Regional Organizer Specialist (Latin America)

About the Regional Organizer Specialist Position

Responsibilities

• Support, train and coordinate a network of local groups to develop strategic and successful local campaigns in line with 350’s national, regional and global strategies

• Develop strategies and structures to bring new people into the network, growing existing groups and forming new ones, with a focus on increasing diversity, equity and inclusivity

• Organize towards key events such as training, mass mobilisations and distributed days of action.

• Identify support needs in our network, and develop trainings and resources to meet them

• Develop and maintain partnerships relevant to distributed/decentralized campaigns in Latin America

• Justice and Equity: Must embrace the principles of justice, diversity and inclusion, applying these in their approach to management and ensuring they are central to the team’s work.

• Interpersonal skills: Must be able to work effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including local volunteer groups, NGO partners, colleagues from other parts of 350, traditional communities, idigenous people, youth groups, etc.

• Organizational skills: Able to create work plans and to deliver work on time and on budget. Be comfortable juggling multiple priorities with competing deadlines.

• Understanding of the socio political and economic context in LATAM, and capacity to understand power and group dynamics.

• At least 3 of experience of organizing/campaigning – whether as part of non-governmental organizations, grassroots networks, or other groups

• Strong relationship building skills and experience

• Proven track record of creating and implementing effective organizing strategies, including developing staff organizers, cultivating volunteer leaders, scaling campaigns and supporting ongoing innovation.

• Experience organizing with an orientation to movement building and a broader social justice approach, including working in diverse coalitions, especially in communities of color, low-income communities, traditional and indigenous people and communities impacted by climate change.

• Experience of training grassroots activists and organizers as well as mobilizing people to take part in a particular campaign or event

• Ability to produce high quality online content and resources for specific target audiences

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to plan and deliver high-quality work within tight timeframes and a limited budget.

• Comfortable working independently as part of a remote team and communicating over videoconferencing, phone and messaging programs.

• Experience creating written, verbal and/or visual content for organizing campaigns.

• Fluent in English and Spanish

• Previous experience in a climate justice or social justice movement role.

• Demonstrable interest and passion for climate justice, sustainable development, or other social & environmental justice issues