CoPIRG Climate Solutions Campaign Associate
CoPIRG is hiring an Associate to work on our campaigns for Climate Solutions. The way we turn on the lights, heat and cool our homes, and get around town shouldn’t be dependent on burning fossil fuels. And increasingly the solutions to reduce our climate emissions are not only possible, but safer and more affordable for consumers. But we still have work to do in order to convince decision makers, and the public, to adopt them.
PIRG has a 50-year history of consumer advocacy, advancing policy solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our well-being. The Climate Solutions Associate will work closely with our state director and our network of coalition partners and volunteers to run campaigns for climate solutions, like shifting off of gas to heat our homes, increasing energy conservation and energy efficiency, promoting renewable energy, and expanding cleaner transportation options like transit and electric vehicles.
Department State Employment Type Full Time Location Denver, CO Workplace type Onsite Compensation $39,275 / year
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Though we expect you to take your campaign and run with it, we provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight by an experienced advocate. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience, top-notch writing and public speaking skills, an eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge. We value organizing experience, including building campus or community groups.
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Compensation And Benefits
The target annual compensation for this position is $39,275. CoPIRG offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis for a summer 2026 start timeline.
Why work with CoPIRG? Check out 10 reasons: https://copirg.org/why-work-with-us/
Our Mission and Values
CoPIRG is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit https://pirg.org/core-values for things you should know about our network when you apply.
Please do not use AI to help draft your cover letter or responses to our application questions. We want to know how you think and write.
CoPIRG is an equal opportunity employer.
About PIRG
PIRG is an advocate for consumers, advancing solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our well-being.
Being a consumer advocate means being a champion for a marketplace that is not only honest and transparent, but also wastes less because it reduces, reuses and recycles more; prevents toxic threats to our health and safety; and considers the impact of new products and technologies on the next generation, not just the next quarterly earnings report.
The true North Star of a successful marketplace should not be the quantity of “stuff” we consume. It should be the quality of our lives.
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Department State Employment Type Full Time Location Denver, CO Workplace type Onsite Compensation $39,275 / year
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PIRG has a 50-year history of consumer advocacy, advancing policy solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our well-being. The Climate Solutions Associate will work closely with our state director and our network of coalition partners and volunteers to run campaigns for climate solutions, like shifting off of gas to heat our homes, increasing energy conservation and energy efficiency, promoting renewable energy, and expanding cleaner transportation options like transit and electric vehicles.
Department State Employment Type Full Time Location Denver, CO Workplace type Onsite Compensation $39,275 / year
Key Responsibilities
- Educate and mobilize public support: Conduct online and in-person outreach to educate the public on our issues and ways to get involved. Organize webinars, community events and public meetings. Recruit organizations and members of the public to attend and participate.
- Build powerful coalitions: Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
- Earn traditional media and social media attention: Organize news conferences and write opinion pieces. Build a following on social media for your campaign.
- Lobby elected officials: Meet with decision makers - from city council members to state legislators - to make the case for our campaign goals. When a critical vote is happening on your campaign, work to demonstrate the support you’ve been building on the ground to help line up the votes needed to win.
- Research and write reports: Catalog and analyze data relevant to the issue and our policy proposals to help influence public debate and earn media attention for our cause.
- Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff.
- Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Run a campaign office for the summer, knocking on doors to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns. Your responsibilities will include meeting your own fundraising goals and managing a team of paid staff. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move
Qualifications
Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Though we expect you to take your campaign and run with it, we provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight by an experienced advocate. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience, top-notch writing and public speaking skills, an eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge. We value organizing experience, including building campus or community groups.
Details
Compensation And Benefits
The target annual compensation for this position is $39,275. CoPIRG offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.
We are accepting applications on a rolling basis for a summer 2026 start timeline.
Why work with CoPIRG? Check out 10 reasons: https://copirg.org/why-work-with-us/
Our Mission and Values
CoPIRG is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit https://pirg.org/core-values for things you should know about our network when you apply.
Please do not use AI to help draft your cover letter or responses to our application questions. We want to know how you think and write.
CoPIRG is an equal opportunity employer.
About PIRG
PIRG is an advocate for consumers, advancing solutions to problems that affect our health, our safety and our well-being.
Being a consumer advocate means being a champion for a marketplace that is not only honest and transparent, but also wastes less because it reduces, reuses and recycles more; prevents toxic threats to our health and safety; and considers the impact of new products and technologies on the next generation, not just the next quarterly earnings report.
The true North Star of a successful marketplace should not be the quantity of “stuff” we consume. It should be the quality of our lives.
Apply Now
Our Hiring Process
Stage 6:
Offer
Stage 7:
Hired
Stage 1:
Applied
Stage 2:
Questionnaire
Stage 3:
Interview
Stage 4:
Interview
Stage 5:
Interview
Stage 7:
Hired
Not quite right? Register your interest to be notified of any roles that come along that meet your criteria.
Register Your Interest
Apply Now
Department State Employment Type Full Time Location Denver, CO Workplace type Onsite Compensation $39,275 / year
View all opportunities at PIRG