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Employer:  Northern Plains Resource Council.
Categories:  Program/Project Mgmt.
Fundraising/Development
Other
Travel Required:  16-25%
Job Type:  Full Time
Preferred Degree:  None
Experience Required:  1 year
State/Province:  MT - Montana
City:  Billings
Salary:  $26,000-$32,000 depending on experience
Job Description: 

Northern Plains organizers work out of our office in Billings, Montana. Each organizer works with Northern Plains as a whole and also with our locally based affiliate groups, mostly in small, rural communities, and with our issue task forces. Overnight travel averages perhaps 2-3 times a month. As a Northern Plains Organizer, you won't be tied to a desk, you'll meet lots of people, and you'll make change happen at the grassroots level.


Specific Duties Include:

* Plan and implement strategy on issues
* Coordinate issue campaigns
* Conduct research
* Participate in grassroots fundraising
* Train members in organizational skills
* Communicate clearly, orally, and in writing
* Recruit new members
* Generate turnout for events
* Help members in their contacts with public officials and the press
* Assist with duties such as member renewal, special events, fundraising, and routine office tasks


Qualifications:

Commitment to Northern Plains' issues and values, ability to get along well with people from diverse backgrounds, strong speaking and writing skills, ability to travel and be away overnight, willingness to work long hours when needed. Also helpful: experience (either as a volunteer or staffer) with a nonprofit organization working for social change or on environmental issues, experience in a political campaign, general familiarity with the workings of legislative bodies and agencies, familiarity with conservation and agriculture issues, experience with the media and fundraising. This is very much a "people" job.

Salary and Benefits:

Salary: $26,000-$32,000 depending on experience, includes health insurance (20% employee contribution required); 4 weeks vacation; pension program; sabbatical program after 5 years of employment.

Application Deadline:

ASAP -- Applications being reviewed at this time.
Send:

* Cover letter (tell us why you want the job),
* Resume,
* A short writing sample,
* Three professional references

Contact:

Olivia Stockman, Director of Organizing and Campaigns
Northern Plains Resource Council
220 South 27th Street, Suite A
Billings, MT 59101

If your materials are in an easy-to-open format, you can email to olivia@northernplains.org

Call 406.248.1154 with any questions or email olivia@northernplains.org

 

04/07/2010

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