JOB + VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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

Position details: part-time salary position

Mountain Mamas is seeking a Program and Grassroots Coordinator 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 Coordinator 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 coordinator 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 strongly preferred 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-$2,700 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. The application cover letter should outline both your interest in and qualifications for this position.

Job Description: Montana State Director

Full Time (32 hours per week): $60-70k 

The Montana state director will lead our conservation and climate work in our mission of  protecting our air, water, climate, and public lands for future generations. The Montana state  director will be an integral part of the MM team, leading our conservation and climate  advocacy and education efforts within Montana and working collaboratively with our Colorado and Arizona chapters to strategize, share information, and collectively advance the MM mission. Duties will include but are not limited to: 

• Represent MM on all Montana state and federal conservation coalition calls and events deemed a priority by MM leadership 
• Work with Executive Director to meet conservation and climate program work and grant  deliverable goals in an innovative and engaging manner geared toward our  demographic: women and parents 
• Create monthly and yearly advocacy plan with input and approval from ED 
• Develop & cultivate relationships with targeted audiences such as grasstops partners, organizational colleagues, and various decision makers
• Progress proactive conservation and climate legislation and other  opportunities
• Create and oversee MT state budget with approval from ED 
• Strategize and author opinion pieces 
• Hold a minimum of four events in different geographic areas across Montana annually 
• Represent MM in Montana media interviews and earned media pitches as needed 
• Manage MM Montana social media, contributing 3 posts per week on both FB and  IG 
• Participate in MM team meetings, DEIJ training, and staff retreats
• Draft and send action alerts and newsletters 1-2 per month as needed and agreed upon  with ED 
• Participate in fundraising efforts as directed by Development Director & ED 
• Coordinate and manage Mamas Rural program in Montana, overseeing organizers 
• Cultivate successful relationships with decision makers and their staff 
• Develop + execute a grassroots organizing plan to grow MM list within Montana 
• Work actively to activate volunteers to move them up both the advocacy and fundraising  ladder of engagement 
• Other duties as assigned by the ED
• Travel an average of 1x per month in-state, and travel an average of 2x nationally  
• Availability for occasional evening and weekend work 
• Participate in board meetings as needed 

Compensation + Benefits:

• Annual salary of $60-70k depending on experience
• All federal holidays plus 1 week between Christmas and New Years and 1 week  surrounding 4th of July paid vacation, annually 
• Additional 2 weeks of paid vacation 
• $2,000 technology/work from home stipend, every 3 years
• Flexible, work-from-home schedule

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

To Apply

Please send your resume, cover letter and 2-3 references to Becky Edwards at becky@mtnmamas.org. The application cover letter should outline both your interest in and qualifications for this position, which is open until filled.