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Arizona Wilderness Coalition

Community Organizer Job Opening

Full time; based in Phoenix

The Arizona Wilderness Coalition’s (AWC) mission is to permanently protect and restore Wilderness and other wild lands and waters in Arizona for the enjoyment of all citizens and to ensure that Arizona's native plants and animals have a lasting home in wild nature. We do this by coordinating and conducting inventories, educating citizens about these lands, enlisting community support, and advocating for their lasting protection.

The Arizona Wilderness Coalition is looking to hire a Community Organizer, based in the metro-Phoenix area, to conduct outreach activities and to build support for wilderness and wild places amongst key stakeholders and interested individuals in the metro Phoenix, Casa Grande, Gila Bend, Buckeye, and other Maricopa County areas west of Phoenix. The position will involve frequent travel and extensive interaction with diverse groups of Arizonans.

The Community Organizer will report to the Executive Director and work closely with other Arizona Wilderness Coalition staff and partner organizations. The Community Organizer will work to ensure that appropriate stakeholders such as elected officials, sportsmen, developers, and business owners are educated about wilderness with the goal of procuring support for protection of Arizona’s spectacular wild lands.

The Community Organizer primary responsibilities may include but will not be limited to the following tasks:

• Coordinate communication between, and activities of, local partner organizations

• Increase participation among existing partner organizations and recruit new ones

• Educate and build support for wilderness amongst government agencies and key decision makers

• Organize and help lead hikes and outings for key stakeholders

• Regularly give public presentations and exhibit at community events

• Organize and conduct meetings with members of the business and development communities, and other community leaders, to share information and seek support

• Design and implement actions and events to demonstrate broad-based support for wilderness to key decision makers

• Work with AWC Communications Director to develop outreach materials, monitor media outlets, and generate appropriate feedback/response from supporters

• Coordinate volunteer participation in all of the above tasks.

 Qualifications: A Bachelors or Masters degree in a related field is preferred.  Strong grassroots organizing experience and working knowledge of political campaigns, wilderness designation and public lands management is desired.  Excellent oral and written communication skills are required. The successful applicant should have a strong environmental ethic and have interest in nature and being outdoors.

Salary is commensurate with experience.  Please submit cover letter, resume and references via email to Kevin Gaither-Banchoff: kevin@azwild.org.

Position is open until filled.