Environmental Campaign Assistant Director Job at Fund for the Public Interest, San Francisco, CA

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  • Fund for the Public Interest
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Environmental Campaign Assistant Director

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Were hiring and training Canvass Directors to make an impact on some of the most important problems of our time such as protecting wildlife and wild places, eliminating plastic waste that is polluting our oceans, ensuring clean air and water, and more. We believe that achieving positive change requires educating, engaging, and mobilizing people across the country. Directors and their staff build public support through oneonone, facetoface conversations on Americas front doorsteps, generating a lasting support that goes deeper than an online petition. This position requires exercising discretion and independent judgment in making decisions of significance. We have immediate positions available as well as positions starting throughout the year.

Responsibilities

  • Educate and engage the public on campaigns like protecting wildlife and the outdoors, moving beyond singleuse plastics, and stopping electronic waste
  • Build support and fundraise for leading nonprofit groups working on these issues, including Environment America and PIRG
  • Hire, train and manage your own team
  • Work at the most effective citizen outreach operation in the country, raising over $700million for environmental and public interest organizations and mobilizing millions of people on important issues

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who have leadership experience, excellent communication skills, and who want to work hard to make lasting, positive change on important issues. Being a Canvass Director requires working independently, exercising good judgment, and meeting staffing, campaign, and fieldwork goals.

Training

We have an excellent training program that starts with handson training in an existing canvass office and classroomstyle training on social change concepts and skills. Throughout the year, new and experienced canvass directors may participate in advanced trainings on staff management, canvassing, campaign strategy, and other skills.

Locations

We work on campaigns where the impact is greatest. Directors may work almost anywhere in the country and must be geographically flexible. Current campaigns are in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Minnesota, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and California.

Pay and Benefits

The target annual compensation is $38,250$53,750, depending on position and location. The Fund offers medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid sick time, vacation time, a commuter benefit program, 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, longterm disability insurance, and may include student loan assistance. Training and opportunities for advancement are also provided.

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About Fund for the Public Interest

Fund for the Public Interest is a national nonprofit that tackles key problems facing our country. The Fund ensures clean air, clean water, preserves wildlife and wild places, and eliminates singleuse plastic pollution. Our mission is to build public support around solutions to those problems and more.

The Fund partners with Americas leading environmental and public interest groups. Weve raised over $700million, run hundreds of campaigns, operated in all 50 states, and mobilized millions of people from all walks of life.

Our Mission and Values

Fund for the Public Interest is guided by a vision of a better world, a strategic approach to social change, and core values. Visit for more.

Please do not use AI to help draft your cover letter or responses to our application questions. We want to know how you think and write.

Fund for the Public Interest is an equal opportunity employer. Fund for the Public Interest will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Seniority level

  • Entry level

Employment type

  • Fulltime

Job function

  • Nonprofit Organizations
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Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Immediate start, Flexible hours,

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