strategies for these projects; and other responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Experience organizing the public on environmental or health issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to environmental initiatives.
• Successful media outreach experience, including skillful press advisories and releases.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including experience in preparing and delivering public presentations.
• Proven team player with appropriate interpersonal skills in a variety of settings.
• Ability to design a work plan, prioritize and meet goals.
• Computer skills, including word processing, databases, power point and/or web design
• Well-organized and self-motivated.
• Tact, grace under pressure and a good sense of humor.
• Must be willing to travel throughout Rhode Island and work some weekday evenings and weekends.
• Willingness and ability to work hard and learn quickly can substitute for some of the above qualifications. Experience with canvass programs highly desirable.

Compensation: Salary for this part-time position will be $25,000. Attractive benefits package available.

To Apply:

Internal candidates should contact their supervisors first. Please send a letter of interest and a resume via e-mail to Sheila Dormody.

Equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in the workplace.