State and Local Media Coordinator

State and Local Media Coordinator - REMOTE POSITION

POSITION PURPOSE: The successful candidate is passionate about the goal of bipartisan climate legislation and wants to equip regular people to advance that goal. They are responsible for engaging a geographically and politically diverse group of volunteers in state and local media efforts that build awareness and support for climate policy. They can effectively spread a message through print, broadcast, and emerging media.

CCE works to build nationwide support for a revenue neutral carbon dividend approach to address climate change and coordinates with a 501(c)(4) sister organization, Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), when volunteers engage in advocacy for specific legislation. 

SCHEDULE: Full-time. Evening and weekend hours may be necessary when working with volunteers across multiple time zones. Expect occasional travel post-Covid.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Train and support CCL’s media-focused volunteers (“media managers”) in chapters throughout the U.S.

• Communicate regularly with media managers about timely media opportunities, via group emails and support calls
• Generate resources to support media managers’ work, such as press release templates, interview talking points, and op-ed templates
• Provide training to media managers so they understand and can execute various media activities, such as pitching stories to local reporters, writing letters to the editor, and giving a successful interview
• Provide one-on-one support to volunteer media managers who need additional training, brainstorming, or help to execute media activities
• Maintain the list of media managers, keeping it up to date as new volunteers participate and other volunteers become less active

Coordinate with staff to ensure message continuity & expand media opportunities

• Work with supervisor and other stakeholders (Marketing, Volunteer teams) to ensure that all state and local media materials and messages are up-to-date and in line with national positioning
• Work with supervisor and other stakeholders (Government Affairs) to identify targeted media opportunities (i.e. generating media in a specific state or district to praise a certain member of Congress for a vote or a bill sponsorship)
• Coordinate with CCL’s State-Level Carbon Pricing Coordinator to identify additional media support opportunities related to state policy 
• Coordinate with CCL’s Conservative Outreach Coordinate and volunteers on the Conservative Caucus to grow conservative media coverage of climate solutions
• Explain CCL’s state and local media work to groups beyond the media managers themselves, i.e. the “Emerging Group Leaders” in the organization, or attendees of a conference breakout session

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: This is not a supervisory role, but you may wish to bring on seasonal interns to support your work.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in communications, journalism, media studies, etc.
• Familiarity with conservative politics/ideology a plus
• Requires excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience in grassroots work, community organizing, or other volunteer-focused roles preferred
• Requires excellent writing and editing skills
• Experience with editorial writing, pitching reporters, interview skills preferred
• Competent with Google Docs, Google Calendar, Gmail
• Competent or willing to learn platforms such as Salesforce and ActOn                                           

COMPENSATION: $60,000 per year annual salary. Benefits for a full-time position include health insurance (eligibility after a 60-day wait period), dental and vision insurance, and a 401K retirement plan. Two weeks accrued vacation for all first-year employees. An additional week of vacation is accrued after one year of employment with Citizens’ Climate.

TO APPLY:

Apply through Zip Recruiter at https://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/1ee9c43e

Target deadline for applications: Feb 28, 2021

CCE & CCL are non-partisan, non-profit organizations with educational programs and lobbying activities [501(c)(3) and (c)(4) designations]. Citizens' Climate Education affords equal employment opportunities to  applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.