If you haven't heard a lot from me in person, on twitter, facebook, or via this blog over the past few months, it's because I've been head down, working with some amazing people all over the world on the most interesting and challenging project of my career.

The Global Campaign for Climate Action was formed late last year to create the "Make Poverty History" for the climate movement: building a massive, diverse global movement of people showing our political leaders it's OK for them to take bold action on climate change. The GCCA is organizing for the Copehnagen Climate Summit, happening this December, where world leaders literally decide the fate of future generations and the planet. 

GCCA's campaign is called "Tck Tck Tck" (click to see the temp site, real site launches in August), telling the world time is ticking for a real climate deal. We've helped the campaign create a radical and innovative open model, centered around a hub website, www.tcktcktck.org, but with most of the energy coming from the ecosystem of amazing global NGO partners, which include World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam, Greenpeace, Avaaz, 350.org, Amnesty, Christian Aid, and a few dozen other leaders from environment, aid, union, and even business groups. 

Anyways, I could talk about the campaign, the partners, the 6 incredible mostly local companies we've brought to the table to execute on the project, the technical strategy, and the social networks and mobile apps all day but have to get back on it, today we're looking to fill one of the coolest jobs on the planet: a blogger and social media campaigner to work on the campaign from now until the end of December. Please help spread the word!

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Blogger / Online Campaigner for Global Climate Change Project

The Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA) is the hub for mobilizing civil society to support an ambitious, fair and binding agreement at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December 2009. GCCA brings together an unprecedented alliance of faith groups, unions, environmental and development NGOs, and high-profile “climate allies” like Kofi Annan to show world leaders a diverse and active global movement is ready for them to take bold climate action, now.

GCCA’s campaign is centered around a common “open source” brand, tcktcktck, that will be run by formal and informal partners, and a central hub website, www.tcktcktck.org, managed by the GCCA. What ties the campaign together is a common call to action, that will be aggregated across all partner and central websites. The GCCA seeks a talented blogger and online campaigner to join our team for the duration of the campaign and help execute one of the most ambitious and exciting online campaigns on the planet.

Job Role:

The blogger and online campaigner will work full time for the GCCA, leading the following from July 2009 through to January 2010:

• writing blogs: about tcktcktck, our work, campaigns, and movement wide-view (10%)
• writing blogs: summarizing and profiling our partner’s great work in the movement (30%)
• rapid response online campaigning, promoting ours and others’ campaign actions, supporting partner response, pushing to GCCA managed email lists and social networks (25%)
• managing social media assets and campaigns (15%)
• monitoring blogs, social media, news sites and partner organizations for activities and news (10%)
• internal management, collaboration, partner relationships, etc (10%)

This position will report directly to the Digital Strategy Manager, and will work closely with a number of strong staff and engaged vendor partners, including the director of Communications, the new media coordinator, the social media strategy team, and the blogger outreach / PR team.

Position Requirements:

The most compelling candidate will have a unique combination of writing, social media, and online advocacy experience. Experience and skills required:

• strong, fast, and passionate blog style writing skills (a strong writing portfolio is essential)
• min 2 years experience working in NGO advocacy campaigns
• comfort operating in social networks and speaking for a campaign/brand in a personal voice
• excellent interpersonal communications skills and attention to detail
• video blogging & / or photography skills a plus but not essential
• familiarity with the climate / environmental movement a strong plus though not essential

This is not a technical position however strong savvy and interest in the web is essential. This is a virtual position, however preference will be given to applicants on the east coast of North America due to global time zone constraints.

To Apply:

Please send a cover letter, writing samples, & resume or LinkedIn profile to michael.pereira@tcktcktck.org. More information on tcktcktck can be found on our (temporary) public site: www.tcktcktck.org, or the GCCA Secreteriat site: www.gc-ca.org

Position closes July 31, 2009