The Movement Support Team (MST) The MST exists to enhance and grow the capacity of our community-based volunteers to campaign effectively for a fossil-free and climate-safe future in Australia.

OUR GOAL:

• Elect a federal parliament committed to phasing out fossil fuels.
• Build a large network of committed grassroots leaders who play meaningful roles in our campaigns, work in coalition, and show up in solidarity.

HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS:
By enhancing our organisational capacity for campaign mobilisation and movement building (recruitment, onboarding, and training), we will create a large, diverse, and strong movement base capable of effectively pressuring decision-makers and candidates to commit to phasing out fossil fuels.

Location: At the moment, these volunteer roles are only available in Melbourne. While most of the work can be done from home, we strongly recommend our volunteers to spend some time with staff and other volunteers at our Melbourne office in Brunswick to create a positive team experience.

Volunteers will be reimbursed for public transport costs and lunch when they are required to commute to the office ( up to $43 per volunteer per office day).

Time commitment: These roles require a minimum commitment of 6 hours per week for 6 months. There is a scope for undertaking this commitment beyond 6 hours per week for 6 months though it needs to be discussed with the program coordinator to ensure that such arrangements are mutually beneficial and agreed.

Roles available: We focus on three areas of movement support. Depending on your strengths and skills you can apply for a specific team. However, the teams are designed to rotate throughout the year to allow for people’s varying schedules and capacities and to make sure we have a strong crew skilled in all areas.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, disabled people, LGBTIQ+ people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to apply for this role.

Movement Building Team Volunteer (1 position) Responsibilities include:

• Organising recruitment events and activities such as welcome webinars for people interested in getting involved
• Helping recruit, train and support new volunteers
• Scheduling calls and text campaigns to reach out to new potential volunteers
• Designing processes and systems to allow people to join 350 activities

Selection criteria:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Public speaking and facilitation skills
• Ability to build rapport and relationships with a diverse group of people
• Event organising skills
• Passion and commitment to climate justice

Campaign Action Team Volunteer (1 position) Responsibilities include:

• Help develop and roll out meaningful campaign activities in key moments;
• Help create relevant resources and trainings to support campaign activities
• Use digital tools like Action Network to set up events, webpages and tactic guides
• Organise, promote and recruit for key protests and campaign events through text campaigns, phone calls
• Review how our actions worked, gather feedback, and use that information to make future campaigns better

Selection criteria:

• Analytical skills
• Strong digital skills and ability to pick up and work with new technology and platforms
• Strong communication skills and ability to build rapport with new people
• Initiative and desire to learn from and evaluate processes and your own work to increase impact
• Passion and commitment to climate justice

Capacity Building Team Volunteers (2x positions) Responsibilities include:

• Assist with events and national calls to help our groups and volunteers connect as one national movement
• Assist in building an online community through Whatsapp, social media and other digital platforms
• Support delivery of national and state trainings + events that foster connections between groups
• Support staff with logistics get getting quotes for printing, booking venues, organising food etc

Selection criteria:

• Strong organisation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport quickly with people from diverse ages and backgrounds
• Ability to pick up and work with new technology and platforms
• Strong initiative and problem solving skills
• Passion and commitment to climate justice