The Organization:
Founded in 1965, the Rachel Carson Council (RCC) is the organization that, before her death from breast cancer, Rachel Carson asked her friends and colleagues to form to continue her work. Today, the RCC’s mission carries on Carson’s extraordinary legacy and ecological ethic combining a scientific concern for the environment and human health with a sense of reverence and wonder for all forms of life in order to build a more sustainable, just, and peaceful future.
The RCC is a growing and respected voice at the grassroots and on Capitol Hill. We are committed to environmental and climate justice through education, organizing and advocacy especially the RCC Campus Network (RCCN) of sixty-three colleges and universities and thousands of students, staff, faculty, and administrators. As part of the RCCN, the RCC carries out a national RCC Fellowship Program with some 30 undergraduate and graduate RCC Fellows selected nationwide who receive mentoring, a $2,000 stipend, and work on RCC year-long projects and campaigns from their respective campuses. The RCC also selects nine full-time summer Duke Stanback Fellows who work at the Washington, D.C. office on Dupont Circle. All RCC Fellows and Stanback Fellows attend the 5-day RCC American Environmental Leadership Institute at the Rockwood Manor Retreat Center alongside the Camp;O Canal Historic National Park.
The Position:
The Rachel Carson Council seeks an aspiring, creative, committed, and flexible environmental leader, likely a recent graduate or toward the beginning of their career, willing to help expand and innovate at a small, but respected and growing organization. The position's primary responsibility will be the management and oversight of the RCC Fellowship Program. The ideal candidate will combine the imagination, empathy and writing of Rachel Carson with her dedication to connecting with a wide network of academics, activists, NGOs, and writers to protect the environment through education, writing and advocacy, bringing impeccable, but accessible, science and solutions to the public and policymakers.
The Assistant Director, RCC Fellowship Program, reports directly to the President amp; CEO, will be mentored by him, and works collaboratively with the Director of the RCCN and other RCC staff. The position is designed for an emerging environmental justice leader with experience in education, organizing, advocacy, and writing and editing, who will oversee, build and deepen the RCC Fellowship Program, mentor RCC Fellows, guide their projects, and review and edit their publications and other deliverables. The Director should have wide knowledge and experience in climate justice and environmental health issues, on and off campus, such as fossil fuel divestment, clean and renewable energy, wood pellet production and other false solutions to the climate crisis, factory farms, and chemical pollution (coal ash, PFAs, pesticides). She or he will enhance and expand RCC outreach, visibility, and membership growth through effective communications to the RCCN, members, and the public.
Responsibilities:
The Assistant Director is responsible for managing the national RCC Fellowship and summer Duke Stanback Fellowship Programs in coordination with the Director of the RCC Campus Network under the supervision and guidance of the President amp; CEO, as well as in collaboration with other RCC staff who participate in the program. The Assistant Director will:
The RCC Fellowship Program: