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Grassroots and Online Organizer
Summary: The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) is the state’s leading environmental advocacy organization. The Grassroots and Online Organizer plays a leadership role in helping NRCM recruit and mobilize citizen activists and public opinion in support of NRCM’s efforts to curb climate change, promote clean energy, reduce toxic pollution, and protect Maine’s North Woods, rivers, and natural resources.
Through outreach events, community meetings, electronic communications, and other venues, the organizer helps people participate in the environmental policy-making process. An important part of the job involves managing NRCM’s electronic communications program. As part of a team, the organizer helps develop and implement e-communication campaigns that sustain and build an online community that complements citizen involvement activities in the field. NRCM is a sophisticated organization with a long record of success. This will be an exciting and rewarding job for anyone interested in helping protect the environment through leading-edge organizing and advocacy campaigns.
Application Details: Send cover letter and resume to Leisa Dennett, NRCM, 3 Wade Street, Augusta, ME 04330, or e-mail to ldennett@nrcm.org. Position will be posted until filled.
General Duties and Responsibilities
- Works closely with advocacy, public affairs, and development staff in support of general grassroots mobilization and outreach for advocacy initiatives, online fundraising, web-based initiatives, and general NRCM e-communications.
- Plans and implements innovative and effective program of e-communications with members, activists, and other target audiences. Learns about and helps implement emerging electronic organizing and social networking tools (e.g. Face book, video, etc.) Ensures follow-up data entry and communications to event attendees, petition signers, etc.
- Gives public presentations; helps organize and participate in outreach events, and interacts with NRCM activists, in coordination with other NRCM outreach coordinators.
- Plays central role with other NRCM organizers in coordination, joint planning, and priority setting for overall outreach program. Provides and coordinates general support to outreach coordinators, assisting them in mobilizing NRCM members and in relationship-building.
- Carefully tracks results and prepares reports regularly and upon request by staff across the organization. Works with staff to evaluate success and implement alternative approaches. Trains outreach staff on in-house e-communications tools, including database protocol and usage. Assists other staff in use of these tools.
- With public affairs director and membership manager, maintains calendar of electronic communications. Responds to email traffic generated by outgoing e-communications efforts and, in coordination with marketing director, helps manage responses to e-mails.
- Serves as a team player committed to providing a quality experience for NRCM supporters, with a personalized approach to the extent possible.
Qualifications:
Candidates must be committed to NRCM’s mission of protecting Maine’s environment. Candidates should have strong people skills; excitement for outreach and online organizing; excellent writing and communications skills; a good eye for design; and a capacity to manage multiple projects/deadlines. Leadership and strategic campaign skills desired. Attention to detail and the ability to work well in a team environment are essential. Candidates should have at least fundamental knowledge of outreach and organizing strategies and a demonstrated interest in learning how to utilize leading-edge membership management software and e-communications tools.
Internships at the Natural Resources Council of Maine
The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) provides unpaid internship opportunities throughout the year. NRCM is the state’s leading environmental advocacy organization. We have a broad range of major initiatives underway in the areas of addressing global warming, promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency, curbing threats to Maine’s North Woods, reducing threats from toxic pollution, and protecting water quality and Maine’s rivers.
Interns work on one or more meaningful projects in these issue areas, depending on the candidate’s strengths and interests and NRCM’s organizational needs. Interns work under the supervision of the Advocacy Director or one of the Project Directors. Interns get an inside view of how the environmental policy process in Maine works, and how NRCM mobilizes facts, media attention, decision-makers, and the public to contribute to the protection of Maine’s environment. Prior interns have had a great experience, and NRCM appreciates having them.
Send resume and cover letter to Leisa Dennett, ldennett@nrcm.org.