Posted by: Work for Progress
Sacramento, California, United States
Work for a Cleaner, Greener, Healthier Future
From the BP disaster in the Gulf to the climate crisis facing our planet, the need to confront big environmental challenges has never been clearer. If you are looking for the opportunity, training and experience to make a powerful and long-lasting impact on the policies that will shape our energy future, the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink, and the fate of the places we love, check out Environment America's Fellowship Program.
Repowering America
We know we need to kick the nation's addiction to dirty energy, and we need to get started today. America has the know-how and the technology to generate 100 percent of our electricity from clean sources. We can cut our oil dependence dramatically within the next generation, and make our buildings, cars and appliances substantially more energy efficient. And we can slash global warming pollution in the process. Learn more at http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/new-energy-future.
But the oil and coal industries—as well as other powerful interests—are standing in the way of change. They have deep pockets and incredible influence over our decision-makers across the country and in Washington, D.C., and they'll stop at little to maintain business as usual.
That's where Environment America comes in.
Winning real changes in states across the country
With more than 100 professional staff and 1 million members, activists and allies in 29 states and Washington, D.C., we make the case and build the support necessary to overcome obstacles and win real results for the environment. We make changes at the state level and use them to build momentum for regional and national solutions to America's biggest environmental problems.
Each year, Environment America hires passionate, talented and committed recent college graduates to join our two year Fellowship Program. Over the last decade, candidates accepted into our Fellowship Program have worked side-by-side with our most experienced advocates and organizers to make a real difference for the environment.
For example, over the years dozens of fellows have helped persuade decision-makers in 14 states to increase the fuel efficiency of our cars and trucks. Building on those policies, President Obama announced similar changes across the nation. Now we're on track to have new cars that get at least 40 miles per gallon and plug-in hybrids that get up to 150 miles per gallon on the road. Learn more about the changes we've made across the country at http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/results.
But it's going to take a lot more victories like this to end our addiction to oil, solve the climate crisis, and overcome our remaining environmental challenges. We need to keep documenting the problems and making the case for smart, effective solutions. We need to run more campaigns to inform the public and mobilize supporters to take action. We need to build broader and stronger coalitions. We need to train and develop more organizers, advocates and other leaders to keep building the public support that can sweep past the opposition and create a cleaner, greener, healthier future.
That's where you come in.
You'll learn how to run winning campaigns for the environment
If you're hired, the Fellowship Program will give you the training you need and put you in the right place at the right time, so you can roll up your sleeves and make a difference right away.
You'll work with experienced advocates and organizers to make an immediate impact
You'll help plan, run and win campaigns. You'll learn how to research and identify effective solutions to critical environmental problems and how to build and mobilize powerful constituencies to get behind your campaign. You'll lobby lawmakers, publish opinion pieces in major newspapers and on key websites, set up and speak at news conferences, organize town hall meetings and rallies, and run citizen outreach campaigns to educate the public, build membership and raise money for our work. You'll even learn to recruit future fellows to join Environment America staff.
In your second year, you'll polish your skills and take on even more responsibility.
You'll participate in classroom-style trainings throughout the year, and learn even more through hands-on experience. You'll work alongside our current staff—some of the nation's top environmental advocates and organizers—and get guidance and feedback from your staff director. Learn more about the top advocates and organizers who supervise Environment America fellows at http://www.EnvironmentAmerica.org/jobs/watch-staff-profiles.
The Fellowship is only the beginning
Through the Fellowship Program, you will develop relationships with lawmakers and community leaders, earn media coverage for important environmental issues, raise funds, build a membership, recruit and manage staff and volunteers, and run grassroots campaigns to promote clean energy, clean up our air and water, and preserve some of our nation's most beloved spaces. Bottom line: You'll make a real difference.
After just two years of hard work, you'll have the skills and experience that will set you apart from most recent college graduates, and you'll be prepared to take on even more leadership here at Environment America or elsewhere in the environmental community.
Qualifications
We are seeking recent college graduates who are ready to commit their time, skills and passion to grassroots political action on behalf of the environment. We look for smarts, academic excellence, creativity, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. We value leadership experience with campus and activist groups.
Placement
Fellowship candidates are hired nationwide and placed in Environment America offices across the country. During the interview process you can express your interest in one location, some locations, or all of our locations. In making placement decisions we will consider how best to match your location preference, experience, strengths and abilities with the campaigns we're running and the experienced staff in a particular office, city or state.
Position Starts:
This position starts at the national training in early August and continues though August 2014. Positions available immediately in other locations.
Salary and benefits
As a recent graduate, you'll earn $23,750 in your first year and $24,250 in your second year of the Fellowship. You're eligible to opt into our group health plan. You accrue two weeks of paid vacation over the course of your first year, and an additional three weeks in your second year. You're eligible to apply for college loan assistance after your third month, and to participate in our 401 (k) plan at the end of your first year. Salary and benefits vary in California and New York.
04 Jan, 2012
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