Advocacy Director
Job Location:
Job Location:
Boston, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
3 days ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
About the Boston Climate Action Network
The Boston Climate Action Network (BCAN) organizes residents to advocate for climate justice policy in local and state government. Established in 2000 we have achieved major legislative and electoral victories including the passage of the Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) Community Choice Electricity and the Gas Leaks Ordinance. We currently seek to decarbonize homes while keeping them affordable create green and healthy Boston Public Schools and improve existing building decarbonization policy.
We know climate change affects everyone but not everyone is starting from the same place. Those with the least economic social and political power are hit first and worst. Our campaigns always seek to undo this harm through a just transition.
Roles and Responsibilities
Our Advocacy Director is responsible for day-to-day oversight of BCANs campaigns building relationships in and outside the organization and recruiting and supporting volunteers. The Advocacy Director will report to the Executive Director.
- Member Development:Serve as the primary point of contact for all BCAN members including the recruitment onboarding and retention of members as well as the facilitation of the Action Team meetings. Support opportunities to develop volunteer leadership.
- Community Organizing:Organize outreach across Boston neighborhoods and network with Boston neighborhood organizations particularly in neighborhoods most vulnerable to climate change and socioeconomic injustice. Our Advocacy Director is responsible for day-to-day oversight of BCANs three campaigns:
- Decarbonizing homes
- Creating green healthy Boston Public Schools
- Improving existing building decarbonization policy
- Event Planning:Lead the planning of social events for team building and coordinate logistics for BCANs participation in external events.
- Logistics: Manage the technical logistics of the organization including meeting reminders notes and summaries; maintaining and improving organizational systems and communicating effectively about such logistics.
- Supervision: Supervise 1-2 interns per college term (spring summer fall).
Other Information
This is a full-time 40 hours/week role based in Boston. This position is hybrid with access to four coworking space locations in downtown Boston. Community organizing work may happen in the field at various locations around Boston in order to impactfully connect with community members. It will involve some work in the evenings and occasionally on weekends. The role will begin as soon as you can.
BCAN is an equal opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from diverse backgrounds. We encourage Black Indigenous People of Color LGBTQ people transgender and gender non-conforming people immigrants and people with disabilities to apply.
Skills and Qualifications
Required
- Minimum of 3 years of experience incommunity organizingand environmental justice advocacy
- Strong knowledge base with regard to climate change and climate justice-related issues and policies; unwavering commitment to centering justice and principles of diversity equity inclusion and intersectional advancement of racial economic environmental and other social justice.
- Demonstrated experienceorganizingin multi-racial multi-generational and/or multi-class settings
- Strategic thinking effectivefacilitation excellent verbal/writtencommunication andpublic speakingskills
- Passion forvolunteer developmentand movement building
- Ability both to take initiative and to be comfortable working as a team player and collaborator in a grassroots environment
- Comfort with organizational tools like Action Network
Preferred But Not Required
- Experience with organizing tools like Action Network
- Experiencepaid or unpaidadvocatingfor climate policy on a municipal level especially in Boston and/or Massachusetts
- Experience running issue campaigns and/or managing volunteers
- Boston residency and/or lived experience in/as a member of Environmental Justice communities
- Familiarity with or membership in organizations representing Bostonians most vulnerable to climate change
Total Compensation: $70-$75K (salary) $9K (benefits)
We want to support you in meeting your financial goals through a competitive salary and benefits.
- Salary: $70K-75K
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Paid Time Off (PTO): 15 days All MA Holidays
- Coworking Space Membership
- MBTA Commuter Pass
- Subscription toThe Boston Globe
Our Hiring Process
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with priority given to applications received before February 20 2024. We aim to have a decision to you as quickly as possible and well contact you regardless. If you move all the way through the hiring process you can expect:
- A short written application and resume request
- 2-3 interviews
- 3 reference checks
QuestionsContact our Executive Director Hessann Farooqi at.
Required Experience:
Director
