Job Announcement
Date Posted: January 19, 2010
Position Title: Peru Campaigner
Deadline for Application: Open until filled, first round due by February 8, 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA
Founded in 1996, Amazon Watch is a dynamic nonprofit organization that protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems. Amazon Watch has successfully led the way in a number of groundbreaking victories for indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment through effective campaigning, educating corporations and the public, and strengthening the capacities of indigenous committees.
Amazon Watch is seeking a passionate professional for the position of Peru Campaigner. This campaigner will work with our Corporate Accountability and Southern Amazon Program teams to effectively mobilize grassroots pressure as well as engage potential allies including shareholders, governments and the media. The successful candidate will be an energetic and skilled campaigner who can assist in the design and implementation of strategies that move our corporate and other targets towards desired outcomes.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 4 years in environmental, social justice and/or human rights campaign work
- Proven ability to design and implement effective campaign strategies to achieve environmental, social justice or human rights goals
- Fluency in Spanish is preferred
- Strong English verbal and writing skills
- Highly self-motivated, organized and visionary
- Excellent interpersonal and intercultural communication skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently
- Ability and interest in periodic travel to the Amazon region and some domestic travel
- Ability and interest to work many days advancing our strategies from "behind a desk" in San Francisco, CA
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to manage basic budgets and accounting
- Heart, humility and humor
HIGHLY-DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Grassroots organizing experience, particularly in the U.S. for international campaigns
- Previous experience working with indigenous peoples and organizations
- Previous experience with market campaigns and shareholder activism
- Experience collaborating with organizations from the global south
- Experience in the Amazon region
SALARY
Commensurate with experience, plus health, dental, chiropractic, and matching retirement plan option.
TO APPLY
Please send resume, three references, a writing sample, and cover letter about why you would like to join our team and why you are the best candidate for the job to:
Paul Paz y Miño, Managing Director
Amazon Watch
221 Pine St. 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Or by email to: applications@amazonwatch.org. If you submit your application via email, please name and save your attachments with your first and last name in the title, such as:
"Ana_Martinez_Cover_Letter.doc" and "Ana_Martinez_Resume.doc." Thank you.
Amazon Watch is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, political belief, age, gender, sexual orientation or class. People of color and indigenous people strongly encouraged to apply. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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