Volunteer Position Title: State Outreach Volunteer (5)
- 2-4 hours/week
- Unpaid
- Start date: February 15, 2021 End date: To be mutually agreed upon — this opportunity can be short term (6 months) or long term.
- Learn outreach skills such as email and cold calling potential contacts;
- Identify faculty, administration, staff, and students at community colleges, university and colleges, trade schools, and HBCU’s to build relationships with;
- Support securing and scheduling meetings for our youth and state program staff with potential faculty, administration, staff, and students.
- Take attendance on youth leader Zoom meetings;
- Track youth leaders progress in meeting required components in Fellows and communicate progress to Our Climate state program staff and youth leaders.
- Support organizer in list building activities such as collecting outreach data such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, etc.;
- Ensure data collected is entered into Our Climate’s data system Action Network;.
- Experience using spreadsheets and access to a computer and reliable internet;
- Open to learning new digital tools and technologies such as Action Network and Zoom Video Platform;
- Belief in the power of grassroots organizing and empowering young people to become compelling advocates;
- An organized, collaborative, and proactive work style;
- Ability to work in remote and flexible working environments;
- Demonstrated commitment to climate, environmental, racial, and social justice;
- Strong communication skills and ability to take initiative.