Several Organizer Opportunites

One has a deadline of March 30, but I only just received this today. Sorry if it's too late.

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Lead Organizer - Flexible Location
Date: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:54 pm ((PDT))

Lead Organizer for Blue Green Alliance – Flexible LocationBGA – USW Global Warming Project is hiring two Lead Organizers for a three month projectResponsibilities

Oversee the day-to-day organizing work of up to seven USW member organizers
Create and execute a plan for outreach for the member organizers in their respective states
Provide assistance to member organizers in organizing strategy and tactics
Conduct frequent check-ins on progress toward daily and weekly goals
Provide guidance in the planning and execution of town hall meetings and community forums
Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director and National Project Director
Qualifications

Minimum four years organizing experience, including work at labor unions, issue advocacy organizations or on political campaigns
Prior supervising experience required
Willingness to work long, irregular hours and to travel
Experience with direct voter/member contact, issue advocacy and event planning a plus
Compensation
Salary is $5500 a month for the 3-month project.
To Apply
Please send a resume and three references to Stephanie Zawistowski at zawistowski@gmail.com


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Sierra Club organizers - deadline March 30
Date: Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:55 pm ((PDT))

Organizers - Various StatesSierra Club and grassroots solutions are looking for dynamic Individuals to help out on a five-week project in multiple states.The Power 2 Change Campaign

The Power 2 Change is Sierra Club's national clean energy advocacy campaign to educate the public about what is at stake in the 2008 elections. Through national and locally earned media events, organizing opportunities in nine key states, and aggressive outreach on the internet, the Power 2 Change campaign will define the contrast between competing visions of our energy future, position clean energy as an economic driver, and underscore the importance of the commitment of our leaders up and down the ticket – including a new President – to moving America in a new direction.

Power 2 Change State Campaign Job Description

Working with Grassroots Solutions Inc., the campaign will dispatch organizers to implement the Power 2 Change campaign in nine states – CO, MN, NV, NH, NM, OH, OR, VA, and WI. In teams of three-to-five people, Power 2 Change organizers will be dispatched to join existing Sierra Club staff in local offices to implement this month long issue advocacy program culminating on Earth Day. While events and activities will have a local flavor, events will be coordinated and choreographed across the country to create a national campaign and create a national narrative.

The program and job description for the state campaign organizers are to:
• Organize and implement earned media events that will cut through the political and issue clutter to define the
choices the public face on the issue of energy. It is anticipated that there will be an initial event to launch the
campaign in the state, a small amount of rapid response, and a large scale final event around Earth day.
• Reach out to public officials, local media and community leaders to educate them on the issues and the
importance of this discussion in the elections. National and state Sierra Club leaders will help with this effort,
but we would like to connect with key leaders across the state.
• Participate in a national petition drive to call on the candidates to make clean energy a priority.
Signatures will be gathered by volunteers and staff as part of the effort to build a list of people who demand that our candidates up and down the ticket support clean energy policies.
• Cast a wide net to recruit individuals to join our activities to build our capacity on the ground. This includes going deeper into our member and support lists but also include either wholesale or retail recruiting efforts above and beyond our existing lists. Our goal is to increase the number of volunteers and messengers in each state by 200-300 people.
• Mobilize existing and new capacity in a show of strength and support around Earth Day. Activities could include large rallies, concurrent house-parties, retail communication activities like neighborhood walks or lit drops, day of action, etc.
Please send resume's to ThePower2Change@gmail.com by March 30th, 2008.