JOB + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Location: Remote within Western Colorado, strong preference for San Luis Valley. Limited in-state travel required depending on location of candidate

Deadline for submission: June 27, 2025

Position details: part-time salary position

Mountain Mamas is seeking a Bilingual (Spanish/English) Program and Grassroots Organizer based in Western Colorado to assist in the implementation of the organization’s goals to protect our air, land, water and climate. The ideal candidate will be a strategic organizer with demonstrated experience. They should be passionate about our mission and skilled at identifying and implementing strategic member building opportunities which increase the quantity and quality of Mama voices effectively engaging in priority regions across the state. You will work closely with the Colorado State Director to ensure the Mama perspective is elevated across Colorado in decision-making spaces on conservation issues that impact our kids and families.

About Mountain Mamas

Mountain Mamas protect our air, water, climate and public lands for future generations. Mamas envision a future with clean air and water for our families, climate justice for all communities, and protected public lands that allow our children to enjoy our outdoor quality of life for generations to come. Everyday we get closer to making that vision a reality by organizing Mamas across the Rocky Mountains and ensuring we are at the table where decisions are being made.

What You’ll Do – Educate, Engage, Recruit & Develop Activists to Influence Policy

The Program and Grassroots Organizer will be responsible for cultivating diverse Mama voices to engage in decisions that impact conservation issues throughout Colorado with a particular focus in the San Luis Valley and western Colorado, to secure protections for our kids’ health today and to protect their future.

You’ll be responsible for building a movement representative of the community that is engaged and takes action on our issues. Areas of responsibility include:

• Work closely with the State Director to implement strategic and effective campaign plans to achieve our issue-specific goals for strong pro-conservation policies
• Organize and attend events
• Build our activist base by engaging communities, including those who have been traditionally excluded from the conservation movement
• Plan and implement membership drives utilizing events and online campaigns
• Mobilize that activist base to take action to pass strong conservation policy
• Train volunteers where necessary on the issue and advocacy best practices
• Support communications through MM’s website, email system and social media to educate the public, decision makers, our members and to attract new members and partners
• Engage the community to take action on our campaigns

Qualifications

To be successful in this job, you will be a dedicated organizer who is committed to building a movement for a better future, with the skills to build community and a willingness to learn. More specifically, you will have:

• 2-3 years experience in campaigns, advocacy work, or organizing local events or actions, whether through work in the community or previous jobs, paid or volunteer.
• The ability to build and maintain authentic relationships within diverse communities where you engage people about our issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for one on one conversations, public speaking, and creating outreach materials. Must have strong writing skills.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks, maintaining records, and coordinating logistics for events or actions.
• Familiarity with tools like CRMs (e.g., EveryAction, NationBuilder), spreadsheets, or project management software is a bonus.
• You must have the ability to work independently, be a self-starter and to clearly communicate how the work is going and when help is needed.
• You need to be a reliable and dependable teammate who can accomplish all facets of the job, including the more day-to-day administrative tasks that might not seem as urgent, but are important for the work.
• Ability to translate complex issues into accessible language for the community.
• Organizing is often about solving problems so you need the orientation to want to figure out what the problem is, propose a solution and then work towards the solution.
• Strong connections to communities in the San Luis Valley highly desirable.
• Deep commitment to MM’s mission and a genuine interest in community empowerment.
• Willingness to work non-traditional hours, including evenings and weekends.
• Must have reliable transportation

Spanish/English bilingual is required for this position. The position does require some evening and weekend hours.

Compensation and Benefits:

The part-time salary range for this role is between $2,300-$2700 per month with exact salary depending on experience. Benefits include technology stipend, flexible working hours and paid time off.

We encourage applicants from all cultures, race, ethnicity and genders.

To Apply
Please send your resume, cover letter and 2-3 references to Sara Kuntzler at sarak@mtnmamas.org by June 27, 2025. The application cover letter should outline both your interest in and qualifications for this position.