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| Title | Student Organizing Fellowship |
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Spend six months taking on the corporations and governments that are threatening the planet by working in the world’s best-known environmental activist organization!
Summary Description: As a Greenpeace Student Organizing Fellow you will gain hands-on experience organizing, advocating, and leading environmental campaigns under the direction and guidance of a senior mentor. Through your fellowship, you will build expertise on a variety of environmental issues and help promote Greenpeace campaigns to stop the global warming crisis, halt the destruction of the world’s last ancient forests, empower consumers to hold multinational corporations accountable, and yes — save the whales. The Student Organizing Fellow is responsible for mobilizing student activists and coalitions in key regions or nationally on priority Greenpeace campaigns. The position includes: - Recruiting new student activists and developing training materials to help win Greenpeace campaigns - Coordinating campaigns with student activists - Publicizing the activities of the Greenpeace Student Network through our website, listserve, and facebook groups - Serving as the day-to-day contact between Greenpeace and student activists - Managing specific short-term projects, including online projects - Developing relationships with activists that engage in days of action - Assisting the Greenpeace Student Board in the execution of projects - Moving between issues and campaigns as needed and focusing work toward the priority issue campaign. - Reporting to the Student Network Manager Qualifications: Education: College graduate preferred Experience: - Demonstrable experience working on grassroots campaigns and with volunteers - Proven ability to work both independently and in close coordination with a team - Experience in digital/online organizing preferred - Well-rounded individual with ability to work with a variety of people and groups - Proven experience in directing a project from conception to completion Skills: - Well-rounded individual with ability to work with a variety of people and groups - Basic grassroots organizing skills - Strong communication skills, both written and oral - Problem solving skills - Proven leadership - Commitment to non-violence as a means of affecting change - Knowledge of environmental issues or the desire to learn |