Environmental Organizer

About the role

The Green Corps Campaigner program is a four-month crash course, combining classroom training and work on an environmental campaign, that can introduce you to the field of environmental advocacy and organizing. The program provides a unique combination of classroom instruction and field experience to give you the foundation you need to make an immediate impact for the environment.

Responsibilities

Campaigners will receive one to two weeks of classroom training to learn the basic skills of environmental organizing, including skills like how to recruit and train volunteers, organize events, gain media coverage and more. They will then run one campaign to put these skills to work on a pressing environmental issue, working on a campus or in a community to identify and train activists and volunteers, build and demonstrate support from the community for campaign goals, get media coverage, and ultimately work to win policy changes to protect the environment.

Qualifications

• A passion for protecting the environment and an interest in dedicating your career to environmental work
• Strong communication skills, including writing, public speaking, and working with others one-on-one and in a group
• Leadership experience on campus or in your community
• Strong work ethic and dedication to goals, and also the flexibility to adjust plans when a rapidly-moving campaign changes
• An interest in a short-term position to learn the basics of environmental organizing while making a difference on a critical campaign

Compensation and Benefits

This position is approximately 4 months. Pay and benefits are prorated for the length of your campaign position, based on this target annual package: The target annual compensation for this position is $40,000 (but compensation may range between $40,000 and $44,450 depending on location and start date). Our benefits package for short-term staff includes medical insurance for employees and dependents after 90 days on staff, paid sick time (60-80 hours/year depending on location, prorated for the length of your campaign position), and a commuter benefit program.

Schedule

We’re hiring for the next Green Corps Campaigner classes to start in Fall 2026 or January 2027. Green Corps Campaigners go where the environment needs them and wherever they can make the biggest impact. They could work on campaigns almost anywhere in the country, and while location preferences are considered for placements, we require all Campaigners to be geographically flexible.