The Utah Rivers Council is looking for a hard-working advocate with strong writing and people skills to help engage and manage audiences and supporters in our conservation advocacy work in the American West. The Community Water Organizer works to help devise and distribute our communications and manage our supporters to move our campaigns forward to protect some of the West’s most important aquatic landscapes. The Utah Rivers Council is leading the fight to protect Utah’s precious rivers and lakes through robust advocacy work and we are looking to expand on our success by adding a staff leader to engage more Americans in the fight to save Utah’s aquatic jewels. 

We are looking for an excellent writer with strong people skills who is willing to help recruit and manage people in our campaign activities and in occasional event management. This advocacy position requires someone comfortable writing clear and concise communications and working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, political ideologies and world perspectives. The ideal candidate is highly organized, knows what hard work looks like and has strong writing skills able to recruit audiences in a variety of formats from social media channels to some long form content. This position requires someone with a contemporary perspective on the global environmental crisis who is courageous and willing to speak out publicly about what is needed in our system of elected government.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree and at least two years paid experience in a professional office setting, preferably in nonprofit advocacy where policy conflict pits forces against one another. Preference will be given to applicants with a professional background in environmental nonprofit work and adaptable applicants who can wear many hats in one work week.  Applicants with a willingness to continue their advocacy work in the water sphere are urged to apply. 

Good writing and people skills are essential, as well as a strong desire to advocate on behalf of rivers, lakes and the fish and wildlife species that depend upon them. Candidates should demonstrate in their application materials that they have a basic working knowledge of the challenges faced in Utah’s water sector and the scope of natural resource challenges facing the American West.  We strongly encourage you to visit our website, utahrivers.org, before applying and include this exercise in your cover letter.