Policy Director - Renewables

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Action for the Climate Emergency

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climate • education • youth • leadership • diversity

11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

⚡ Energy

🌍 Social Impact

Description

• To meet our climate goals, we must accelerate deployment of utility-scale renewables at a breakneck speed over the next decade. • We see the biggest opportunities to advance decarbonization at the state and local level–accelerating utility-scale solar and wind energy projects in communities across the country. • Fighting local ordinances that are detrimental to the clean energy transition and proactively advancing local ordinances that are conducive to renewables. • The Policy Director, Renewables will play a pivotal role focused on local- and state-level policy and regulatory conditions that are at the crux of accelerating the deployment of utility-scale renewables. • This role will spearhead the tracking of local ordinances and regulations that impact clean energy projects through a strategic analysis of threats and opportunities for renewables. • The Policy Director, Renewables will share research and analysis to inform advocacy campaign implementation, both digitally and on-the-ground. • Provide advice to the project origination team about any policies or regulatory conditions that may impact a particular renewable energy project of focus.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a clean energy company, city or county land use or planning department, or clean energy non-profit or public affairs agency. • Extensive knowledge of local and state energy regulations, including ordinances, zoning, permitting and land use regulations as it relates to clean energy projects. • Extensive knowledge of the utility-scale clean energy sector and understanding of the full project cycle, needs, and opportunities–from siting analysis to coming online. • Experience gathering information and building reports from FiscalNote Curate and/or other industry tools and comfort and agility in working with AI to streamline information gathering. • Proven strategic analysis and ability to take a deluge of information and quickly identify which priorities rise to the top. • Strong writing skills and ability to distill complex information into pieces that can be used for pithy communications and public talking points. • Detail-oriented and an ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. • Flexibility to work irregular hours as needed and a willingness to travel for field-based activities and partner meetings. • Strong cross-team collaborator and communicator with an eagerness to jump into other duties than assigned. • Proactive, flexible, and solutions-oriented with a commitment to innovation. • Collaborative and team-focused, capable of inspiring and motivating others. • Dedication to fostering a culture of excellence, quality, and inclusivity. • Experience working in or with rural communities in the U.S. desired.

Benefits

• Medical • Dental • Vision • 403b retirement savings plan • Vacation • Sabbatical • Paid Parental Leave • 2 Floating Holidays • 2 Community Service Floating Holidays • Sick time • Two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Year week) • 13 observed holidays