Current Openings
Federal REgulatory Attorney, We ACt
Location: Washington, D.C. (Hybrid: Minimum 3 days in D.C. office or on the Hill)
Description: West Harlem Environmental Action a/k/a WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a nonprofit, community-based advocacy organization that works to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and/or low-income residents participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT is a nationally recognized leader in the environmental justice (EJ) movement and the only national EJ organization with a permanent presence in Washington DC. WE ACT is known for its work in the areas of children’s environmental health; government accountability; and climate, energy and environmental justice.
WE ACT seeks a Federal Regulatory Attorney with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues based out of our Washington, D.C. Office. This role reports to the Federal Policy Director and will:
Coordinate with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the successful review and implementation of amended regulations; (including categorical exemptions for rebuilding transmission lines under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); ensuring amendments are implemented, adapted and enforced appropriately and with EJ communities in mind.
Serve as WE ACT’s point person on regulatory analysis and communication with federal regulators and policymakers, developing and maintaining strong relationships, identifying opportunities and priorities and establishing WE ACT as the go-to resource for policymakers, regulators, coalition members and other stakeholders around environmental justice policy.
Provide testimony and support administrative advocacy to ensure strong implementation of existing federal laws and regulations.
Work collaboratively with the federal government affairs team – developing thought leadership papers, policy designs, technical reports, analytical tools and recommendations while ensuring through an equity and justice lens informing how laws are shaped and who they apply to.
Provide technical assistance and referral services as needed to members of the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum, an alliance of 55 environmental justice groups representing 22 states that is convened by WE ACT.
In collaboration with the Federal Policy Director, develop and implement a comprehensive federal regulatory affairs plan in support of the policy priorities of the Federal Policy Office and to define short- and long-term goals and objectives related to WE ACT’s policy impact.
Convene and facilitate meetings and working groups with EJ and environmental NGO partners, experts, advocates, ratepayer and consumer groups, manufacturers, business organizations and associations, outside counsel and others to develop relationships and strengthen networks in order to address barriers to equity-centered environmental policy.
Manage and oversee a legal intern and fellow (contingent on funding availability.)
Government Affairs Director, We ACt
Location: Washington, D.C. (Hybrid: Minimum 3 days in D.C. office or on the Hill)
Description: West Harlem Environmental Action a/k/a WE ACT for Environmental Justice is a nonprofit, community-based advocacy organization that works to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and/or low-income residents participate meaningfully in the creation of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT is a nationally recognized leader in the environmental justice (EJ) movement and the only national EJ organization with a permanent presence in Washington DC. WE ACT is known for its work in the areas of children’s environmental health; government accountability; and climate, energy and environmental justice.
WE ACT is seeking a Government Affairs Manager in our Washington D.C. Office, this role reports to the Senior Director of Strategy and Federal Policy and will be responsible in developing and executing an impactful and comprehensive government relations and thought leadership strategy on behalf of WE ACT. This position will be a registered lobbyist and will include the following responsibilities:
Building trusted relationships with Administration Officials, Congressional offices, caucuses, and committees.
Educating Federal Officials and staff about WE ACT, the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum (EJ Forum), environmental justice issues and leading lobbying efforts to advance key priorities.
Collaborating with Federal Policy Office teams to identify, cultivate and mobilize new federal legislative allies and champions that may not be familiar with environmental justice issues.
Identifying and securing opportunities for WE ACT staff and EJ Forum members to engage with Congressional and committee leadership and their staff, i.e., organizing lobby days.
Identifying, assessing, and providing recommendations to mitigate or respond to federal policy issues that may impact WE ACT, EJ Forum members or the aims of the environmental justice movement.
Providing guidance on strategies and communication plans to engage federal policymakers on key initiatives.
Supporting efforts to build and grow Congressional awareness and the reputation of the EJ Forum.
Drafting materials such as talking points, bill analyses, leave behinds, reports, memos and presentations for Congressional meetings.
Tracking relevant activity on Capitol Hill and across the Administration and regularly engaging in rapid response and strategic outreach and interventions.
Representing WE ACT on Capitol Hill, federal policy coalitions, working groups and other collaborations.
Developing and maintaining expertise in emerging environmental justice and federal policy issues.
Contributing to the Federal Policy Office thought leadership, including but not limited to: writing comment letters, sign-on letters, blog posts, opinion pieces, and position papers.
Leading the Government Affairs team in identifying engagement opportunities, agenda setting and supervising the Legislative Coordinator.
Performing other duties as assigned
Business development director, veloz
Location: Veloz is based in Sacramento, California. This position is eligible for remote work in the U.S. with a strong perference for California and some nationwide travel expected (up to 10% annually)
Description: Reporting to the Executive Director and partnering with the Veloz team and Board leadership, the Business Development Director plays a critical role in making the electric for all vision a reality by driving an ambitious revenue strategy. Veloz’s current budget ranges from $2.5M to $5M, depending upon the Electric For All campaign cycle, and our strategic plan sets a target of 20% annual growth in each of the next three years.
The candidate in this position will build upon an influential existing network of members, lead Veloz’s revenue generation efforts and annual member-focused industry events and build new funding partnerships with corporations, philanthropies and government. Finally, they will act as a thought leader for the organization, working alongside Veloz’s Executive Director, Board and members to accelerate the EV market nationwide.
Application Deadline: April 29, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time
Policy Lab senior operations manager, Elemental Excelerator
Location: Hybrid (1-2 Days In-Office) – DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia), New York
Description: Design, run, and improve Policy Lab systems and infrastructure for tracking action items, workstream progress and team impact. Support Policy Lab coordination and engagement across teams and externally with our policy partner ecosystem. Handle workflow to support portfolio company coaching engagements. Support Policy Fellows programming and operations. Other tasks and support, as needed and time allows
Manager, hua nani partners
Location: Remote
Description: Full-Time
HNP is seeking a full-time Manager to join our team. The position will be focused on leading client-based climate and energy policy projects in close coordination with HNP’s leadership. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing 3-4 client projects and working directly with clients and HNP leadership. The ideal candidate will have 3-5+ years of experience in climate and/or energy policy at the state level. The candidate must have experience managing concurrent project deadlines, a can-do attitude for problem-solving, strong written and verbal communication skills, and be highly collaborative, proactive, detail-oriented, and mission-driven. The ideal candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, remote work environment. Some travel will be required for this position. We will only consider applications on a full-time salaried basis.
Deputy Director of policy, Carbon removal alliance
Location: Remote
Description: Carbon Removal Alliance is seeking an entrepreneurial Deputy Director of Policy who can work closely with the Executive Director and our members on our federal policy priorities. CRA is a new and growing organization, and this newly-created position will have a unique opportunity to shape the role and perspective of the organization in the policy space. Key priorities in the first year of the role include developing the strategy and vision for CRA’s policy agenda, building deep relationships with CRA members to bring high-value policy expertise, and deepening CRA’s reputation as a go-to educational resource for Congress and the Administration around carbon removal strategies and technologies. This position can be based anywhere in the US, with a preference for New York City or Washington, DC. The candidate should expect regular travel to Washington, DC.
Director for climate and disaster resilience, Northern california grantmakers
Location: Northern California; Hybrid
Description: We are seeking a highly-motivated individual to join our team as the Director for Climate and Disaster Resilience. The Director is responsible for articulating a vision for the role that philanthropy can play to build climate and disaster resilience in Northern California and across the State of California. The role leverages our partnerships with the other regional associations of Philanthropy California (SoCal Grantmakers and Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties). Situated on the NCG staff, this position is an integral member of a statewide team across Philanthropy California that responds to disasters as they occur in the State of California. A strategic responsibility for this position is to strengthen Philanthropy California’s internal capacity to serve as a hub for data sharing and coordination when disasters occur.
Resilience, clean transportation, and analytics manager, State of Hawai’i - Executive Branch
Location: Island of Oahu, HI
Description: The position is located in the Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO), an attached agency of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), and supports HSEO’s mission to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation to help achieve a resilient clean energy economy.
The position provides management, professional, and technical services to support the technical, analytical, coordination, and organizational functional capabilities required by HSEO’s mission to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation to help achieve a resilient, clean energy, and ultimately carbon negative economy. The position supports HSEO’s role, as designated by Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, of primary and coordinating agency for State Emergency Support Function 12: Energy in a senior leadership capacity.
DC chief of staff, WE ACT
Location: 3/2 Hybrid
Description: WE ACT seeks a Chief of Staff for its federal policy office in Washington, DC. This is principally an internally calibrated role that reports to and provides high level support to WE ACT’s Senior Director of Strategy & Federal Policy. The DC Chief of Staff is responsible for working collaboratively with the NY-based Chief of Staff to maintain a high priority around strategic planning, program evaluation and cross-team collaboration. This position actively works to connect the NY and DC offices of WE ACT, facilitates change management in this rapidly growing federal policy office and helps to translate the organization’s values, vision and mission into concrete goals and objectives that are adequately resourced and staffed. This includes support and coaching of team members to ensure strong collaboration and effective advocacy.
national organizing director, WE ACT
Location: 3/2 Hybrid
Description: WE ACT seeks a National Organizing Director with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This role reports to the Senior Director of Strategy & Federal Policy. This individual will develop and execute impactful and comprehensive advocacy and government affairs campaigns, including but not limited to through the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum (EJ Forum), an alliance of more than 50 environmental justice organizations based in 22 states, which WE ACT convenes. The EJ Forum was initiated in 2008 in response to the emerging concerns around possible climate mitigation strategies and regulations that were being presented as options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These strategies and regulations had the potential to amplify the disproportionate environmental burden on communities of color and low-income people.
national organizing manager, WE ACT
Location: 3/2 Hybrid
Description: WE ACT seeks a National Organizing Manager with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the National Organizing Director and will develop and execute impactful and comprehensive advocacy and government affairs campaigns, including but not limited to through the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum (EJ Forum), an alliance of more than 50 environmental justice organizations based in 22 states, which WE ACT convenes. The EJ Forum was initiated in 2008 in response to the emerging concerns around possible mitigation strategies and regulations that were being presented as options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These strategies and regulations had the potential to amplify the disproportionate environmental burden on communities of color and or low-income people.
Policy director – clean air and water, WE ACT
Location: 3/2 Hybrid
Description: WE ACT is seeking a Policy Director, Clean Air & Water (Attorney) with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the Senior Director of the Federal Policy Office and will pursue the use of administrative, legislative and regulatory actions to address the environmental and socio-economic burdens of pollution, creating safe and healthy living conditions in frontline communities. While national policies aim to allocate funding and resources to particular communities, we have seen time and time again that government often falls short. The Policy Director, Clean Air & Water (Attorney) will lead WE ACT’s efforts to support environmental justice initiatives, particularly those related to the use of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to reduce pollution in overburdened communities of color. These initiatives include ensuring that environmental justice organizations are poised to receive funding allocated from across federal agencies (e.g., EPA, HUD,) using the Justice40 framework
senior communications manager – Federal Policy Office, WE ACT
Location: Remote
Description: WE ACT is seeking a Senior Communications Manager with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the Director of the Federal Policy Office, with a dotted line relationship to the Communications Director in WE ACT’s New York headquarters, and is a key player in the development, implementation and evaluation of traditional and digital communications programs and campaigns.
senior corporate campaign strategist, Industrious labs
Location: Remote
Description: In this newly created position, the Senior Corporate Campaign Strategist is a highly skilled relationship builder with proven ability to establish, grow, and sustain diverse coalitions of stakeholders. They are passionate about solving the climate crisis by focusing on the strategies that will make the biggest impact, including focused campaigns, research and analysis, cross-sector collaborations, and communications. The Senior Corporate Campaign Strategist is energized by the challenge of the climate crises, inspired to step into a new era of the movement and has a strong track record of working with diverse groups such as organized labor, environmental justice advocates, and policymakers.
senior field strategist, Industrious labs
Location: Remote
Description: In this newly created position, the Senior Field Strategist is a highly strategic relationship builder with proven ability to establish, grow and sustain diverse coalitions of stakeholders. They are passionate about solving the climate crisis by focusing on the strategies that will make the biggest impact, including focused campaigns, research and analysis, cross-sector collaborations, and communications. The Senior Field Strategist is energized by the challenge of the climate crises, inspired to step into a new era of the movement, and has a strong track record of working with diverse groups such as organized labor and environmental justice advocates, policymakers and private sector leaders.
Executive director, indiana energy independence fund
Location: Remote
Description: The first executive director of the newly formed Indiana Energy Independence Fund (IEIF), Indiana’s nonprofit green bank, will inspire and drive efforts to promote accessible, equitable, and just investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy to support healthy and thriving communities. The executive director will work with the board of directors to develop organizational documents and policies, oversee marketing and communications efforts, build enduring relationships with stakeholders, provide leadership in clean energy funding and financing, fundraise to support growth of the organization, launch and oversee financing programs, and manage team members and vendors.
Director of Federal Initiatives, Just solutions collective
Location: Remote
Description: Given the urgency of the climate crisis, we are ramping up our federal strategy to support environmental justice and climate justice (EJ-CJ) organizations and coalitions as they work to understand and influence how the implementation of federal policies will impact state and local priorities, resources, and programs. While the recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents a significant policy victory, the work of advancing even bolder equity-centered policies and implementation remains.
Director of State Initiatives, Just solutions collective
Location: Remote
Description: Given the urgency of the climate crisis, we are ramping up our strategy to support state-wide environmental justice and climate justice (EJ-CJ) organizations and coalitions as they work to understand and influence the development and implementation of federal and state climate policies and programs. While the recent passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) represents a significant policy victory, the work of advancing even bolder equity-centered policies and implementation remains.
Director – Partnerships and development, Forum mobility
Location: Oakland, CA (Hybrid)
Description: This position will lead industry partnerships with key logistics stakeholders -- including but not limited to Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCOs), sustainability-oriented product companies, ports, terminal operators, shipping companies, digital freight marketplaces, and environmental organizations -- in order to drive new business opportunities for Forum and our customers. The goal is to create demand for a differentiated category of zero emission goods movement, and successfully translate that into increased drayage business for Forum Mobility’s customers and growth opportunities for Forum depots and trucks.
Managing Director – Climate and Energy, On-ramps
Location: CA (Greater San Francisco Bay Area), DC (Washington Metropolitan Area), IL (Chicago Metropolitan Area), MA (Boston Metropolitan Area), Flexible
Description: The Managing Director will lead the overall team management, staff wellbeing, strategic vision setting and budget oversight for the C&E program. A successful candidate will demonstrate experience on ways to deepen the team's efforts to be an anti-racist program and contribute to a collaborative work environment within the program and across the organization as well as with partner organizations, especially those working in environmental and climate justice spaces. The Managing Director will help raise the visibility and support for climate and energy issues with multiple high-profile audiences, including the media, scientific organizations, foundations, and policymakers.
vice president of environmental policy, responsible business alliance (RBA)
Location: New York, NY
Description: RBA is looking to identify and recruit a Vice President, Environmental Policy, who will lead the work to advance RBA’s strategy and programs for Environmental Sustainability. As one of the five pillars of RBA’s Code of Conduct, environmental sustainability is a core component of many RBA members’ CSR programs. With the ability to engage companies throughout supply chains, the RBA is uniquely positioned to drive environmentally sustainable progress and they would like to this leader to take strategic leadership on business and policy issues to elevate their environmental and climate programs.
The VP of Environmental Policy will report to the Chief Executive Officer of RBA, Rob Lederer, and will serve as the company-wide external environmental ambassador and spokesperson, helping lead their company-wide public policy and strategic oversight of environmental issues, and partnering closely with other groups that have key executional responsibilities. They will also liaise and partner with the VP of Human Rights at RBA.
Chief Of STaff, We act
Location: New York
Description: WE ACT seeks a Chief of Staff with a demonstrated passion for environmental justice and a track record as a highly effective and respected cross-functional support professional. This is principally an internally calibrated role that reports to and provides high level support to WE ACT Co-founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard. The Chief of Staff plays a critical and trusted role as the strategic thought partner to the Executive Director. They are responsible for maintaining strategic planning, facilitating change management and inspiring teamwork and collaboration. This role helps to translate the organization’s values, vision and mission into concrete goals and objectives that are adequately resourced and staffed and ensures the strong execution of the organization’s strategic plans. This includes support and coaching of organizing directors to ensure strong collaboration and effective campaigns.
National Coalition director, We act
Location: D.C.
Description: WE ACT seeks a National Coalition Director with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This role reports to the Senior Director of Strategy & Federal Policy. This individual will develop and execute impactful and comprehensive advocacy and government affairs campaigns, including but not limited to through the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum (EJ Forum), an alliance of more than 50 environmental justice organizations based in 22 states, which WE ACT convenes. The EJ Forum was initiated in 2008 in response to the emerging concerns around possible climate mitigation strategies and regulations that were being presented as options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These strategies and regulations had the potential to amplify the disproportionate environmental burden on communities of color and low-income people.
National Coalition Manager, We ACt
Location: D.C.
Description: WE ACT seeks a National Coalition Director with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This role reports to the Senior Director of Strategy & Federal Policy. This individual will develop and execute impactful and comprehensive advocacy and government affairs campaigns, including but not limited to through the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum (EJ Forum), an alliance of more than 50 environmental justice organizations based in 22 states, which WE ACT convenes. The EJ Forum was initiated in 2008 in response to the emerging concerns around possible climate mitigation strategies and regulations that were being presented as options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These strategies and regulations had the potential to amplify the disproportionate environmental burden on communities of color and low-income people.
Policy Director, Columbia River
Location: Portland or Hood River, OR; possibility of remote environment within Oregon or Washington state. Work is temporarily remote due to the pandemic, with the option to work from the office if preferred
Description: The ideal candidate will be a visionary policy and government relations leader who flourishes in a team environment and can effectively develop policy strategies and advocate at the local, state, and federal levels. They will enjoy mentoring staff and cultivating advocacy and leadership skills within the team. They will have a demonstrated commitment to advancing racial equity, substantial public policy or legislative experience, and knowledge about environmental policy. They will also have experience working with Tribal governments; local, state, and national organizations; and community allies. They are a thoughtful leader who values and respects differences of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ability, and socio-economic circumstance, and they actively work to foster an equitable and inclusive experience for everyone in their work.
Chief Of Staff & Project Manager, Neoteric energy & Climate LLC
Location: Flexible
Description: This person who fills this position will split their time between supporting our founder and CEO in doing everything necessary to make Neoteric and its initiatives a success and supporting 1-2 of our inaugural initiatives, the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance and/or an as-yet unnamed Scope 3+ accounting guidance initiative. Candidates from many backgrounds will be considered but the target candidate would be a recent business school graduate deeply interested in sustainability, with a few years of consulting experience at a major professional services firm. This first hire will have a front seat view of launching a new company in the clean energy and climate space as well as the ability to dive into all aspects of managing innovative, impactful clean energy and climate initiatives. The role can evolve with the individual’s skills and interests as the company grows.
Executive director – Solar geo-engineering research program, Harvard University
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: The Senior Director ensures effective development and timely preparation of WWF-US strategies for federal and sub-national climate policy. The Senior Director is responsible for developing work plans, and budgets for the Climate Policy Action team related to influencing climate action (both adaptation and mitigation) of the U.S. governments at the Federal and subnational levels. The Senior Director is responsible for tracking performance towards meeting the goals under the strategy and ensuring effective management of grants in this area.
Executive director – Solar geo-engineering research program, Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, MA
Description: Harvard University’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program (SGRP) is seeking an experienced leader and manager from the realm of environmental public policy to serve as its Executive Director. The Executive Director will work closely and collaboratively with the SGRP Faculty Director and Advisory Committee to further SGRP’s mission to: produce research that advances solar geoengineering’s science and technology frontier; employ Harvard’s convening power to bring together scientists, environmental leaders, and government officials to discuss the technology and its governance; and publish high-impact papers and disseminate ideas that engage other researchers, government research programs, and the U.S. policymaking community.
The Solar Geoengineering Research Program brings together 30 faculty and research affiliates from across many disciplines, including science, engineering, policy, business, economics, and others. Housed under the administrative umbrella of the Harvard University Center for the Environment, the program is led by David Keith, Faculty Director, and is further guided by an Advisory Committee composed of distinguished faculty from across the University.
Director of environmental health, we act
Location: North Manhattan, NY
Description: WE ACT is seeking a Director of Environmental Health with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Northern Manhattan headquarters. This individual reports to the cofounder and executive director and will lead WE ACT’s efforts to improve quality of life and environmental health outcomes in communities of color and low-income communities at the local, state and federal levels. The individual in this position will oversee the Environmental Health Department and the organization’s environmental health-related activities and campaigns. The Director of Environmental Health will also help to define, develop and communicate the environmental health components of WE ACT’s policy agenda and promote public health awareness, coalition building and advocacy amongst WE ACT’s constituencies. They will lead WE ACT’s research efforts, and alongside their staff, ensure the presence of an environmental justice perspective in the environmental and public health arena. The director will be responsible for designing and implementing all aspects of WE ACT’s environmental health program.
national coalition manager – federal policy office, we act
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: WE ACT is seeking a National Coalition Manager with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the Director of Federal Programs and National Advocacy and will develop and execute impactful and comprehensive advocacy and government affairs campaigns, including through the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum, an alliance of more than 50 environmental justice organizations based in 22 states, which WE ACT convenes. The EJ Forum was initiated in 2008 in response to the emerging concerns around possible mitigation strategies and regulations that were being presented as options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These strategies and regulations had the potential to amplify the disproportionate environmental burden on communities of color, and/or low-income people.
federal regulatory affairs manager (attorney), we act
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: WE ACT is seeking a Federal Regulatory Affairs Manager with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the Senior Director of the Federal Policy Office and will pursue the use of administrative, legislative and regulatory actions to address the environmental and socio-economic burdens of pollution, creating safe and healthy living conditions in frontline communities.
Clean air and water policy (attorney), we act
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: WE ACT is seeking a Policy Director, Clean Air & Water (Attorney) with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the Senior Director of the Federal Policy Office and will pursue the use of administrative, legislative and regulatory actions to address the environmental and socio-economic burdens of pollution, creating safe and healthy living conditions in frontline communities. While national policies aim to allocate funding and resources to particular communities, we have seen time and time again that government often falls short. The Policy Director, Clean Air & Water (Attorney) will lead WE ACT’s efforts to support environmental justice initiatives, particularly those related to the use of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to reduce pollution in overburdened communities of color. These initiatives include ensuring that environmental justice organizations are poised to receive funding allocated from across federal agencies (e.g., EPA, HUD,) using the Justice40 framework.
senior communications manager, We act
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: WE ACT is seeking a Senior Communications Manager with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the Director of the Federal Policy Office, with a dotted line relationship to the Communications Director in WE ACT’s New York headquarters, and is a key player in the development, implementation and evaluation of traditional and digital communications programs and campaigns. The EJ narrative has shifted dramatically in the last few years due to the racial reckoning and inequity raised by the COVID 19 global pandemic. WE ACT aims to take a proactive role in shaping the national and international narrative of EJ and climate change commitments. By centering and amplifying the voices of Black, Brown, and low-wealth communities, WE ACT will heighten EJ awareness to spur federal, state, and local policy wins. The Senior Communications Manager will execute a national communications strategy designed to support these objectives
Environmental Justice Research Analyst, We ACT
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: WE ACT is seeking an Environmental Justice Research Analyst with a demonstrated passion for justice and equity issues for our Federal Policy Office. This individual reports to the Federal Regulatory Affairs Manager and will perform research, data collection and analysis to inform our efforts to advance equitable and just climate, transportation, energy and toxics policies and practices at the local/state and national levels. The EJ Research Analyst’s work will be used for memos, reports, charts and slides, enabling the policy team to analyze, build and interpret climate and energy models and to inform advocacy and coalition building efforts.
campaign assistant, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for a Campaign Assistant to play an integral role in supporting and building Climate Power’s campaign strategy.
Climate Power is an independent strategic communications and paid media operation focused on building the political will and public support for bold climate action. Founded by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters, and Sierra Club, Climate Power integrates hard-hitting research, polling, state, and national earned media, digital and paid media to influence the national conversation, embolden leaders to take immediate, bold climate action, and expose climate deniers and their oil and gas lobby allies.
research associate (energy), Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power seeks a research associate to join a team shaping the way that the political world talks about climate change. This position will have a particular focus on energy markets, including the oil and gas industry and the clean energy economy.
Climate Power is an independent strategic communications and paid media operation focused on building the political will and public support for bold climate action. Founded by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters, and Sierra Club, Climate Power integrates hard-hitting research, polling, state, and national earned media, digital and paid media to influence the national conversation, embolden leaders to take immediate, bold climate action, and expose climate deniers and their oil and gas lobby allies.
Digital organizing associate / senior associate, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for an Digital Organizing Associate or Senior Associate to work with the Digital Organizing team in engaging grassroots activists online and implementing creative and compelling email & SMS strategy.
Climate Power is an independent strategic communications and paid media operation focused on building the political will and public support for bold climate action. Founded by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters, and Sierra Club, Climate Power integrates hard-hitting research, polling, state and national earned media, digital and paid media to influence the national conversation, embolden leaders to take immediate, bold climate action, and expose climate deniers and their oil and gas lobby allies.
Political associate / senior political associate, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for an Political Associate / Senior Political Associate, to support Climate Power’s and help develop and implement Climate Power’s political strategy.
Climate Power is an independent strategic communications and paid media operation focused on building the political will and public support for bold climate action. Founded by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters, and Sierra Club, Climate Power integrates hard-hitting research, polling, state and national earned media, digital and paid media to influence the national conversation, embolden leaders to take immediate, bold climate action, and expose climate deniers and their oil and gas lobby allies.
senior manager – operations, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. required
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for a Washington, DC based Senior Manager, Operations to help run the operations of a dynamic, growing, semi-remote non-profit. The Senior Manager, Operations will work closely with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to ensure that the organization has the tools necessary to function and proactively anticipate and problem solve future needs while remaining agile.
senior manager – digital advertising, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for a Senior Manager, Digital Advertising to support the execution of the team’s paid media strategy. This person will play a key role in managing Climate Power’s digital advertising program and building out critical internal infrastructure to support it. This role will also require working closely with other Climate Power teams, environmental groups and digital agencies.
Climate Power is an independent strategic communications and paid media operation focused on building the political will and public support for bold climate action. Founded by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters, and Sierra Club, Climate Power integrates hard-hitting research, polling, state and national earned media, digital and paid media to influence the national conversation, embolden leaders to take immediate, bold climate action, and expose climate deniers and their oil and gas lobby allies.
associate director – digital advertising, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for an Associate Director, Digital Advertising to help build and support the development and execution of the team’s paid media strategy. This person will play a lead role in managing Climate Power’s digital advertising program and building out critical internal infrastructure to support it. This role will also require working closely with other Climate Power teams, environmental groups and digital agencies.
associate director – latino paid media, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for an Associate Director, Latino Paid Media to help lead the team’s Latino paid media programs and support Climate Power’s overall paid media work. This person will work with others on the paid media team, the Latino Engagement, Digital, Creative, Communications, Research and Campaigns teams, external consultants, and partner organizations to coordinate Climate Power’s paid media strategy to reach Latino voters across the country. This person will officially be on Climate Power’s paid media team but will work very closely with the Latino Engagement team and be expected to support Climate Power’s broader advertising work, in addition to leading the execution of the team’s Latino paid media.
National Press secretary, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for a National Press Secretary to play an integral role in building and executing Climate Power’s national media strategy.
Climate Power is an independent strategic communications and paid media operation focused on building the political will and public support for bold climate action. Founded by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, League of Conservation Voters, and Sierra Club, Climate Power integrates hard-hitting research, polling, state and national earned media, digital and paid media to influence the national conversation, embolden leaders to take immediate, bold climate action, and expose climate deniers and their oil and gas lobby allies.
Chief of people and culture, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power has an immediate opening for a Chief of People and Culture to help manage a dynamic, growing, semi-remote organization by building people-oriented policies and processes. The Chief of People and Culture will serve on Climate Power’s leadership team and will focus on the organization’s personnel during our ongoing growth from a short-term project.
Senior development manager, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power is seeking a Development Manager. The Development Manager will support the Chief Development Officer and the Executive Team by developing and implementing fundraising plans to help the organization meet its fundraising goals. This position works directly with organization leadership to support the mission of elevating climate and clean energy solutions into the political conversation, as well as identifying opportunities to shift the national political narrative. This position calls for a highly organized, detail-oriented, and responsible self-starter with excellent communication skills. This position will need to work independently and deliver high-quality writing, fundraising, and research support.
Chief development officer, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power is seeking a Chief Development Officer to serve as a member of the Executive Team who will help guide and implement the strategic vision and planning for the organization. The Chief Development Officer will be responsible for creating, leading and directing all development, donor events, and fundraising efforts on behalf of Climate Power. They will develop and implement fundraising plans to ensure the organization meets its goals. This position reports directly with the Executive Director and will work with organization leadership to support the mission of elevating climate and clean energy solutions into the political conversation, as well as identifying opportunities to shift the national political narrative. This position will need to work independently and deliver high-quality writing, fundraising, and research support.
MAnaging director – Digital, Climate power
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: Climate Power is seeking a Managing Director, Digital to oversee a team of talented staff and execute the organization's digital strategy in order to mobilize online audiences. We’re looking for a leader with a long record of success in developing the strategy that drives supporter engagement across a wide range of channels and empowering teams to optimize results, apply learnings, and boost performance.
The ideal candidate will have deep experience in translating public moments into strategic plans that promote supporter engagement and drive activism. The right candidate will be someone who can capably supervise staff, set campaign milestones, develop testing plans and priorities, consult on data and technology, and create budget and hiring recommendations.
Communications Manager, Business council for Sustainable Energy
Description: This position will work as part of the BCSE team on external communications, event planning, policy research and day-to-day administrative tasks. This position is based in Washington, D.C. The BCSE is looking for a talented, detail-oriented communicator who can work as part of a small team that is dedicated to advancing policies that will accelerate the pace of the energy transition in the United States. The ideal candidate will be an effective and energetic communicator, have excellent writing skills and media relations experience, knowledge of the energy industry and legislative/regulatory processes are a plus.
Senior campaign analyst, climate strategies lab
Location: Flexible
Description: CSL seeks two Senior Campaign Analysts to join our rapidly growing team. Both are responsible for designing and leading research, data and analytic work in support of projects across sectors and priorities. The Senior Campaign Analysts will present analysis in memos, reports, charts and slides; analyze, build and interpret climate and energy models; and lead on data hunting, transformation, visualization and management. Because CSL works on projects that are unusual, innovative and specialized, the Senior Campaign Analysts will often need to create new research methodologies or extrapolate and infer insights from limited or seemingly inapplicable data sets.
To apply or nominate a candidate, please send to search consultant Sonia Marroquin at sonia@climatestrategieslab.com with “Senior Campaign Analyst” in the subject line a resume and cover email or letter answering the following:
Why are you passionate about climate change?
When was the last time you had to learn a new issue and become an expert in something? How did you do it? Please be specific about the data sources you found, how you processed and analyzed the data (what programs did you use?) and how you presented your findings and analysis to stakeholders?
North american steel campaign director, climate strategies lab
Location: Flexible
Description: Climate Strategies Lab is seeking a North American Steel Campaign Director. The goal of this campaign is to catalyze the transformation of the steel industry by demonstrating the viability at scale of producing high-grade steel with dramatically lower GHG emissions. Specifically, we aim to build demand for green steel through the greening of the auto industry and government supply chains. In this newly-created position, the North American Steel Campaign Director will develop and drive a strategy grounded in public pressure, partnership and policy advocacy. The Campaign Director will lead a coalition of organized labor, industry, local communities, environmental advocates, policymakers and funders to raise the salience of green steel among policymakers and the public.
To apply or nominate a candidate, please send to cathy@climatestrategieslab.com with “North American Steel Campaign Director” in the subject line a resume and cover email or letter answering the following:
Why are you passionate about climate change?
Briefly share a campaign you led or played a leadership role in, particularly a key lesson learned that you would apply to the North American Steel Campaign.
Submission in a combined PDF or Microsoft Word file is preferred. This position is open until filled, with an initial application deadline of 5PM PT on Friday, June 17, 2022. Candidate review and phone screens begin immediately and will be conducted throughout the search period.
director – Legislative & Regulatory Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund
Location: Remote – U.S., Washington, D.C.
Description: The Director will play a lead role on a growing domestic team, helping to shape EDF’s vision for effective and equitable federal and state climate policy including advancing strategies to reduce carbon pollution as well as health-harming air pollution from the electric power sector. The role will focus on identifying, managing, and executing day-to-day research and analysis critical to informing and advancing our climate policy positioning as well as leading the development of economic analysis, technical reports, and analytical tools. The Director will ideally be based in Washington, D.C. (though other EDF offices and remote work is an option for the right candidate) and report to the Associate Vice President, U.S. Climate, while working in close collaboration with a range of EDF’s climate, economic, legal, and political experts and managing work across a matrixed organization. The Director will have a specific focus on developing the analytics to support securing deep reductions in carbon pollution from the electric power sector over the upcoming decade.
director – Power sector, Environmental Defense Fund
Location: Remote – US, Washington, D.C.
Description: The Director will play a lead role on a growing domestic team, helping to shape EDF’s vision for effective and equitable federal and state climate policy, particularly advancing strategies to reduce carbon pollution as well as health-harming air pollution from the electric power sector. Under direction of EDF’s Associate Vice President, US Climate, the Director will be responsible for day-to-day advocacy activities including research and policy development, legislative and regulatory advocacy, and direct engagement with electric power companies and other key stakeholders in the clean energy transition. The Director will have a specific focus on securing ambitious reductions in carbon pollution from the electric power sector, the lynchpin to achieving the U.S. economy-wide NDC.
Circular economy campaign Director, Climate strategies lab
Location: Flexible
Description: In this newly-created position, the Circular Economy Campaign Director will develop and drive a strategy to promote a policy package that connects advocates and policy makers; unite the breadth of community concerns, impacts and motivations; and bring dedicated climate funding to the table. With coalition partners, the Campaign Director will create an open-source campaign where interested groups can bring their strengths to the debate and come together to develop skills, share technical expertise, contribute to a joint vision and build a national network.
To apply or nominate a candidate, please send to search consultant Cathy Schreiber at cathy@climatestrategieslab.com with “Circular Economy Campaign Director” in the subject line a resume and cover email or letter answering the following:
1) Why are you passionate about climate change?
2) Briefly share a campaign you led or played a leadership role in, particularly a key lesson learned that you would apply to the Circular Economy Campaign.
Project manager, Global climate strategies
Location: San Francisco, CA or Washington, D.C.
Description: Reporting to the Deputy Managing Director, GCS, the Project Manager, GCS provides comprehensive administrative, project coordination, and overall support to the Global Climate Strategies (GCS) leadership team. This role is focused on optimizing a high functioning, well-organized, responsive, effective, and efficient GCS team. This role will be approximately 75% project management and 25% content support and does not have any managerial responsibilities.
Chief of equity, justice, and culture, climateworks foundation
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: To help realize these commitments, ClimateWorks is recruiting a new leadership position titled the Chief of Equity, Justice, and Culture. Reporting to the President and CEO, the Chief of Equity, Justice, and Culture will be a member of the Executive team and lead the newly created Justice and Equity Unit. Working closely with the CEO, this person will lead ambitious and proactive efforts to integrate justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into the foundation’s practices, programs and services. This role will be responsible for the disbursement of ClimateWorks' Justice and Equity Fund (starting initially with $3m) and will also work with the programmatic teams to advise and encourage relevant grants from their funds of over $125m per year.
Manager/Senior MAnager, HUA nani PArtners
Location: Remote with some in person meetings
Description: HNP is seeking to hire two full-time Managers or Senior Managers (depending on level of experience) to join our team; one focused on U.S state implementation of federal infrastructure funding, and one focused on island decarbonization and resilience. In both roles, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing a significant new multi-year project supporting climate policy implementation, working with leadership and external partners, as well as the larger HNP team. The ideal candidate will have experience in climate policy work managing significant projects, coordinating teams, have strong written and verbal communication skills, be highly collaborative and mission-driven, have a can-do attitude for problem-solving, and thrive in a fast-paced, remote work environment.
Research Associate, HUA nani PArtners
Location: Remote with some in person meetings
Description: HNP is seeking a full-time Research Associate to join our team. The Research Associate will support leadership with client work, including research and writing projects, project management, and client relations, working closely with the larger HNP team. Examples of project work include but are not limited to writing reports and issue briefs, policy analysis and landscape assessments, and researching local, state, and federal policy opportunities.
business Intelligence / Financial Planning & Analysis Manager, Rewiring America
Location: Remote
Description: The BI/FP&A Manager will have the unique opportunity to interact and partner with all teams across the organization to assess specific budget needs of the department. This is an ideal position for a professional with previous finance and accounting experience in an accelerated startup or non-profit environment. You would play a critical role in Rewiring America as it evolves from its start-up phase into a scaling organization, joining a fast-paced team that operates with a sense of urgency.
north america/pacific program director, women’s earth alliance
Location: Berkeley, CA – currently all remote with option to use office space
Description: Women’s Earth Alliance is hiring a North America/Pacific Program Director. This is a dynamic role that involves working with women environmental leaders and oversight of the US Grassroots Accelerator. The Accelerator draws diverse leaders from around the country who work at the intersection of gender, race and environmental justice. Through this training, leaders deepen their strategies for change, scale their movements and build powerful alliances.
Climate and Environmental policy director, hip hop caucus
Location: Flexible Location (Washington, D.C. Preferred)
Description: The Climate & Environment Policy Director reports directly to the Senior Director of Campaigns & Advocacy and will be responsible for leading the creation and framing of a robust and ambitious national climate policy agenda that aligns with HHC’s mission. The Director leads government relations to develop, monitor, and maintain the Hip Hop Caucus’ relationships at federal, state, and local levels.
Global energy initiative director, climate imperative foundation
Location: San Francisco, CA or Washington, D.C.
Description: Climate Imperative Foundation seeks a skilled, creative and innovative climate change professional with well-honed strategic campaign skills to serve as its Global Energy Initiative Director, with a specific focus on working with policymakers and advocates to align the export of U.S. fossil fuels with its national climate goals. This includes supporting the development of clean energy alternatives in importing countries. The successful candidate will have strong leadership and diplomacy skills, outstanding communications abilities and a disposition toward finding and driving solutions in a complicated arena. Climate Imperative Foundation has contracted with Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology LLC (Energy Innovation) for its staffing needs.
Senior Director of people and culture, Rewiring america
Location: Remote
Description: Senior Director of People and Culture is a highly strategic and hands-on leader with proven ability to develop and drive strategic human resource functions. From a staffing standpoint, Rewiring America is pacing toward ten-fold growth over the next two years. The Senior Director partners with the CEO, Chief of Staff and other senior leadership to play a key role in the implementation of Rewiring America’s growth / scaling plan. Because the organization is fiscally sponsored, with payroll and benefits administration handled by the fiscal sponsor, the Senior Director will build out other aspects of the employee experience from the ground up, including the recruitment of outstanding talent, design and oversight of performance management systems, and the co-creation of a best-in-class workplace that reflects our core values around racial equity, diversity, inclusion and climate justice.
Head of Investment, Rewiring america
Location: Remote
Description: Head of Investment is a highly strategic relationship builder and creative leader with proven ability to raise funds at six-to eight-figure levels from individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners. They are passionate about solving the climate crisis by focusing on the strategies that will make the biggest impact, including a just transition to clean energy and demand-side electrification. The Head of Investment is energized by the challenge of the climate crisis and has a strong track record of working with climate philanthropists and funders to resource innovative solutions.
Head of policy and marketing transformation, Rewiring america
Location: Washington, D.C. or Remote
Description: In this newly created position, the Head of Policy & Market Transformation will drive the development and execution of a strategy to make electrification the default climate policy in Washington and in leading states. Building on our work over the last year, Rewiring America will accelerate the policy transition to demand-side electrification as the most tangible and common sense strategy for addressing the climate crisis. We will do so by building the base through our electrification caucus in Congress and our federal electrification policy coalition, which includes environmental justice, civil rights, energy security, affordable housing, climate, industry, and trades-focused groups. Organizing these stakeholders in Washington, DC and state capitals around the country will be a critical part of the Policy & Market Transformation team’s work.
Climate policy Fellow, California-china climate institute – school of law
Location: Berkeley, CA
Description: The fellow will work with CCCI on climate change policy issues in California, China and beyond. The focus will be on long-term climate goal-setting, and actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience, and projects may also cover multi-state and international topics. Specific research areas will depend on the fellow's background and interests, but will likely include: carbon neutrality, carbon pricing, electric vehicle deployment, industrial decarbonization, and nature-based climate solutions. The fellow will collaborate with project partners at other academic institutions, in state government, from the business and nonprofit communities, and other stakeholders.
Operations Manager, Allotrope Partners
Location: Remote (Preference for candidates in the U.S. Pacific Time Zone)
Description: Allotrope seeks an Operations Manager to support program management and systems-level operational functions across Allotrope’s corporate clean energy advisory practice and international public-private partnership initiatives, including the Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA) and Greening the Banks. Responsibilities include operations management, program support, communications, business development, and general administrative tasks to advance Allotrope’s clean energy advisory work. This position will report to the Senior Director of Allotrope’s Clean Energy Advisory Practice and coordinate closely with Allotrope’s global team members and partners.
Clean Energy PRoject MAnager, Allotrope Partners
Location: Remote (Preference for candidates in the U.S. Pacific Time Zone)
Description: Allotrope seeks a Clean Energy Project Manager to support implementation and expansion of Allotrope’s corporate clean energy advisory practice and international public-private partnership initiatives. Responsibilities include project management, client and donor engagement, business development, and general support to advance Allotrope’s clean energy advisory work. This position will report to the Senior Director of Allotrope’s Clean Energy Advisory Practice and coordinate closely with Allotrope’s global team members and partners.
Director – GLobal Coal Initiative, Climate imperative Foundation
Location: San Francisco, CA or Washington, D.C.
Description: Climate Imperative Foundation seeks a skilled, creative, and innovative climate change professional with well-honed strategic campaign skills to serve as its Global Coal Initiative Director, with a specific focus on working with policy makers and advocates to end the rush to build new coal-fired power plants globally. The successful candidate will have strong leadership and diplomacy skills, outstanding communications abilities, and a disposition toward finding and driving solutions in a complicated arena. This Initiative Director will report to the Executive Director of Climate Imperative and be responsible for leading grant-making efforts, working in concert with other members of the team and global funding partners. Climate Imperative Foundation has contracted with Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology LLC (Energy Innovation) for its staffing needs.
Director – Restoration Economy Center, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Location: Washington, D.C. and/or Remote
Description: EPIC is launching a 2-year campaign to support a) a focus on new or amended federal policies, including those related to procurement of restoration services and projects b) launch of a business/conservation ‘restoration economy coalition,’ and c) state-level work to support development of in-state working groups that include state agencies and are focused on ideas to make conservation priorities of those states more investable by the private sector. We have an opening for a director who can help us achieve these goals. The position has significant flexibility in roles and responsibilities, depending on the skills, experience, and interest of the successful candidate. Before applying, please read the Senior Manager position description which has many similar tasks and responsibilities that can potentially be interchangeable between positions based upon candidates’ respective skills and experience.
Senior Manager – Restoration Economy Center, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Location: Washington, D.C. and/or Remote
Description: The Senior Manager will help us achieve our restoration goals through supporting a Restoration Economy Coalition and carrying out research and analysis of restoration policy opportunities. The position has significant flexibility in roles and responsibilities, depending on the skills, experience, and interest of the successful candidate. Ideally, the Senior Manager, Restoration Economy Center, will help us create, advocate, collaborate, and advance projects that contribute to a growing and sustained restoration economy. We are looking for someone with experience with coalition-building and project management experience, knowledge of state and federal ecological restoration policy, research and analysis capacity, experience engaging government environmental agencies, conservation finance, coalition-building and conservation thought leadership. We seek candidates who can quickly develop strong positions on issues, work independently, build programs within a small organizational structure and build momentum working with public, nonprofit and private sector partners. The Center will produce research, white papers, webinars, blog posts and host convenings to generate support for restoration economy policy that streamlines restoration permitting and procurement and raises the profile of restoration in public policy conversations.
Director – Funding navigator, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Location: Washington, D.C. and/or Remote
Description: Together with our partners, EPIC is launching a program called the “Funding Navigator” to help hundreds of water systems serving underserved communities invest in infrastructure over the next five years. EPIC seeks a Director for the Funding Navigator program. The Director will develop, lead, and advance national and state-based efforts to ensure many more water systems in underserved communities receive state and federal funds for infrastructure. We are looking for someone with experience administering or managing state/federal funding programs for water infrastructure; engaging and collaborating with program administrators, water utility managers and operators, and grassroots and environmental justice groups in frontline communities; building and leading diverse coalitions; and providing thought leadership on water infrastructure. We seek candidates who can build the operation of the Funding Navigator within a small organizational structure and momentum as a team leader working with other nonprofits, technical assistance providers, and philanthropists.
Senior Manager – data technology policY, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Location: Washington, D.C. and/or Remote
Description: EPIC seeks an Environmental Technology Policy Manager. The Manager, working as a full-time employee (or on contract), will help us create, advocate, collaborate, and advance projects related to digital infrastructure and technology in environmental agencies. We are looking for someone with experience with state and federal policy, engagement with government environmental agencies, environmental data applications, and environmental thought leadership.
The Environmental Technology Policy Manager will be responsible for designing and carrying out key strategies related to how governmental environmental agencies can be better users of digital infrastructure for the environment. They will be focused on how to build institutional competencies and address procurement or regulatory challenges for environmental data and technology applications through creative legislation and advocacy.
Associate – data technology policy, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Location: Washington, D.C. and/or Remote
Description: EPIC seeks a Data Technology Policy Associate. The Associate, working on contract or as a full-time employee, will help us create, advocate, collaborate, and advance projects related to digital infrastructure and technology in environmental agencies. We are looking for someone with experience with state and federal policy, engagement with government environmental agencies, environmental data applications, and environmental thought leadership.
The Data Technology Policy Associate responsibilities could vary depending on the interests and qualifications of the successful candidate but likely include: policy research, advocacy, writing, interviews, cold calls, outreach to water utilities and other stakeholders, coordination with partner groups and government agencies, and facilitating dialogue among technology policy and environmental technology companies, community groups, and tribes.
PArtnerships Lead – data technology policy, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Location: Washington, D.C. and/or Remote
Description: EPIC seeks a Partnerships Lead for Environmental Technology Implementation. The Partnerships Lead, working on contract or as a full-time employee, will help us create, advocate, collaborate, and advance projects related to digital infrastructure and technology implementation in environmental agencies. We are looking for someone with experience with state and federal agencies, environmental data applications, and coalition building.
The Partnerships Lead will be responsible for building, strengthening, motivating and facilitating partnerships between technology companies, nonprofits, water or electric utilities, associations, academia, state and federal regulators that can use technology in creative ways to advance environmental and environmental justice outcomes.
program Coordinator, Climate justice & NAtural resources
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: Provide administrative, communications, and programmatic support for Oxfam America’s “Climate Media Collaborative for Economic Justice and Community Rights” project. This project will support communications and campaigning efforts in the Global South, including six geographies across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The project will use communications to defend community rights and shift economic narratives toward clean energy and post-exploitative economic models, leading to transformational change for frontline communities in the Global South that are navigating the climate
emergency and COVID economic recovery.
Director, Climate justice
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: The Director, Climate Justice, will be responsible for the overall Climate Justice leadership, management, outreach, and fundraising efforts of OUS. The position requires strong vision, a strategic mindset, interpersonal skills, fundraising talent and networks, and extensive knowledge of climate change issues and their intersection with inequality, human rights, exclusion, and human development. The role will work closely with members of the Climate Justice team to provide strategic, technical, policy, fundraising, and thought leadership for Oxfam America’s work on climate change.
Vice president of policy, Climate action reserve
Location: Remote/Hybrid (Los Angeles, CA)
Description: The Vice President for Policy is a key executive management position at the Climate Action Reserve and is responsible for overseeing the development of new greenhouse gas offset protocols and Climate Forward methodologies, maintaining existing protocols and methodologies to meet changing market conditions, managing the Reserve’s consulting and advisory services program, and providing strategic advice and guidance to support the Reserve’s existing and new initiatives. The position reports directly to the President, manages a staff of professional employees, and regularly presents to the Reserve’s Board of Directors.
Deputy Director FoR sTraTegy, Aspen Institute
Location: Washington, D.C.
Description: The Deputy Director for Strategy works closely with the Executive Director, the EEP leadership team, and team members, to lead and manage the program on a day-to-day basis in planning and implementing various activities toward the goal of solving climate change. The four primary areas of responsibility of the DD-S are leading and managing the team, providing both internal and external advice on substantive issues, leading a continuous cultural shift as part of EEP’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts, and working across the program to secure resources and raise funds for activities.
North American Executive Director, The Climate Group
Location: New York, NY
Description: The successful North American Executive Director is an entrepreneurial leader who is driven by a belief in and commitment to the Climate Group’s ambitious vision and mission. Through their track record as a climate solutions advocate, systems thinker and network builder, the successful candidate will develop and drive programs, partnerships and resource development to achieve greater reach and impact. The North American Executive Director builds authentic and lasting relationships with business, government and coalition members, listening to their interests and goals and engaging with them as partners in the Climate Group’s work. They are creative and solution-seeking in program design, politically savvy and possess the practical know-how to build off successful programs for momentum and scale.
U.S. Buildings Initiative Director, Climate Imperative, Energy Innovation
Location: San Francisco, CA or Washington, D.C. (Flexible)
Description: The U.S. Buildings Initiative Director will report to the Senior Director of Climate Imperative and be responsible for leading the policy and grant-making efforts, working in concert with other members of the team. Energy Innovation seeks a skilled, creative, and innovative climate change professional with well-honed strategic campaign skills to serve as its U.S. Buildings Initiative Director. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, outstanding communications abilities, and a disposition toward finding and driving solutions in a complicated arena.
Vehicle Miles Travelled/Active Transportation Specialist, state of hawaii
Location: Island of Honolulu, Oahu
Description: The position is located in the Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO), an attached agency of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), and supports HSEO’s mission to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation to help achieve a resilient clean energy economy.
Under guidance of HSEO and the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission (State Climate Commission) staff, the position will focus on development and implementation of strategies to reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT) through mode-shift, active transportation, and other associated means. The position will also support the transition of the State’s fleet to Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) in line with statutory goals and procurement guidelines.
Chief of staff, rewiring america
Location: Remote
Description: The Chief of Staff is an emotionally intelligent, cross-functional leader, holding both significant functional authority and responsibility and whose success is ultimately dependent on facilitative, collaborative, and horizontal leadership with executive team colleagues. The Chief of Staff also serves in various leadership capacities as the organization expands, standing up and scaling key functions. The Chief of Staff must have an incisive strategic mindset, an ambitious and mission-focused orientation, and a relentless commitment to excellence and results in all facets of the organization.
The Chief of Staff plays a linchpin role in shaping our organizational culture, ensuring that the organization’s ethos is rooted in joy and grounded in equity, inclusion, and diversity of background and perspective.
Head of communications & external affairs, rewiring america
Location: New York, Washington DC, San Francisco or Remote
Description: In this newly-created position, the Head of Communications & External Affairs will lead the development and implementation of the organization’s communications and external affairs strategy, including building a strong communications shop and working with partner organizations around the country to build a groundswell of consumer awareness and community support for our vision and mission. This includes solidifying the organizational brand/identity and tools and tactics for audience engagement in a nimble and rapidly-evolving environment. The Head of Communications & External Affairs plays a critical role in the evolution of Rewiring America from its start-up phase to a more mature organization.
Head of policy, rewiring america
Location: Washington DC or Remote
Description: In this newly created position, the Head of Policy will drive the development and implementation of the organization’s federal and sub-national policy and regulatory agendas, including working in coalition with partner organizations around the country to seize national and local opportunities and to build a groundswell of consumer awareness and community support. The role requires the ability to integrate a deep understanding of the market with a creative, solutions-first, equity-centered policy approach. The Head of Policy will also manage the drafting of materials for lawmakers, the public, and the media to advance our campaigns (e.g., opinion editorials, press releases, letters to the editor, action campaign emails, factsheets, bill summaries and policy briefs, regulatory comments, analyses, and presentations).
Policy FEllow, Elemental Excelerator
Location: Hawai’i, San Francisco Bay Area
Description: Elemental is seeking driven and passionate policy practitioners to join the policy innovation lab in our inaugural class of policy fellows. We are looking for change-makers who see an opening for policy innovation and are ambitious enough to do something about it. As a policy fellow, you will have a platform and resources to translate technology and community insights into impactful plans for policymakers to scale. Fellows may come from myriad backgrounds and lived-experiences: ranging from civil servants to elected officials, entrepreneurs, journalists, and corporate policy executives. Ideal fellows are at their mid- to career-prime and will have had experience working on the ground on climate and/or social equity issues they can translate into real findings. The ability to optimally manage your time and identify policy opportunities will be key. Fellows will be expected to identify, develop and refine a specific, implementable proposal, policy idea, or solution.
vice PResident, Powerhouse Ventures
Location: Oakland, CA (2-3 days/week in office with the remainder work from home)
Description: Powerhouse is hiring a Vice President to lead company growth. The Vice President of the Innovation Firm will manage all innovation firm activities including leading business development, and managing team members that lead on partnerships, product, and operations. What you will be working on:
Lead business development strategy to engage key stakeholders and identify their innovation and decarbonization needs
Use data-driven analysis and interpersonal skills to propose solutions that help clients scale their innovation and decarbonization efforts quickly
Engage in early client discussions to qualify opportunities and build relationships
Lead competitive analysis and evaluate market to improve product ideas and sales strategy with support from the innovation firm team
Manage business development process and materials with support from the Director of Partnerships
Core Skills & Competencies:
15+ years of relevant industry experience including experience leading enterprise business development
Experience working with corporations or utilities to drive innovation and decarbonization
Experience working in consulting or at a startup
Well-versed in clean energy and mobility innovation
Experience with financial planning and management, including budget planning, forecasting, reporting, tax strategy, and contract management
Experience building and managing client-facing products or databases
Experience developing key personnel into strong, autonomous, leaders and managers=
Passion for work that helps to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis and deploy clean energy and next-generation mobility
Empathy for our partners and a drive to help them decarbonize their businesses
Thrive in a fast-paced environment with limited support staff and a small but highly effective team
Embody and strengthen Powerhouse’s values through model leadership and management
Approachable and collaborative manager
Ability to align scale up efforts with the company’s mission and vision
Strong strategic, analytical and critical thinking skills and willingness to dive into the details and navigate through ambiguity
Desire to lead Powerhouse’s growth over the long term