Senior Climate Program Director, Oregon Environmental Council

The Oregon Environmental Council seeks a Senior Climate Program Director to lead climate policy and program initiatives in Oregon. Responsibilities include developing climate strategies, managing a team, advocating for policies, building relationships, and fundraising. The ideal candidate should have expertise in climate initiatives, strong communication skills, and a collaborative leadership style. This is a full-time position based in Portland, OR.
Senior Climate Program Director at Oregon Environmental Council:

Oregon Environmental Council (OEC) seeks a Senior Climate Program Director to lead in developing, delivering, and implementing ambitious climate policies, programs, and partnerships in Oregon. The Senior Climate Program Director sets the strategic direction for OEC's climate work, which includes a cross-cutting portfolio focused on advancing the equitable, rapid decarbonization of buildings, transportation, electricity, and industry in Oregon and promoting community resilience.

This position is responsible for policy research and development, relationship building, advocacy, data analysis, campaign management, and strategic communications. The Senior Climate Program Director will build and manage OEC's climate team and work closely with diverse partners to provide expertise on policy advocacy, programs, and partnerships and guide campaign strategy.

The ideal candidate is motivated to accelerate an equitable clean energy transition. You are a strategic thinker, know how to leverage public policy, and a people-person who is excited about advocacy, supporting community resilience, and clean economic development. You are an adept and intuitive team leader who fosters a collaborative and growth-oriented team culture.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and Manage Climate Initiatives;
• Advocacy and Implementation: Develops programs, partnerships, policy proposals and other recommendations to advance program goals. Crafts and implements campaign strategy plans to achieve strong climate outcomes. Ensures strong implementation and defense of existing climate policies through regulatory advocacy and oversight, strategic communications and outreach, and (where needed) defense against legal challenges.
• Develop and Manage Climate Team:
• Relationship Building: Cultivates and maintains collaborative relationships with key interest groups and individuals, including policymakers, statewide officials and agency staff. Engages authentically with culturally specific and community-of-color led organizations, organizations representing rural interests, and other organizations that bring a social and environmental justice perspective.
• Outreach and Education: Builds broad public support for program goals and project objectives. Produces reports, fact sheets, opinion pieces, toolkits, and other communication tools to advance program objectives, with support from our marketing and communications team.
• Fundraising and Organizational Health: In collaboration with our development team, writes and reviews program-related grant proposals and progress reports.

The ideal candidate has a proven ability to develop and implement strategic initiatives, bring together diverse stakeholders, and secure policy and other programmatic goals. They have expertise in climate and clean energy initiatives and policy, keen problem-solving skills, and outstanding written and oral communication skills.