Clean Energy Fellow
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Job Location:
Salt Lake, UT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Clean Energy Schools Fellow
Department: Utah Chapter
Location: Salt Lake City UT. This position requires an ability to travel.
Reports To: Chapter Director
Duration: 6 months 15 hours/week
# Open Positions: 3
Context: At the Sierra Club we believe in the power of interdependence. Together we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental racial economic and gender justice a future where all people benefit from a healthy thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism fuel injustice we continue to fight for a bold transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet our humanity and our future. By recognizing that our destinies are tied we continue to name that all things are fundamentally connected and the overlap between ecology race gender and representative government will move to either advance our collective humanity or to oppress it. Sierra Club has close to 800 staff across the country and a network of 64 local chapters that are led and fueled by thousands of volunteers. We are also proud to be a unionized employer with three labor unions representing more than half of our employees.
Scope: The fellow is responsible for assisting our Clean Energy Schools Chapter Organizer in implementing local campaigns to provide advocacy training and educational opportunities on the Sierra Club Utahs Chapter Youth movement and Leadership Project.
They will help recruit engage and educate Utahns to take repeated action which will further Sierra Clubs targeted campaign goals. They will develop volunteers and build grassroots power and networks. The fellow will regularly work outside of the office to communicate with the public and will travel to relevant communities and locations to implement campaign plans. The fellow can expect to gain experience with research and campaign organizing.
Job activities including but not limiting:
- Help design and implement a strategic Clean Energy Schools Campaign: Work with chapter staff Sierra Club Utah volunteers UYES organizers school districts and partners to develop a youth-led campaign plan to transition Utah school districts to 100% clean energy. Ensure that the campaign is rooted in equity and justice and inclusive of frontline and directly impacted communities. Working directly with priority school districts develop teams of youth community members and other partners to win district-wide commitments to clean energy and healthy green schools.
- Recruit and onboard Clean Energy Schools Campaign volunteers: Mobilize community leaders and build grassroots power by tabling at community events conducting in-person outreach to students in target school districts and developing digital marketing materials among other tactics. Onboard new volunteers to the campaign through thorough training and coaching.
- Implement the Clean Energy Schools Campaign through hands-on organizing: Facilitate meetings conduct community education develop partnerships track policy and regulatory proceedings that are relevant to the Campaign and identify opportunities for engagement mobilization or intervention. This may also include education and advocacy work targeting administrators directly to build support for Clean Energy Schools initiatives at the district level.
- Event Planning: Organize with volunteers staff and partners to plan events that support the Clean Energy Schools Campaign. This could include attending meetings with volunteers and/or decision makers hosting educational webinars and in-person events and engaging in other mobilization tactics.
- Media Digital and Communications: Develop and implement a variety of narrative strategy and engagement tactics. This may include writing and creating digital communications materials (email action alerts infographics videos etc) writing and/or supporting volunteer-written opinion pieces securing earned media building relationships and communicating with reporters developing educational/informational materials such as newsletters flyers and fact sheets that use community-informed language and engaging in face-to-face conversations with students parents community members decision makers and other stakeholders.
- Skill and Professional Development: Emphasize the fellows interests to foster growth and learning in their area of focus.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate ideas and easily strike up conversations with diverse groups of people.
- An interest in bettering local communities through sustainable and green initiatives.
- Ability to work independently cooperatively and effectively with the public staff and volunteers.
- A willingness to learn and develop new skills.
- Able to travel as needed. Valid drivers license satisfactory driving record and proof of auto insurance required.
- Committed to evolution: A deepening understanding of systems of oppression and self-reflection on privilege and power.
- Uplifting and additive: A constructive approach with a can-do attitude sense of humor and kindness.
Preferred Experience Skills and Competencies:
- Some experience as a leader or participant in a school or community club.
- Experience organizing on a campaign.
$22 - $22 an hour
Compensation
The hourly rate for this position is $22/hour.
This is a category 99 non-exempt non-represented temporary position.
Sierra Club is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. Sierra Club employees are not eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.
Sierra Club values the expertise and talents of foreign nationals. Sierra Club sponsors both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas when certain criteria are met based on immigration laws and organizational needs. Such sponsorship is at the discretion of the Department Head and Sierra Club People Department in consultation with the employees manager. The Sierra Club cannot guarantee the approval of a visa petition. Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce belonging.
To Apply
The Sierra Club provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all staff members. Employment decisions are based on merit qualifications lived experience and skills. The Sierra Club does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color creed religion national origin immigration status socioeconomic status ancestry age size sex sexual orientation gender gender identity familial status veteran status disability AIDS/HIV status medical condition prior conviction arrest history traits historically associated with race including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Sierra Club values applicants who are people that identify as Black Indigenous and other minoritized groups; women; queer transgender gender non-conforming and gender-fluid people.
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Key Skills
- Teacher Coaching
- Public Health
- Google Docs
- Classroom Experience
- Systems Engineering
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Grant Writing
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- Writing Skills
About Company
Sierra Club has grown to become America's largest grassroots environmental advocacy organization--and also one of its most effective. The Sierra Club promotes outdoor activities and environmental activism on both the local and national levels through political lobbying, education, out ... View more
