Job Announcement: Coalition, Advocacy and Organizing Manager

Join the Nature for All team and play a key leadership role in advancing Nature for All’s efforts to protect public lands and build a broad, diverse base of support for nature across Los Angeles County.

Job Type: Full-Time, Exempt position

Salary Range: $70,000 – $78,000 (Commensurate with experience)

Location: Los Angeles County (Hybrid)

Application Deadline: Open until filled

About Nature for All

Nature for All works to ensure that everyone in the Los Angeles region, especially
communities that have historically experienced barriers to nature and environmental
decision-making, have equitable access to the outdoors and the health, well-being, and
community benefits it provides.

Through outdoor access programs, leadership development, stewardship opportunities,
and advocacy campaigns, Nature for All connects communities to public lands,
cultivates environmental leaders, and advances policies that protect and expand access
to public lands, rivers, parks, trails, and open spaces.

Nature for All is building a diverse and powerful base of support for nature across Los
Angeles County, one that ensures communities have the opportunity to experience,
protect, and shape the natural places in which they live.

Purpose of Position

Core Responsibilities

Coalition Leadership & Partnership Management:

• Serve as the primary coordinator for the Nature for All Coalition.
• Convene coalition meetings, facilitate collaboration, and track shared priorities and deliverables.
• Build trusted relationships among coalition members and identify opportunities for collective action.
• Coordinate Nature for All’s participation in regional and statewide coalitions.
• Maintain systems for coalition communication, accountability, and information sharing.
• Help translate coalition priorities into coordinated advocacy and organizing strategies.

Advocacy Campaigns & Government Relations:

• Support advocacy campaigns related to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, Angeles National Forest, park equity, climate resilience, public lands, and equitable access to nature.
• Coordinate advocacy efforts with coalition partners and community leaders.
• Build and maintain relationships with elected officials, federal land managers, public agencies, and policymakers.
• Organize meetings, site visits, stewardship events, and community forums that connect decision-makers with community members.
• Develop advocacy materials including fact sheets, talking points, action alerts, testimony, and public comments.
• Monitor policy opportunities and coordinate coalition participation in advocacy efforts.

Community Organizing & Leadership Development:

• Support and activate Community Ambassadors, volunteers, and coalition partners.
• Mobilize community members to participate in public meetings, stewardship events, advocacy campaigns, and civic engagement opportunities.
• Help move participants along Nature for All’s leadership pathway—from outdoor experiences to stewardship, advocacy, and community leadership.
• Facilitate training workshops, listening sessions, and community education activities.
• Support coalition and partner events that strengthen environmental leadership and community power.

Communications & Campaign Coordination:

• Support campaign messaging, newsletters, digital communications, and community outreach.
• Develop organizing materials, action alerts, and educational resources.
• Maintain coalition and stakeholder databases and campaign tracking systems.
• Document coalition activities, community engagement, and advocacy outcomes for reporting and storytelling.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in coalition building, coordination of coalitions, community organizing, advocacy campaigns, public engagement, government relations, nonprofit leadership, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success building trusted relationships, organizing diverse groups around shared goals, and supporting collaborative advocacy campaigns or collective action efforts.
• Experience mobilizing community members and partners to participate in advocacy actions, public meetings, stewardship activities, and civic engagement opportunities.
• Strong facilitation, consensus-building, and relationship management skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse organizations, communities, and perspectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex issues into clear, compelling messages and develop advocacy materials for policymakers, coalition partners, and community audiences.
• Strategic thinker with strong organizational and project management skills, capable of coordinating multiple initiatives, managing competing priorities, and moving ideas into action.
• Experience planning and facilitating coalition meetings, trainings, workshops, public events, and stakeholder convenings.
• Demonstrated judgment, emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and the ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment.
• Comfortable representing Nature for All in meetings with community members, coalition partners, elected officials, public agencies, the media, and other external stakeholders.
• Comfortable moving between community meetings, coalition strategy sessions, legislative offices, and outdoor stewardship events.
• Ability and willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends and travel throughout Los Angeles County.
• Valid California Driver’s License, reliable transportation, and proof of automobile insurance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with California environmental policy, public lands, parks, transportation, water, climate resilience, or environmental justice issues.
• Knowledge of federal public lands policy and management, including national forests, national monuments, and protected public lands.
• Experience working with Congressional offices, government agencies, elected officials, or public affairs teams.
• Adaptable and energized by working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
• Motivated by building community power and helping create lasting change through advocacy, leadership development, and coalition-building.
• Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency.

Travel Requirements

This position requires regular travel throughout Los Angeles County to attend
community meetings, coalition convenings, public hearings, stewardship events, and
meetings with elected officials and agency partners. The role also requires periodic
travel to Sacramento, Washington, D.C., and other locations for advocacy fly-ins, policy
meetings, partner convenings, and strategic gatherings related to Nature for All’s public
lands and environmental priorities.

The ability to travel, occasionally work evenings and weekends, and participate in
outdoor and community-based events is an essential function of this position.

Workload and Physical Demands

This position requires flexibility to work beyond a standard workday, including occasional
evening and weekend meetings and events.

The employee will regularly use a computer, participate in meetings virtually and in
person, communicate by phone and email, and travel throughout Los Angeles County.

The employee may occasionally support outdoor events and stewardship activities
requiring the ability to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations will be considered.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Nature for All is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on age,
race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected
characteristic.

We value a diversity of experiences and encourage BIPOC+, LGBTQI+, first-generation
professionals, and community-rooted leaders to apply.

 Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Vacation and sick leave
• Fourteen paid holidays

Application Process
To apply, please email your resume and expression of interest via idealist.org or email: Belen Bernal, Executive Director at Belen@lanatureforall.org

Transparent Hiring Process

• Step 1 – Candidates submit their job application, resume, and cover letter.
• Step 2 – Review all of the documents and qualifications.
• Step 3 – Top candidates are invited to a 20-30 minute screening phone interview.
• Step 4 – Candidates that move forward in the interview process will be invited to a 90 minute to 120 minute in-person interview to review past job performance, skillset alignment, and ensure organizational cultural fit.
• Step 5 – Final candidates will be asked for a list of references which includes past supervisors, colleagues, and supervisees.
• Step 6 – Offer is made to the top candidate.