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 volunteer activist, email chelsea(at)350colorado.org.**

Staff Positions:

350 Colorado Administrative Assistant & Bookkeeper Job Description

Organization: 350 Colorado
Organization Type: 501(c)(3)
Job Location: Colorado; Front Range preferred. Work is primarily remote/online.
Type of Job: Part-time contract; 10-20 hour per week position (depending on candidate preference, availability, and the workload required), primarily Monday through Friday during daytime hours; schedule is flexible.
Duration: Beginning Nov./Dec. 2023 (*exact dates TBD pending hiring process). The initial duration will be for 6 months, with potential for extension depending on work done and other factors.
Compensation: This is a $22.00 per hour contracted position.
Reports to: Executive Director

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. What we are working to accomplish: 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 four primary organizational goals: Movement Building, Keeping Fossil Fuels in the Ground, Promoting Solutions, and Defunding Climate Disaster.

Job Description: We have an opening for a part-time administrative assistant and bookkeeper to help manage and support the day to day operations of our small non-profit organization.

Essential Functions of 350CO’s Administrative Assistant & Bookkeeper: This position is responsible for providing general administrative support as needed, including but not limited to:

• Manage payroll and time tracking HR software, iSolved – includes programming and overseeing staff contracts, PTO/Comp policies, and health insurance.
• Perform basic bookkeeping tasks including bill payments, processing reimbursements, mailing checks, invoicing, updating budgets and online CRM system with incoming and expenditures, completing monthly bank reconciliation and Quickbooks online updates, and running financial reports as needed, including preparing the monthly financial statements for executive director review and inclusion in board meetings.
• Working with accountants to ensure accuracy and timely submission of 990 EZ to IRS in May and W-2’s and 1099’s in January (via Track1099.com).
• Assist with maintaining organizational e-files and documents, including compliance documents, eg. W9s, W4s, I-9s, as required by state and federal government.
• Coordinate insurance coverage for the organization, e.g health, workers comp, D&O, liability.
• Serve as the firstas first point of contact for the organization: check and answer info@350colorado.org emails or forward them to the appropriate person; check and respond to a Google Voice phone number for 350CO and maintain prompts.
• Help to build, update, and manage donor database EveryAction with support of administrative volunteers to include (e)mailing acknowledgements for non-electronic donations; monitor and enhance monthly donor reports.
• Perform general administrative support tasks as needed and as time allows, which may include:
• Order office and organizational supplies.
• Assist with scheduling of meetings and events and event logistics.
• Work with other staff to assist with emails, draft communications, and website updates.
• Assist with donor communications, including appeal and thank you letters.

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years related experience; nonprofit experience a plus.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, Google® Docs and Calendars, Microsoft Office and ideally database experience (i.e. CRMs, WordPress, Action Network). Familiarity with Quickbooks is a strong plus.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a dynamic work environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work as a team member with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to develop effective work plans, organize details, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Interest in and commitment to 350CO’s mission.
• Candidates should have a strong understanding of 350 Colorado’s JEDI Principles, of the role that inequity plays in our society and in movement-building, and an ability to effectively manage across differences.

Additional desired (not required) qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field
• Bilingual (Spanish and English) preferred

Apply Today!
To apply, send a brief cover letter and a resume to Micah Parkin at micah@350colorado.org by Nov. 15, 2023. We hope to hire as soon as possible, but the position will remain open until filled. Feel free to be in touch with any questions at the email above.

Thank you!

350 Colorado has a strong commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. 350 Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, 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.

More general info regarding the job of a Nonprofit Administrative Assistant:

Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)3 status receive operational income through donations, fundraising, and program offerings. Nonprofit agencies have a tax-exempt status with the government because they do not gain profits from efforts. Instead, their revenues help fund programs that continue the organization’s purpose and goals. Administrative assistants for nonprofit organizations complete similar duties as those who work with for-profit companies.

350 Denver, Boulder & CO Springs Teams Coordinator

• Organization: 350 Colorado
• Organization type: 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
• Job Location: Applicants must reside in the Denver Metro area
• Type of Job: Full-time (40 hrs/wk); employee status. 
• Schedule: Primarily Monday through Friday and some weekends. Schedule is remote and flexible. 
• Compensation: $43,680 salary, plus generous benefits.
• Reports to: Movement Building & Volunteer Director (and secondarily to our Executive Director)

Job Description: 

We have an opening for a full-time position to help Colorado become a national leader in climate action. 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 four 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 Denver Metro,  Boulder County and Colorado Springs teams and climate organizing in these areas of Colorado. The organizer will recruit, train, and engage volunteers in climate action, both at the local and statewide level, with the Movement Building Director and other teammates. 

Essential Functions:

High level:

• Grow local teams’ membership and the local climate movement by recruiting new volunteers in the communities 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.
• Recruit and work in tandem with volunteer chairs/leads of local teams.
• Plan and co-lead outreach and education events and meetings on climate issues for the local communities.
• Strengthen and develop new partnerships with other local organizations to create a robust coalition for climate action in these areas.
• Team Coordinators can expect to spend approximately 10% of time supporting statewide efforts and about 90% of time supporting local team efforts. We anticipate that an average of 50% of time will be spent on Denver Metro activities (including Suncor Committee) and 25% on Boulder and 25% on CO Springs.
• Assist with local teams’ fundraising and campaign coordination.

Weekly: (working with chairs/leads of local teams)

• Recruit, onboard, and coordinate new activists, and check in with them to support and maximize volunteer retention.
• Meaningfully engage and plug volunteers into various roles and tasks, based upon team needs and volunteers’ interests and expertise.
• Send emails to local team lists to communicate opportunities, updates, and actions that activists can be a part of.
• Promote the teams’ activities both through social media and traditional media, with a goal of  4-6 press hits per team per year from press releases, press conferences, letters to the editor, opinion editorials, and postings in events calendars (online, radio and print). 
• Track numbers of participants and leadership committee members at each meeting, training and event, and report on tracking documents.

Monthly:

• Support the Local Team Leadership Council in planning (e.g by co-facilitating monthly planning calls) and organizing regular team meetings, and outreach/educational events about climate issues for the local community to recruit new members and engage existing ones.
• Aim to recruit, engage and retain at least 5 new local team members monthly for each team and 1 new leadership council member monthly for each team, until an ideal number of leadership council members are reached.
• 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.
• Strengthen and develop new partnerships with other nonprofit organizations to create a robust coalition for climate action locally.
• Track progress toward strategic plan goals in tracking spreadsheet to report out at least monthly.

Quarterly or Annually:

• • Work with the Movement Building & Volunteer Director to co-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.
  • Facilitate strategic planning toward team goals with your Local Team Leadership Councils, at least once per year (and share updates at least quarterly).

Assist with fundraising: 

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

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

• • • Local team coordinators assist 350CO’s Development Director in drafting grants to support the local teams as needed. 
    • Participation in 350CO’s mid- and end-of-year fundraisers – supporting via emails, phonebanking, social media, etc.

Denver Metro current campaigns:

• Co-lead the Suncor Action Committee and efforts to shut down the Suncor refinery through a just transition.
• Promote more public transit options that run on electric power.
• Support the student-led Divest DU campaign, in collaboration with our Defund Climate Disaster Campaign Coordinator and a statewide coalition of divestment campaigns.

Colorado Springs and Boulder County current campaigns:

• These teams are currently primarily focused on plugging into statewide campaign efforts (below). 
• Light support is also being provided to the CU and CSSU Divest campaigns.

Statewide campaigns to engage volunteers in: (Note: other staff lead the campaigns referenced below)

• Educate 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, especially by engaging in advocacy and advancing stronger policies at local, state and occasionally federal levels (via governmental bodies and regulatory agencies).
• Support efforts for a just transition off fossil fuels, with a focus on phasing out fracking.
• Promote climate solutions, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, and regenerative agriculture.
• Promote divestment of public funds from fossil fuels, i.e. halting municipal banking contracts with banks financing fossil fuels, promoting PERA (Public Employee Retirement Association) divestment, and supporting student-led university divestment campaigns.
• Work to promote JEDI (Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion) in our organizing for climate action and justice.

Required qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in volunteer management, community organizing or related field, with group facilitation experience
• Excellent team player, with strong leadership and volunteer management abilities.
• 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.
• 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.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Google® Docs and Calendars

Desired additional qualifications:

• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Bilingual (Spanish and English) preferred

How to apply: please submit a resume and cover letter to volunteer@350colorado.org by Dec.1, 2023. We aim to hire by December 18th, 2023, 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.

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 December 1st, 2023. We aim to hire by December 18th, 2023, 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:

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