Job Openings
San Joaquin Valley Regional Organizing Position
Job description
Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) seeks motivated applicants for a full-time Community Organizer position to mobilize communities to win anti-pesticide campaigns in Tulare County and support anti-pesticide campaigns statewide. The position will be hybrid: home office-based and in the office of Californians for Pesticide Reform in Lindsay, CA.
The Community Organizer will work with the local Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety (CAPS) coalition to build community capacity and empower community residents in Tulare County to develop, plan, and implement campaigns to improve environmental health. The organizer will work closely with and mobilize Tulare ally organizations to address disparate environmental impacts on low-income communities of color caused by pesticide air pollution and water contamination.
Primary responsibilities of the Regional Organizing Coordinator position include:
Coordinate cohort of San Joaquin Valley Organizers
- Call or meet with each San Joaquin Valley organizer on a regular basis – likely weekly or with greater/lesser frequency as needed – to strategize about local campaigns and ensure organizers’ measurables are being met
- Host a peer-to-peer group organizer call once a month
- Provide or arrange relevant trainings for each organizer, as needed and as Co-Directors approve (dependent on budget)
- Ensure organizers receive any support they need from the coalition (help with drafts, factsheets, scientific analysis, contacts, etc.)
- With support of other CPR core staff, hold an organizer retreat once a year
- Document, or help local organizers document, their work (successes, challenges, leadership progress, compelling stories as well as quantifiable #s in terms of turn out, attendance, media hits, etc.) that can be shared with the coalition, funders and CPR Steering Committee members
- Generate educational and training materials as needed for community use.
- Arrange for translation/interpretation, as necessary.
Coordination with Statewide Campaigns
- Assist in development and implementation of statewide coalition strategy
- Keep CPR Co-Directors apprised of organizers’ work through weekly staff calls; flag any concerns or where Co-Director help is needed
- Assist in coordinating and facilitating statewide actions involving multiple regions
- Provide policy analysis.
- Testify at regulatory and policy hearings related to pesticide issues, environmental justice and health.
- Collaborate with community residents, allies, coalitions, and government agencies.
Fundraising & Reporting
- Participate in funder cultivation, phone calls and meetings on an occasional basis as requested by Co-Directors
Coalition building
- Build a strong local movement in the San Joaquin Valley to change pesticide policy by recruiting strategic allies.
- Recruit ally organizations to become members of the CPR coalition.
- Implement CPR work plans in collaboration with other coalition member organizations
Support the work of TC CAPS
- Recruit and train TC CAPS branch members on pesticide issues using CPR’s pesticide training materials. Prioritize directly-affected community members, including farmworkers and farmworker communities.
- Provide skills training (media, legislative, organizing, etc.) to TC CAPS branch as needed/requested.
- Work with community members from TC CAPS to develop and implement locally-relevant pesticide campaigns and workplans that align with CPR’s policy priorities.
- Coordinate monthly meetings of TC CAPS branch.
- Complete grant deliverables for local activities.
- Broaden coalition engagement among local Spanish-speaking farmworker communities.
Qualifications
- Commitment to the mission of CPR and environmental health and justice, broadly.
- 3+ years of organizing experience preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of grassroots organizing strategies and tactics.
- Campaign development experience preferred.
- Ability and willingness to work sometimes long and irregular hours.
- Prior experience working in some combination of the areas of environmental health, environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, policy advocacy and/or community organizing. Knowledge of pesticides, food systems and farmworker issues a plus.
- Strong leadership skills in coordination and administration.
- Proven project management skills, including being highly organized, strong ability to coordinate multiple projects, demonstrated attention to detail and excellent time management skills.
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office, Internet, Power Point, email, Google Docs, etc.).
- Spoken fluency in both English and Spanish required.
- Written fluency in English required
- Written fluency in Spanish preferred.
- Experience working as part of a coalition and/or multi-organization collaboration preferred.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative spirit, including demonstrated ability to work in close cooperation with a team and to take independent initiative; we require a skilled and motivated self-starter.
- Willingness to travel frequently across the San Joaquin Valley, California; current driver’s license and insurability required.
CPR proactively seeks candidates with a diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, people of color and people fluent in Spanish.
Location: Hybrid: Work from home and from our central office in Lindsay (Tulare County).
Employment, supervision, support and reporting: The Regional Organizing Coordinator is employed by CPR’s fiscal sponsor (SEE), and reports to CPR’s co-director Angel Garcia and to CPR’s Campaign Director Mark Weller.
It is expected that the Regional Organizing Coordinator will be available to both supervisors by email, text or phone in between weekly staff call check-ins. Due to the nature of the position, the Regional Organizing Coordinator will be required to work some nights/weekends.
Start date: Open until filled.
Salary: Salary dependent on experience, in the $63,000 to $79,000 range. Excellent benefits, including health, vision and dental insurance, generous paid vacation and sick leave, retirement contributions, home office, cell phone and gym allowance, life and disability insurance, and more.
To apply: Send applications by e-mail with “Regional Coordinator position” in the subject line to pests@pesticidereform.org. Complete applications include a cover letter and résumé.
If invited for an interview, the candidate must also supply names and contact information of three references.
For more information about Californians for Pesticide Reform, see www.PesticideReform.org.
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CPR Policy Director Position
Job description
The Policy Director will hold primary responsibility for the coordination, strategy and implementation of CPR’s campaigns and programs, with strong involvement and support from CPR’s Co-Directors. The Policy Director will ensure program compliance with grant deliverables and will contribute to discussions about broader programmatic and membership directions of the coalition.
Primary responsibilities of the Policy Director position include:
- Supporting implementation of objectives from CPR strategic plan
- Coordinating and facilitating the coalition’s regular program/campaign calls
- Coordinating strategy and logistics of statewide in-person and remote events
- Supporting regions through strategy/planning calls, training, data/materials, pulling in co-directors and other SC members for additional support as needed
- Coordinating and participating in policy advocacy
- Identifying policy opportunities at the state level
- Building and maintaining coalition membership
- Ensuring programmatic compliance with main grant deliverables
- Providing content for grant proposals and reports as needed
- Editing grant proposals and reports as needed
- Helping to provide content for CPR’s website and social media platforms
- Conducting traditional media outreach including drafting press releases and conducting media interviews
Qualifications
- Commitment to the mission of CPR and environmental health and justice, broadly.
- At least two years of experience working in an advocacy-based non-profit organization or coalition.
- Prior experience working in some combination of the areas of environmental health, environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, policy advocacy and/or community organizing. Knowledge of pesticides, food systems and farmworker issues a plus.
- Experience in foundation-based fundraising preferred.
- Strong leadership skills in coordination and administration.
- Proven project management skills, including being highly organized, strong ability to oversee multiple projects, demonstrated attention to detail and excellent time management skills.
- Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Word, Salesforce and Excel or similar applications. Willingness to master new programs essential.
- Spoken fluency in English required.
- Spoken fluency in Spanish strongly preferred.
- Superior English writing skills required.
- Spanish writing skills preferred.
- Experience working as part of a coalition and/or multi-organization collaboration preferred.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a collaborative spirit, including demonstrated ability to work in close cooperation with a team and to take independent initiative; we require a skilled and motivated self-starter.
- Willingness to travel frequently (once a month or more) across California, most often to the Central Valley, Central Coast and Sacramento; current driver’s license and insurability.
CPR proactively seeks candidates with a diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, people of color and people fluent in Spanish.
Location: This is a work-from-home position based in California, with the option to work out of our central office in Lindsay (Tulare County).
Employment, supervision, support and reporting: The Policy Director is employed by CPR’s fiscal sponsor (currently Pesticide Action Network), and reports to CPR’s co-directors.
Salary: Salary dependent on experience, in the $70,000 to $86,000 range. Excellent benefits, including health, vision and dental insurance, generous paid vacation and sick leave, retirement contributions, cell phone and gym allowance, life and disability insurance, and more.
To apply: Send applications by e-mail with “Policy Director position” in the subject line to pests@pesticidereform.org. Complete applications include a cover letter, résumé with salary history, and short writing sample. Applications should be complete and emailed directly by candidates; applications sent via an intermediary website and incomplete applications will not be considered.
If invited for an interview, the candidate must also supply names and contact information of three references.