Careers
Careers
Are you passionate about tackling climate change? Do you believe youth have the power to change the world? How does spending every day working with diverse, smart, motivated co-workers who care about the future sound? At ACE, we love our jobs, our mission, and what we can do together. ACE is an equal opportunity employer that highly values diversity, equity, and inclusion and views the climate crisis as a social justice crisis. People of color, indigenous people, people who experience gender oppression, people with disabilities, and people who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community are particularly encouraged to apply. ACE offers an excellent overall compensation package to all staff which includes: A competitive base salary commensurate with skills and experience. Health coverage that includes medical, dental, vision, and FSA (flexible spending account). 403b retirement savings plan with matching company contributions. Generous vacation package and paid holidays.
Positions Available
Digital Media Producer
We’re looking for a skilled digital media producer, well-versed as an editor who will focus on marketing and social video production. This position covers the full production process from collaborative ideation, short-form script writing and video editing with a goal of creating informative, creative and shareable content. You should have a general knowledge and interest in climate change and climate justice as well as a passion for young people’s role in solving the climate crisis.
The primary roles of this position are to research, conceptualize and develop new video ideas for video content and produce 3-5 weekly short videos and/or ad sets for marketing and social media on current climate topics. You will work closely with the Communications Team to align video content with other communications to ACE’s Youth Action Network as well as support the Associate Director of Marketing and Technology to advance ACE’s program marketing goals.
This is a full-time, permanent position based in the United States.
Salary range is $50,400-$69,600, commensurate with experience.
Florida Civic Engagement Organizer, Orlando or Daytona Beach
The Civic Engagement Organizer in Orlando or Daytona Beach, FL will support ACE’s efforts to educate and empower young people in Florida to take action on climate change through civic engagement. The primary roles of this position are to administer a database, and to manage the quality control process for our voter registration program, which includes tracking and verifying voter registration data. The Civic Engagement Organizer will have a leading role in maintaining our voter registration data and training and supporting the Volusia and Brevard County Youth Organizer as they use the database, and other tools and technology, to improve the efficacy of ACE’s voter registration work. The Civic Engagement Organizer will also conduct field-based voter registration and GOTV activities alongside the Youth Organizer.
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Florida Civic Engagement Organizer, Miami
The Civic Engagement Organizer in Miami-Dade or Broward County will support ACE’s efforts to educate and empower young people in South Florida to take action on climate change through civic engagement. The primary roles of this position are to administer a database, and to manage the quality control process for our voter registration program, which includes tracking and verifying voter registration data. The Civic Engagement Organizer will have a leading role in maintaining our voter registration data and training and supporting the Miami-Dade and Broward County Youth Organizers as they use the database, and other tools and technology, to improve the efficacy of ACE’s voter registration work. The Civic Engagement Organizer will also conduct field-based voter registration and GOTV activities alongside the Youth Organizers.
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Ohio Youth Organizer, Cleveland
The Ohio Youth Organizer will work to educate and empower young people in the Cleveland, Ohio area to take action on climate change through civic engagement and advocacy campaigns. The scope of responsibilities range from youth organizing and training, delivering education programs at schools, implementing climate-focused voter registration, Get Out The Vote (GOTV) and other strategic campaigns and initiatives, partnership development, and communications.
The Youth Organizer will have two main roles: delivering Alliance for Climate Education’s (ACE) in-person climate education program in local high schools and implementing an electoral-focused Action Fellowship program for ~15 high school students in Cleveland. Through these two programs, the Youth Organizer will work to strengthen ACE’s role and impact in the Ohio climate movement space through coalition-building and partnership development with organizations that share our values and interests in advocating for a just and equitable transition to renewable energy, the fight for climate justice, and turning out first-time youth voters.
This is a full-time, temporary position through December 2020 with the possibility of becoming permanent. This is a remote position based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Salary range is $40,200-$48,000, commensurate with experience.
Wisconsin Democracy Organizer
The Democracy Organizer in Wisconsin will work to educate and empower young people in Wisconsin to take action on climate change through civic engagement. The scope of responsibilities range from delivering education programs at schools, implementing climate-focused voter registration and Get Out The Vote (GOTV) strategies, and working in collaboration with local partners.
The Democracy Organizer will have two main roles: delivering Alliance for Climate Education’s (ACE) in-person climate education program, Our Climate Our Future Live, in local high schools and conducting field-based voter registration and GOTV activities. In addition to doing voter registration/GOTV canvassing on their own, Democracy Organizers will occasionally support some of ACE’s Action Fellows (high school students) to engage in voter registration/GOTV tactics in their communities. Through these primary responsibilities, the Democracy Organizer will work to strengthen ACE’s role and impact in the Wisconsin climate movement space by turning out first-time youth climate voters and increasing youth participation in our democracy.
This is a full-time, temporary position through December 1, 2020 with the possibility of becoming permanent. This is a remote position based in Wisconsin, with preference to Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha counties.
Salary range is $40,200-$48,000, commensurate with experience.
Wisconsin Civic Engagement Organizer, Milwaukee
The Civic Engagement Organizer in Milwaukee (Milwaukee is the preference, but we may consider exceptional candidates in Madison, Kenosha or Racine) will support ACE’s efforts to educate and empower young people in Wisconsin to take action on climate change through civic engagement. The primary roles of this position are to administer a database, and to manage the quality control process for our voter registration program, which includes tracking and verifying voter registration data. The Civic Engagement Organizer will have a leading role in maintaining our voter registration data and training and supporting the Madison, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Organizers as they use the database, and other tools and technology, to improve the efficacy of ACE’s voter registration work. The Civic Engagement Organizer will also conduct field-based voter registration and GOTV activities alongside the Organizers.
Salary range is $40,200-$48,000, commensurate with experience.