Job Openings — Water Insecurity Correction Coalition

Job Openings at WICC

Join the WICC team and help fight America’s water insecurity crisis.

Marketing & Communication Director (Remote)

Manage and support wicc social media & communication platforms!

The Marketing and Communications Director (MCD) will manage the outward-facing communications of WICC, and develop a summer internship program focused on social media content creation. The MCD will work with other WICC directors to maintain and enhance the organization's public image and optimize the utilization of social media, mass communication, and other online platforms (i.e. MailerLite, Instagram, LinkedIn, WICC official website). The MCD will report to the Executive Director and serve as a WICC Board of Directors member.
- 10-15 hours per week
- 1-2 weekly meetings
- 1 monthly Board of Directors meeting
- Term: 1 year
- Develop a marketing and communications plan or strategy to increase organization visibility.
- Manage WICC communications and media platforms including but not limited to MailerLite, Instagram, LinkedIn, and the official WICC website.
  - Design and upload mission-related content regularly, across WICC platforms.
  - Collaborate with WICC Advocacy and Fundraising Teams to market programming activities and garner support for the organization.
- Maintain WICC contacts database.
- Develop media releases when necessary for new WICC programs and projects.
- Manage general incoming inquiries and comments received via email or social media.
- Manage and monitor WICC Google Ads Grant
These are not requirements, but the most qualified candidates will have experience with one or more of the following:
- Graphic Design (Adobe, Canva, etc)
- Leadership
- Google Ads
- Social media management
- Organization

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FUNDRAISING TEAM COORDINATOR (remote)

hELP RUN OUR FUNDRAISING PROJECTS AND APPLY FOR GRANTS!

The Fundraising Team Coordinator’s (FTC) role is to lead and guide the Fundraising Team. They report to the Fundraising and Finance Director (FFD) and help them carry out projects and fulfill the goals of the Fundraising Team as they work to help WICC achieve its mission.
The role mainly consists of being the link between the FFD and the Fundraisers as they work with and lead fundraising initiatives. They help the FFD plan for the team but also check in regularly with the team. Alongside management and planning, the FTC will work with the team on grant writing and fundraising projects.
This position comes with the opportunity to lead passionate and interested young people and initiate and lead their own fundraising projects.
- 8-13 hours/week
- Attends regularly scheduled meetings (Fundraising & Core)
- 6-month commitment
- Manage and oversee the daily/weekly operations of the Fundraisers
  - Help plan weekly agendas for the fundraisers
  - Manage the fundraising Trello page
  - Check in with the fundraisers throughout the week to ensure they are accomplishing their tasks
  - Be able to help Fundraisers by answering questions or directing them to someone who can
  - Manage trello or other organizational aspects of the team to help keep track of planning & projects
- Help plan quarterly Fundraising team projects/goals
  - Work with FFD & possibly other core members
- Act as a link between the FFD & Fundraisers
- Work on grant writing
- Work on fundraising projects
- Organization
- Management
- Willingness to lead
- Writing

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saranac lake volunteer COordinator

help monitor water quality of your local lake!

UWCP is looking for a Salt Watch Volunteer Coordinator who is looking for a short-term but big-impact way to help the Adirondack community & environment. This is a stipended ($250) volunteer position that is a great opportunity to get more involved in the Saranac Lake/Lake Placid community.

Responsibilities include:

Enlisting volunteers (can be your friends, fellow students, club members, etc) to help collect periodic samples of freshwater bodies (i.e. Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, etc) from your Hub.
Coordinating your team of volunteers on a regular basis through monthly calls and training them to collect samples.
Uploading and helping your volunteers upload the data you collect to your Hub's site page.

Accepting applications on a rolling basis. We'd like to get our first pilot Hub up and running before school starts. Opportunities for role expansion may be available as UWCP's work in the Adirondacks is expanding!

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speculator volunteer COordinator

help find out how residents feel about road salt contamination!

UWCP is looking for a Volunteer Coordinator who is looking for a short-term but big-impact way to help the Adirondack community & environment. This is a stipended ($100) volunteer position that is a great opportunity to get more involved in the Speculator community.

This is a short time commitment (5-10 hours total): the Volunteer Coordinator would receive a brief 1 hour training by the UWCP Project Lead before enlisting a handful of volunteers (can be your friends, fellow students, club members, etc) to help collect survey responses from ADK residents. Surveying can be done in whatever method the Volunteer Coordinator decides is best -- through door-knocking, tabling at a farmer's market, or ringing in people at the grocery store.