Community Organiser

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

Community organiser

• Be part of Australian Conservation Foundation's (ACF) cutting edge community organising team that is re-shaping the way ACF and the environment movement engages with our supporters and wins our campaigns!
• Work with Australia's leading environmental campaigners, policy analysts, communicators and strategists to build community power and create real change
• Permanent position with a salary of $65,796 per annum plus 10% super and great working conditions

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) stands for ecological sustainability. We get to the heart of environmental problems by tackling the underlying social and economic causes and has been a strong and effective voice for the environment for more than 50 years.

ACF's new Community Organising Team is using proven community organising techniques to reshape the way that ACF builds power with our supporters. Our team is tasked with building the leadership capacity of our supporters and empowering them to organise their communities and networks to influence and effect long term, lasting change. We are a new and growing team inside ACF and there are opportunities for new skills and experience to really make a difference.

You will be one of four community organisers employed by ACF and work with the Community Organising Coordinator. Your job will be to work in strategically important communities to identify and support new leaders and to build relationships with and between our supporters on the ground. You will be responsible for identifying organising opportunities in the community, empowering our supporters to take advantage of them and linking them to the national campaign narratives of ACF. You will also be required to work closely with other environmental organisations and networks. You will be working on a broad range of issues including climate change, biodiversity protection, and creating a new ecologically sustainable economy.

For more information about this opportunity, view the full position description or contact Mr Asren Pugh, Community Organising Coordinator, on 03 9345 1204

Submit your application, addressing the selection criteria listed in the position description, to work@acfonline.org.au by midnight, Wednesday 24th June, 2015.  

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.