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​​​Position Summary:

Earth Care is seeking a Climate & Environmental Justice Policy Campaign Manager to support and continue building Youth United for Climate Crisis Action's climate emergency public policy campaign as well as Earth Care’s environmental justice campaign. The Campaign Manager is a lead team member on all Earth Care/YUCCA’s policy initiatives including policy development, member and community engagement, coalition work and stakeholder engagement, and public policy advocacy campaigns.

 

The ideal candidate has previous experience analyzing and developing public policy, supporting grassroots communities in member-led advocacy work, and elevating youth voices and power. We have a fierce commitment to justice and radical change - and invite candidates who share the same and have a life-long passion for social, economic, and environmental justice. This Campaign Manager will work with YUCCA and Earth Care staff and coalition partners. Checkout our websites to learn more about our work and our values - www.earthcarenm.org and www.yuccanm.org 

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Primary Functions:

• Serve as a lead team member on all YUCCA and Earth Care environmental justice policy initiatives - policy research and development, execution, relationship coordination, outreach/organizing, & public advocacy campaign development​

• Managing staff and member participation in public policy initiatives & advocacy campaigns

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Secondary Functions:

• Contribute to the strategic development of the overall organization as a core staff member​

• Provide perspective and represent the organization in community affairs as needed​

• Serve as a member of the Earth Care training team across programs as needed

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Responsibilities Include:

​Public Policy Campaigns

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• Campaign Development:

  • Support the strategic planning process for campaign plan in alignment with YUCCA's founding policy platform, as well as evolving opportunities and demands based on YUCCA's climate justice scorecard and policy framework. ​

  • Co-create public pressure campaigns in order to build power and influence public will​

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• Policy Development:

  • Research and develop policy proposals​

  • Serve on the spokesteam as Policy Lead – providing statements, interviews, outreach appearances, facilitation during meetings, and co-hosting events

  • Coordinate power-mapping analysis with team

  • Cultivate new partners

  • Attend coalition meetings

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• Stakeholder and Community Engagement:

  • Co-create stakeholder & community engagement and consultation processes and workplan

  • Set up meetings with stakeholders -coordinate team participation 

  • Lead and/or co-facilitate meetings with stakeholders/community members

  • ​Integrate community input into policy proposals

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• Advocacy Campaigning:

  • ​Analyze proposed policies

  • Create materials to break down policies to constituents and cheat-sheets for lawmakers

  • Lead YUCCA’s legislative tracking work during the session (we have a whole system we’ll teach you!)

  • Help draft one-pagers/briefings with decision-makers- to cultivate relationships, educate lawmakers, and build power for YUCCA/EC & its members.

  • Recruit and cultivate relationships with member and advocates

  • Work with Comms staff for YUCCA’s action alert system during the session

  • Create talking points for priority legislation and coordinate speakers

  • Give testimony on behalf of YUCCA

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• YUCCA's C4 Work:

  • ​Coordinate YUCCA’s work to create candidate questionnaires, candidate forums and support climate justice champions through grassroots campaign support

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• Admin:

  • ​Send out reminders of upcoming events and meetings

  • Add campaign events to the calendar and update daily/weekly task list

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Organizational Development​

• Contribute to the strategic direction of the organization

• Assist with strategic planning and contribute to the development of annual work plans by providing insight and input into all program area development to expand the team’s perspective and also identify opportunities for cross-program collaboration and synergy.
• Represent the organization at outreach events/opportunities for networking/relationship building 
• Support logistics for member meetings and organization-wide events along with all other staff (including Mutual Aid events, quarterly member meetings, seasonal celebrations, etc)
• Meet with staff, board, leadership (youth & parent) as needed
• Help with organization-level work projects as needed​​

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Requirements:

• This position requires management responsibilities: 2-year minimum experience supervising others and managing work projects required.

• Experience working in policy analysis and/or development is required.

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Spanish language skills preferred.

• The ideal candidate has previous experience analyzing and developing public policy, supporting grassroots communities in member-led advocacy work, and elevating youth voices and power.

• We have a fierce commitment to justice and radical change - and invite candidates who share the same and have a life-long passion for social, economic, and environmental justice.

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Application Process:

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to yucca@earthcarenm.org by the application deadline of June 30th.​

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Earth Care is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.