Expand EDGI’s Public Comments Initiative to develop thorough, accessible informational resources about proposed rules and rules at risk of deregulation
Expand EDGI’s Community-Led FOIA project and resources about effective use of public records in environmental advocacy
Develop and lead workshops to support individuals and organizations in writing public comments and using public records requests
Write, process, and liaise with government bodies and communities about public records requests
Coordinate and lead volunteers to advance the Public Comments Initiative
Coordinate internal EDGI learning sessions about relevant issues
Collaboratively help build EDGI’s advocacy strategy and enhance EDGI’s community-engaged practices
Report to Gretchen Gehrke
Requirements
Demonstrated environmental policy experience
Demonstrated community engagement experience
Experience working with government information
FOIA and public comments knowledge required
Ability to work independently and collaborate well with others
Excellent written and oral communication
Support EDGI Code of Conduct and mission, vision, and values
Benefits
EDGI is a distributed collaboration operating under the fiscal sponsorship of the non-profit Multiplier, with volunteer members across North America.
Investigate and analyze the inner workings of federal environmental policy through agency staff interviews, as well as data and documentary collection and analysis.
Monitor and analyze changes to web-based information about the climate and environment provided by the federal government.
Develop new ways of making federal environmental data more accessible to the public.
Imagine, conceptualize, and move toward environmental data justice.
Advocate for improved federal data and information governance policies and practices.
Prototype new organizational structures and practices for distributed, collective, effective work rooted in justice.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
FOIApublic records requestsenvironmental policy
Soft skills
community engagementindependent workcollaborationwritten communicationoral communication