Job Title: Military Outdoors Campaign Representative
Department: Program
Location: Remote
Reports to: Campaign Manager, Sierra Club Military Outdoors (SCMO)
Supervises: N/A

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 name that all things are fundamentally connected, and the overlap between ecology, race, gender, and representative government will move to either advance our collective humanity or to oppress it.

Sierra Club is comprised of staff located across the country and a network of local chapters that support our grassroots engagement. We are also proud to be a unionized employer, with two labor unions representing more than half of our employees.

Scope: Sierra Club’s Outdoors for All campaign seeks to advance a just, equitable, and inclusive movement that ensures access to the outdoors for all people. As an Outdoors for All campaign, Sierra Club Military Outdoors (SCMO) seeks to be at the forefront of a national movement to give every veteran an opportunity to get outdoors and into our parks and other public lands and waters when they return home after service, whether through structured outdoor adventure programming or on a self-led adventure outdoors. Military Outdoors is about more than the healing power of nature; it is also about identifying and mitigating barriers veterans face when accessing those parks and other public lands and waters. Military Outdoors also seeks to activate and empower the voices of veterans who are already skilled and inspired to defend America’s lands, water, wildlife, and people. What we have learned over the years as a veteran-led campaign is that veterans are change agents, enthusiastic to make a difference in their communities. When our veterans thrive, so does our society. The Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) is a national strategic partnership of more than 100 businesses and organizations working to expand equitable access to children, youth and families.

The SCMO Campaign Representative will support three programs within the Outdoors for All campaign: 1) New York Outdoor RX Coalition; 2) Veterans and Military Outdoors Coalition (VMOC); and 3) Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK). This position reports directly to the SCMO Campaign Manager and will work with both the SCMO team and the OAK Campaign Manager.

Job activities include but are not limited to:

The successful candidate must have the following skills and experience:

• Operationalizing Equity. You model effective equity analysis and practice and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of how group dynamics impact relationships, organizational culture, partnerships, campaigns, and coalition work. Your decision-making is consistent, intentional, and committed to creating equitable outcomes at all levels. You intervene when challenging group dynamics play out, in ways that build understanding, trust, and deeper self-awareness of team members.
• Interpersonal & Communication Skills. Demonstrated ability to engage, inspire, and maintain strong transformational partnerships around shared values, purpose, and goals. Experience building transformational and mutually beneficial partnerships at the team level, and ability to inspire people towards action, particularly outside of any formal management chain. Strong communication skills, ability to bring people along, through written and oral communications. Emotional intelligence and resilience, ability to engage in courageous conversations, particularly across identities, and tend to impact. Thrives in a feedback environment, both giving and receiving feedback.
• Project Implementation & Collaboration. Experience with project implementation. Demonstrated ability to support the development of and advance project plans with a team, and keep projects and partnerships organized through document development, email communication, etc. Ability to plan and facilitate meetings and to navigate group dynamics and conflict. Ability to set and honor deadlines and help others fulfill their roles in a project through strong project coordination, prioritization, and communication. Highly collaborative and motivated by team work, with the ability to work independently and generate unique contributions to collective work. Flexible to meet the needs of an ever-changing landscape.
• Critical Thinker & Thought Leader. Provide thought leadership, regularly generating ideas that will advance the vision and goals of Outdoor Rx, VMOC and OAK; ability to navigate an ever changing landscape and effectively problem-solve while keeping the big picture in mind.

The strongest candidates will also demonstrate the following experience, skills and competencies:

• Knowledge of justice, environmental/conservation, health and wellness.
• Knowledge of youth and/or youth outdoors movements.
• Knowledge of the military veteran community, veteran outdoor movements, and the effects of outdoor programs designed for veterans.
• Experience supporting coalitions, alliances, affiliations, partnerships, etc.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $60,000 to $68,500 depending on region/location.

This position is represented by a collective bargaining unit and is subject to the terms and conditions of the contract between Sierra Club and Progressive Workers Union or Sierra Employee Alliance, depending on location.

The Sierra Club offers a competitive salary package commensurate with skills and experience plus excellent benefits that include medical, dental, and vision coverage, and a retirement savings 401(k) plan.

This is a category 4 exempt, represented 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

This position does not have an undergraduate education requirement. If you choose to include your education history, please remove your schools from your resume. You may leave your degree (e.g., “B.A. Philosophy”), but please remove any undergraduate and graduate school names.

This anonymous process is aimed at opening this opportunity to more candidates, reviewing applicants on performance assessments and mitigating bias in the decision-making process.

Lastly, we are intentionally not asking for a cover letter, so please do not send one in with your application.

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