North Carolina Campaign Associate

Environment North Carolina is hiring an entry-level campaign associate to help lead our campaigns to protect our national parks and forests, fund wildlife corridors, protect native North Carolina wildlife, support more sustainable ecosystems, and reduce plastic pollution.

From the Outer Banks to the Blue Ridge Mountains, our state is home to an array of priceless landscapes, waterways, and wildlife. Yet pollution and development threaten the most pristine wilderness still in existence. We want to protect our cherished parks and forests, ensure clean rivers and streams, and support wildlife from right whales to bees, black bears to endangered red wolves.

• Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
• Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign.
• Organize events and work with volunteers: Organize webinars, community events and public meetings. Recruit organizations and members of the public to attend and participate.
• Lobby elected officials: Meet with decision makers—from city council members to state legislators—to make the case for our campaign goals. When a critical vote is happening on your campaign, work to demonstrate the support you’ve been building on the ground to help line up the votes needed to win.
• Research and write reports: Catalog and analyze data relevant to the issue and our policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn media attention for our cause.
• Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff.
• Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Run a campaign office for the summer, knocking on doors to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns. Your responsibilities will include meeting your own fundraising goals and managing a team of paid staff. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move.

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Though we expect you to take your campaign and run with it, we provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight by an experienced advocate. Candidates must live in or be willing to relocate to North Carolina.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Passion for the environment and using the power of grassroots organizing to win campaigns
• Top‑notch writing and public speaking skills
• An eagerness to learn
• Organizing experience, including building campus or community groups

The target annual compensation for this entry-level position is $38,250–$39,500 in the first year. Environment North Carolina offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long‑term disability insurance, and may include needs‑based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Environment North Carolina is an equal opportunity employer.