Oceans Campaign - Beyond Seafood Project Lead (12-month position)

ABOUT GREENPEACE
Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest, creative communication and people power to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. In just the past year, we’ve secured a Global Oceans Treaty to protect wildlife and people who depend on healthy oceans. We persuaded the Biden Administration to phase out single-use plastics from federal operations. And we safeguarded healthy spaces, from national marine sanctuaries to bans on seabed mining to stopping liquefied national gas terminals poisoning Gulf Coast communities. Our work spans more than 50 years of fights and successes.

As an independent campaigning organization, Greenpeace does not accept funds from any corporations or government entities. The global Greenpeace network is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices around the world in over fifty countries. Greenpeace USA is headquartered in Washington, DC.

POSITION SUMMARY
The Beyond Seafood Campaign focuses on the intersection of human rights, labor, and environmental abuses, particularly in tuna fisheries. The Greenpeace USA team works in partnership with Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace East Asia to ensure that tuna fisheries no longer will be caught with forced labor or indiscriminately driving marine life populations to the brink of extinction.

The Beyond Seafood Project Lead drives the planning and design process for the Beyond Seafood Campaign, developing their project with an eye toward public engagement at all levels (online, offline, fundraising, etc.) looking to empower people and reach diverse audiences. The Beyond Seafood Project Lead is a key strategic advisor to the Oceans Campaign Director and the Program Director, and will build and task manage multidisciplinary teams made up of campaign, engagement and action specialists. This role works in close coordination with other Project Leaders and the global organization, to make sure Greenpeace's different projects align  as one cohesive and impactful program of campaign work.

The Beyond Seafood Project Lead is a full-time, hybrid, exempt, benefits-eligible position, preferably based on the East Coast in one of our GPUS-authorized locations (DC, MD, VA, NY, NJ, CT). Candidates based in California will also be considered. This role reports to the Oceans Campaign Director.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy:

• Develop strategy and a work plan for ambitious, high impact, and well-researched campaign projects that use the power of people, and have the courage to confront politicians and corporations
• Maintain clear and sustainable timelines, clear roles and responsibilities (through a DARCI chart) and a strong and positive team culture
• Ensure the project’s strategy supports Greenpeace’s long-term organizational and campaign goals
• Identify new opportunities to advance campaign objectives and work with team to adapt plans as needed
• Ensure team develops a culture of learning and evaluation

Leadership and Management:

• Task manage a team of staff (up to 12) as agreed with Oceans Campaign Director and GPUS Leadership
• Line manage 1-4 people including staff development and performance reviews
• Hire new project staff
• Make final decisions on all project output, except in specific instances where decisions related to organizational risk will be escalated
• Identify, delegate and task manage project team members to develop and implement key pieces of work
• Manage a significant project budget, ensuring all necessary monitoring, evaluation and reporting expectations are met

Collaboration and Communication:

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with Greenpeace colleagues around the world and external stakeholders in relation to your project and ensure the wider org retains and benefits from them;
• Proactively communicate successes and learnings to the entire national and global organization
• Work with the Development Department to maintain and expand Greenpeace’s relationship with donors

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as organizational or team priorities arise and/or shift.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum 7 years experience in public interest campaigning,  with environmental organizations preferred
• Experience at a people  management level 
• Proven experience in directing a project from conception to completion
• Demonstrated experience in research and writing, public speaking and issue advocacy, and mobilizing people to take action
• Track record of developing creative campaign content that engages diverse communities and deepens relationships with existing supporters
• Track record of effective budget management
• Experience of empowering others in order to build secure, trusting and effective teams
• Experience navigating issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion and a deep commitment to advancing these values.
• Experience of working to ensure an organization is an equitable, diverse and inclusive space

Skills, Attributes and Experience:

• Excellent communication skills, including spoken and written English and public speaking skills; fluency in another relevant language is desired
• Ability to represent Greenpeace and our work effectively with the media
• Strong interpersonal skills, including willingness to facilitate conflict resolution and offer direct feedback
• Strategic and motivational leadership skills
• Adept and open to learning and development 
• Driven toward taking action on environmental issues
• Strong decision-making skills
• Strong project leadership and project planning skills to enable the delivery of projects to time, to budget and to deliver clear objectives;
• A belief in creating a culture of feedback
• Commitment to progressive values and peaceful direct action as a means to effect change
• Ability to work with and lead a variety of people and groups, set and review goals and assess risks and outcomes.  
• Commitment to progressive values and peaceful non-violent direct action as a means of creating change

Other:

• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, sometimes for significant lengths of time
• Ability and willingness to work across time zones and sometimes outside of normal business hours, as needed

COMPENSATION

Greenpeace offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage with low contributions from staff. We have options for pre-tax flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care costs. Greenpeace employees enjoy generous 401K matching and time-off for vacation, sick, personal, and parental leave. After five years, staff are eligible for a paid sabbatical. To encourage public transportation use and biking, we offer subsidies for staff who choose to bike or ride mass transit to work. Greenpeace is committed to the growth and development of staff and fostering a creative workplace culture. For more information, check out our benefits plan. 

This role is a graded at a level 4, and a starting salary within the range of $92,000 to $110,000 is anticipated to be provided to the successful candidate having met the minimum requirements for this position consistent with reflecting our commitment to maintaining competitive and fair compensation practices.

If you want to save the world from climate change and believe in environmental and social justice, please submit an application on our careers page. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will conclude once we have found the best candidate.

Greenpeace is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, family/marital status, religion or other protected classes. We strongly encourage applications from marginalized communities. If you require assistance applying to this opportunity, please contact usa-resumes@greenpeace.org. 

Only applicants eligible to work and live in the United States without any legal restrictions need apply for this opportunity.