Rainforest Action Network (RAN) runs hard-hitting campaigns to protect the world’s forests and their traditional inhabitants from extractive industries and the effects of climate change. Our campaigns focus on high impact market sectors including the logging, private financial, and automotive sectors. RAN seeks to galvanize the public's existing belief that irresponsible resource extraction in endangered ecosystems is unnecessary, that climate change is a threat to global ecosystems and the global economy, and that a mature, modern society has outgrown such practices. Several dozen top wood and paper buyers and financial institutions have begun to create policies to address these issues, with more than four hundred companies in total committing to action.
RAN’s Rainforest Agribusiness campaign is working challenging the destructive role of U.S. corporations in converting rainforests and other natural ecosystems in Southeast Asia, South America and elsewhere into unsustainable palm oil and soy plantations for food, feed and fuel.
Title: Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigner
Supervisor: Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign Director
Status: Full-time, exempt, salaried
Location: San Francisco, CA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
Position Summary:
The Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigner will report to the Campaign Director and will be responsible for helping to implement market-based campaign strategies to pressure ADM, Bunge and Cargill –the ABCs of Rainforest Destruction- as well as secondary targets as they develop; build strong alliances with NGOs and activists; build broad-based support for the campaign in the U.S. through grassroots organizing, non-violent direct actions, media and education. This position is based in San Francisco.
Responsibilities:
- Work with Campaign Director and co-campaigners to design and implement market-based campaign strategies to pressure U.S. agribusiness giants to end the expansion of new soy and oil palm plantations in rainforests and other tropical ecosystems;
- Work with Campaign Director and co-campaigners in implementing a secondary strategy targeting ABCs customers of soy, palm oil and/or agrofuels;
- Work with Campaign Director and co-campaigners to design and implement an organizational position and strategy on agrofuels as it pertains to tropical deforestation and climate change;
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with strategic local, regional, national and international NGOs;
- Work with grassroots organizing team and campaign staff to mobilize grassroots activists and expand and diversify the networks working on these issues;
- Conduct or supervise research to support campaign goals and activities;
- In conjunction with Campaign Director and Executive Director, participate in direct communications with executive-level corporate and government officials through written and verbal communication;
- Work with campaign and communications teams to develop strategic communications (including messaging, materials, web, media);
- Supervise interns and volunteers;
- Participate in RAN's organizational planning, anti-oppression and diversity initiatives and training sessions. Share office responsibilities to maintain a healthy and safe workplace;
- Report to Campaign Director regularly on accomplishments and plans of action.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 2 years of U.S.-based campaigning and/or organizing experience
- A proven track record of working with diverse coalitions and coordinating with activists from various backgrounds
- Excellent project and time management skills
- Familiarity with some of the following issues: forest protection, climate change, Indigenous rights, biodiversity, global agriculture policy, bioregional foods, organic foods, slow foods, agrofuels
- Must be able to travel frequently in the United States
- Must be able to work legally in the United States
RAN values diversity, educates staff on issues including privilege and oppression, and seeks to integrate these values into all of our work. We are seeking candidates who have a commitment to engage in this process and work with us to create a just, inclusive, and sustainable work environment, movement, and world. RAN provides all people with equal employment and volunteer opportunities.
Please send résumé and letter of interest to: Human Resources, Rainforest Action Network, 221 Pine St., Suite 500, SF, CA 94104, fax 415/398.2732, or e-mail: resumes@ran.org. No phone calls, please.
