Climate Finance Campaigner

You are a passionate changemaker with a track record of leading initiatives that achieve real-world change. You may or may not be an expert in the financial industry, but you do have experience developing strategies to shape the outcomes of corporate or government policies.

You are a systems thinker, have a collaborative mindset, and know what it takes to bring together networks to drive real world change. You are committed to racial, economic, and climate justice.

Required skills and experience

• Campaign planning: Experience designing and implementing strategic campaigns to pressure a corporate or government target to change policy and/or behavior toward environmental, climate justice and/or human rights goals
• Power analysis: A sophisticated understanding of how power works and how it can be influenced, and the ability to articulate strategies in a clear and compelling way
• Cross-cultural communication: A collaborative mindset and a track record of working effectively in alliance with diverse stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal and intercultural communication and self-awareness
• Research & Writing: Experience researching and writing for publications, whether it be an NGO report, a news outlet article, a legislative bill, a documentary film, or similar
• Project management: Ability to stay on top of multiple projects, plan backwards, anticipate obstacles and opportunities, and coordinate with multiple colleagues
• Languages: Proficiency in written and spoken English and Spanish and/or Portuguese

Desirable skills and experience:

• Previous experience with corporate, especially finance, campaigning
• General understanding of the oil, mining, and/or agribusiness industries
• Financial research skills and experience
• Experience working with Indigenous peoples and/or other frontline communities
• Translation and/or interpretation experience
• Experience working on issues related to the Amazon, land rights, and/or Indigenous rights
• Proficiency in any Indigenous language spoken in the Amazon Basin

If you meet some but not all of the criteria for this position, but you are excited about the possibility of this position, please get in touch. We value and recognize experience that has been unpaid, from the grassroots, or lived experience.

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Salary and benefits

Salary range: Mid 60s to low 70s

Full benefits include: family health care (including vision and dental), paid vacation (starting at 3 weeks, increases one week each year for the first two years), 12-week paid sabbatical every 5 years, and employer-matched retirement plan.

How to apply:

No phone calls, please.

Send your résumé, three references, and a cover letter, explaining why you would like to join our team and feel that you are an ideal candidate, specifically addressing your skills, training and experience in the area of campaign strategies and advocacy, to: applications@amazonwatch.org.

Please name and save your attachments with your first and last name in the title, such as: “Ana_Martinez_Cover_Letter.doc” and “Ana_Martinez_Resume.doc.” Thank you.