Organizing Term Coordinator
San Francisco, CA
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Company Description:

The Greenpeace Student Program was created to train and mobilize a diverse new generation of environmental leaders to win Greenpeace campaigns. The primary programs are the Greenpeace Student Network and the Greenpeace Organizing Term (GOT). The GOT is a semester or summer-long environmental training program filled with training, travel, and action. The GOT prepares the country’s best emerging student activists to mobilize their campuses on Greenpeace campaigns. Students learn through more than 50 training’s, hands-on campaign work, mentorship from staff, teamwork, and by mobilizing students across the country. Coursework includes grassroots organizing, strategic campaign planning, direct action climbing and boating, nonviolence, working with the media, building groups, leadership, and Greenpeace values, history, and current campaigns. The GOT includes a weeklong trip abroad for students to meet international Greenpeace activists.

Job Description: Priorities include:
  • Training and coaching students in classroom, campaign, and one-on-one settings;
  • Working with campaign staff and the student organizing manager to design and manage student campaign work;
  • Recruiting trainers;
  • Refining and developing specific training’s as well as overall curriculum;
  • Managing students and logistics during international trip; and
  • Frequent evaluations of the program.

This position will report to the student-organizing manager. In the absence of the student-organizing manager, the team member will report to the grassroots outreach director.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Run and review training’s for students in the program.

  • Develop and run inspiring training’s on a range of campaign and organizing topics: from the basics of recruitment, phonebanking, petitioning, to writing a press release, making a campaign plan, etc.
  • Manage the student group on a daily basis, provide regular feedback and motivation to each individual GOT participant, help foster GOT team and leadership development,
  • Recruit trainers internally from Greenpeace and externally from organizations and allies to do individual training sessions throughout the semester and provide training outlines; and
  • Provide weekend and weeklong training’s and skill-shares for key Greenpeace organizers.

2. Implement and manage student component of Greenpeace campaigns in select parts of the country.

  • Achieve agreed-upon campaign objectives and student grassroots organizing strategy with the Greenpeace campaign teams and create campaign plans, creative tactics and events.
  • Oversee program GOT student participants’ involvement in Greenpeace campaigns;
  • Write, or assist in writing, press releases and in planning media strategies; and
  • Represent Greenpeace at public events, grassroots activists groups and in the environmental community at large.

3. Liaise with Student Network coordinators to inspire students to commit to long-term leadership positions within the Student Network.

4. Liaise with the Communications, Development, or Campaign Teams on approved projects.

5. Develop project budgets and monitor program budget. Maintain all management and evaluation systems. Maintain contact management systems and update contact information databases regularly.

6. Perform other job-related duties as requested or assigned by the student organizing manager.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:

1. Student satisfaction with programs based on surveys and regular evaluations.

2. Campaign and programmatic results versus objectives.

3. Recruitment and retention results versus objectives.

 
Qualifications:   EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • A minimum of two years experience as a grassroots organizer.
  • Proven ability to develop grassroots leaders, inspire activists, and build lasting long-term relationships.
  • Proven ability to work both independently and in close coordination with a team.
  • Prior experience as a trainer or educator.
  • Strong skills and experience in key campaigning areas: public speaking, activist training, strategic planning, organizing people around an issue, oral and written communication, and problem solving skills.
  • Ability and willingness to travel.
  • Proven leadership.
  • Commitment to non-violence as a means of affecting change.

PREFERRED ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

EDUCATION: 

BA/BS Degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Salary and Benefits:

 

$38,800+ full benefits

How to Apply:

 

Please send resume & cover letter to resumes@wdc.greenpeace.org

Closing Date: October 10, 2007