Government Affairs Advocate, Climate Change and Clean Energy

  • League of Conservation Voters
  • Washington, DC (temporarily remote due to COVID-19)
  • Jan 11, 2021
Full time Nonprofit-Social Services

Job Description

Title: Government Affairs Advocate, Climate Change and Clean Energy

Positions Available: 2

Department: Government Affairs

Status: Exempt

Duration: 2 Years from Start Date, extension dependent upon funding

Reports to: Legislative Director

Positions Reporting to this Position: None

Location: Washington, DC (Remote during COVID-19 pandemic)

Union Position: Yes

Job Classification Level: D

Salary Range (depending on experience): $68,000-$83,000

General Description:

LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.

Our over 2 million members, our volunteers and staff, and our more than 30 state affiliates, together, the Conservation Voter Movement (CVM), work for a more just and equitable democracy, where people—not polluters—determine our future. This movement is an influential national network with unparalleled influence in Washington, DC, in state capitals, and in communities around the country. We are unmatched in our ability to ensure meaningful action on our key issues. We aim to bring people and communities together across racial, geographic, political, religious, economic and other differences toward collective goals instead of dividing us from one another.

LCV is hiring two Government Affairs Advocates to help lead our advocacy work on federal climate and clean energy policy, including policy related to renewable energy, transportation electrification, industrial decarbonization, and clean technology innovation. We are seeking dynamic additions to our team to help promote our proactive legislative and executive branch agendas, grounded in racial justice and equity. The ideal candidates are effective policy advocates who are committed to advancing racial justice in LCV priority issue areas of climate change and clean energy, and collaborative in their approach to advancing policy goals.

Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with the Legislative Director and Vice President of Government Affairs to craft and implement LCV’s work on federal climate and clean energy and transportation policy, including our proactive legislative and executive branch agendas.
  • Ensure that all of our federal policy work is advancing racial justice and equity, including through partnerships and coalitions and engagement with leaders of color in the environmental justice movement, Congress, and executive administration.
  • Collaborate with LCV’s Government Affairs team, and cross-departmentally with key staff from the Community and Civic Engagement, Membership and Online Engagement, and Communications teams, outside coalitions, and our state league partners, as appropriate, to advance our policy goals.
  • Directly lobby or advocate climate change and clean energy policy positions, centered in racial justice, with members of Congress, their staff, and administration officials.
  • Research, track and analyze environmental legislation and executive branch actions.
  • Assist in the production of LCV’s nationally-recognized National Environmental Scorecard.
  • Ensure the accuracy of LCV’s public materials and work with the Membership and Online Engagement, Communications, Field, and Chispa teams to advance our policy priorities.
  • Partner with the Conservation Voter Movement, a network of over 30 state leagues, on various projects and provides timely updates on federal legislation.
  • Assist with LCV’s electoral work, including work with candidates, PAC investments, endorsements, and the Congressional Candidate Questionnaire.
  • Collaborate with the Development department and other staff to share information and craft materials that will help raise resources for our climate and clean energy work.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Work Experience: Must have at least three to five years’ relevant experience handling climate change, or clean energy, including clean transportation and clean electricity, policy issues, which could include working in a legislative office, in the executive branch, or at an advocacy, policy or political organization.
  • Skills: Policy analysis and research, federal government relations, coalition-building, excellent written and oral communication skills, including delivering public presentations. Organized and attentive to details; commitment to teamwork and community; ability to handle multiple tasks, effectively prioritize and thrive in a fast-paced setting. Strong interpersonal and communications skills with an ability to develop relationships with individuals representing a rich mix of race, gender, talent, experience, and background. Demonstrated ability to apply a racial justice lens to policy analysis.
  • Cultural Competence: Demonstrated awareness of one’s own cultural identity, views about difference, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Understands how environmental issues intersect with racism, economic and social inequality in the U.S. and has a passion for working to dismantle these systems. Interest in electoral politics and understanding of how the electoral landscape affects policy advocacy.
  • Conditions: This position is based in Washington, DC. Please note that all LCV staff are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Government Affairs Advocate, Climate Change and Clean Energy” in the subject line by January 28, 2021. No phone calls please.

LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace.

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