Grassroots Field Coordinator Job
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| Employer Name: Fund for Public Interest Research |
SpiderID: 2271984 |
| Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey |
Date Posted: 6/11/2008 |
| Wage: $23,750 |
Category: Environmental |
| Job Code: CALO568 |
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| Number Of Openings: 10 |
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Job Description:
The Fund for Public Interest Research is currently hiring Grassroots Field Coordinators to mobilize volunteers through grassroots canvass offices around the country.
We are working across the country to raise awareness, state by state, about crucial issues in the U.S. – like global warming, health care, energy and human rights. Strikingly, these issues are now rising to the fore, in this election year, in ways they never have before.
Job Requirements:
As a Grassroots Field Coordinator, you’ll work with environmental and progressive groups like the Sierra Club, Environment America, the Human Rights Campaign and Progressive Future.
Your responsibilities include:
• Mobilizing volunteers IDed through the canvass.
• Taking charge of additional campaign field work including petition and letter-writing drives, coalition-building, news conferences and grassroots lobbying.
• Canvassing 3-4 days/week to train staff, raise money, identify and activate members, educate the public on the issues, and identify and activate volunteers.
• Assisting the directors in recruiting, training and managing a staff of 10-40 canvassers.
We have positions available now for offices in CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, WA and Washington, DC.
Job Criteria:
Start Date: July 2008
Position Type: Full-Time Permanent
Years of Experience Required: 0
Education Required: Bachelors
Overnight Travel: None
Vacation Time: Less Than 2 weeks / year
Job Benefits:
Health/Dental Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Paid Holidays, Vacations, and Sick Leave, Casual Dress, Regular Employee Outings, Other Benefits
Company Profile:
The Fund for Public Interest Research is a national nonprofit organization working to increase the visibility, membership and political support of the nation's leading environmental and progressive groups. Through our fundraising canvasses and other projects, our staff have helped raise millions of dollars each year for the Sierra Club's priority campaigns, signed up 400,000 members for the state PIRGs, helped the Human Rights Campaign expand their grassroots base in places like Texas, Tennessee and Utah, and much more.
Contact Information:
| Contact Name: Jeremy Gross |
Company Type: Employer |
| Company: Fund for Public Interest Research |
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| City: New Brunswick |
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| State: New Jersey |
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| Zip: 08901 |
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Web Site: http://ffpir.org/apply_online.html
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