Director of Field Marketing
MTM LLC
Chapter Community Organizer
Sierra Club
part-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $34,645 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Plan, coordinate, and implement strategic grassroots engagement, education, and mobilization aligned with chapter priorities.
- Develop strong Sierra Club volunteer teams and committees focusing on the Sioux Falls area; identify, recruit, and organize volunteers.
- Train and coach volunteer leaders to strategize, organize, inspire, and motivate.
- Collaborate in developing and implementing organizing strategies and measure success against benchmarks.
- Maintain and develop partnerships with affinity groups, coalitions, and partner organizations to advance equity initiatives.
- Represent Sierra Club to media, community leaders, coalitions, allies, and the public; work with communications staff on public education and media strategy.
- Support Chapter communications: contribute writing/editing for fundraising appeals, coordinate donor acknowledgements, manage chapter website, and help produce newsletters.
- Communicate priorities and benchmarks, provide leadership, and report to the Deputy Regional Field Director.
Requirements
- Familiarity with South Dakota culture, history and political landscape.
- Demonstrated ability and effectiveness working with volunteers (professionally or as a volunteer leader).
- Understanding of advocacy work and public mobilization tactics to influence decision-makers.
- Ability to work closely in small groups with colleagues, volunteers, community members, and representatives from other organizations.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to produce compelling written and digital materials.
- Ability to meet deadlines, work under pressure, and reach consensus on shared projects.
- Committed to continuously evolving understanding of systems of oppression and shifting behaviors.
- Able to travel as needed; valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record, and proof of auto insurance required.
- (Strong candidates) Previous experience in an organizing or campaign role.
- (Strong candidates) Ability to welcome, train and retain volunteers.
- (Strong candidates) Familiarity with current environmental and social justice issues and dynamics in South Dakota, including public land management, wildlife, and energy.
- (Strong candidates) Highly organized and attentive to detail.
- (Strong candidates) Track record of developing just relationships and high emotional intelligence.
