Job Opening: State Organizers in Pennsylvania

1Sky is looking for State Organizers through the end of 2009 in Pennsylvania. State Organizers will coordinate local grassroots efforts that will be part of a larger campaign to engage and mobilize hundreds of thousands of people nationwide to advocate directly to their Senator for comprehensive climate legislation. The State Organizer will work in coalition with a diverse set of concerned groups, businesses, individuals, and communities to demonstrate dramatic public support to address global warming at the scale of the problem. The State Organizer will report to 1Sky Central HQ in Takoma Park, Md.

Organizers must already live in the target areas or have connections in the areas that would enable them to start quickly and effectively.

Primary Responsibilities

• Implement 1Sky field and outreach strategies in targeted state, including grassroots lobbying actions, voter education campaigns, and volunteer mobilization.
• Build, maintain and utilize existing coalitions among allies and nontraditional constituencies to grow broad community support for the 1Sky solutions package.
• Help build, engage, and mobilize a network of over 1 million activists to advance 1Sky’s national advocacy campaign aimed at the U.S.
• Senate through local organizing efforts.
• Generate local media coverage on behalf of 1Sky.
• Coordinate local and regional activist skills trainings
• Develop and execute direct actions in targeted areas to draw attention to the need for federal global warming action.
• Track and report campaign deliverables.

Professional Requirements

• 1-3 years organizing experience in electoral, issue and/or legislative campaigns.
• Experience engaging and motivating large numbers of volunteers.
• Experience working collaboratively with other organizations with diplomacy.
• Can motivate anyone to do anything, in print, in person, and over the phone.
• Enjoy working under pressure, under deadline, and can think quickly on your feet.
• Work well independently, as part of a geographically dispersed team.
  Familiarity with and understanding of climate and energy-related issues and advocacy ideal
• Experience working with elected officials and/or lobbying
• Excellent organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
• Willingness to travel throughout the state
• Comfortable working in a non-traditional office setting
• Strong preference for candidates currently living in one of the targeted states.

To apply, please email hr@1sky.org.

1Sky is a collaborative national campaign for strong federal action to tackle global climate change and invest in building the clean energy economy of the future. 1Sky combines the force of more than 425 allied organizations, 168,000 committed climate advocates, 2,300 volunteer Climate Precinct Captains covering more than 380 congressional districts in 50 states, and a team of 46 including 40 organizers in 30 states working to mobilize constituent support.