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IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
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Clean Air/Climate Change Advocacy, Community Organizing and Outreach
Work with a diverse cross section of the community in and near the three parks to develop active allies and generate grassroots and political support for state and federal policy that reduces emissions associated with air pollution and global warming.
Provide support to NPCA staff and the Program Managers, providing illustrations and justifications for supporting clean air, alternative energy and climate change policies at the state, regional, and federal levels. California’s leaders will continue to play a key role in evolving state and national clean air policy, and the program coordinator is responsible for positively influencing that role, through local rules and regulations, state legislation and regulation and federal initiatives. The ultimate goal of this position is to reduce emissions by promoting energy efficiency, alternative transportation and alternative energy options.
Establish collaborative working relationships/coalitions with local park stakeholders. Manage and build a list of local activists who can be effectively called upon to support the work of the three parks.
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40%
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Coordination with Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon
Working closely with the Central Valley Program Manager, maintain a positive proactive collaboration with NPS park administrators on education, awareness, outreach and in-park clean energy demonstration solutions (such as expanded clean transit systems).Act as a coordinator with staff from the three parks on joint projects that advance the development of the NPS Climate Friendly Park Initiative and meet the strategic direction of work laid out in the grant funding this work.
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20%
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Communications
Work with the Central Valley Program Manager to build and cultivate media relations that result in frequent coverage of the impacts of air pollution, global warming and the efforts of NPCA to raise issue awareness.
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15%
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Community Education
Work with educational partners to engage both adult and youth audiences regarding the impacts of global warming to the three parks and the planet. Work with various coalition and organization partners to have unified, directed political strength focused both on state and federal policy makers. Advocate for air quality improvements needed in the national parks.
Using the three parks as the “poster children,” develop outreach materials that put forth a compelling public message on air pollution and climate threats to the park, and directly relate the importance of developing stronger legal protections.
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15%
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Internal NPCA Communications and Program Administration
Effective communication with NPCA Regional and Washington, DC Staff. Completion of required NPCA reporting documents.
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10%
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Total
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100%
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Other:
Promotes policies that are sensitive to the needs of a diverse workforce. Respect employees regardless of their position or background. Participates in developing department goals, objectives, and systems. Participates in administrative staff meetings, organization-wide meetings, staff committee meetings, training programs, and attends other meetings and seminars as designated by the supervisor. Assists in evaluation of reports, decisions, and results of department in relation to established goals. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position.
Minimum Work Schedule: Seventeen hours per week, flexible schedule available. Significant regional travel required for meetings and events. National travel required approximately twice a year for meetings and retreats.
Minimum Qualifications:
- BA or BS degree or equivalent experience in political science, government, environmental science or related field desired.
- Experience in community organizing, conservation advocacy, resource management, media relations, or education. Preference for familiarity with environmental issues related to national parks in California.
- Experience and familiarity with clean air and climate issues and regulatory frameworks globally, nationally and locally.
- Experience and familiarity with congressional and state lawmaking process and some familiarity with California congressional delegation and staff preferred.
- Proven excellent written and oral communications skills, including one on one, in groups, and in public presentations.
- Strong commitment to National Park System protection, with significant knowledge of national parks preferred.
- Capacity to work effectively in teams to organize tasks, to set and observe priorities, and to maintain schedules
- Proven ability to build relationships with a wide array of people and organizations across political and interest boundaries
- Strong strategic skills to implement park advocacy programs and implement effective programs and campaigns.
- Effective software skills including: effectively manage campaign assets and contacts (MS Excel), competently conduct research through the Internet, ability to use word processing (MS Word), the ability to edit webpage content strongly preferred, and competence with document design preferred (MS publisher).
Live, honor, and own the organization’s Core Values:
- Commitment to Mission: Commitment to the national parks is essential to our success.
- Empowerment: Having the tools, skills, facts and inspiration to advocate on behalf of the national parks.
- Teamwork: Teamwork, built on a fundamental trust in and respect for each other,is integral to our success.
- Accountability: Being accountable to each other, our members, and the public, as well as to the excellence, timeliness, and integrity of our work, and the implementation of these core values.
- Innovation: Exercising insightful creativity, perseverance, and strategic risk-taking to successfully complete our work.
- Diversity: We believe in and celebrate the diversity of cultural backgrounds, community traditions, and political perspectives at NPCA and in the National Park System. By integrating such diversity into our work, we will most effectively accomplish our mission.
Physical Effort and Dexterity: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Employee must be capable of independent travel locally and nationally.
Physical Environment: Small office setting; open work space
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