SUMMARY OF POSITION<\/strong>
The conservation organizer is responsible for recruitment, cultivating, and motivating activists, interest groups, members, and other entities in the Columbia River Gorge to actively support Friends of the Columbia Gorge in its efforts to protect and enhance scenic beauty, natural heritage and public recreation opportunities in the Columbia River Gorge. Friends is looking for someone interested in advocacy and conservation, possessing strong interpersonal and communication skills, and sustained enthusiasm for working with the public. The position requires regular interaction with co-workers, local partners, activists, volunteers, donors, and Gorge residents. The Conservation Organizer does not supervise any staff, but will routinely direct activists and volunteers.<\/p>\nACTIVITIES
\u2022 Build and maintain a list of activists and communicate with them regularly via phone, email, text, and in-person communications
\u2022 Manage online advocacy efforts in the Columbia River Gorge
\u2022 Assist in drafting action alerts, fact sheets, organizing materials, and newsletter articles
\u2022 Create a leadership network to assist in organizing activities
\u2022 Conduct outreach to diverse communities, businesses, civic groups, students and non-profit organizations
\u2022 Represent Friends in its local coalition efforts
\u2022 Recruit and train activists to testify at public hearings, write comment letters, and letters to the editors
\u2022 Hold periodic meetings to update activists on conservation efforts
\u2022 Work with the Portland conservation organizer and conservation director to coordinate outreach and organizing efforts
\u2022 Attend and represent Friends in local government meetings with the assistance of the conservation director
\u2022 Build and maintain strong relationships with Friends\u2019 allies
\u2022 Serve as local media spokesperson as needed
\u2022 Assist the conservation director in grassroots and grass tops lobbying efforts
\u2022 Organize public events, outreach activities, and tabling opportunities for current and new individuals or groups seeking a broad diversity of supporters<\/p>\n
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
\u2022 2-4 years of experience in effective organizing, grassroots and grass tops advocacy
\u2022 Experience working with diverse communities
\u2022 Excellent written and oral communication skills
\u2022 Experience in working with member\/activist databases and alert networks
\u2022 Some familiarity with land-use planning, environmental law, state and federal legislative processes and the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
\u2022 Strong organizational and time-management skills
\u2022 Ability to lift boxes and equipment weighing up to 30 lbs.
\u2022 Ability to work some non-standard hours including nights and weekends<\/p>\n
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
\u2022 College degree or equivalent experience
\u2022 Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suites and Google Suite
\u2022 Experience with Salesforce, MailChimp, and Phone2Action<\/p>\n
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Starting pay is $19.00 – $22.00 per hour, commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits include generous vacation time and holidays, generous health benefits for employee and dependents along with an employer matched retirement plan.<\/p>\n
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Bringing together a broad and diverse coalition of people who share a common love for the Columbia Gorge is vital to Friends’ long-term success. The Gorge will be a healthier, more vibrant place when a diverse and inclusive collection of advocates, stewards, and volunteers are at the table.<\/p>\n
Friends has included a new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice process as one of three overarching goals in its 2018-21 strategic plan. Every department and individual are expected to understand and work to integrate relevant components of this plan into their work.<\/p>\n
All staff members are expected to commit to personal growth and learning, taking initiative to expand your understanding of DEIJ and related principles, issues, and practice and how they apply to our work.<\/p>\n
Staff members will participate in organizational trainings and workplace groups (DEIJ committee, staff social committee, lunch & learns) and other opportunities to shape our organizational culture.<\/p>\n
Everyone will work to apply the skills and practices needed to create an inclusive organizational culture where everyone feels they belong including (but not limited to): clear and kind communication, giving and receiving feedback, mutual accountability, self-care, and boundaries.<\/p>\n
EEO POLICY
Friends is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected status in accordance with local, state and federal law.<\/p>\n
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoffs, recalls, leaves of absence, compensation and training.<\/p>\n
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Full time within the typical 9:00 \u2013 6:00 office hours. Other hours would include flexing schedule to include earlier morning, evening, or weekend work for events, tabling, or meetings. Work environment includes desk work with a sit\/stand option, using a computer extensively, some phone work, outdoor work including occasionally in inclement weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[4,32,28,33,16,141,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42866,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42865\/revisions\/42866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}