For more than 20 years, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has campaigned for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life. In coalition with indigenous communities and allies from around the world, RAN uses non-violent direct action, grassroots organizing, education, and strategic communications to challenge corporations to stop destructive operations, respect human rights, and adopt comprehensive policies that reduce their contributions to global warming. In the next few months RAN will be launching a new campaign to hold Chevron accountable for years of contamination and neglect in Ecuador and a rash of human rights and environmental abuses around the world. This will be a multi-year campaign and a top priority for the organization.
RAN is looking for a web-savvy campaigner with a passion for fighting climate change, upholding human rights and protecting rainforests. This Online Campaigner will be part of a team working to mount a global campaign to persuade Chevron to clean up contaminated communities in Ecuador while implementing a global environmental and human rights policy.
A successful candidate will have experience with effective online and offline political or advocacy campaigns and understand the tools and lessons necessary for both. They will be someone who understands grassroots organizing and advocacy and the goal of connecting communities to action - both online and off. They see technology as a creative tool for social change.
Responsibilities
- Develop online campaign strategies to pressure Chevron, one of the world’s largest corporations, to improve its the climate, environmental, and human rights performance;
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other NGO’s working on oil, climate, forest, and human rights issues;
- Create a comprehensive online strategy for the campaign to maximize list growth and audience responsiveness;
- Develop and implement strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of the campaign’s use of a wide variety of internet tools including: email lists, RAN sites, online advocacy, social media, blogs, social networks, digital multimedia, search engines, and online advertising;
- Develop mechanisms for reporting and sharing online results and analysis of results to relevant staff and board members;
- Contribute to setting overall campaign and organizational strategies in coordination with the Chevron Campaign team;
- Manage relationships with online service providers, vendors and contractors;
- Represent RAN and act as spokesperson for the campaign as needed.
Qualifications
- Minimum of four years experience in political or advocacy campaigns, particularly web-based efforts;
- Demonstrated ability to work in diverse teams, manage volunteers, interns, and consultants and also drive projects independently;
- Experience creating and executing data-driven and goal-oriented strategic online communication, engagement and fundraising plans;
- Understanding of story-based strategy and demonstrated ability to write clear, concise and compelling prose, in the form of blog entries, op-eds, email alerts and/or essays;
- Demonstrated ability to generate creative, well-designed web, mobile and/or social media content to help tell stories through pictures, text, etc.;
- Experience using and administering Internet technologies such as content management systems and eCRM; Drupal, GetActive/Convio and DIA experience preferred;
- Excellent skills in Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, and CSS; knowledge of server-side Web programming and LAMP system administration preferred;
- Some experience with producing or supervising the production of viral videos and/or podcasting in the context of web content and/or online campaign;
- Knowledge of and/or interest in diversity and anti-oppression issues desired.
RAN values diversity, educates staff on issues including privilege and oppression, and integrates these values into all of our work. We are seeking candidates who have a commitment to engage in this process and work with us to create a just, inclusive, and sustainable work environment and world. RAN provides all people with equal employment and volunteer opportunities.
