Responsible Endowments Coalition
Responsible Endowments Coalition
Position Description
Organizing Director
The Responsible Endowments Coalition seeks an organizer to spearhead national campus-based organizing efforts. The REC organizer will work closely with students across the country to develop campus endowment activism.
The Responsible Endowments Coalition is a non-profit organization devoted to empowering students and other university members to foster social change and responsibility through their university endowments. By challenging their institutions to invest responsibly and proactively, students have the power to confront corporate abuse and address issues like sweatshop labor, environmental destruction, and discrimination, and to encourage accountability to the communities in which they live and learn, by supporting community development and participation. The Responsible Endowments Coalition provides the tools, resources, and networks to help students lead successful responsible investment campaigns on their campuses. For more information on REC, visit www.endowmentethics.org.
The Organizing Director will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Organizing students and community members to lead responsible investment campaigns on college campuses across the country
- Recruiting, hiring and supporting 6-10 student organizers both during the school year and during a 10-week summer program
- Coordinating networks between REC members at colleges and universities nationwide, including managing an REC organizer listserve and planning 3-4 annual conferences with student support
- Researching, writing and distributing resource materials for students and other campus stakeholders on inspiring change within colleges and universities
- Working closely with other activist organizations to connect students to ongoing campaigns and strengthen alliances
- Acting as a spokesperson for REC with local, regional, and national media, including pitching stories, responding to media inquiries, and distributing media
- Occasionally supporting fundraising efforts
Applicants must be willing to live in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington D.C. (the choice is yours), and to travel extensively beyond the East Coast. They will work closely with the Executive Director and Development Director in a strong team-oriented environment. Salary depends on experience.
The ideal candidate:
- Takes initiative and likes new challenges
- Has some familiarity with responsible investment issues, or is interested in learning
- Has experience working in campaigns around corporate reform, social justice or environmental justice
- Has experience organizing on college campuses, as a student and/or as a professional organizer
- Has excellent writing and speaking skills
- Is comfortable both working closely with a variety of different people, and also independently
- Has experience writing press releases and pursuing media contacts
- Has a valid driver’s license for those unfortunate circumstances when public transport lets us down
TO APPLY: Please email a cover letter, resume and writing sample to:
Morgan Simon, Executive Director
Responsible Endowments Coalition
Subject: Organizing Director
Phone: (415) 6709-REC Email: apply@endowmentethics.org
The position is open until filled.
REC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity. We strongly encourage people of color and working class individuals to apply.
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