Overview
This Wyoming Chapter Associate Organizer works with our members, volunteers, staff, and partners to plan, lead, and implement strategic, coordinated organizing campaigns that achieve Sierra Club Wyoming’s conservation, environmental and social justice, equity, and inclusion goals, with primary focus on Wyoming’s transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. The person in this position works to build grassroots power by educating and engaging our members, supporters, partners, and the general public on our priority campaign and legislative issues. Their work helps strengthen our movement and build our power across the state by increasing our membership, volunteer engagement, volunteer leadership, and strong partnerships. The Chapter Associate Organizer coordinates broad, volunteer‑based community outreach and organizing to support Wyoming’s transition from a fossil-fuel extraction economy to a new, just and sustainable economy, with attention to communities most impacted by fossil fuel mining, drilling, and burning. They work under the direction and guidance of the Wyoming Chapter Director and in close cooperation with other chapter staff (in and outside of Wyoming); regional field, communications, and digital staff; the Environmental Law Program; and national Energy and Conservation campaign staff.
The position requires occasional evening and weekend work for volunteer meetings and public events; may require short periods of higher workloads due to project deadlines or other staff absences; requires the ability to travel within the state with a valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record; and may require occasional out-of-state travel to regional or national meetings and trainings.
About Sierra Club Wyoming Chapter
Sierra Club Wyoming has been a leader in our state since 1975 working to protect our environment, and today represents over 2,500 Sierra Club members and supporters across the state. Our Wyoming-based staff works cooperatively and in a fully integrated manner with our volunteer activists and grassroots supporters across the state, with a diverse array of partners, and with other regional and national Sierra Club staff. Our top conservation priorities are to slow climate change and minimize its most harmful impacts by ending fossil fuel production on public land; protect our remaining undeveloped wild landscapes; protect healthy and free-ranging wildlife; and maintain high-quality, connected wildlife habitats. All aspects of this position will be grounded in principles of equity, justice, and inclusion.
