August 2, 2023 View all news Friends of the Earth Ireland is recruiting a campaigner who will drive our campaigning work on phasing out fossil fuels, including work on LNG, data centres, and the proposed Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. The campaigner will carry out our policy analysis and advocacy as well as designing and implementing supporter, activist, political and media engagement strategies in conjunction with colleagues across the organization.Could you help us find someone really great for this role by sharing this advert with your networks or on social media? We'd be so grateful if people could help us spread the word by sharing our posts on Facebook here, LinkedIn here, Instagram here or retweet our tweet here.The successful candidate will deliver our policy and advocacy work on ending Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels, in particular fossil gas, and coordinate with colleagues to drive our campaign to prevent fossil gas lock-in. They will be joining the Friends of the Earth staff team at a critical and exciting juncture. Fossil fuels are fuelling the climate crisis and keeping people locked into energy poverty. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the associated energy price crisis has only served to highlight the dangers of our fossil fuel dependence.To view the full job description, role requirements and how to apply click here.The period ahead will see our campaigning focus on preventing fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly LNG, as well as combatting major new sources of demand for fossil gas, particularly data centres. We will seek to highlight and undermine the political and media influence of fossil fuel interests, and ensure Ireland’s foreign policy supports fossil fuel phase out, particularly in the context of the UN Climate Ambition Summit and COP28. Ireland’s membership of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance and global efforts for a dedicated fossil fuel phase out treaty will be important elements of this campaigning. Also approaching over the horizon are the local and EU elections in 2024 and then the General Election due by early 2025. Each of those moments has the potential to strengthen or set-back the momentum towards concerted action.To view the full job description, role requirements and how to apply click here.Applications close at the end of Sunday 13th August Categorised in: Energy Tagged with: No New Gas