Director, US Southeast Region, Environmental Health Department

NRDC seeks a Southeast Regional Director for its Environmental Health Department to advance regional goals in Adaptation and Air & Water sectors. The position is remote, preferably based in Atlanta, GA, with occasional travel in the Southeast. The ideal candidate will advocate for equity and justice, possess strong community relationships, and align with NRDC's mission. This is a full-time, limited-term position lasting two years.
NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.

POSITION SUMMARY

NRDC’s Environmental Health Department is seeking to hire a Southeast Regional Director to advance our regional environmental health goals in the Adaptation and Air & Water sectors, with occasional work to advance additional Environmental Health goals in the Southeast region. The Regional Director will work remotely and based in the Southeastern United States, with a preference for Atlanta, Georgia.

The advocate will be an empowering and collaborative individual who champions equity and justice. The successful candidate will have existing relationships with community, environmental justice, environmental groups, in addition to state and local elected officials and staff and state agencies. The candidate should also be adept at telling compelling stories to diverse audiences. The candidate must demonstrate a genuine alignment with the mission and values of NRDC and seek to apply their passion and skills to tackle the most important challenges humanity has ever faced.

The position is remote, with an expectation to be based in Atlanta, Georgia and to travel occasionally to other parts of the Southeastern United States to advance NRDC’s policy goals and for team meetings, etc., as needed.

This is a limited term 2 year position.

The position you are applying for is part of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG / The Newsguild-CWA Local 32035).