Executive Director Energy/Climate Center - 197423

PACE University is seeking an Executive Director for the Pace Energy and Climate Center in White Plains, NY. The role involves overseeing strategic direction, administration, and funding of the Center, engaging in energy policy development, and enhancing visibility at various levels. The Executive Director will also supervise staff and students, collaborate with the law school community, and may teach courses. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of March 31, 2025.
Summary: The Pace Energy and Climate Center is seeking an Executive Director to head its unique program as an energy teaching and policy center giving students hands on experience in handling current significant energy challenges and opportunities. The Center’s mission is to protect the earth’s environment and mitigate climate change through solutions that transform the ways society supplies and consumes energy, to be a thought leader in the development of such solutions, and to educate our law students with respect to the way forward in addressing climate change.

The Executive Director is involved as a part of the environmental law program at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, which is ranked as the top environmental law program in the country. The Executive Director will also serve as the central point of contact between the Center and the broader university. The position will be based at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law campus in White Plains, New York. The Executive Director will report directly to the Law School Dean.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with a preferred application deadline of March 31, 2025.

Duties:
• The Executive Director is responsible for the Center’s strategic direction, administration, and funding.
• The Executive Director is responsible for the recruitment and supervision of the Center’s professional and support staff and students.
• The Executive Director is responsible for leading the Center’s involvement in energy proceedings, clean energy networks, and energy policy development in New York and throughout the Northeast. This includes matters before state agencies involving energy efficiency, renewable energy, and policies affecting grid modernization.
• The Executive Director is responsible for engaging in regional efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change by promoting energy efficiency and clean energy use.
• The Executive Director is responsible for engaging in regional and local efforts to promote increased penetration of energy efficiency and clean energy.
• The Executive Director is responsible for enhancing the Center’s visibility and recognition at the international, national, regional, state, and local levels by representing the Center at energy conferences.
• The Executive Director is responsible for securing the necessary funding to sustain the Center’s activities, in collaboration with the school’s development and government relations teams.
• The Executive Director is responsible for budgeting for grants administration for both revenue and expense.
• The Executive Director interacts with the law school community including the school’s other environmental law centers, may teach energy law courses, and works closely with the environmental law faculty and staff.
• The Executive Director may be called upon to perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the Dean.

The Executive Director position allows for the possibility to apply for appointment as a non-tenure track member of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law faculty as a “Professor of Law for Designated Project or Service.”

Over its 40+ year history, the Center has established itself as a significant contributor to energy and climate change policy development. A complete description of the Center’s work can be found on its website at https://energy.pace.edu/. The Executive Director will have the opportunity to help shape the future direction of the Center in the fields of energy and climate change in accordance with his or her interests and experience. The Executive Director will be encouraged to collaborate with the other colleges of the University.

The Center is also interested in candidates with experience participating in the regulatory processes in energy and energy-related environmental policy decision making, such as in utility rate cases and proceedings of an energy or energy-related regulatory body, and with experience on climate change.

Qualifications: Demonstrated executive leadership skills, including administration, management, and finance are essential, as is knowledge of the operation of energy markets and an understanding of energy/environmental economics and climate change policy. The successful applicant must have a law degree with interest in teaching in the areas of climate change and energy regulation law. Successful experience in teaching law students is preferred.

Applications are encouraged from people of color, individuals of varied sexual and affectional orientations, individuals who are differently-abled, veterans of the armed forces or national service, and anyone whose background and experience will contribute to the diversity of the law school. Pace is committed to achieving completely equal opportunity in all aspects of University life.

To apply, please submit a cover letter (detailing your interest in this position) and resume or curriculum vitae.

Work Hours: Full-time; Monday - Friday.
• Additional Information
• Compensation Type: Salary
• Salary Range: 100,000 to $116,225
• Work Mode: In-Person

About the Institution

Ranked in the top 9% of private US colleges that provide the best return on tuition investment, Pace University transforms the lives of its diverse students—academically, professionally, and socioeconomically. Currently, the University enrolls more than 13,000 students in more than 150 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs. Pace University is at the forefront of creating opportunity. Through the convergence of strong academics, experiential learning, and dedicated advising, Pace University empowers its students and positively impacts its communities.

Benefits Offered

Pace University provides a competitive benefit program designed to offer the following:
• Medical, vision and dental insurance for preventive care or diagnostic and surgical procedures as well as an incentivized medical plan waiver option for those who choose not to participate (FT Employees).
• Income protection in the event an employee is not actively at work, due to illness (FT Employees).
• 403B investment opportunity to save toward financial security in retirement (PT and FT Employees).
• Programs and services that assist in balancing work and personal life (PT and FT Employees).
• Educational opportunities for the employee and eligible members of their family to pursue a degree at Pace or another higher education institution (PT and FT Employees).
• Opportunity for faculty and staff to participate in Pace’s award-winning health and wellness program, Pace Yourself to Wellness, which is designed to inspire employees to engage in healthy habits while optimizing health care resources (PT and FT Employees).
• Discount purchase plans for everything from entertainment, shopping and travel (PT and FT Employees).

AA/EEO Statement

Pace University is committed to achieving full equal opportunity in all aspects of University life. Pursuant to this commitment, the University does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived sex, gender or gender identity; race; color; national origin; religion; creed; age; disability; citizenship; marital or domestic partnership status; sexual orientation or affectional status; genetic predisposition or carrier status; military or veteran status; status as a victim of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking; or any other characteristic protected by law federal, state or local law, rule or regulation.

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