Washington Organizer

Food & Water Watch is looking for a full-time, temporary Washington Organizer to join our Organizing team and help support campaigns to protect our food, water, and climate. The Organizer will work closely with volunteers and community partners and other staff at Food & Water Watch, with a focus on our campaign to pass a moratorium on new data centers in Washington.

This position is primarily remote for an organizer based in western Washington (King, Pierce, or Thurston County preferred). However, the organizer will be required to occasionally travel for meetings, events, and community outreach within the state.

Food & Water Watch is working to create a healthy future for all people and generations to come—a world where everyone has food they can trust, clean drinking water and a livable climate. Making this happen requires involving people in the pressing issues of our time at the local, state, and federal level, building on one win after another, as we develop a larger movement that has the political power to make our democratic process work.

The Washington Organizer will report to the Deputy Political Director and will work with other staff on the organizing, policy, digital and communications teams to support Food & Water Watch’s work. The Organizer will carry out grassroots organizing tactics in priority districts to build support for a statewide moratorium on new data centers. This is a full-time, temporary grant-funded position and ends May 14th, 2027.

Salary: $26.49 - $30.57 per hour for a 40 hour work week.

Location:

This position is based in western Washington, with a preference for King, Pierce, or Thurston County

• Recruit volunteers and allies. Assist with building a strong base of volunteers and organizations in support of our local, state, and national campaigns.
• Participate in the development of campaign plans. Contribute to the establishment of long and short-term goals, strategies, and tactics to win our campaigns.
• Organize campaign tactics. Execute strategic tactics to meet the needs of our campaigns, including educational events, base-building drives, and actions directed at elected officials.
• Build capacity. Develop the leadership of volunteers and grassroots organizations by offering limited training and organizing support.
• Represent Food & Water Watch. Speak at public events and in press interviews on behalf of the organization. Participate in coalitions and joint campaigns or tactics.
• Use digital tools. Become proficient in tools such as Thru Text, Scale to Win, and Mobilize.
• Know our issues. Maintain familiarity with Food & Water Watch’s priority issue campaigns and policy positions, and respond to information and support requests from activists, coalition members, and the media.
• Build Food & Water Watch for the long haul. Participate in member recruitment for Food & Water Watch.
• Carry out other projects as assigned.

• At least 1 year of full-time organizing experience, or an equivalent combination of full-time and volunteer experience.
• Demonstrated ability to execute effective grassroots organizing strategies.
• Familiarity with Washington politics and communities.
• Commitment to Food & Water Watch’s core values of justice, human dignity, fair treatment, and equity.
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse racial, ethnic, class, age, gender, and sexual orientation backgrounds.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management & organizational skills and ability to balance multiple projects.
• Ability to work remotely using basic online programs, including email, Slack, and Google docs.

• Experience leading volunteer…