About Green Newton

Green Newton is a small, growing non-profit working to advance sustainable solutions to environmental challenges facing our city and beyond, often in partnership with city government, schools, and other Massachusetts nonprofits.

The Role

We're looking for a detail-oriented, creative administrator to manage membership administration, our website, social media, and marketing support. You're a good fit if you enjoy administrative work, have an eye for visual design, work well with volunteers, and understand social media and marketing basics.

This is a remote, work-from-home role with a weekly trip to the Newton Post Office and occasional in-person meetings/events in Newton. Requires 2–3 evening Zoom meetings/month and ~4 weekend commitments/year in Newton. Reports to the Executive Director.

Hours & Pay

Approximately 25 hours/week, split roughly as:

•   10 hours — development, administration & website
•   5 hours — social media
•   5 hours — graphics & marketing
•   5 hours — business membership 

$25/hour. Paid holidays (prorated based on hours worked), flexible scheduling. (Health insurance not included.)

Development, Administration & Website (~10 hrs/week)

•   Maintain donor/donation records in Network for Good
•   Manage MailChimp list; send e-letters and acknowledgements
•   Prepare and coordinate member mailings, including volunteer mail-stuffing sessions and PO drop-offs
•   Handle renewal and donation correspondence
•   Update and edit content on Green Newton's WordPress website
•   Attend events/board meetings and provide general admin support as needed

Social Media (~5 hrs/week)

•   Grow Green Newton's presence on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn through organic and social media ads
•   Post educational content, local environmental news, sustainability tips, and action alerts, working with volunteers
•   Promote events like Earth Day and GreenEXPO

Graphics & Marketing (~5 hrs/week)

•   Design marketing materials for campaigns, events, and initiatives
•   Create email content and graphics
•   Track and report on marketing effectiveness
•   Support one-off marketing projects as they arise

Business Membership (~5 hrs/week)

• Recruit new business members, aligning outreach with organizations that share Green Newton's values
• Steward relationships with current business members to retain their support and grow the program's revenue
• Manage and track member benefits and fulfillment

Qualifications

•   Bachelor's degree preferred
•   2+ years' work experience, including 1+ year in admin, marketing, or a related field
•   Comfortable with Canva, Google Docs, and Microsoft Office
•   Experience with an email marketing platform (e.g., MailChimp) and a donor database or CRM (we use Network for Good/Bonterra) preferred
•   Experience editing a WordPress website preferred
•   Comfortable with Facebook and Instagram; marketing and fundraising experience strongly preferred
•   Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently
•   Strong written/verbal communication and volunteer management skills
•   Interest in environmental sustainability; familiarity with Newton a plus

To Apply

Please submit cover letter and resume on Indeed.

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experience levels — if you don't meet every qualification but think you'd excel in this role, please apply and tell us why.

 Green Newton does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.