Climate Solutions’ team in Oregon is growing! Come join our dedicated, creative and fun team of advocates to further the organization’s mission through leading policy advocacy and program development, and building diverse coalitions at the local, state, and regional levels. Depending on the relevant candidate’s years of experience, this clean energy policy position will be a program manager or program director. Climate Solutions is focused on accelerating a swift and equitable transition to 100% clean energy, and we are working in three key areas to achieve it: buildings, transportation, and electricity.
We are seeking a strategic policy advocate with a deep commitment to equitable and just climate and clean energy solutions to join our policy advocacy team. This Clean Energy policy lead will help drive our work to pass and implement cutting-edge policies at the state, local, regulatory, and utility levels, working closely with other Climate Solutions staff and a broad set of partners. The Clean Energy Program position is responsible for helping lead Climate Solutions work in Oregon on clean energy in partnership with our current staff, with a primary focus on scaling up renewable energy projects, transmission infrastructure, and overcoming state and federal regulatory and market barriers to an equitable clean energy transition.
About Climate Solutions
As a Northwest-based nonprofit for over twenty-five years, Climate Solutions' mission is to accelerate clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. Climate Solutions has a vision of a thriving, equitable Northwest, powered by clean energy, inspiring the transition to sustainable prosperity across the country and beyond. Climate Solutions advances local, regional, and state action on climate and clean energy through championing transformational policies and market-based innovations; catalyzing powerful partnerships and a diverse movement for action and accountability; and communicating a bold vision for solutions at the scale required by climate science. For more information about Climate Solutions, visit www.climatesolutions.org.
This position is full-time, exempt positions located in or near Portland, Oregon and supervised by the Oregon Director. We currently have a hybrid work policy in place.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop relationships and collaborate with policymakers and coalitions of diverse stakeholders to support passage, implementation, and defense of equitable climate policies at the local and state levels.
- Prepare campaign and communications materials to support policy and regulatory efforts.
- Lead and track Climate Solutions’ engagement in multiple policy, campaign, and coalition activities.
- Represent Climate Solutions externally, including providing public presentations, participating in public forums, and testifying at hearings.
- Build and maintain a high level of expertise and credibility in assigned areas of responsibility.
- Work closely with and support the Oregon Director in goal-setting, strategy, and implementation to meet the organization’s short- and long-term policy objectives.
- Participate in Climate Solutions staff meetings, trainings, racial equity conversations, and team meetings.
- Incorporate Climate Solutions’ Equity, Diversity and Inclusion commitments, Commitment to Leading our Work with a Racial Equity Lens, and Climate Solutions’ values into all aspects of the job.
- Meet staff reporting deadlines for program, development, and administrative tasks.
- Travel occasionally to Salem and other locations statewide, and to Washington State.
- Additional duties may be assigned within the course of the work.