Want a job after graduation that makes a difference? Interested in social change, activism or public policy? Then Impact is the job for you. Spend two years working on campaigns to get to 100% renewable energy, protect our drinking water, and get big money out of politics. Educate and engage the public, work with the media to get our issue in the news, and lobby decision-makers to make sure we work towards the future we want. Apply today at . Application deadline is November 15. Apply by November 2 for a chance to interview on campus on November 3. You may also email Impact Organizer Colleen McLoughlin directly at colleen@weareimpact.org.
FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR FUTURE.
Impact is a non-profit project of leading advocacy organizations, including Environment America and USPIRG,
that creates the grassroots action and power it takes to make an impact on issues that matter. We’re hiring a
team of organizers for a two-year program.
Organizers currently work in 25 states. We’re working with national campaigns to get our country to 100 percent
renewable energy, reduce corporate agriculture’s pollution of our water, and end the overuse of antibiotics on
factory farms.
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IMPACT
What will you do with Impact? First, you’ll come together with other new and experienced staff from across the
country to learn how to make your impact in classroom trainings on the issues, our campaigns, our strategies
and the tactics you’ll be using throughout the year. Then, you’ll put those skills to use in the field.
Your campaign assignment will depend in part on where you applied to work and where you can make the
biggest difference. For example, you might build the coalition that convinces a major restaurant to stop serving
meat raised on antibiotics. Or you could organize the news event that convinces the governor in your state that
switching to more renewable energy is an opportunity to be a hero with the public.
Even when there’s not a vote coming up, organizing helps build long-term power to secure victories in the future.
By first educating people on an issue and then winning them over to our point of view, we lay the groundwork for
political change. It’s challenging, fun and incredibly meaningful. We’re taking on big issues and we’re up against
big adversaries. We run campaigns with concrete goals, detailed plans, rigorous training, and above all, a laserlike
focus on results.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT
Every day with Impact is different. You could be connecting with new health or consumer groups to build a
coalition to stop antibiotic overuse, speaking in a church basement or at a town hall meeting on 100 percent
renewable energy, organizing a news event on water pollution from factory farms, or meeting with an editorial
board about any of these issues.
During the summer, you’ll run a citizen outreach canvass—and have the power of a paid staff of college
students and others ready to help you build support for an issue, recruit new members, and raise funds for the
campaign. And you’ll recruit the next wave of Impact organizers and interns so we can continue to work on more
campaigns. So if what you want to do after college is to join a team of people who bring their passion to work
every day to make an impact on issues that matter, then we’re the group for you.
PAY & BENEFITS
The target annual compensation for this position is $26,000 in the first year. Impact offers a competitive benefits
package. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.
TO LEARN MORE AND APPLY: WeAreImpact.org