Associate Director of Clean Energy

You will lead and expand a clean-energy policy portfolio, advancing evidence-informed policy across levels of government. You will develop legislative and institutional-capacity initiatives, serve as a public subject-matter expert, build stakeholder partnerships, manage budgets and grant deliverables, supervise staff, and grow funder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the clean-energy portfolio
• Develop and advance bipartisan clean-energy legislation
• Design and lead a federal institutional-capacity initiative for clean energy
• Explore and advance novel federal and subnational energy-policy approaches
• Serve as the primary public voice on clean-energy topics
• Build stakeholder partnerships to advance policy ideas
• Develop fundable concepts and lead fundraising strategy
• Manage funder relationships
• Manage projects, budgets, and grant deliverables
• Supervise and mentor staff and contractors
• Align strategy and execution across policy teams and cross-cutting functions

Requirements

• Deep understanding of the U.S. clean-energy policy ecosystem
• Technical depth in one or more relevant clean-energy domains
• Understanding of government implementation, institutional capacity, and federal-state-local relationships
• Track record of developing and advancing policy ideas
• Experience building and managing coalitions or multi-stakeholder partnerships
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience managing complex projects, workstreams, budgets, and teams
• Experience supervising or mentoring staff
• Familiarity with philanthropy and fundraising
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience, including leadership, strategy, management, or senior project ownership

Benefits

• 403(b) retirement plan
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance support
• Healthcare and dependent care FSAs
• Commuter benefits