Now Hiring: Climate and Energy Organizer

Position: Climate and Energy Organizer

Location: Remote in West Virginia, office in Charleston

Type: Full-time, Exempt

Deadline: Monday, December 8, 2025 at 11:59pm

About Us:

West Virginia Citizen Action Group (WVCAG) is a leading grassroots organization dedicated to promoting social, economic, and environmental justice. For over 50 years, WVCAG has been at the forefront of progressive change in West Virginia, organizing and advocating for policies that improve the lives of all residents.

Reports to: Executive Director

About the Role:

• This position is full time, and occasionally requires long or irregular hours, including some nights, weekends and holidays. There is opportunity to flex irregular hours worked.
• This role is a member of the climate and energy team.
• This role is based out of West Virginia with occasional travel to our Charleston office.

Competencies:

While no one candidate will possess every quality outlined for this position, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional skills and personal attributes. When in doubt, please apply!

• Proven experience in community organizing and coalition-building
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills via email, phone, online meeting platforms, notetaking, facilitation, and public forums
• Proven ability to work independently well as a team member and to facilitate/coordinate diverse groups of people
• Demonstrated capacity to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks with attention to detail
• Excellent personal accountability, self-motivation and follow through skills
• Skillful in discerning and navigating power dynamics and building trusting relationships at both the grassroots and grasstops levels
• Experience building relationships with and navigating the West Virginia Public Service Commission and/or the State Legislature
• Knowledge of various advocacy and organizing approaches, the public policy making process, and equitable development issues
• Demonstrated experience in climate and energy policy, advocacy, or organizing
• Understanding of climate science, renewable energy technologies, and environmental policy
• Clarity in understanding historic and systemic oppression, racism and white supremacy
• Demonstrated commitment and passion for environmental, racial and economic justice

Benefits:

• The salary for this role will be $50,000 to $55,000, depending on experience.
• Health insurance stipend of $600/month
• Ability to flex time when working outside the standard 9-5 office hours
• Paid time off and holidays including a full office closure from December 24th-January 1st
• Professional development opportunities at the state and national levels

Responsibilities:

• (40% of time) Coordinate the West Virginia Climate Alliance (WVCA), including but not limited to:
  • convening the entire coalition regularly;
  • maintaining and updating WVCA website; 
  • organizing in-person and virtual gatherings;
  • conducting relevant research and developing relevant educational materials;
  • communication of weekly updates, and;
  • reporting of outcomes to WVCAG climate and energy team.
• (40% of time) Represent WVCAG within West Virginians for Energy Freedom (WVEF) by:
  • participating in coalition calls and working groups;
  • conducting policy and legislative research, educational materials, and communications, and;
  • reporting outcomes to WVCAG climate and energy team.
• (20% of time) Support the climate and energy team and WVCAG’s basebuilding by:
  • building and maintaining relationships with community organizations, activists, allies, and community members;
  • delegating relevant updates to individual organizations within the team or coalitions;
  • organizing events, canvasses, community meetings, forums, and more to educate and engage the public on climate and energy issues;
  • collaborating with WVCAG’s communications manager to develop materials relevant to organizer’s programmatic and coalition work, and;
  • reporting regularly on project and coalition outcomes to appropriate team members across the climate and energy and organizing programs.

West Virginia Citizen Action Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage applications from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), women, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups.

To apply, please email your resume to hiring@wvcag.org

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: Monday, December 8, 2025 at 11:59pm