Energy Justice California Campaigner

The Center for Biological Diversity is hiring an Energy Justice California Campaigner to develop and execute campaigns for clean energy transition and justice. Responsibilities include strategic planning, legal campaign development, policy advocacy, coalition building, and media communication. The role requires 1-3 years of relevant experience, excellent writing and public speaking skills, and a passion for climate and energy justice. The position is remote and allows for flexible work hours.
About the position

The Center for Biological Diversity, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, believes the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature - to the existence of a vast diversity of wild animals, plants and people. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law, activism and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that humans, other species and all communities need to survive and thrive. The Center's Energy Justice Program wages innovative and bold legal-forward campaigns for energy justice and a clean and equitable energy future. We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive.

Responsibilities
• Craft and execute campaign plans to combat barriers to the clean and just energy transition on both state and federal levels, requiring power-mapping, strategic thinking, and organizing.
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• Work to develop and execute legal-forward campaigns with the Program's lawyers and policy analysts, and the organization's communications team.
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• Engage with policy makers in California and nationally to advocate for energy system reform.
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• Create written campaign materials, ranging from comment letters and policy briefings to op-eds, action alerts, and digital organizing pieces.
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• Build strong partnerships and coalitions with community-based organizations, as well as state, national, and international organizations, who work in the climate emergency and energy democracy space.
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• Effectively communicate with the media, decision-makers, the public, allies and opinion leaders through writing, outreach and public speaking.
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• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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• Some travel required.

Requirements
• 1-3 years of campaign and/or policy advocacy experience.
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• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and craft and execute campaigns, including the use of organizing, coalition-building, strategic media, power-mapping, and protest coordination.
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• Demonstrated ability to build coalitions on local, national, and/or international level.
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• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of climate policy, as well as clean energy, energy justice and energy democracy space dynamics; experience with fossil fuel campaigning welcome as well.
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• Demonstrated understanding of the interlinkages among climate justice, racial justice, and energy justice.
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• Excellent writing skills, including ability to write policy comment letters, op-eds, and campaigning materials.
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• Excellent oral advocacy skills, including public speaking experience and confidence.
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• A demonstrated ability to work both independently and with a team.
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• A demonstrated ability to take initiative and think creatively.
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• The ability to balance multiple tasks and deadlines with persistence and follow-through in a busy environment.
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• Passion to fight for the urgent and just clean energy future we need and deserve.
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• Ability to work 40+ hours per week.

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Benefits
• Fully paid medical premiums for staff, and greatly discounted for families.
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• Fully paid dental and vision premiums for staff and their families.
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• Generous employer contribution to HSA and HRA's.
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• Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) provided for reimbursement of eligible wellness expenses.
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• Center paid premiums for Short Term and Long-Term Disability provided for all staff.
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• Center paid premiums for Basic Life Insurance for all staff.
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• Discounted premiums for pet discount program.
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• 403(b) plan with employer match and increasing employer paid contributions.
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• Generous time off policies, including 13 paid holidays per year and 5 'personal' days awarded each year.
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• Vacation accrual starts at a rate of 15 days annually, but it may be higher commensurate with experience, and paid sick days accrue at a rate of 10 days per year.
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• Center Paid Time Off for parental leave, personal leave, caretaker leave and even pet caretaker leave.
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• After 5 years of service, all employees receive a 12-week paid sabbatical.
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• Relaxed work atmosphere and dress code.