<h2>Overview</h2>NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing. NRDC is seeking a Technical Analyst for Industry and Emerging Technologies to work with the Industry, Hydrogen, and Innovation team within the Climate and Clean Energy Program in our Washington, DC, or New York office.Position SummaryThe Technical Analyst for Industry and Emerging Technologies will join the Climate and Clean Energy’s Industry, Hydrogen, and Innovation team to serve as a lead technical expert informing and supporting our industrial decarbonization and emerging technologies advocacy; provide research and analytical support for special projects (e.g., the path to federal standards on industrial pollution, an assessment of the risks of hydrogen pipelines, the establishment of principles to guide carbon storage in geologic formations) and the exploration into potential new bodies of work (e.g., decarbonization of the chemicals industry, direct air capture); and engage with industry in order to develop a better understanding of opportunities for and barriers to deep decarbonization and the reduction of other harmful pollutants. The ideal candidate will have experience with research and analysis of a technical subject matter, a passion for addressing climate change, experience working collaboratively in coalitions and with a range of diverse partners, and interest in informing and supporting the development and advocacy of ambitious climate policies, particular related to industrial decarbonization and emerging clean energy technologies, both federally and in states. <h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul> <li>Serve as a technical expert informing and supporting our industrial decarbonization and emerging technologies advocacy, including through engagement with policymakers and other stakeholders, written communications (e.g., blogs, issue briefs, responses to public comment periods), and analyses.</li> <li>Conduct research and development to support special projects (e.g., the path to federal standards on industrial pollution, an assessment of the risks of hydrogen pipelines, the establishment of principles to guide carbon storage in geologic formations) and the exploration into potential new bodies of work (e.g., decarbonization of the chemicals industry, direct air capture).</li> <li>Engage with industry, with a focus on developing a better understanding of opportunities for and barriers to deep decarbonization and the reduction of other harmful pollutants.</li> <li>Support NRDC’s advocates in their engagement with policymakers, partners, industry, and the media, including through analyzing and translating complex scientific, legal, and policy matters into understandable materials and messaging for advocacy purposes.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2>Required<ul> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values.</li> <li>4-5 years of work experience in policy advocacy, engineering, industry, energy policy, or related fields. </li> <li>Experience with a technical subject matter.</li> <li>Strong strategic skills relevant to policy, advocacy, and project development.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to analyze, understand, and translate complex scientific, legal, and policy matters for advocacy purposes.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to identify, and pursue, research and analysis to fill information gaps in order to inform and support advocacy.</li> <li>Persuasive verbal and written communication skills.</li> <li>Strong inter-personal, relationship-building and networking skills.</li> <li>Experience managing complex projects involving many moving parts and teams.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to work with and manage consultants, fellows and/or interns on discrete projects.</li></ul>Preferred<ul> <li>Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical field is preferred.</li> <li>Experience engaging with industry is preferred.</li></ul>NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. For this position, the salary is $87,000 to $93,000. Internal equity considerations will be reviewed before making a final offer.  Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues.  We call this purposeful presence. As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law, new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state, and federal laws. To apply, visit www.nrdc.org/careers and upload your résumé and cover letter. Please mention where you saw this posting and upload any additional materials that showcase your abilities. Due to the high volume of applications, we will contact only those candidates we would like to interview. Please no phone calls, emails, or in-person résumé drop-offs. If you experience technical problems while applying or if you are a person with a disability and need assistance applying online, please reach out to iCIMS Customer Care at 1-800-889-4422. For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our staff of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and internationally from our offices in New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Santa Monica; San Francisco; Bozeman, Montana; and Beijing.

Technical Analyst for Industry and Emerging Technologies

<h2>Overview</h2>NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.&nbsp;NRDC is seeking a Technical Analyst for Industry and Emerging Technologies to work with the Industry, Hydrogen, and Innovation team within the Climate and Clean Energy Program in our Washington, DC, or New York office.Position SummaryThe Technical Analyst for Industry and Emerging Technologies will join the Climate and Clean Energy’s Industry, Hydrogen, and Innovation team to serve as a lead technical expert informing and supporting our industrial decarbonization and emerging technologies advocacy; provide research and analytical support for special projects (e.g., the path to federal standards on industrial pollution, an assessment of the risks of hydrogen pipelines, the establishment of principles to guide carbon storage in geologic formations) and the exploration into potential new bodies of work (e.g., decarbonization of the chemicals industry, direct air capture); and engage with industry in order to develop a better understanding of opportunities for and barriers to deep decarbonization and the reduction of other harmful pollutants.&nbsp;The ideal candidate will have experience with research and analysis of a technical subject matter, a passion for addressing climate change, experience working collaboratively in coalitions and with a range of diverse partners, and interest in informing and supporting the development and advocacy of ambitious climate policies, particular related to industrial decarbonization and emerging clean energy technologies, both federally and in states. <h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul> <li>Serve as a technical expert informing and supporting our industrial decarbonization and emerging technologies advocacy, including through engagement with policymakers and other stakeholders, written communications (e.g., blogs, issue briefs, responses to public comment periods), and analyses.</li> <li>Conduct research and development to support special projects (e.g., the path to federal standards on industrial pollution, an assessment of the risks of hydrogen pipelines, the establishment of principles to guide carbon storage in geologic formations) and the exploration into potential new bodies of work (e.g., decarbonization of the chemicals industry, direct air capture).</li> <li>Engage with industry, with a focus on developing a better understanding of opportunities for and barriers to deep decarbonization and the reduction of other harmful pollutants.</li> <li>Support NRDC’s advocates in their engagement with policymakers, partners, industry, and the media, including through analyzing and translating complex scientific, legal, and policy matters into understandable materials and messaging for advocacy purposes.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2>Required<ul> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values.</li> <li>4-5 years of work experience in policy advocacy, engineering, industry, energy policy, or related fields.&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience with a technical subject matter.</li> <li>Strong strategic skills relevant to policy, advocacy, and project development.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to analyze, understand, and translate complex scientific, legal, and policy matters for advocacy purposes.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to identify, and pursue, research and analysis to fill information gaps in order to inform and support advocacy.</li> <li>Persuasive verbal and written communication skills.</li> <li>Strong inter-personal, relationship-building and networking skills.</li> <li>Experience managing complex projects involving many moving parts and teams.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to work with and manage consultants, fellows and/or interns on discrete projects.</li></ul>Preferred<ul> <li>Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical field is preferred.</li> <li>Experience engaging with industry is preferred.</li></ul>NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.&nbsp;We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. &nbsp;We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. For this position, the salary is $87,000 to $93,000. Internal equity considerations will be reviewed before making a final offer. &nbsp;Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues.&nbsp; We call this purposeful presence.&nbsp;As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law, new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state, and federal laws.&nbsp;To apply, visit www.nrdc.org/careers and upload your résumé and cover letter. Please mention where you saw this posting and upload any additional materials that showcase your abilities. Due to the high volume of applications, we will contact only those candidates we would like to interview. Please no phone calls, emails, or in-person résumé drop-offs.&nbsp;If you experience technical problems while applying or if you are a person with a disability and need assistance applying online, please reach out to iCIMS Customer Care at 1-800-889-4422.&nbsp;For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.

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