About The Campaign

Australia has all the resources it needs to make the shift to clean, renewable energy. Yet, the shift isn’t happening at the pace and scale required to solve the climate crisis – and the benefits are not yet flowing to those most affected by the transformation. 

Renew Australia For All is a new, people-powered collaboration backed by unions, social services, environment and climate organisations and industry. We are united in our belief that Australia must act faster to reap the benefits of the global transition to renewable energy. 

Together, we are collaborating to ensure our politicians deliver the policy and investment required to:

• Repower homes, transport and communities with cleaner, healthier, more reliable and affordable energy and improved energy efficiency,

• Lock in secure, safe, well-paid jobs by repowering our industries and homes with renewable energy and seizing new opportunities to make things in Australia that the world needs, like green iron and aluminium,

• Support communities to better prepare, withstand and recover from the extreme weather that climate change is already producing.

• Future-proof the electricity grid with wind and solar supported by battery storage and a real plan to get the right renewables in the right places, with local community benefits built-in

About The Role

The Coalition Organiser will support a new, ambitious, collaboration of organisations working to Renew Australia for All.

They will engage closely with a diverse group of individuals and organisations to align interests and work towards common goals. 

They will be key to ensuring that our collaboration succeeds – by ensuring campaign moments are seized, individuals are supported, and working groups are effective. 

The Coalition Organiser will ensure the collaboration achieves outcomes that would not be possible by individual organisations acting alone. 

About You

You’re a people-person, with emotional intelligence in spades. 

Your interpersonal communication skills are impeccable. You have a knack for building strong, trusting relationships in the midst of a busy campaign. You’re a great sounding board, and love mentoring people to play to their strengths and realise their potential. 

Working with diverse groups is your natural habitat, and you’re up for working with a room of CEOs one day and a room of grassroots campaigners the next. 

You know how to spot a great campaign opportunity. You enjoy making connections between others, match-making campaign opportunities with the people who would be perfect to work on them. 

You’re great at keeping working groups on the ball – ensuring we’re always one step ahead, and seizing every moment we can to build power and win campaign outcomes. 

You’re not afraid of a challenge, and keeping several complex projects with ambitious goals on track. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop, articulate and deliver compelling strategies to establish and scale the campaign in communities across Australia  

• Builds, maintains and manages a wide range of important stakeholder relationships to grow the campaign’s supporters and ensure the campaign’s success 

• Establishes the campaign organising infrastructure to ensure strong data management, campaign evaluation, and day-to-day communications within, across and beyond the campaign team and partners 

• Plays a leadership role in working groups, by ensuring campaign activities from program partners are aligned and motivating participants to seize campaign opportunities

• Provides strategic analysis to movement partners and advocates that achieves alignment and develops confidence, including political insights or data on how the campaign is progressing; 

• Oversee the design and manage the delivery of campaign trainings, actions or workshops

• Drafts key campaign materials, including website copy, campaign toolkits, and curating and publishing other online content 

• Scope to oversee consultants, contractors or staff to help develop, and implement creative organising and community tactics. 

• Coaches individuals and groups on their campaign plans to participate in the collaboration, ensuring they can achieve their full potential 

Skills, knowledge and experience    

• At least 5 years experience in a similar or related role (including unpaid, grassroots or lived experience;  or other relevant transferable skills and experience).

• Demonstrated track record of working with big, diverse groups to align common interests and achieve powerful outcomes

• A high level of emotional intelligence, with excellent interpersonal communication and group facilitation skills

• A good understanding of how social movements build power and achieve change   

• Working knowledge of climate & energy politics and policy in Australia

• A passion for supporting action on climate change and a commitment to social justice.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience   

• Experience managing contractors or consultants to deliver on important projects

• Experience writing high-quality website copy and managing social media channels 

• Experience in coalition or alliance-based campaign environments  

Job requirements 

• You must have full working rights for Australia.  

• Intermittent travel domestically with advanced notice may be required.

• COVID-19 vaccinations may apply in accordance with local legislation and/or organisational policy

How Sunrise supports its staff

The Sunrise Project is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. We have the following in place to help us achieve that, noting pro rata will apply for part time staff and/or temporarily appointed staff:

• Superannuation 12.5% & Salary Sacrifice for Superannuation

• Sunrise Time Off:

  • Additional Annual Leave 5 days p.a.

  • Long Service Leave available after 5 years of service

  • Birthday Leave 1 day p.a.

  • Solidarity and Community Leave 1 week p.a

  • Cultural Leave 4 days p.a (+ floating public holidays)

  • Gifted Leave (over Christmas and New Year)

  • Paid Parental Leave of 7.5 mths (inclusive of GPPL) - gender-neutral & inclusive of all family types, incl. Parental Return To Work & Keeping In Touch Program

  • Life Leave up to 40 days p.a. for significant personal reasons

• Flexible Working Policy

• Employee Assistance Program

• VIDA - An AI tool to support you working safely remotely

• Generous allowances for:

• Workspace Benefits incl: Macbook & accessories, initial $2,000 for home workspace and IT equipment + $800 every 2 years + up to $75/mth phone/data/internet.

• Shared office support

• Regular all-org and team meetings & retreats

• Learning & Development Program incl. a professional development budget for you

• Coaching & manager support with regular 1:1 meetings

• Annual performance & development reviews with 360 feedback

• A co-developed work plan to ensure clarity on your role & key responsibilities

• We provide our staff with a voice on issues that concern them via consultation, e.g. JEDI caucuses, working groups, slack channels, surveys and meetings.

How to apply for this job

We recognise that racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, classism and other forms of discrimination creates structural barriers that impact opportunities to formal education and experience.

We are partnering with the team at Kin to help us recruit this position. For any questions, please reach out to Jamie Edmundson (she / her) by emailing jamie.edmundson@kin.co.nz.