Organization.
Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental
Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in
1992 to identify and train environmental leaders. Our
year-long program includes intensive classroom training,
hands-on experience running urgent environmental and
public health campaigns, and placement in permanent
leadership positions with leading environmental and
social change groups.
Training.
Our intensive classroom training features workshops
such as Global Warming Strategy, Corporate Accountability
Campaigns, Community Organizing Against Toxic Threats
and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing. Workshops
are lead by the nation's top environmental and social
change leaders, such as Adam Ruben, Political Director
of MoveOn.org, Bob Bingaman, National Field Director
of Sierra Club, and Ross Gelbspan, climate change expert
and author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point. Our
field training puts you on the front lines of today's
most urgent environmental campaigns.
Locations & Dates:
Our campaigns take place nationwide. The program begins
in August 2007, with the Introductory Classroom Training
in Boston, and concludes with graduation in August
2008.
Responsibilities.
Plan and implement a series of critical environmental
campaigns with groups like Rainforest Action Network,
Sierra Club and Greenpeace. You will secure media coverage,
recruit and manage volunteers/interns, train new leaders,
and mobilize grassroots pressure.
Career
Development. Our graduates are in high demand
and quickly find jobs working on issues they care
about. Upon completion of the training program, Green
Corps will connect you to organizations that are
seeking full-time professional staff. Green Corps'
graduates hold leadership positions with MoveOn.org,
Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Rainforest
Action Network, Natural Resources Defense Council,
Friends of the Earth, ForestEthics, and many other
environmental and progressive groups.
Qualifications.
We will invite 25 recent college graduates to join
Green Corps in 2007-2008. We are looking for people
who are serious about saving the planet, have demonstrated
leadership experience, and want to work for change
over the long haul.
Salary & Benefits.
Salary of $23,750. Optional group health care coverage,
paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation,
and a student loan repayment program for qualifying
staff.
Application
Process. To apply for Green Corps' 2007-2008
Environmental Leadership Training Program, fill out
our online application. Regional deadlines, campus
interview dates, and online application are at www.greencorps.org.
Contact.
Jesse Littlewood, Recruitment Director, at jobs@greencorps.org,
or 617-426-8506.