Environment California Clean Water Advocate

Oakland, Los Angeles or Sacramento, CA

Environment California is seeking a Clean Water Advocate to run campaigns to build public support for solutions that protect our waterways and ensure safe drinking water in California.

As our Clean Water Advocate, you will work to:

• Make our waters Safe for Swimming, by preventing sewage overflows and runoff pollution
• Stop PFAS pollution of our waterways
• Build a vibrant network of leaders and organizations who support clean water 

Key Responsibilities 

• Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for clean water.
• Organize events: Organize webinars, community events and public meetings. Recruit organizations and members of the public to attend and participate.
• Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize media events and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign.
• Advocate: Present a compelling case for strong action on clean water to decision-makers through lobbying, testifying at hearings, and producing powerful written materials.
• Fundraise: Write grant proposals, build relationships with foundation staff, and raise money from individual donors, to bring more resources to our campaigns. 
• Grow our team: Identify and recruit strong candidates to join our staff and manage interns to maximize the impact of your clean water campaign.

This position requires excellent judgment, discretion and the ability to oversee significant projects.

Qualifications

You are:

• A campaign advocate, campaign staffer or grassroots organizer with at least 3 years of experience team building and/or coalition building.
• An effective communicator with excellent writing and public speaking skills. Experience with traditional media or digital communications is a plus.
• Creative and effective at solving complex problems; a strategic thinker who can take advantage of new opportunities.
• A people person and good listener with a track record of successful access-building; willing and interested in working with people who think differently than you.
• Well-organized and able to work on multiple legislative and administrative proposals at once.
• Demonstrated commitment to environmental and public interest issues and to citizen-based social change.
• A proven ability to recruit, train and develop staff, raise money, and demonstrated success in building relationships with the full spectrum of environmental and political stakeholders.

Compensation and Benefits

The starting compensation range for someone with 3-5 years of relevant experience is $40,500-46,000. Candidates on the lower end of directly relevant experience should expect to be on the lower end of this range; candidates on the higher end of relevant experience are likely to be on the higher end of this range. Environment California offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Location: This position could be based in Oakland, Los Angeles or Sacramento, CA.

Why work with Environment California? Check out 10 reasons on our website.

About Environment California

Environment California is a policy and action group with tens of thousands of supporters across the state. Our mission is to protect clean air, clean water and open space. Environment California led the effort to commit California to generating 100 percent of our electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2045. We’ve also reduced plastic pollution flowing into the Pacific Ocean, stopped oil drilling and blocked efforts to expand fracking, and protected our parks and beaches and forests throughout the state. 

Our Mission and Values

Environment California and our national partner, Environment America, are part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit our website for things you should know about our network when you apply.

Please do not use AI to help draft your cover letter or responses to our application questions. We want to know how you think and write.

Environment California is an equal opportunity employer and will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.