Solar Campaign Associate at Environment America | Amherst, MA | $38K/yr – $40K/yr

Environment America

Solar Campaign Associate

Amherst, MA (On-site)

$38K/yr – $40K/yrIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

coalitions and grassroots solar advocacy ownership in events, coalitions, and policy engagement.

Outreach and engagement: Build awareness and mobilize action at events and conversations with the public.
Build and mobilize coalitions: Expand alliances and cultivate diverse supporters to demonstrate broad solar consensus.
Advocate before decision-makers: Lead briefings, lobbying, and policy materials to move solar legislation and programs.

Job Description

Outreach and engagement: Attend events and talk with people about the benefits of renewable energy, including rooftop solar and energy storage, and give supporters the opportunity to take meaningful action.
Writing and communications: Author fact sheets, news releases, op-eds, coalition sign-on letters, articles, actions and updates for our website, emails to our members, and more about opportunities to grow solar energy.
Organize events: Organize webinars, community events and public meetings to build and demonstrate support for solar energy, including recruiting organizations and members of the public to attend and participate.
Build and mobilize coalitions: Represent Environment America in existing coalitions, lead efforts to build and expand coalitions, and cultivate relationships with diverse and powerful allies to demonstrate the breadth and depth of support for solar energy.
Advocate before decision-makers: Present a compelling case for policies that will grow solar energy through lobbying, testifying at hearings, providing briefings, producing written materials for decision-makers, and supporting the campaign team in its efforts to build relationships with key players on solar energy at the federal, state, local and boardroom level.
Recruit new people to your team: Play an important role in building your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff.
Run a grassroots campaign office in the summer: In the summer, you will run a campaign office to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns while honing your organizing and management skills. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move.

Entry-level candidates who have a passion for clean energy and an appreciation for Environment America’s approach and core values are encouraged to apply.
Ideal candidates will have:
- Leadership experience
- Top-notch writing and public speaking skills
- An eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge
- Organizing experience, including building campus or community groups

Leadership experience
Top-notch writing and public speaking skills
An eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge
Organizing experience, including building campus or community groups

Environment America offers an excellent benefits package.
Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance.
We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Environment America

Every day, we see more heartbreaking evidence of the damage being done to our planet: climate change, plastic pollution, wildlife disappearing forever. But we also see the solutions all around us, practically begging us to adopt them: solar and wind power, electric cars and buses, more walkable and “bikeable” cities, reusing and repairing stuff instead of throwing it away, and on and on.At Environment America, our mission is to transform the power of our imaginations and our ideas into change that makes our world a greener and healthier place for all.

Founded in 2007

Denver, Colorado, USA

81 employees (25,145,048 in marketing)

www.environmentamerica.org