Sane Energy Project – Community Organizer Position Announcement

Work location: New York City; the position is currently hybrid with regular in-person meetings and events.  

Compensation: Sane Energy is a project of Multiplier, which provides a comprehensive compensation package, including a competitive salary ($60,000-$68,000), excellent medical and dental benefits, a retirement savings plan, and a generous vacation and sick leave policy.

Sane Energy Project is a New York City-based climate activist organization dedicated to replacing fracked gas infrastructure with 100% democratically controlled, renewable energy in New York State. Since its founding in 2011, Sane Energy has grown into a leading nonprofit organization fighting toxic fossil fuel infrastructure and pushing for a rapid and just transition to renewable energy. We are a small but influential group, with a large and engaged constituency. We conduct all of our campaigns through a lens of social, racial, and economic justice, and building healthy, respectful relationships both internally and in the communities we work with is a core value.

The community organizer will report to Sane Energy’s director, Kim Fraczek, who will serve as a campaign advisor.

Job Overview 

The full-time Community Organizer mobilizes individuals, allied groups, and others in North Brooklyn and beyond to actively join Sane Energy’s campaign to retire the gas system in New York State. Sane Energy Project’s current focus is on shutting down National Grid’s LNG facility housed within the Greenpoint Energy Center in Brooklyn. While our work to move New York off gas is currently centered in North Brooklyn, the community organizer may be called upon to work on other Sane Energy campaigns and to engage individuals in other neighborhoods within New York City and other cities and towns in New York State.

People of the Global Majority, women, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people are encouraged to apply.

Community Organizer Responsibilities:  

Community Engagement and Leadership Development (30%) 

  • Cultivate, expand, and deepen relationships with individuals and allied groups.

  • Help individuals, as appropriate, develop leadership skills, including, but not limited to, facilitating meetings and speaking at public events.

  • Serve as a credible source of knowledge and information for community members.

Alliance Support and Coordination (30%)

  • Provide support, encouragement, and leadership for the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Alliance and other allied groups.

  • Plan, organize, promote, and facilitate meetings and other events to share tactics to achieve campaign goals, educate and inform the public about our campaigns and related issues, and demonstrate support for our campaigns to key decision-makers and the general public.

  • Coordinate rallies, canvassing, trainings, teach-ins, tabling, press conferences, and other activities.

Social Media and Online Presence (20%)

  • Maintain an active social media presence to educate and activate individuals and allied groups.

Program Operations (20%)

  • Collaborate with team members on tools, metrics, and program evaluation.

  • Assist in organizing and tracking data using relevant platforms.

Ideal Candidate

As an ideal candidate, you have a strong community organizing background around energy, environmental justice, or climate issues. You have a deep understanding of the communities you work with and a talent for cultivating relationships, growing multiracial networks, and developing local leaders.

Your excellent communication skills, both in-person and online, enable you to engage effectively with diverse groups and share your knowledge and expertise with ease. You are an energetic leader, adept at coordinating events and mobilizing individuals to take part in them.

You motivate people to overcome obstacles and fight for positive change. With at least three to five years of community organizing experience, you are familiar with data management and communications platforms (e.g., Action Network). As a bonus, you are fluent in Spanish.

Qualifications

We recognize that each applicant for this role will bring unique skills, knowledge, experiences, and background to this position, lending his/her/their flair to the trajectory of the Community Organizer role. We welcome diverse experiences and perspectives in our applicant pool, and will be looking for candidates who possess many, but not necessarily all, of the following qualifications and experience:

  • At least three to five years of community organizing experience, ideally around energy, environmental justice, or climate issues

  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships and engage with diverse groups and individuals

  • Exceptional aptitude with social media

  • Familiarity with campaign strategy development and ladder of engagement framework

  • Experience with Action Network or other data management tools

  • Fluency in Spanish is helpful

How to apply:

Please submit your application via our job portal. The first shortlist selection will occur on October 15, 2024. In the cover letter, please describe your relevant experience and qualifications. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Sane Energy Project is an independent operating project of the nonprofit umbrella organization, Multiplier, a nationally recognized nonprofit with a growing portfolio of innovative initiatives that conserve and protect a sustainable and resilient world (www.multiplier.org).

Multiplier and Sane Energy Project celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams and partnerships that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Multiplier and Sane Energy Project are also committed to providing an environment of mutual respect free from discrimination and harassment. Multiplier and Sane Energy Project prohibit discrimination in its governance, programs, and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, marital status, amnesty, status as a protected veteran, because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from public assistance, or for any other non-merit based factor.