Founded in 1936, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has grown into America’s largest conservation organization with 52 state/territorial affiliates and more than six million members and supporters nationwide. The mission of the National Wildlife Federation is to unite all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in our rapidly changing world. In an effort to achieve our mission, we are committed to the integration of equity and justice in our programs and policies.

The Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization Program is committed to unraveling systems of oppression to achieve healthy, sustainable, and just communities by addressing environmental injustices that have overburdened lower wealth, communities of color, and Indigenous people by using our resources, cultivating strong partnerships, and prioritizing on-the-ground solutions that communities find value in. As we continue to ramp up our communication efforts to showcase the innovative work that the program is leading and collaborating with partners on, we seek to hire an Environmental Justice Sr. Communications Coordinator to join our team in Washington, D.C. In addition to supporting communications to amplify environmental justice issues and frontline stories via a multi-year communications plan, this creative individual will also serve a vital role in maintaining the Federation up-to-date with ongoing initiatives through innovative communication platforms.

Your major areas of responsibility:

• Lead Strategic Communications: In collaboration with the Sr. Environmental Justice Program Manager and the Director of Communications, develop and maintain a multi-year communications plan to elevate environmental and climate justice-related priorities via our communication platforms. Collect data analytics and metrics to assess the impact and reach of our communication efforts. Periodically draft and update environmental justice content (e.g., blogs, reports, factsheets, digital) to facilitate information distribution among internal and external partners.
• Apply an Environmental Justice Lens on Communication Materials: Distill information collected from convenings (e.g., meetings, roundtables, national town halls) with frontline leaders, policymakers, funders, and organizations in summary documents, reports, and other forms of publications. In collaboration with the Sr. Environmental Justice Program Manager, consult with staff that are interested in elevating environmental justice-related content in their communications (e.g., newsletters, blogs, concept memos).
• Work with Stakeholders to Elevate Issues and Priorities: Lead and support innovative ways of communicating about environmental justice in collaboration with key staff members (e.g., video production, audiograms) to reach broader set of constituents. Utilize our existing media platforms to amplify environmental justice leaders and initiatives to educate our membership and the public. Develop and maintain a digital database for compiled resources (e.g., reports, tools, papers) to support frontline leaders in collaboration with our web team.
• Collaborate with Colleagues to Advance Environmental Justice-Related Communications: Periodically draft and review written content to ensure environmental justice-related language is accurately reflected. Work closely with the Sr. Environmental Justice Program Manager, Environmental Justice Coordinator, and digital team to develop social media toolkits and talking points to support projects and initiatives. Collaborate with communications team to coordinate communication and engagement strategies for targeted audiences in the form of press releases, media advisories, talking points, etc. Develop relationships with key media partners.