Climate Jobs NY is a coalition of labor unions united to advance a pro-worker, pro-climate agenda for New York.
Climate Jobs NY seeks a bilingual (English & Spanish speaking) Communications Director. The Communications Director will lead campaign communications work for the coalition’s various campaigns, including efforts to win carbon-free and healthy public schools, union-built, maintained and manufactured offshore wind energy, and pro-worker and pro-climate policies that help tackle the dual crises of climate breakdown and inequality.
Working closely with the coalition’s staff and union affiliates, the Communications Director will develop and execute strategic communications plans, lead press outreach and media cultivation, identify rapid response opportunities, develop a digital organizing and communications strategy, and work with union affiliates to lead spokesperson and storytelling trainings that position union members in New York as climate jobs leaders.
The ideal candidate is skillful at developing communications and narrative strategy for labor unions or social justice organizations; well-versed in press strategy with a proven track record of pitching reporters; has experience with web design and social media and is deeply committed to racial, social, and economic justice.
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Qualifications
This is a full-time position that may require travel throughout New York. The salary range for this position is $75,000 - $90,000 per year. CJNY provides an excellent benefits package.
To apply: Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to info@climatejobsny.org with “Climate Jobs NY Communications Director” in the subject line.
Climate Jobs NY is committed to equal opportunity, and to considering applicants of all ages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, national origins, ethnicities, religions, and veteran or disability statuses. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and experiences with a commitment to building collective union power and working for a better New York to apply.
The Climate Jobs National Resource Center (CJNRC) is a labor-led organization at the forefront of the fight to combat the climate crisis and reverse racial and economic inequality. CJNRC supports a growing network of union-led, state-based climate jobs coalitions organizing to build a clean energy economy at the scale climate science demands, create good union jobs, and sustain more equitable communities. The coalitions we support are at the cutting edge of both workers’ rights and climate action, two defining issues of our time. The coalitions have helped pass the nation’s leading climate policies, won the strongest labor and equity standards for renewable energy in the country, and built winning campaigns for high-road climate investments and good union jobs that will shape the future of the US economy.