Stand.earth is experiencing unprecedented growth, more than doubling in size since 2019. As we enter a new era of our organization’s history, we are seeking an International Senior Campaigner for our SAFE Cities campaign, to help build a global directed network of sustainable urban mobility advocates, focused on decarbonizing fleets and streets.

This position will be focused on building a network across North America, and will collaborate with counterparts in multiple leading organizations operating in Europe and India. The success of this core team’s work will be visible when network members benefit from their cumulative knowledge and experience, magnify their individual voices, and bundle their power on joint campaign targets.

If you are a seasoned campaigner able to infect others with your enthusiasm for collective impact, and ready to listen to and serve them so that they can excel, then this might be the perfect job for you.

Stand.earth is committed to engaging in the process of decolonization. We also have long standing commitments to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI). These commitments touch all of our programs. The International Senior Campaigner, will be expected to understand and embrace these concepts and incorporate them into the design and execution of our expanded work with SAFE Cities.

Your work will be guided by Stand.earth’s Cultural Principles and a strong strategic orientation. Consistency, honesty, transparency, follow-through, justice, service, dedication, creativity, and innovation. If these keywords resonate, then Stand.earth might be the right place for you.

We encourage applicants to apply by July 14, 2021. This position is open until filled.

About Stand.earth

Stand.earth is a nonprofit environmental organization working to create a world where respect for people and the environment comes first. Our campaigns challenge destructive corporate and governmental practices, demand accountability, and create solutions that support all of us — and the environment and climate upon which we depend. Stand’s strategic approach and fierce determination have yielded extraordinary results: Since 2000, we’ve secured the protection of 65 million acres of wilderness, shifted billions of dollars of corporate purchasing toward responsible options, and transformed the environmental practices of more than 100 major U.S. corporations. Stand.earth operates in the United States and Canada.

Stand recognizes and respects the sovereignty of First Nations and tribes, as well as the rights of Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities. These communities are often first and most directly impacted by environmental pollution and climate change, and they provide critical leadership in developing solutions.

Pollution, climate change, and corporations’ bad behavior disproportionately hurts the most marginalized people in society — including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, women and LGBTQ+ people. To develop transformative solutions, these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other historically marginalized communities. If you require assistance applying to this opportunity, please contact equalopportunity@stand.earth.

The Position

The International Senior Campaigner will report to Stand.earth’s SAFE Cities Director and collaborate closely with campaign staff and our international network. This position is responsible for building a network across North America, shaping and implementing campaign strategy, communicating through traditional and digital channels, coordinating with allies and partners and movement building with frontline community organizations. This position will work closely with the communication and digital teams.

This is a full-time exempt position with excellent benefits. Salary will be commensurate with experience and location, and will likely be within the range of $54,000 to $75,000 USD or $70,000 to $87,000 CAD.

This role can be based anywhere in North America, working in Pacific, Mountain or Eastern time zones. To start, the role will be remote from the comfort of the candidate’s own home. There may also be the option to work out of a hub office.

Key Responsibilities:

Network design, growth, and management

• Recruit and onboard new members to join the directed network;
• Communicate and cultivate relationships with existing members and facilitate interaction and cooperation between them, including through virtual convenings; regularly report back on project progress to internal stakeholders.
• Co-design, commission and oversee contracts for services and products benefiting the network (e.g. reports, websites etc.);
• Contribute to setting up a communications platform and a resource hub facilitating mutual learning and support between network members
• Establish and maintain links with relevant actors of social justice movements and ensure equity aspects are integrated into all aspects of the network’s activities.

Strategy development, campaign implementation, and communications

• Contribute to creative strategy and planning processes to engage corporate and governmental decision makers;
• Contribute to and/or produce a variety of external communication materials, including blogs, digital campaign content, articles, speeches, and social media posts, in close collaboration with campaigners and wider staff in network
• Help coordinate and in certain cases lead on the network’s joint regional or global activities, tactics and strategies, which may include the publication and dissemination of reports or similar outputs, the development of media and digital engagement strategies, or the organizing of joint days of action;

Administration

• Carries out project evaluation and reporting to funders in collaboration with the team
• Support, as needed, fundraising and communication efforts for the campaign

Who you’ll be

• Fluency and proficiency in English, both in speaking and writing
• Minimum of 5-7 years experience designing and leading international campaigns in the environmental or social justice sector, ideally in distributed organizing / directed network campaigning
• Experience in online and offline campaigning targeting governments and/or corporations, including citizen mobilizing strategies and tactics
• Ability to identify and pursue opportunities for high profile media/communications
• A solid understanding of the linkages between mobility, air pollution, and climate
• A positive, flexible, can-do attitude, coupled with self-motivation and the ability to work independently
• Strong interpersonal skills, i.e. the ability to work in teams and across different cultures
• Outstanding oral, written, communication and presentation skills—including storytelling and narrative creation, and the ability to listen and target communication to specific interests of varied audiences
• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial, and primarily virtual, team environment where ideas, rapid response, and follow-through are core team values
• Committed to equity, racial justice, authentic communications, standing up for impacted communities, and continual learning
• Passionate about climate justice and environmental protection, and juiced up by the thought of convincing governments and corporations to make meaningful and lasting change
• Ability to navigate complex challenges with self awareness and composure

There isn’t a formal educational requirement for the role, and there will be opportunities for learning and professional development.