JOB + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Location: Remote within Arizona. In-state travel required, amount will depend on location of candidate

Deadline for submission: Applications accepted on a rolling basis, Preference for applications submitted before August 16, 2024

Position details: .75 FTE position

Mountain Mamas is seeking a Program Manager based in Arizona to carry out the expansion of our organization into Arizona and implementation of the organization’s goals to protect our air, land, water and climate. The ideal candidate will be a strategic organizer with demonstrated experience. They should be passionate about our mission and skilled at identifying and implementing strategic member building opportunities which increase the quantity and quality of voices calling for clean energy and protection of public lands. You will focus specifically on the voices of parents and healthcare workers, effectively engaging in priority regions across the state. You will work closely with the Co-Director, other Mountain Mamas staff and other partners to ensure these perspectives are elevated across Arizona in decision-making spaces on conservation issues that impact our kids and families.

About Mountain Mamas

Mountain Mamas protect our air, water, climate and public lands for future generations. Mamas envision a future with clean air and water for our families, climate justice for all communities, and protected public lands that allow our children to enjoy our outdoor quality of life for generations to come. Every day we get closer to making that vision a reality by organizing Mamas across the Rocky Mountains and ensuring we are at the table where decisions are being made.

What You’ll Do – Educate, Engage, & Recruit Mamas and Healthcare Voices to Influence Policy

The Program Manager will be responsible for cultivating diverse voices to engage in decisions that impact conservation issues throughout Arizona to secure protections for our kids’ health today and to protect their future.

You’ll be responsible for building a movement representative of the community that is engaged and takes action on our issues. Areas of responsibility include:

• Implement strategic and effective campaign plans that meet Mamas where they are to achieve our issue-specific goals for strong pro-conservation policies
• Build our activist base by engaging communities, including those who have been traditionally excluded from the conservation movement
• Plan methods to recruit health care professionals and parents with tools such as newsletters, list development, speaker’s bureau, events, online campaigns and direct outreach to specific health care or parent’s organizations and find opportunities to deploy those speakers.
• Host and coordinate a monthly organizing call of health professionals, in coordination with coalition partners.
• Mobilize that activist base to take action to pass strong conservation policy.
• Train volunteers where necessary on the issue and advocacy best practices
• Support communications through MM’s website, email system and social media to educate the public, decision makers, our members and to attract new members and partners.
• Work to supply health care and parents’ voices for coalition outreach about clean energy and methane power including bringing the perspective of health care professionals, moms and kids to relevant media stories to inform and influence the public debate.
• Be an engaged, valued member of the MM staff team by participating in staff meetings, planning retreats, assisting in fundraising as needed, contributing to social media content, and helping us achieve our strategic plan goals.

Qualifications

To be successful in this job, you will be a dedicated, self-starting organizer who is a team player and is committed to building a movement for a better future, with the skills to build community and a willingness to learn. More specifically, you will have:

• At least 5 years relevant experience, whether through work in the community, or previous jobs, paid or volunteer, where you helped people understand the decision-making systems and motivate them to take action.
• Knowledge of conservation issues and decision makers in Arizona
• The ability to build and maintain authentic relationships where you inspire and teach people about our issues, particularly with people from different racial or socio-economic backgrounds.
• Strong writing skills.
• Experience with the press is preferred.
• You must have the ability to work independently, be a self-starter and to clearly communicate how the work is going and when help is needed.
• You need to be a reliable and dependable teammate who can accomplish all facets of the job, including the more day-to-day administrative tasks that might not seem urgent, but are important for the work.
• Organizing is often about solving problems, so you need the orientation to figure out what the problem is, propose a solution and then work towards the solution.
• You must believe in and commit to MM’s work and mission.

Spanish/English bilingual is preferred for this position, but not a requirement. The position does require some evening and weekend hours.

Compensation and Benefits:

The salary range for this .75 FTE role is $48,000 -52,000 annually with exact salary depending on experience. Benefits include a flexible schedule, paid holidays (all Federal holidays), 4 weeks paid vacation (one of these weeks will be the week between Christmas and New Year’s and a second surrounding the July 4th holiday when our office is closed), home office stipend and healthcare contribution.

We encourage applicants from all cultures, race, ethnicity and genders.

To Apply Please send your resume, cover letter and 2-3 references to Jen Clanahan, [email protected]. The application cover letter should outline both your interest in and qualifications for this position.