Our team is looking for passionate and talented applicants to join us in helping build Colorado’s grassroots movement to keep fossil fuels in the ground and promote a just transition to a clean renewable energy future!

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**If you are interested in joining our team as a grassroots activist, email chelsea(at)350colorado.org.**

Staff Positions:


350 Roaring Fork Team Coordinator

  • Organization: 350 Colorado
  • Organization type: 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
  • Job Location: Applicants must reside in the Roaring Fork Valley (Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Snowmass, Woody Creek, Aspen) 
  • Type of Job: Contract position, part-time
  • Schedule: This is a one year contract, 15-20 flex hour per week position, primarily Monday through Friday and some weekends. Schedule is flexible. Note: This position may extend and have a pay raise after the initial 6-months, if performance is satisfactory and funding allows.
  • Compensation: This is a $21.00 per hour contracted position.
  • Reports to: Movement Building & Volunteer Director (and secondarily to our Executive Director)

Job Description: 

350 Colorado’s mission is to work locally to help build the global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and transition to a sustainable future. Science and social justice demand that we radically change the way our society contemplates, develops, and uses energy if we are to avert catastrophic global climate change. It’s clear that life as we know it is in peril due to climate change and that future generations and those least responsible for causing climate change will bear the brunt of the impacts. We believe that organized grassroots people power is the only way we can expect to counter the influence of the fossil fuel industry in our society. 350 Colorado is dedicated to achieving three primary organizational goals: Movement Building, Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground, Promoting Local Solutions, and Defunding Climate Disaster.

350 Colorado is hiring a community organizer to aid in the growth and success of our 350 Roaring Fork team and climate organizing in the Roaring Fork valley of Colorado. The 350 Roaring Fork organizer will recruit, train, and engage volunteers in climate action both at the local and statewide level.

Essential Functions:

High level:

  • Grow local team membership and the local climate movement by recruiting new volunteers in the community and engaging them in both local and statewide climate action, depending on their interests.

  • Meaningfully engage, coordinate, and delegate to volunteers and check in with them to support and maximize volunteer retention.

  • Plan and co-lead outreach and education events and meetings on climate issues for the local community.

  • Strengthen and develop new partnerships with other local organizations to create a robust coalition for climate action in the Roaring Fork Valley area.

  • Local Team Coordinators can expect to spend approximately 10% of time supporting statewide efforts and about 90% of time supporting local team efforts.

  • Assist with team fundraising and campaign coordination.

Weekly:

  • Recruit, meaningfully engage, coordinate, and help delegate campaign roles and responsibilities to volunteers and check in with them to support and maximize volunteer retention.

  • Plug volunteers into various roles and tasks, based upon team needs and volunteers’ interests and expertise.

  • Promote the team’s activities both through social media and traditional media – via efforts to get media coverage, e.g. from press releases, press conferences, letters to the editor, opinion editorials, and postings in events calendars (online, radio and print). Ideally 4-6 press hits per team per year.

  • Track numbers of participants and leadership committee members at each meeting, training and event, and report on tracking documents.

Monthly:

  • Plan and co-lead outreach and education events on climate issues (with your Team Leadership Council members) for the local community.

  • Strengthen and develop new partnerships with other nonprofit organizations to create a robust coalition for climate action locally.

  • Support the local team leadership council (e.g by facilitating monthly planning calls) in planning and organizing regular meetings and events to recruit new members and engage existing members.

  • Aim to recruit, engage and retain at least 5 new local team members each month (via email list) and 1 new leadership council member each month, until an ideal number of leadership council members are reached.

  • Track progress toward goals in tracking spreadsheet to report out at least monthly.

  • Seek out and participate in local outreach opportunities, such as events that your team can have a table at in order to engage the community in campaign opportunities and recruit new members to sign petitions and get involved.

Quarterly or Annually:

  • Host and facilitate grassroots organizing leadership trainings for local residents to help volunteers step up the ladder of engagement and establish a strong network of volunteer leaders.

  • Lead your team in strategic planning toward team goals, at least once per year (ideally every 6 months).

  • Assist with fundraising:

    • Monthly giving donor recruitment goal of 10 additional monthly donors per team by end of year.

    • Local team coordinators will write 2 grants per year, with assistance from 350CO’s Development Director.

    • Participation in 350CO’s mid- and end-of-year fundraisers – supporting via emails, phonebanking, social media, etc.

    • Support local team fundraising efforts to cover the costs of events, materials, supplies and other needs that arise.

In the Roaring Fork valley we will focus on:

  • Continuing organizing and rallying community support to oppose the Uinta Basin Railway project proposed to come through Colorado

  • Promoting divestment from fossil fuels, encouraging divestment of public funds from fossil fuels, halting banking contracts with banks financing fossil fuels (like Wells Fargo & JP Morgan Chase), and promoting PERA (Public Employee Retirement Association) divestment.

  • Educating the local community on how to take action on climate change and support statewide efforts for a rapid, just transition off fossil fuels and toward renewable energy solutions, e.g. through local and state policies.

  • Supporting statewide efforts for a just transition off fossil fuels, with a focus on phasing out fracking, and advance renewable energy solutions, such as through local and state policies.

  • Working to promote JEDI (Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion) in our organizing for climate action and justice.

Required qualifications:

  • Excellent team player, with strong leadership and volunteer management abilities.

  • Understand 350CO’s JEDI principles and have a demonstrated understanding of the role that inequity plays in our society and in movement-building, and have demonstrated an ability to effectively manage across differences.

  • Understanding and implementation of strategic planning & campaign execution.

  • Deep commitment and passion for climate and social justice organizing.

  • Good comprehension of the geographic and cultural landscape of Colorado.

  • Solid verbal and written communication and follow-through skills.

  • Self-motivation and ability to work with little direct supervision.

  • Interpersonal skills and ability to inspire, motivate and delegate to others.

  • Social media proficiency.

  • Willingness to learn customer relationship management (CRM) software (database, email, fundraising system) and WordPress website maintenance.

Desired additional qualifications:

  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation

  • Bilingual (Spanish and English) preferred

  • Experience with Microsoft Office, Google® Docs and Calendars

  • Ideally 1 year of experience in volunteer management, community organizing or related field

  • Ideally 1-2 years of group facilitation experience

How to apply: please submit a resume and cover letter to volunteer@350colorado.org by Friday, April 5th, 2024. We aim to hire by April 15th, 2024, but the hiring period will remain open until the position is filled.

350 Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and values, promotes and seeks diversity in the workplace. Qualified candidates of all diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. 350 Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, age, medical condition (cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), handicap, disability or any other protected status in accordance with the requirements of local, state, and/or federal law in the educational programs or activities that we operate and we are required by Title IX and 40 C.F.R. § 5.140 not to discriminate in such a manner. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and requirements listed above may be referred to our executive director Micah Parkin.


Internships:

Are you or someone you know ready to learn valuable skills at an organization committed to climate action? Are you searching for an opportunity to learn and grow with a community of grassroots activists and organizers? 350 Colorado is currently looking for interns in different roles to further its mission of creating a climate movement in Colorado through grassroots advocacy.

Legislative Action Internship

The 350CO Legislative Action Internship is the perfect fit for those looking to work at the frontlines of political activism in Colorado. This position supports our Legislative Action Committee and the vital work its staff and volunteers do in securing progressive climate legislation at the state level. The legislation we advocate for includes topics like greenhouse gas emissions reductions, fossil fuel divestment, environmental justice, renewable energy, and regenerative agriculture. Specific duties of the position include political lobbying, trips to the capitol, policy analysis, event planning/management, and volunteer coordination. We are looking for someone who is hard working, self-directed, has excellent communication skills, and is committed to environmental protection. Time commitment is approximately 5-10 hours a week. Please apply by sending a resume and cover letter to volunteer@350colorado.org.

Defund Climate Disaster Internship

350 CO is looking for an intern to support our work defunding climate disaster, which includes promoting alternative banking solutions, supporting fossil fuel divestment initiatives underway, and contributing to mobilizations such as defunding Line 3 and targeting the Wall Street banks that finance billions of dollars of fossil fuel projects. Projects will include supporting municipal divestment campaigns, conducting research, and supporting education and outreach efforts. Time commitments will vary; Approximately 5 hours per week with a 3-6 month commitment preferred. Learn more and apply here

Beyond Fracking Internship 

Help 350 CO fight the frack! This fight happens on a variety of levels including volunteer outreach and coordination, researching and monitoring local governments’ oil and gas regulations, advocating at the city, county, and state level for strictest regulations possible, and ultimately advocating for fracking bans. This position requires good organizational and communication skills as well as flexibility. We support communities through social media outreach, organizing events, developing talking points, and any other creative, collaborative ways. Tasks can vary on a weekly basis. Approximately 5 hours per week with a 3-6 month commitment preferred. Please apply with a resume and cover letter to volunteer@350colorado.org

Climate Policy Internship

350 Colorado seeks interns to assist its climate policy committee with research and volunteer coordination. 350 Colorado’s climate policy committee analyzes and develops policy positions on state-level laws, rules, and regulations currently under consideration as the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission implements our foundational climate legislation passed in 2019, HB19-1261. Our committee is comprised of multiple volunteer research ‘working groups,’ each focusing on a distinct climate policy area. 

The climate policy intern will support this committee in developing organization-wide policy positions by:

  1. Researching state-level laws, rules, regulations to determine if policies are equitable, enforceable and aligned with emissions reduction pathways that limit warming to 1.5 °C
  2. Helping to coordinate several volunteer research ‘working groups’

More information and instructions for how to apply can be found here

 

General Internship  

350 Colorado seeks interns to further its mission of creating a climate movement in Colorado through grassroots advocacy. We seek self-starters with the passion, creativity, and drive to make things happen while working independently and in close coordination with a team. This role will likely involve both remote and in-person work. Interns will work closely with 350 Colorado staff and team leaders to recruit, retain and engage volunteers, as well as, have the opportunity to work on statewide and local campaigns. This unpaid position can range from 5-30 hours per week, with a minimum requirement of 100 hours up to a total of 200 hours.  Description here.  Please apply with a cover letter and resume to volunteer@350colorado.org 

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