STRATEGIC ORGANIZING COORDINATOR

Remote Position | Contract Role (approximately 25 hours/week)

Climate Finance Action is seeking a strategic organizing coordinator to help ensure public pension funds and investments work for both people and the planet.

CFA is a dynamic organization that works state-by-state to connect and build power with public workers, retirees, trustees, and stakeholders within pension funds to protect retirement security from climate risk and to promote a just, inclusive economy that benefits people and the planet.

About the Role

This position supports our core strategy to ensure the retirement savings of millions of Americans held in public pension funds is invested in the long-term financial interests of stakeholders by addressing climate-related risks.

This person in this role will:

• Engage public sector union trustees, staff, and leaders as stakeholders and participants in key blue state public pension funds.
• Build relationships with public officials, including state treasurers, finance, and sustainability staff.
• Working with the CFA team, translate climate finance policy and issues related to climate risk into accessible materials for stakeholders. Working with the CFA team and Communications Director, create training and communications content as needed.
• Create inclusive, equitable spaces and ensure that we conduct our work with a lens of racial and economic justice.

Experience

What You'll Bring:

• Experience working with labor unions in a policy, research, organizing, or governance role.
• Strong coalition-building, organizing, and relationship management skills
• Excellent communication skills -- both written and verbal
• Ability to translate complex concepts for diverse audiences
• Commitment to environmental, racial, and economic justice
• Financial sector knowledge is helpful but not required

About Us

Climate Finance Action envisions a world where publicly held capital investments support and advance a sustainable future.

We work with serious and complicated topics - retirement security, fiduciary duty, climate risk, pension policy, etc. - but we don’t have to take ourselves too seriously. We get a lot done. We support each other. We have fun together. We are compulsive collaborators.

We're committed to building a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups.

You can learn more about our work at About Us — Climate Finance Action.