Offered By:
Environment Texas
Job Location:
Austin
Salary:
Paid
If "Paid", provide rate:
$26,500 per year
Job Description:
Environment Texas is hiring a Clean Energy Associate as part of our entry-level Fellowship Program.
We need to build a greener, healthier world with clean air, clean water and clean energy. We approach this challenge one step at a time, putting the environment first at every step along the way.
Imagine yourself organizing a town hall meeting on solar power. Or building a community coalition to get more electric cars on the road. Imagine building the organizational power—the funds, the membership, the activist base and more— that it takes to keep all of this critical work going for the long haul.
That’s what you’ll do with Environment Texas. As our Clean Energy Associate, you'll build support for policies that tackle climate change and tap in to Texas' abundant clean energy resources.
This work has never been more urgent or challenging. The mantra of “economic growth at any cost” is degrading the quality of our environment and wasting the natural resource base that make our lives possible. At the same time, the opportunity to pivot to a greener, healthier way of living is at hand. Rising to this challenge is our mission and our cause. If you see it as your mission too, this is the place for you.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to small business owners, farmers, public health officials, union leaders and others to demonstrate support for our policy goals.
Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and write opinion pieces. Build a following on Facebook and Twitter for your campaigns.
Lobby elected officials: Coordinate strategy with a champion in the Legislature. Make a convincing case to a legislator who is undecided on a particular vote. Work the “inside game” to complement our outside field operation, where most of our power is derived.
Research and write reports: Catalogue and analyze sources of carbon pollution in Texas. Detail the success of renewable energy in our reports. Help us to influence public debate and earn media attention for our cause.
Run a grassroots campaign office: Hire and manage a staff of 20 canvassers. Raise money, build our organization and membership, and help win one of our key campaigns.
Identify and cultivate donors: Reach out to foundations and major donors and ask them to fund our work to fight global warming, promote clean energy, and protect our most spectacular natural areas.
PAY & BENEFITS
The target annual compensation for this position is $26,500 in the first year. Environment Texas offers a competitive benefits package. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement. We have immediate openings as well as openings for positions that start in August 2018 or visit our website to see immediate openings.
Application Instructions:
Apply at https://workforprogress.org/apply/?pos=Environment+Texas+Fellow&org=Environment+America&id=29
Degree Status:
BA/BS
Experience Required:
No
Contact Information:
Luke Metzger
Executive Director, Environment Texas
luke@environmenttexas.org
Type of Internship:
Non-Profit
Posted By:
Environment Texas
Post Date:
Monday, May 21, 2018
Expiration Date:
Friday, July 20, 2018