Job Description
Houston-based organizer and researcher to serve as Public Citizen’s member in the Healthy Port Communities Coalition. The Healthy Port Communities Coalition (HPCC) is a coalition of nonprofit, community-driven organizations that work to create a healthier Houston by empowering residents to recognize local issues and advocate for their communities.
We are seeking a place-based community organizer and prefer an educational background in environmental justice and policy. Public Citizen is a national non-profit consumer organization that works in Texas on energy and climate policy. This is a grant contingent position.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The Organizer’s responsibilities include:
- Participating as a member of the Healthy Port Communities Coalition including planning meetings, coordinating activities, developing communications strategy, and maintaining active working relationships with coalition members.
- Developing and executing educational and advocacy campaigns to build community power to advance environmental justice.
- Contributing to regional campaign strategy.
- Participating in other local coalitions.
- Public speaking on behalf of Public Citizen (e.g. at Harris County Commissioner’s Court, Port Houston Port Commission, in meetings with elected officials and staff).
- Creating factsheets, social media posts, email actions and other communications on relevant topics.
- Cultivating relationships with community groups, other organizations, and individuals in Harris County.
- Contributing to event planning and media efforts such as press conferences.
- Other duties as assigned.
This is a grant-contingent position based in Houston, Texas. Some travel including to our Texas headquarters in Austin is required.
QUALIFICATIONS: Experience: One to three years’ experience organizing preferred. Experience organizing in Houston is strongly preferred. Nonprofit experience is beneficial but not required.
Knowledge: Familiarity with organizing strategy, social justice, Texas/Houston politics, climate change, renewable energy and air pollution. Residence in a community adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel is strongly preferred.
Skills: Spanish fluency preferred but not required. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Basic competence with Microsoft Office suite, videoconference platforms including Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok) preferred.
Capabilities: Self-motivated, works well with a wide range of people in a fast-paced environment, works well independently and as part of a team, manages multiple projects and work under pressure, adapts to changing situations daily; desire to learn about and advance progressive causes.
SALARY AND BENEFITS: Competitive salary and generous benefit package. Below is a list of some of our benefits (please note that some benefits have eligibility requirements). Salary $70,114 – 101,455. This is a grant-contingent position.
Benefits include:
- Great medical and dental coverage, 100% paid by PC, including full coverage for children
- Three weeks paid vacation for new employees, plus five personal days
- 401K plan with a 5% contribution from PC after one year of employment
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave after one year of employment
- Sabbatical after 8 years of employment
- Student loan reimbursement program
TO APPLY: Send a letter of interest, resume, and two writing samples to Adrian Shelley, ashelley@citizen.org. Please put “Port Houston Organizer” in the subject of your email.
Public Citizen is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, LGBT candidates are encouraged to apply.
About Public Citizen: Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent the public interest in Congress, the executive branch and the courts. We fight for openness and democratic accountability in government; for social and economic justice in globalization and trade policies; for clean, safe and sustainable energy; for strong health, safety and environmental protections; for safe, effective and affordable medicines and health care and for the right of consumers to seek redress in the courts. We have six divisions based in our Washington, D.C. offices and an office in Texas.
The mission of Public Citizen’s Texas office is to empower citizens to be effective advocates for the environment and against corporate and governmental irresponsibility. Since 1984, the Texas state office has worked to combat global climate change, promote the use of clean renewable energy, reduce the use of coal, and get environmental policies enforced to reduce air and water pollution. We work with numerous partner groups, including other national nonprofits and local organizations. Public Citizen has achieved important victories in Texas on energy efficiency, renewable energy and air quality issues over the past 31 years. Among our victories, we were involved in legislation that led to Texas’ wind boom; we helped draft energy efficiency legislation that led to Texas being the first in the nation to have an efficiency portfolio standard; we helped pass Texas building energy codes in 2001 and we have developed programs to reduce toxic and diesel emissions. Our victories in Houston include passage of the City’s truck anti-idling ordinance, passage of the Climate Action Plan, establishment of the Port Houston Citizen’s Advisory Council, and the delay of Port Houston’s Project 11 to procure clean dredging equipment.
Public Citizen is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, LGBT candidates are encouraged to apply.
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