Students For Energy Justice Campaign Director Application

CSSC Students for Energy Justice Campaign Director

Job Description

CSSC is hiring a Campaign Director to help coordinate and propel its Students for Energy Justice (SEJ) campaign in California. The Campaign Director will be hired at 30 hours per week as a temporary employee and will work with students across California on both statewide campaign strategy and local campaign implementation and development.

Duties and Role

Base duties of the Campaign Director are as follows (15-20 hrs/wk):

1. Helping develop a strategy for resisting fossil fuels in California, while promoting and developing student power to ensure renewable energy solutions, including:
   1. Statewide strategy-applying pressure on California State Legislature to push for a statewide ban on fracking and other forms of extreme extraction, conducting research to support campuses in education, getting out the vote
   2. Local Strategy-supporting campuses in their own local bans, education of campus and surrounding community, and other regional efforts.
   3. Engaging with local officials and decision-makers through lobbying and advocacy
2. Overseeing the development and maintenance of a SEJ logo, website, and social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
3. Supporting campuses and campus leaders for their own needs and campus goals related to the campaign, via:
   1. Running strategy workshops and coordinating with campus leaders;
   2. Communicating virtually (via phone, email, Skype, etc.) with campus leaders to support campus activity and planning (e.g., faculty engagement, staff engagement, community engagement, demonstrations, events); and
   3. Ensuring that each campus strategy is cohesive and integrated within CSSC’s statewide strategy to ensure maximum impact and success.
4. Representing CSSC in the broader statewide and national networks of anti-fossil fuels campaigns and renewable solution initiatives, via:
   1. Coordinating with coalition partners, including Environment California, Californians Against Fracking, Energy Action Coalition, Food and Water Watch, Center for Biological Diversity, Forest Ethics, Sierra Student Coalition, and more;
   2. Encouraging students to coordinate and organize with local, grassroots community organizations; and
   3. Engaging in statewide and national strategy discussions.
5. Continuing the expansion of CSSC’s climate justice analysis and integrating this knowledge into the campaign
6. Managing SEJ Field Organizers, which entails having weekly check-ins, reviewing logs or other forms of accountability mechanisms, providing support and delegating projects, and connecting them with mentorship and resources.
7. Fulfilling administrative duties, including, but not limited to, participating in staff calls, Operating Team coordination, staff reporting, and leadership retreat and convergence preparation and participation.

Additional duties under the jurisdiction of the Campaign Director (10-15 hrs/week):

1. Coordinating with the Development Director on campaign-specific fundraising, grant identification and drafting, as well as donor outreach (when applicable);
2. External communications of campaign via public relations/outreach, press releases, social networking outreach, and support for students writing for media outlets; and
3. Research for the campaign, including identifying key facts and figures to provide support for student talking points.

Qualifications

CSSC seeks self-motivated individuals with a strong background in organizing and campus engagement. Other desirable qualities include current involvement in extreme energy resistance efforts, renewable solutions campaigns, strong analytic skills, writing skills, and comfort working in a collaborative organizational structure. Applicants should meet the following qualifications to apply:

• Have at least 6 months of prior involvement with this or a related campaign
• Have worked with students before on similar efforts
• Be able to work from a remote location and willingness to travel when appropriate
• Have a proven ability to take initiative, good time management, and motivation
• Have experience with reading, executing, and writing budgets

The California Student Sustainability Coalition is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to engaging the skills and leadership of people of color, low-income persons, LGBT persons, differently-abled people, and other people from diverse backgrounds. People from these and other historically marginalized backgrounds and communities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Compensation

Starting salary is $2,500/month.

Please email your résumé, a cover letter, and 1-2 references to the Chair of the Board, Lauren Jabusch at [email protected]. Questions on the application process and position may also be directed to Lauren.

Please address these questions in your cover letter:

• What relevant experience do you have directing campaigns or programs and how does this translate to this particular campaign?
• What is your experience working with students?
• Why is Students for Energy Justice an important campaign?

The deadline for submission is midnight, Friday, September 11th.

Interviews will be scheduled shortly thereafter.

The ideal start date is start Monday October 5th.