Debra Coyle

Position: Term Employee, Full-Time through September 30, 2027 Start Date: Immediately About the Position The NJ Work Environment Council (WEC) is seeking an Occupational Health and Safety Trainer to develop and deliver engaging, worker-centered occupational safety and health training programs. The Trainer will work with workers, worker representatives, employers, labor organizations, community organizations, and other partners to help participants recognize, prevent, and control workplace hazards. The position will use adult learning, participatory education, and popular education approaches. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about worker health and safety, adult education, and empowering workers to make their workplaces safer. What You'll Do Plan, coordinate, and conduct occupational safety and health trainings for workers, worker representatives, employers, and community organizations. Develop and update curricula and other educational resources. Deliver interactive and participatory training using adult and popular education methods. Provide instruction on workplace hazard identification, prevention, and control, including the Systems of Safety approach to incident investigation and prevention. Work with the Executive Director and project staff to implement grant activities and meet project goals, timelines, and deliverables. Coordinate training logistics and communicate with training participants. Travel to training locations, primarily throughout New Jersey. Maintain accurate records, evaluations, project documentation, [...]

The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is a coalition of labor, community, and environmental organizations advocating for safe, secure jobs and a healthy, sustainable environment. WEC seeks a full-time, experienced campaign organizer. The person hired will have primary responsibility for organizing and advancing WEC’s Healthy Schools Now initiative, while also supporting WEC’s broader organizing, coalition-building, and campaign efforts. Responsibilities Include: Working with the Executive Director and staff to develop, implement, and evaluate campaign strategies, timelines, messaging, and deliverables, while adjusting plans as priorities and circumstances change. Building and maintaining relationships with a diverse coalition of labor, community, environmental, parent, and other partner organizations through one-on-one meetings, campaign planning, events, and presentations. Leading grassroots and grasstops organizing efforts, including recruiting and developing volunteer leaders, mobilizing supporters, organizing petitions, letter-writing, direct actions, and other campaign activities. Coordinating communications and public engagement efforts, including messaging, press conferences, media events, social media campaigns, and outreach to legislators and other public officials. Developing and delivering training for parents, community stakeholders, and emerging leaders to build organizing capacity and strengthen campaign participation. Collaborating with the Executive Director, staff, board members, and coalition partners to advance organizational priorities, campaigns, events, and strategic initiatives; proactively identifying challenges and [...]