Halt the Harm Network / Stop Bad Data Centers Gateway Sessions Facilitator

Halt the Harm Network (HHN) supports communities across the United States that are confronting harmful data center development. Our public-facing campaign is Stop Bad Data Centers (stopbaddatacenters.org), and at the heart of that site is the Seven Gateways framework. We organize support for leaders learning about the seven distinct phases of data center development where communities can intervene, push back, and shape outcomes.

For each Gateway, we host a live online session that brings together the community leaders, organizers, technical experts, and policy advocates working that part of the fight.

Our first fellow built this format from the ground up. Sessions now regularly draw 30 to 60 participants and have become one of the most reliable ways for people on the frontlines of data center fights to find one another, share what’s working, and feed insights back into the resources we publish.

We are now hiring our next Gateway Sessions Fellow to host these meetings, deepen them, and help us bring more people into the network through them.

What you’ll do

This is primarily a facilitation role with strategic and content responsibilities layered on top. You’ll be supported by an experienced team. You won’t be running Zoom logistics, recruiting attendees, or building promo on your own.

1. Host and facilitate Gateway sessions

• Lead one live online Gateway session per cycle (one webinar for each of the Seven Gateways, plus follow-ups and special topics as they emerge)
• Cultivate genuine discussion among community organizers, technical experts, and frontline leaders. These are not lecture-style webinars
• Bring out the people in the room: surface local stories, connect participants to one another, and route questions to the right experts
• Work with our Zoom host and tech team so the technical side runs smoothly while you focus on the conversation

2. Improve the format of our Sessions

• Review what’s worked and what hasn’t from the first cycle of sessions
• Identify where session design can be tightened, sharpened, or extended (e.g., better pre-work, stronger follow-up loops, cleaner integration with the site)
• Establish and maintain the “rules of the road”  or the agreements and expectations that keep sessions productive and safe, especially during intense conversations about real harm

3. Close the feedback loop

• Document the substantive takeaways from each session
• Work with the technical team to translate community feedback into actual updates on stopbaddatacenters.org and the Gateway resources
• Contribute to the HHN newsletter and content planning so insights from the sessions reach the broader network

4. Document and hand off

• Capture facilitation tools, scripts, prep materials, and protocols so future fellows can step into Gateway hosting confidently
• Mentor or tag-team with incoming fellows during transitions
• Identify additional fellowship activities that could be added in a future contract amendment

Who we’re looking for

You’d be a strong fit if you bring most of the following:

• Real facilitation experience. You’ve hosted live online conversations of 25+ people and know how to make them feel like a room, not a broadcast. You can hold space for hard topics and keep things moving.
• Comfort with the subject matter. You don’t need to be a data center expert on day one, but you should be comfortable getting fluent in Gateway-relevant topics: zoning, utilities, environmental permitting, tax incentives, water and energy demand, community organizing.
• Network instincts. You see your job as connecting people to each other, not centering yourself.
• Strong writing and documentation habits. Session notes, takeaways, and protocols are deliverables, not afterthoughts.
• Strategic thinking. You can spot what’s working in a session and propose how to make the next one better.
• Alignment with movement values.  Communities most affected lead. We support; we don’t substitute.
• Self-direction with team coordination skills. This is a remote, contract-based role with regular touchpoints, not a 9-to-5.

We especially encourage applications from people with lived or organizing experience in communities directly affected by data center development.

What you can expect from us

• A working format, not a blank slate. The first cycle proved the model. You are  improving and scaling something real.
• A team behind the scenes. Tech setup, recording, advertising, and recruitment are handled by experienced colleagues.
• A network worth showing up for. You’ll meet organizers, researchers, and policy advocates from Virginia, Maryland, Texas, and across the country, plus amazing leaders from organizations like FracTracker Alliance, the Better Data Center Project, or over 900 organizations and groups.
• Paid for your time. This is a paid fellowship contract, with scope and compensation to be finalized with the selected applicant. Specific terms (hours, duration, rate) will be confirmed during conversation.

Organizational expectations

It’s the responsibility of everyone on the team to model HHN’s and Netcentric Campaigns’ organizational values, culture, and professional standards.