Organizing Intern
Los Angeles, CA
Chapter – Angeles Chapter /
Temporary - Part Time /
Hybrid
Job Title: Rio Hondo Organizing Intern (Part-time)
Department: Angeles Chapter
Location: Hybrid - northern Orange County area
Reports To: Conservation Program Manager
Supervises: n/a
Duration: 10 hours per week for up to 6 months
Context: At the Sierra Club we believe in the power of togetherness. Together, we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental, racial, economic, and gender justice – a future where all people benefit from a healthy, thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism all fuel inequity, we will continue to fight for a bold, transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet, our humanity, and our democracy. By recognizing that our destinies are tied, we continue to believe that all things are fundamentally connected, and the overlap between ecology, race, gender, and representative government should advance our collective humanity rather than oppress it.
Scope: The Rio Hondo Group spans Northern Orange County and part of Eastern LA County. The Intern position would involve coordination with the Group and the Chapter in forming a Student Group on the California State University Fullerton (CSUF) Campus. We want to infuse energy and time into establishing a strong environmental presence on campus and in the area. The Rio Hondo Group Organizing intern will be primarily focused on CSUF, with some possible outreach in nearby colleges and surrounding communities. The intern will help start a campus Sierra Club group and develop at least 5 volunteer leaders to join the campus group’s leadership structure in 2024. This intern will be instrumental in training new volunteer leaders for the chapter, including training in organizing skills, political action, and environmental leadership.
Job activities include but are not limited to:
- Helping support and coordinate a Campus organizing effort to start a campus Sierra Club student group. This includes meeting with related campus organizations.
- Facilitate conversations with the student group to identify environmental issues and support them to work on them using Sierra Club resources and expertise and take advantage of Sierra Club outings and social events.
- Support student members to get involved with existing Sierra Club leadership opportunities and activities.
- Tracking progress in outreach efforts.
- Use digital tools to create communications for outreach such as Flyer/get out on social media for campuses and local community libraries and businesses.
- Hosting at least 4 meetings over the 6 months and training volunteers to continue your work beyond 2024.
- Attending Rio Hondo group meetings and providing updates on their work.
- Meet weekly with the Conservation Program Coordinator and other staff within the Chapter to strategize, plan and coordinate actions
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following skills, experience and competencies:
- Strong Communication skills. Able to ask clarifying questions to gather necessary information and context. Responsive to communication from partners, teammates and other collaborators.
- Self-starter once the plan is outlined with clear, realistic and tangible goals.
- Self-awareness. Keen on time management, limitations, and capacity. Able to communicate needs with manager and teammates/collaborators.
- Adaptable. Able to pivot, adjust and strategize through challenges and new information that may lead to different outcomes and approaches.
- Committed to evolution. You are committed to continuously deepening and evolving your own understanding of systems of oppression through study, openness, and humility. And you easily recognize your own relationship to privilege and power, examining and shifting your behaviors as appropriate.
- Uplifting and additive. You see mistakes as opportunities for growth; problems as catalysts for solutions, and inspire others along the journey. You carry a constructive approach, can-do attitude, a sense of humor, and authentic kindness wherever you go.
- Knowledge of Google Suite tools
$18 - $18 an hour
Compensation
The salary range for this position is $18/hour, non-negotiable.
This is a category 99 non-exempt, non-represented, temporary position.
Sierra Club is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. Sierra Club employees are not eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.
Sierra Club values the expertise and talents of foreign nationals. Sierra Club sponsors both nonimmigrant and immigrant visas when certain criteria are met, based on immigration laws and organizational needs. Such sponsorship is at the discretion of the Department Head and Sierra Club Human Resources in consultation with the employee’s manager. The Sierra Club cannot guarantee the approval of a visa petition. The Sierra Club is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity.
To Apply
Applicants must be students at California State University Fullerton
The Sierra Club provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all staff members. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, lived experience and skills. The Sierra Club does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, immigration status, socioeconomic status, ancestry, age, size, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, familial status, veteran status, disability, AIDS/HIV status, medical condition, prior conviction, arrest history, traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The Sierra Club values applicants who are people that identify as Black, Indigenous, and other minoritized groups; women; queer, transgender, gender non-conforming, and gender fluid people.
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