Environmental Organizer Training Program, Green Corps, Philadelhpai, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh (Posted April 6)

Green Corps 2009-2010 Environmental Organizer Training Program

Green Corps: the field school for environmental organizing. Our year-long paid environmental organizing training program is a year of in-depth classroom training and field experience on critical environmental problems with leading environmental groups like the Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters and Greenpeace.

Organization. Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to identify and train environmental organizers. Our year-long program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental campaigns, and placement in permanent positions with leading environmental and social change groups.

Training. Our intensive classroom training features workshops such as Global Warming Strategy, Corporate Accountability Campaigns, Community Organizing Against Toxic Threats and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing. Workshops are lead by the nation’s top environmental and social change leaders, such as Adam Ruben, Political Director of MoveOn.org, Bob Bingaman, National Field Director of Sierra Club, and Ross Gelbspan, climate change expert and author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point. Our field training puts you on the front lines of today’s most urgent environmental campaigns.

Campaign Placements. With Green Corps, you will work in multiple cities nation-wide, chosen for their ability to make an impact on critical environmental problems. Potential locations include, but are not limited to, San Francisco, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Washington, DC and Virginia Beach, VA. You must be willing to relocate during your year with Green Corps.

Dates. The program begins in August 2009 with Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. and concludes with graduation in August 2010.

Responsibilities. Plan and implement a series of critical environmental campaigns with groups like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Greenpeace. You will secure media coverage, recruit and manage volunteers/interns, train new leaders, and mobilize grassroots pressure.

Career Development. Our graduates are in high demand and quickly find jobs working on issues they care about. Upon completion of the training program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations that are seeking full-time professional staff. Green Corps graduates hold positions with MoveOn.org, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Endangered Species Coalition, Global Trade Watch, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, Corporate Accountability International, ForestEthics, and many other environmental and progressive groups.

Qualifications. We will invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2009-2010. We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have demonstrated leadership experience, and want to work for change over the long haul.

Salary & Benefits. Salary of $23,750. Optional group health care coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment program for qualifying staff.

To Apply. To apply for Green Corps’ 2009-2010 Environmental Organizer Training Program, fill out our online application by the Application Deadline of April 1, 2009. Regional deadlines, 2nd round interview locations and our online application are at http://www.greencorps.org.

Contact. Jesse Littlewood, Recruitment Director, at jobs@greencorps.org.