Senior Global Organiser

350.org is looking for a Senior Global Organiser to help strengthen the grassroots movement for decentralised renewable energy, primarily by achieving the growth of a new online network of local group leaders who build and are politicised to campaign for local decentralised renewable energy projects.

About 350.org 

350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. 350.org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action. We want to be a laboratory for the best ways to strengthen the climate movement and catalyze transformation around the world. The values that guide and drive our work are listed here. 

About the Senior Global Organiser role 

The Senior Global Organiser is part of the Global Movement Support Team, in the Campaigns and Organising Department at 350.org. This role will focus on supporting one of 350.org’s key tactics in our theory of change, our belief in the power of growing the climate movement’s local community power, through supporting and incubating volunteer local leaders and groups, and mobilising them for political action. 

Success in the role would look like: Strengthening the grassroots movement for decentralised renewable energy by achieving the growth of a new online network of local group leaders who build and are politicised to campaign for local decentralised renewable energy projects. The dream candidate will have skills and experience in online community building, training and coaching volunteers, and knowledge of decentralised renewable energy.

The role will collaborate closely across the organisation to achieve these successes, particularly with regional organisers (across Africa, Asia, Pacific, North America, Latin America and Europe), and global digital organisers, global campaigners, global digital campaigners, our global Product Team, and the other members of the global Movement Support Team.

The Global Movement Support Team supports 350s global organising, training, mobilising and movement partnerships to inspire and bring new people into 350s network and the climate movement. Recent highlights from our work include the Global Just Recovery Gathering training and Global Power Up mobilisation. Our team culture prides itself on achieving high vision and impact, being generous and collaborative, highly reliable, centering equity, and fiercely kind and caring. It’s a fun place to be.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and project manage iterative phases of an experimental Our Own Power global project to grow, politicise and coach a new local volunteer group online network that builds and campaigns for local decentralised renewable energy projects. 
• Build collaborative partnerships with the climate movement or renewable energy organisations around Our Own Power and strengthening the grassroots movement for decentralized renewable energy. 
• Lead the “Our Own Power” network growth and participation in 350s flagship global training to strengthen the grassroots movement for decentralized renewable energy. 
• Coach and build alignment with regions and regional leads in their decentralised renewable energy organising strategy, and where applicable supporting local groups delivering 350s national iconic campaigns on decentralised renewable energy.
• If they emerge, coordinate the development and delivery of emerging multi-country public mobilisations for decentralised renewable energy.
• Contribute to the development of 350s Network Development and Movement Support strategies
• Support the global Organising “Community of Practice”, made up of organising staff across the organisation, and 350 having best practice organising.
• Works closely with other Departments across the organisation to ensure organising strategy is reflected into other teams work (eg. campaigns, comms).

Required Competencies and Skills

• Five years experience building and managing online community networks. 
• Proven track record of coaching and training local volunteer groups.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of decentralised renewable energy project development, advocacy and campaigning.
• Sound knowledge and experience of organising and campaigning tactics and ability to coach and politically educate volunteers into action.
• Demonstrable strong remote working and facilitation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build productive relationships with people from diverse cultures and identities. 
• A demonstrated understanding of and commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI), anti-racism or anti-oppression work. 
• Decent working written and spoken English. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated highly collaborative working practices, with an ability to share and build joint vision, alignment and commitment with key coworkers and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Acts autonomously, creatively and innovatively to seize opportunities and drive projects from conception to completion, including advocating for resources. 
• Responds positively and strategically in complex situations and changing circumstances to move towards positive outcomes. 
• Takes personal responsibility to adapt behaviour, plans and professional development to maintain effective performance.
• Acts with credibility, following through on commitments, and uses ethical considerations and candidness to discuss tough issues and guide decisions and actions. 

Desired (but not required) skills and experiences 

• Good existing network of climate or renewable energy relationships.

We are looking for someone who is comfortable working both independently and in teams, highly responsive, and able to lead initiatives as well as take direction from others.

Position type: Two-year contract, April 2024 to March 2026. Full time (36 hours per week), with flexibility for 80% FTE part-time of 30 hours a week pro-rated negotiable. 

Compensation: 3.1 Click here to view salary

Start date: As soon as the candidate is available, preferably in April 2024. 

Application deadline: 8th April 2024, 9am UCT. 

Location: Remote, flexible. 

• US: Remote: in the following states CA, CO,CT, GA, MD, MA, ME, MT,NJ, NY, NC, PA, UT, VT, VA, WI, WA, or Washington, DC
• Global: Remote within the countries 350.org currently operates. Current countries are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom 

Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in their country of residence. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Note for candidates based in the US:

This position will be part of the 350PWU bargaining unit and subject to the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement.350.org is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.(i) as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, 350 employees are eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

350.org strives to be an inclusive and collaborative group of people who bring a variety of approaches to the work we do. We’re committed to the principles of justice, and we try to build a safe workplace where everyone is treated fairly and enjoys working together. We value new perspectives, ideas of all sorts, and different ways of working. Diverse perspectives and experiences improve the way 350.org carries out our work – including what we decide to work on and how creatively/effectively we do that. We do our best to make staff positions accessible to all potential team members, regardless of race, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, assigned gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or identity, religion or creed, veteran status, marital or parental status, and genetic information. We also strive to include team members in communities most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice.

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