Summer Organizing Bootcamp

Summer Organizing Boot Camp with Alaska Environment

Anchorage, Alaska

Alaska Environment is hiring summer campaign organizers to build support for increasing the adoption of renewable energy, protecting our oldest trees, and other critical environmental campaigns. Our summer organizing boot camp is an eight-week program, starting on June 3rd and ending on July 26th. During the eight weeks, organizers will learn and practice basic grassroots organizing, advocacy, and media skills while working to make a difference on environmental issues in Alaska. 

Key responsibilities

Summer campaign organizers will work with Alaska Environment’s director and our national program team as well as with our stakeholders and key coalition allies to build momentum and expand support for some of our priority issues.

• Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to and engage organizations, businesses and affected constituency groups to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
• Public outreach and education: Educate Alaskans on environmental issues, recruit them to take action, raise money, and build widespread support for our campaigns. 
• Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences, reach out to reporters and build awareness on social media platforms for our campaigns.
• Research and write articles: Catalog and analyze data relevant to an issue and our policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn attention for our cause. Publish your writing on our own websites and in local news outlets. 

Qualifications

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply; the program will provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight and on-the-ground training by an experienced advocate. The ideal candidate is interested in long-term environmental organizing and advocacy positions and looking for exposure and experience to get started. 

Ideal candidates will have:

• A college degree
• Passion for the environment and interest in using the power of grassroots organizing to win campaigns
• Top-notch writing and public speaking skills 
• An eagerness to learn, take feedback, and improve skills
• Willing and excited to engage and work with anyone from across the political spectrum who could be interested in our campaign goals 

Compensation and Benefits

The target compensation for the eight-week program is $4,800. Candidates should anticipate working between 45-50 hours a week. Candidates will be responsible for their own travel to Anchorage and housing. 

Location: Anchorage, AK 

Apply

Apply online here.

About Alaska Environment

Alaska Environment is a state environmental group and 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 proponents for energy conservation and renewable power because it helps keep our air and water clean, and our climate livable. We’re champions of waste reduction, so nothing we use for a few minutes pollutes our oceans or land for centuries. We’re also advocates for wildlife and healthy ecosystems, both for their own sake as well as everything 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 coming from how we produce, consume and dispose of more and more stuff. 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

Alaska Environment and our national partner 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://alaskaenvironment.org/core-values/ for things you should know about our network when you apply.

Why work with Alaska Environment and Environment America? Check out 10 reasons: https://alaskaenvironment.org/why-work-with-us/ 

Alaska Environment is an equal opportunity employer.

COVID-19: We take COVID-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our COVID safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law.