Environmental Campaigner

About the Role

The Environmental Campaigner - Coal Mining will work within the Australian Coal Mining team and key partners to design, develop, and implement movement campaigns to protect Australia's environment from fossil fuel extraction and to achieve climate justice.

This role will develop campaigning tactics and strategies to challenge proposed coal projects and advance a just transition; build community and decision-maker understanding of the impacts of coal mining; create powerful movement stories and identify compelling opportunities for media coverage.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively develop campaigns aligned with program strategies that contribute to phasing out coal mining;
• Engage with communities impacted by coal mining, and support their advocacy efforts;
• Monitor public and policy debate, and contribute to educating movement colleagues about the problems, solutions, opportunities, and threats;
• Contribute to the development of outreach strategies that enable campaigners to reach, activate and grow the movement;
• Contribute to organisation and team culture, reflecting the vision, mission and values of The Sunrise Project;
• Collaboratively develop objectives related to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, including proposing innovations in team processes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in activism and campaigning, including unpaid, grassroots or lived experience, or other relevant transferable skills and experience;
• Proven ability to analyse power and to develop effective campaign strategies to achieve real-world change;
• Experience advocating for policy reform, including engaging with governments on policies or decisions;
• Excellent verbal, written communications and group facilitation skills;

Job Requirements

• You must have full working rights for Australia. The Sunrise Project is unable to sponsor applicants for employment visas;
• Employment background checks may be required;
• Attend local in person partner events occasionally;
• Intermittent travel domestically with advanced notice where possible;
• COVID-19 vaccinations may be required.