Community Water Organizer

Community Water Organizer Wanted

The Utah Rivers Council is looking for a hard-working advocate with strong writing and
people skills to help engage and manage audiences and supporters in our conservation
advocacy work in the American West. The Community Water Organizer works to help
devise and distribute our communications and manage our supporters to move our
campaigns forward to protect some of the West’s most important aquatic landscapes. The
Utah Rivers Council is leading the fight to protect Utah’s precious rivers and lakes through
robust advocacy work and we are looking to expand on our success by adding a staff leader
to engage more Americans in the fight to save Utah’s aquatic jewels.

We are looking for an excellent writer with strong people skills who is willing to help
recruit and manage people in our campaign activities and in occasional event management.
This advocacy position requires someone comfortable writing clear and concise
communications and working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, political
ideologies and world perspectives. The ideal candidate is highly organized, knows what
hard work looks like and has strong writing skills able to recruit audiences in a variety of
formats from social media channels to some long form content. This position requires
someone with a contemporary perspective on the global environmental crisis who is
courageous and willing to speak out publicly about what is needed in our system of elected
government.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree and at least two years paid experience
in a professional office setting, preferably in nonprofit advocacy where policy conflict pits
forces against one another. Preference will be given to applicants with a professional
background in environmental nonprofit work and adaptable applicants who can wear
many hats in one work week. Applicants with a willingness to continue their advocacy
work in the water sphere are urged to apply.

Good writing and people skills are essential, as well as a strong desire to advocate on behalf
of rivers, lakes and the fish and wildlife species that depend upon them. Candidates should
demonstrate in their application materials that they have a basic working knowledge of the
challenges faced in Utah’s water sector and the scope of natural resource challenges facing
the American West. 

We strongly encourage you to visit our website, utahrivers.org, before
applying and include this exercise in your cover letter.

Compensation, Benefits and Leave
This is a full time position with compensation dependent upon experience. The Utah Rivers
Council is a grassroots water advocacy organization that represents the entire economic
and political spectrum in our work to implement a sustainable water future in Utah. We
strive to maintain a fun, informal work environment where progress and accomplishments
are measured by real success and balance and time off are a regular part of work.

To apply send a resume, a full cover letter, and a short writing sample to
hiring@utahrivers.org 

Please, no phone calls. The position will remain open until filled.