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Field Organizer
Sierra ClubUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Jul 2025
About the role
Job Title: SW Washington Field OrganizerDepartment: Washington State ChapterLocation: Home office in Clark, Lewis, Pacific, Cowlitz or Skamania counties. This position requires the ability to travel.Reports To: Chapter Director
Context: At the Sierra Club, we believe in the power of interdependence. Together, we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental, racial, economic, and gender justice – a future where all people benefit from a healthy, thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism all fuel injustice, we will continue to fight for a bold, transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet, our humanity, and our future. By recognizing that our destinies are tied, we continue to name that all things are fundamentally connected, and the overlap between ecology, race, gender, and representative government will move to either advance our collective humanity or to oppress it. Sierra Club has close to 800 staff across the country and a network of 64 local chapters that are led and fueled by thousands of volunteers. We are also proud to be a unionized employer, with three labor unions representing more than half of our employees.
Sierra Club’s Washington State Chapter consists of more than 70,000 members and supporters statewide who have been working together to explore, enjoy, and protect the planet since the 1920s. With a team of four full-time staff and more than 100 volunteers in leadership roles, our chapter has both the close-knit feel of a small grassroots local organization and the power of being connected to and supported by Sierra Club staff, volunteers, and resources from every region of the country. Our volunteer-driven campaigns focus on forests, water, and public lands protection, support of the Columbia/Snake River salmon recovery priorities, clean transportation for all, and moving Washington toward a just transition to 100% renewable energy.
This position works in close collaboration with our partner organization, Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS). SOS is a coalition of over 50 Northwest and national conservation organizations, recreational and commercial fishing associations, businesses, clean energy, orca and river advocates. Its mission is to protect and restore abundant, self-sustaining populations of salmon and steelhead to the Columbia-Snake River Basin for the benefit of freshwater and marine ecosystems, and Northwest communities and ways of life. SOS achieves its mission by advocating for the needs of native fish and their waters, and by educating, inspiring, and mobilizing our supporters and the public to act on behalf of salmon and their rivers.
Scope: The SW Washington Field Organizer is responsible for building the grassroots power in southwest Washington to accomplish Sierra Club and SOS priorities. This position will focus primarily on advocacy and organizing to protect and restore abundant, self-sustaining populations of salmon and steelhead to the Columbia-Snake River Basin as well as broader protection for public lands in southwest Washington. The Field Organizer will play a critical role building, educating, and working with powerful teams of volunteers in Clark, Lewis, Pacific, Cowlitz and Skamania counties that can influence strategic decisions at the local, state and federal level. Partnership with Sierra Club’s local group in the region, the Loo Wit Group, is an essential part of this role.
Context: At the Sierra Club, we believe in the power of interdependence. Together, we remain committed to the fight for a healthy climate built on a foundation of environmental, racial, economic, and gender justice – a future where all people benefit from a healthy, thriving planet and a direct connection to nature. As the climate crisis and deeply entrenched systemic racism all fuel injustice, we will continue to fight for a bold, transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet, our humanity, and our future. By recognizing that our destinies are tied, we continue to name that all things are fundamentally connected, and the overlap between ecology, race, gender, and representative government will move to either advance our collective humanity or to oppress it. Sierra Club has close to 800 staff across the country and a network of 64 local chapters that are led and fueled by thousands of volunteers. We are also proud to be a unionized employer, with three labor unions representing more than half of our employees.
Sierra Club’s Washington State Chapter consists of more than 70,000 members and supporters statewide who have been working together to explore, enjoy, and protect the planet since the 1920s. With a team of four full-time staff and more than 100 volunteers in leadership roles, our chapter has both the close-knit feel of a small grassroots local organization and the power of being connected to and supported by Sierra Club staff, volunteers, and resources from every region of the country. Our volunteer-driven campaigns focus on forests, water, and public lands protection, support of the Columbia/Snake River salmon recovery priorities, clean transportation for all, and moving Washington toward a just transition to 100% renewable energy.
This position works in close collaboration with our partner organization, Save Our Wild Salmon (SOS). SOS is a coalition of over 50 Northwest and national conservation organizations, recreational and commercial fishing associations, businesses, clean energy, orca and river advocates. Its mission is to protect and restore abundant, self-sustaining populations of salmon and steelhead to the Columbia-Snake River Basin for the benefit of freshwater and marine ecosystems, and Northwest communities and ways of life. SOS achieves its mission by advocating for the needs of native fish and their waters, and by educating, inspiring, and mobilizing our supporters and the public to act on behalf of salmon and their rivers.
Scope: The SW Washington Field Organizer is responsible for building the grassroots power in southwest Washington to accomplish Sierra Club and SOS priorities. This position will focus primarily on advocacy and organizing to protect and restore abundant, self-sustaining populations of salmon and steelhead to the Columbia-Snake River Basin as well as broader protection for public lands in southwest Washington. The Field Organizer will play a critical role building, educating, and working with powerful teams of volunteers in Clark, Lewis, Pacific, Cowlitz and Skamania counties that can influence strategic decisions at the local, state and federal level. Partnership with Sierra Club’s local group in the region, the Loo Wit Group, is an essential part of this role.
Job activities include but are not limited to:
- Organizing Implementation: Develops and carries out individual organizing plans in order to build power that lead to systemic change. This includes organizing tactics, developing engagement strategies, facilitating organizing meetings, volunteer integration, and developing and leveraging partnerships. Evaluates progress and measures of effectiveness through data collection and collectively-established metrics. Builds organizing power that is capable of influencing key decision makers.
- Collaboration. Builds mutually supportive and accountable relationships with staff and volunteers to carry out Sierra Club and SOS priorities. Builds tight connections with key allies. Communicates clear expectations and capacity. Prioritizes relationships with volunteer leaders and collaborates with other entities and allies.
- Volunteer Development and Management. Creates a comprehensive volunteer development plan to support volunteers from onboarding to leadership through training, coaching, and mentorship. Coordinates with Chapter and SOS staff and key allies to support volunteer leadership development and organizing metrics using VAN, Salesforce, and Salsa. Identifies and develops new and exis
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