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We’re hiring a Reuse Program Organizer!
View the job description for ‘Organizer – Reuse Program’ here.
Location: Remote within US; slight preference for West coast.
Position: Full time, FLSA exempt
Salary: $70,000 – $85,000 depending on experience and geographic location
Benefits: Competitive and comprehensive benefits include 100% employer provided health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan; generous PTO policy; flexible work culture; and more.
Reports to: Reuse Program Director
Timeline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Final deadline to apply – September 26
Our Story
The Story of Stuff Project is transforming the way we make, use, and throw away Stuff to be more sustainable, healthy and fair. Over the past fifteen years, our trademark animated videos and field-leading social media content have engaged tens of millions of viewers in a solutions-oriented exploration of the take-make-waste economy and its impacts on people and the planet. Today, we encourage the civic engagement of our global Community by enlisting their participation in campaigns for environmental and economic justice and by supporting their leadership with everything from small grants to training and strategic advice.
The Reuse Program
The Story of Stuff Project’s Reuse Program aims to create the public policy frameworks that drive business adoption of reuse, support the expansion of the reuse services industry and, ultimately, reduce single-use plastic waste. To this end, we are implementing two campaigns – Bring Back Refill and Serve Up Reuse – that seek to establish reuse as the norm in the beverage and food service industries.
History demonstrates that voluntary commitments by businesses to adopt reuse are insufficient to the task and likely to fail without strong public policies holding companies accountable. Our goal, starting in 2024, is to enact policies and support the launch of reuse systems in at least 30 local jurisdictions and, at the state level, enact 3-5 state reusable beverage policies and 2-3 reusable foodware policies. To win, we need to dramatically increase grassroots support and activism for reuse policies and programs both within our own community and across the plastic pollution and climate movements throughout the U.S.
Position Summary
The Reuse Program Organizer will play a key role in the Story of Stuff’s efforts to strengthen and strategically deploy grassroots advocacy for local and state policies that bring reuse into the beverage and food service industries in North America. The Organizer will run a reuse advocacy training program (the Reuse Changemaker Boot Camp), strengthen the advocacy and leadership skills of local activists, help grassroots coalitions engage in reuse policy campaigns, and launch new community-based reuse coalitions. The person who fills this role will spend much of their time supporting grassroots activists’ engagement in policy advocacy campaigns.
This position requires a strong background in community organizing, advocacy, and facilitating coalitions and/or grassroots engagement. This person will be comfortable interacting with community members in a range of mediums and thrive in a fast-paced environment which may require responding to campaign needs promptly. We seek a highly motivated candidate with experience in organizing strategy development, campaigning and/or policy advocacy. The ideal candidate has experience working on policy campaigns at the local and/or state level. The candidate would also have experience coalition-building and supporting a diversity of local teams or advocacy groups.
You will be asked a series of short questions and will upload your resume, cover letter, and writing sample.