• Location: Brisbane.
• Hours: Casual. Flexibility in working outside standard office hours will regularly be required.
• Employer: Queensland Conservation Council Incorporated
• Responsible to: Organising Lead
• Responsive to: Community Organiser
• Term of employment: Casual - Hours negotiable, but minimum 8 hours per week, up to 37.5 hours per week, expected until May 2025.
• Remuneration: $47.16 per hour Mon - Fri, $66.02 per hour Saturday - includes casual loading.

The Organisation

Queensland Conservation Council is the state’s peak non-government environment group. Our mission is to protect our natural environment and climate and make Queensland communities more sustainable.

We achieve our goals by advocating to the government, engaging with the community and informing through the media. We apply the latest scientific research to develop policies. We monitor progress and rate the performance of governments, their programs, and companies, holding them accountable to their commitments to the environment. Incorporated in 1969, we are a non-profit community organisation with no political affiliations.

We have a membership of almost 60 environment groups throughout Queensland, who we consult and coordinate with. We’re growing, with 20 staff, heaps of volunteers, and an ambitious plan to grow the Environment movement in Queensland.

The Role

The role of the Field Organiser is to get thousands of people taking action for climate and nature. They will work with our Organising team to engage people in QCC’s campaigns for Climate Action and Nature conservation through door knocking and other community engagement and campaigning activity. They are expected to lead and support volunteers to help with this work.

Responsibilities

• Undertake door knocking, distribute flyers and other high visibility tactics, to recruit people into Queensland Conservation Council’s campaigns by displaying signs and stickers at their home and signing up to take action in person or online.
• Lead teams of volunteers to participate indoor knocking, flyering, and other kinds of community organising activity..
• Ensure mobilisation activity is accurately tracked and recorded.
• Support the Organising team to engage people in large scale mobilisation, and to organise community events or campaign tactics..
• Observe the safe working practices and as far as you are able, protect your own and others’ health and safety
• Other duties as requested by their line manager.

Selection criteria

• Communication skills: Must be confident to approach people in their homes or in public spaces, and communicate a clear message and ask. Ability and confidence to speak and communicate well in person, on the phone, or through messaging.
• Mobilisation or volunteer engagement skills: Experience in engaging and mobilising people to take action and ability to support volunteers undertaking actions.
• Interpersonal skills: relates well to all kinds of people from different backgrounds; builds appropriate rapport; listens and uses diplomacy and tact.
• Teamwork: Cooperates and works well with others.
• Integrity: Works effectively with a moderate degree of autonomy and accountability. Self motivated and can demonstrate initiative.
• Digital savvy: Confidence and experience in using, or quickly learning and troubleshooting digital collaboration or engagement tools, like Google Docs, Nationbuilder, systems to send SMS or email.
• Data entry ability
• Current Driver's License and road worthy vehicle. BYO mobile device for tracking sign ups

A car is a requirement, as the position does require significant travel around particular Brisbane suburbs including the transportation of signs and other collateral. You will be reimbursed for usage of car as per tax office guidelines.

Applicants who meet some, but not all, of the selection criteria are still encouraged to apply.

QCC aims to be as diverse as the country we are trying to protect and is an equal opportunity employer. First Nations candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis - Please apply as soon as possible.