***NOTICE***: This position is in Portland, OR, and is highly representative of a role we will be hiring for in coming months in cities across the U.S. If you are strongly interested in a role like this, please contact us and tell us why you are interested, where you live, and whether you'd be willing to relocate. We will make sure to update you when future listings are posted.
Overview:
- Implement an exciting new grassroots strategy for animals based on research
- Build an activist community locally by recruiting volunteers for leadership roles, mentoring them, and holding them accountable
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with a team of experienced organizers devoted to our principles
Applications are processed on a rolling basis. Generally speaking, no specific credentials or experience are required for roles at Pro-Animal Future.
This role is located in Portland, OR. Salary $55,008 per year (flat rate for all team members pegged to MIT living wage calculator) plus healthcare and retirement contributions worth >$6,000 per year.
Work at Pro-Animal Future is highly self-directed. Self-starters with a track record of initiating projects might succeed here.
Campaign Coordinator role:
Purpose: Run an ever-growing volunteer organization in Portland passing pro-animal laws and changing public opinion.
Outcomes you’ll be assessed on:
- Key functions of the campaign are fulfilled by volunteers who have all the support they need to succeed.
- The campaign is constantly recruiting new volunteers, some of whom take on greater responsibility and become organizers.
- Collectively, enough volunteer hours are put into the campaign each week to qualify our measures for the ballot.
Activities:
- Building individual relationships with a community of volunteers, recruiting volunteers into roles with significant responsibility for the campaign, and providing them with the mentorship, coordination, and accountability they need to succeed.
- Creating systems for volunteers to autonomously carry out the key functions of the campaign, then continuously improving those systems based on real-world performance.
- Keeping our community of volunteers informed and motivated.
- Facilitating organizer meetings and group activities.
- Developing and initiating creative new strategies to realize the goals for the campaign.
Key Skills
- Hold volunteer leaders accountable to goals and commitments they set.
- Comfortably manage digital systems (including spreadsheets) and quickly master new software to the point that you can train others.
- Comfortable speaking motivationally in front of groups and working 1:1 with individuals in a coaching capacity.
We strongly encourage applications from women and people of color if you aren’t quite sure whether you’d meet everything we’re looking for. The first step is easy, and applications are processed on a rolling basis, so apply now!
