City Hall Advocate
Company: Environment America
Location: Austin
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
Environment Texas City Hall Advocate Our cities are vibrant
communities that have so much potential for solutions that help
protect clean air, clean water, open spaces, and a liveable
climate. Environment Texas is hiring advocates in Houston, Austin,
Dallas and San Antonio to work full-time to help local leaders put
the environment first in their decision making. Key
Responsibilities Our City Hall Advocate will work with our
Executive Director and other staff on local campaigns. - We'll be
advocating for increasing funding for city parks and open spaces,
protecting clean water, investing in clean, efficient
transportation options, transitioning away from polluting lawn
equipment, and more. This position requires exercising discretion
and independent judgment in making decisions in matters of
significance. - Responsibilities may include, but are not limited
to: -
- Program Development and Strategy: Help develop programs and
campaigns around relevant policies at City Hall, including
researching the issue, identifying viable policy solutions, and
proposing a winning political strategy. -
- Advocacy and Coalition-building: Meet directly with decision
makers in the city government, corporations and academia, and make
the case for our policy solutions in meetings, hearings, and other
forums. Develop strong and collaborative relationships with city
staff, partner organizations, community leaders, council members
and staff, and other stakeholders to advance shared goals. Build
relationships with unlikely allies who might agree with us on one
issue, even if we disagree on other issues. -
- Communications and Media: Write reports, fact sheets, news
releases, blogs, op-eds, and other forms of communication to get
our message in the media and heard by decision-makers and the
public. Serve as the public spokesperson for our campaigns through
media events, press releases, editorial board meetings and other
outreach with a goal of building name recognition for the
organization, educating the public about our issues, and building
and demonstrating support for our positions.
- Fundraising: Raise money from charitable foundations and
individual donors to support our work.
- Recruitment and training: Recruit and train new interns and
volunteers to increase our impact and build our power. Participate
in recruitment of new staff. Qualifications You are:
- Passionate about the environment and using the power of
grassroots organizing to win campaigns.
- A campaign advocate or grassroots organizer with at least 2
years of advocacy or organizing experience. Advanced degrees may
count toward experience.
- An effective communicator with excellent writing and public
speaking skills. Experience getting traditional and digital media
coverage in previous work is a plus.
- Creative and effective at solving complex problems; a strategic
thinker who can take advantage of new opportunities.
- A people person and good listener with a track record of
successful access-building; willing and interested in working with
people who think differently than you.
- Well-organized and able to work on multiple legislative and
administrative proposals at once. Additional helpful experience: -
- Experience in city government or other government office, or
with an environmental or public health advocacy organization is a
plus but not required. -
- Fundraising experience, particularly in grant-seeking from
charitable foundations. Compensation and Benefits The starting
compensation range for this position is $33,000-$40,000 and depends
on relevant experience, education, and location. Candidates on the
lower end of directly relevant experience should expect to be on
the lower end of this range; candidates on the higher end of
relevant experience are likely to be on the higher end of this
range. Environment Texas offers an excellent benefits package. Our
benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for
employees and dependents, paid time off, our 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. Location - We are hiring City Hall
Advocates in each of the following cities: Houston, Austin, Dallas
and San Antonio. - Apply Apply here. About Environment Texas
Environment Texas is part of Environment America. Environment
America tackles the most profound problem of our time: a way of
living that is destroying the natural world. - We're advocates for
energy conservation and renewable power, so we can keep oil in the
ground and stop burning fossil fuels. We're champions of plastic
reduction, so nothing we use for a few minutes is allowed to
pollute our oceans for centuries. And we're defenders of wildlife
and wild places, both for their own sake as well as the awe and
wonder they bring to our lives. - Environment America's national
network of 30 state environmental groups work to improve our
quality of life by reducing the pollution and other harms of how we
produce, consume and dispose of more and more stuff. And we do it
one step at a time, by winning results for clean air, clean water,
clean energy, wildlife, open spaces, and a livable climate that
make a tangible difference in people's lives and our environment.
Our Mission and Values Why work with Environment Texas? Check out
10 reasons: https://environmentamerica.org/why-work-with-us/
Environment Texas and Environment America are part of The Public
Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations
committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic
approach to social change. Visit
https://environmentamerica.org/core-values/ for things you should
know about our network when you apply. Environment Texas is an
equal opportunity employer.
Keywords: Environment America, Bryan , City Hall Advocate, Other , Austin, Texas
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