Jobs at the Breast Cancer Fund
We currently have the following positions open at the Breast Cancer Fund:
Grassroots Coordinator for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
We're always looking for volunteers in our San Francisco office and at outreach and fundraising events nationwide.
Organization Description
Founded in 1992 and headquartered in San Francisco, the Breast Cancer Fund is the leading national organization working to connect the dots between breast cancer and exposures to chemicals and radiation in our everyday environments. We translate the growing body of scientific evidence linking breast cancer and environmental exposures into public education, market and advocacy campaigns that protect our health and reduce breast cancer risk. We help transform how our society thinks about and uses chemicals and radiation, with the goal of preventing breast cancer. Learn more at www.breastcancerfund.org
Program Coordinator
Position Description
The Program Coordinator will join the Breast Cancer Fund’s program department, a dynamic team of seven that executes strategic policy and market-based campaigns that help prevent breast cancer by identifying and eliminating its environmental causes. The Program Coordinator position provides an exciting opportunity for a seasoned organizer/advocate/campaigner to coordinate the organization’s education and outreach efforts and our
Cans Not Cancer campaign to get toxic BPA out of canned food; support our state and federal legislative campaigns; and help build and sustain a thriving, engaged community of advocates committed to environmental health.
Roles and Responsibilities
Cans Not Cancer campaign:
- Coordinate campaign strategy and planning.
- Coordinate a national campaign advisory committee and network of endorsing organizations.
- Develop public education and engagement strategies.
- Conduct outreach to organizations and constituents to engage them in campaign activities, including planning and executing online actions and mini-campaigns, days/weeks of action, press events and rallies.
- Coordinate outreach to and communication with corporate targets.
Constituency-development and public policy-campaign support:
- Coordinate organizational education and outreach efforts.
- Contribute to developing strategies to expand and engage organization’s supporter/constituency base.
- Educate and organize constituents and the general public in support of various organization-led state and federal public policy initiatives.
- Plan and execute constituent-engagement activities, including online actions and mini-campaigns, days/weeks of action and lobby days.
- Help develop and implement online engagement strategies.
- Develop content for website, blog and social media; coordinate online action center.
- Coordinate the Strong Voices program ensuring high-level volunteers are fully integrated into the organization’s advocacy efforts (Strong Voices serve as ambassadors, conducting volunteer public speaking, advocacy and fundraising for the Breast Cancer Fund).
- Develop creative programmatic content for annual events (Heroes Celebration, Peak Hike) and key third-party events/programs, including LUNAFEST and Team LUNAChix.
- Ensure incorporation of programmatic content into the organization’s many sponsored events, which range from triathlons to spa days.
General:
- Participate in organizational and program department work-planning and other activities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Familiarity with breast cancer prevention, environmental health and/or women’s health.
- Minimum five years’ experience coordinating outreach/advocacy/organizing campaigns.
- Experience with strategic corporate engagement (ideally with market/corporate-campaign organizing).
- Demonstrated experience working in coalitions.
- Background in online organizing.
- Experience managing volunteers, interns and/or staff.
- Experience with volunteer leadership development.
- Experience with media advocacy.
- Proficient in MS Office, web content-management systems, social media, constituent-relationship management tools (Convio experience a plus).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at once; to work as part of a team; to work effectively in a changing environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to inspire trust and respect among colleagues and external partners.
- Good organizational skills; demonstrated initiative; flexibility; creativity.
- Fast learner; sophisticated multi-tasker; even-tempered; team player; sense of humor a plus.
Terms
Location: San Francisco
Salary: Competitive
Hours: Full-time
Classification: Exempt
Benefits: Medical, dental and vision insurance; paid vacation, sick and personal time; commuter benefit; flexible spending account; potential flexible work schedule; long-term disability insurance
To Apply
Submit a cover letter, résumé and two writing samples (max. 5 pages each) to hr@breastcancerfund.org, subject line “Program Coordinator” or mail to:
HR Director (Attn.: Program Coordinator Position)
Breast Cancer Fund
1388 Sutter Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94109
Deadline is February 6, 2012
Grassroots Coordinator for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a project of the Breast Cancer Fund, is a national coalition launched in 2004 to protect the health of consumers, workers and the environment by securing the necessary market-based and legislative reforms to eliminate dangerous chemicals from cosmetics and personal care products. Under current law, it is legal for cosmetics—including everyday products like shampoo, soap, lotion, bubble bath, aftershave and makeup—to contain chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive harm and other adverse health impacts, and many of these ingredients are kept hidden from consumers. The Campaign is committed to bringing about common-sense reforms that stimulate green chemistry solutions and safer alternatives to toxic chemicals in cosmetics. Our work is multi-layered and innovative, effectively marrying public education, market-based and legislative advocacy strategies that encourage social change advocacy, voluntary company commitments to move toward safer production, as well as safe cosmetics policy gains at the state and national level.
The Campaign has over 150 partners, including nonprofit environmental and public health organizations representing nurses, teens, parents and consumers. The Campaign also works closely with socially responsible cosmetics companies, health and beauty professionals, members of the media and elected officials. We need a grassroots coordinator to cultivate and grow these relationships, and expand our network of over 100,000 online and on-the-ground supporters, growing the movement for safer chemicals and a green economy.
The successful candidate will understand that moving the cosmetics industry toward truly safe products requires grassroots pressure as well as friendly dialogue with companies and members of the health and beauty industry. She/he will be comfortable working both independently on self-managed projects and collaboratively as part of a fast-moving and results-oriented team.
Qualifications:
- Passion for environmental health issues and the Campaign’s mission and programs
- Minimum three to five years of experience in organizing and advocacy, preferably at a campaign-oriented organization
- Experience with strategic corporate engagement, ideally market/corporate campaign organizing or work with business engagement groups (e.g., shareholders advocates, trade associations or certification bodies)
- Superior skills in written and verbal communication, analysis and networking
- Sophisticated oral and written communication skills and comfort with presenting material to a wide range of audiences, including grassroots, businesses and members of Congress
- Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks at once, ability to work as part of a team, and ability to work effectively in a changing environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to inspire trust and respect among colleagues and external partners
- Demonstrated ability to develop and manage projects in a self-directed manner
- Good organizational skills, demonstrated initiative, flexibility and creativity
- Ability to plan campaign strategy and tactics months in advance, coupled with the ability to respond to timely events and opportunities on the fly
- Excellent decision-making skills, strategic insight, professional initiative, time management and prioritization skills
- Willing and able to travel
Responsibilities:
- Create and drive organizing strategy for national campaign, including member communication ranging from email action alerts, and advocacy materials to hosting webinars and trainings for diverse groups of stakeholders
- Create new and strengthen existing outreach, public education and organizing strategies
- Lead corporate engagement for Campaign, from strategy to dialogue to implementation
- With communications team, draft new web content and Campaign materials
- Organize and present at large, diverse events around the country
- Conduct media interviews
- Develop and implement strategies that support issue public education, fundraising, volunteer recruitment, organizing and outreach
- Maintain several stakeholder databases
- Other responsibilities as assigned
Terms:
Hours: Full-Time
Classification: Exempt, plus benefits
Location: San Francisco or Boston-based location
To Apply:
Submit a cover letter explaining your experience in grassroots organizing and market-based campaigns and why you are interested in this position; a resume; and two writing samples. Deadline for receipt of above materials is February 10, 2012. Email to hr@breastcancerfund.org, or mail to:
HR Director (Attn.: CSC Grassroots Coordinator Position)
Breast Cancer Fund
1388 Sutter Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94109
It is a priority to the Breast Cancer Fund to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. The Breast Cancer Fund is an equal opportunity employer and is firmly committed to complying with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity ("EEO") laws. The Breast Cancer Fund strictly prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of the individual's race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, height and weight, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, partnership status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, military status, arrest record and any other characteristic protected by law.
