Government Relations Manager, Clean Energy

Representative Responsibilities

• Government relations: Develop and manage collaborative relationships with congressional targets and their staff, including Democrats and Republicans.
• Coalition building: Recruit and work collaboratively with others who can support our campaign goals, including organizations in our Congressional targets’ home states and districts.
• Communications and media outreach: Serve as a spokesperson for our clean energy campaigns. Write materials for lawmakers, the public, and the media including opinion editorials, press releases, campaign action emails, factsheets, bill summaries, regulatory comments and presentations.
• Campaign strategy: Identify opportunities to deepen relationships and cultivate legislative champions through media and communications, events, grassroots organizing and VIP and coalition engagement.
• Fundraise from individual donors and foundations to support Environment America’s work.
• Recruit and train new staff, interns and volunteers.

Qualifications

A successful candidate will be:

• A good lobbyist who can advocate, persuade and cultivate relationships (experience in a legislative office within Congress is preferred)
• An effective communicator with excellent writing and public speaking skills
• A creative and strategic thinker
• Well-organized, able to work independently to achieve goals while balancing urgent and important needs
• Experienced in campaign advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building and/or campaign politics for at least 2 years
• Passionate about renewable energy

Compensation and Benefits

The starting compensation range for this position is $35,750-$60,000 and depends on relevant experience, education, and location. Candidates on the lower end of directly relevant experience should expect to be on the lower end of this range; candidates on the higher end of relevant experience are likely to be on the higher end of this range. Environment America offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid time off, our commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Our Mission and Values

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Environment America is part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit core-values for things you should know about our network when you apply.

Environment America is an equal opportunity employer.

COVID-19

We take COVID-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our COVID safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law.

About Environment America

Environment America is a policy and action group working to tackle the most profound problem of our time: a way of living that is destroying the natural world.

We’re advocates for energy conservation and renewable power, so we can keep oil in the ground and stop burning fossil fuels. We’re champions of plastic reduction, so nothing we use for a few minutes is allowed to pollute our oceans for centuries. And we’re defenders of wildlife and wild places, both for their own sake as well as the awe and wonder they bring to our lives.

Environment America and our national network of 30 state environmental groups work to improve our quality of life by reducing the pollution and other harms of how we produce, consume and dispose of more and more stuff. And we do it one step at a time, by winning results for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife, open spaces, and a livable climate that make a tangible difference in people’s lives and our environment.

If you want to work hard, challenge yourself, and make a real impact on the critical environmental issues of our time, consider a career with Environment America.

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