Community Water Organizer

Community Water Organizer Wanted

The Utah Rivers Council is looking for a hard-working advocate with strong writing and

people skills to help engage and manage audiences and supporters in our conservation

advocacy work in the American West. The Community Water Organizer works to help

devise and distribute our communications and manage our supporters to move our

campaigns forward to protect some of the West’s most important aquatic landscapes. The

Utah Rivers Council is leading the fight to protect Utah’s precious rivers and lakes through

robust advocacy work and we are looking to expand on our success by adding a staff leader

to engage more Americans in the fight to save Utah’s aquatic jewels.

We are looking for an excellent writer with strong people skills who is willing to help

recruit and manage people in our campaign activities and in occasional event management.

This advocacy position requires someone comfortable writing clear and concise

communications and working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, political

ideologies and world perspectives. The ideal candidate is highly organized, knows what

hard work looks like and has strong writing skills able to recruit audiences in a variety of

formats from social media channels to some long form content. This position requires

someone with a contemporary perspective on the global environmental crisis who is

courageous and willing to speak out publicly about what is needed in our system of elected

government.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree and at least two years paid experience

in a professional office setting, preferably in nonprofit advocacy where policy conflict pits

forces against one another. Preference will be given to applicants with a professional

background in environmental nonprofit work and adaptable applicants who can wear

many hats in one work week. Applicants with a willingness to continue their advocacy

work in the water sphere are urged to apply.

Good writing and people skills are essential, as well as a strong desire to advocate on behalf

of rivers, lakes and the fish and wildlife species that depend upon them. Candidates should

demonstrate in their application materials that they have a basic working knowledge of the

challenges faced in Utah’s water sector and the scope of natural resource challenges facing

the American West. We strongly encourage you to visit our website, utahrivers.org, before

applying and include this exercise in your cover letter.

Compensation, Benefits and Leave

This is a full time position with compensation dependent upon experience. The Utah Rivers

Council is a grassroots water advocacy organization that represents the entire economic

and political spectrum in our work to implement a sustainable water future in Utah. We

strive to maintain a fun, informal work environment where progress and accomplishments

are measured by real success and balance and time off are a regular part of work.

To apply send a resume, a full cover letter, and a short writing sample to

hiring@utahrivers.org Please, no phone calls. The position will remain open until filled.