• Remuneration: $70,000 pro rata
• Type of employment: Part-time, 3-days per week (with the possibility of some full-time work)

The Electric Vehicle Regional Organiser is the manager of the on-ground work for our Electric Vehicle Ute Roadshow, including end-to-end event logistics, volunteer management, and stakeholder engagement.

Importantly, you're also the face of our regional transport campaign, appearing in social and mainstream media; and generating, collecting and sharing stories from the communities you’re working with.

For the first three months, the role is ideally based in the Ballarat region or nearby, or in Melbourne with frequent travel to Ballarat. For the second three months, you'll get the opportunity to drive one of the first EV utes in Australia around regional Victoria and New South Wales (a significant amount of travel will take place over this time).

THE EV UTE ROADSHOW

The Electric Ute Roadshow will demonstrate the benefits of electric utes to everyday regional Australians by driving an electric ute to strategic rural and regional areas, hosting community events to engage the general public; critically, tradies, farmers, and campers.

We will partner with local groups to deliver EV events that showcase the benefits of EVs including utes, such as vehicle-to-load (using an EV as a portable battery), charging through rooftop solar, and cost of living benefits of EVs vs petrol cars. Events will take place from Ballarat to Brisbane.

Our team will support the roadshow by harnessing the stories from both the roadshow and each local event to create local and national media, as well as an online blog.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• A relationship builder: You have enthusiasm for connecting with, listening to and relating to a wide variety of people. You enjoy building alliances. You’ll keep an eye out for and train new local media talent. You have prior experience working with and empowering volunteers from a range of backgrounds.
• A storyteller: You know what makes a good story, and how to craft a compelling narrative. You’re willing to be the face of our transport campaign in regional areas: planning and producing engaging social media content, and being a clear and concise media spokesperson for the organisation, and an advocate for the needs of regional communities.
• A social media star: You know how to create engaging social media content across platforms than can also be used on broadcast TV.
• An event-manager: You love creating inspiring, crowd-pleasing events that cut through to new audiences. You know how to “stay cool” whilst organising people and events, and are good at wearing many hats.
• Authentic connection to Regional Australia: You have lived experience of regional Australia, or previous experience working constructively with regional communities.
• A highly organised team player: You are comfortable working in a dispersed and mostly remote team, with knowledge of online tools and systems.

You will be reporting to the Melbourne-based Clean Transport Campaigner. Prior knowledge of or experience in energy, climate, or transport policy is a plus but is not a requirement. This role will require you to have a valid Australian Drivers License.

ABOUT SOLAR CITIZENS

Solar Citizens’ staff, volunteers and supporters campaign for a fast and fair transition to 100% clean, renewable energy and electric transport. Our vision is for an Australia powered entirely by renewable energy where everyone has access to clean technology—like solar, storage and electric transport—to bring down bills and slash pollution.

We work to tell a compelling story that demonstrates how electrifying our economy and rolling out renewable energy backed by storage is a win-win for our hip pocket and the environment. By changing the national story and building power in the suburbs, regions and cities, we bring together a broad base of Australian households and businesses to take collective action.

SALARY AND CONDITIONS

This role is 3-days per week (0.6 FTE) for 6 months, with a salary of $70,000 pro rata. There is a possibility of increasing hours if further funding is secured.

Solar Citizens staff receive four weeks’ leave plus one week of end-of-year closure and 14 days of sick leave (pro rata).

Solar Citizens embraces diversity and equality in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Creating a culture of equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing. We are an equal opportunity employer and we encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Solar Citizens acknowledges the long-standing and continuing leadership of First Nations peoples in caring for and protecting country and fighting for a safe climate. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Read our full climate justice statement here.

NOTE: Solar Citizens is an initiative of the 100% Renewable Community Campaign, trading as Solar Citizens. 100% Renewable Community Campaign is the formal employer of this role.

For more information contact Ajaya Haikerwal, National Clean Transport Campaigner on ajaya@solarcitizens.org.au using the subject line: Electric Vehicle Regional Organiser enquiry via EthicalJobs, or call 0400 723 324.