Are you a thoughtful and experienced people leader with a desire to improve housing equity, reduce energy burden, and eliminate fossil fuel use in buildings? Are you eager to work with a diverse set of stakeholders to develop policy solutions? Are you dedicated to centering equity and justice in your work and helping others to do the same? If yes, then join our growing Carbon-Free Buildings team!
We highly encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply!
Deadline: Apply by 8/7/2022
RMI’s Carbon-Free Building team is seeking an Equity Manager to lead equitable clean buildings policy work, which includes a focus on the role of electrification in decarbonizing homes and buildings in low-income communities. RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings program seeks to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. buildings by 2045 through solutions that build a just and equitable energy transition for all. The Carbon-Free Buildings team works though research, technical analysis, communications, policy analysis and advocacy, and collaboration with partner organizations to achieve its goals. RMI is also seeking to share power with traditionally marginalized people in a just, inclusive and meaningful way, working with them to address systemic injustice, inequity and oppression.
Key Responsibilities
The Equity Manager will help the Carbon-Free Buildings team advance equitable building decarbonization in collaboration with external partners, especially those from historically marginalized and underserved communities, environmental justice, and affordable housing focused groups. This is an externally focused policy and campaign development and leadership role, not an internally-focused “DEI” or HR position.
Specifically, the Manager has three core functions, which we will iterate on with time based on the team’s needs and the Manager’s capacities and interests. The Equity Manager will:
1) Develop and lead equitable decarbonization policies and projects in select geographies in collaboration with RMI staff, equity groups and other coalition partners.
2) Support the Carbon-Free Buildings team to more thoroughly integrate equity in our work.
3) Develop and maintain relationships with national equity and environmental justice organizations.
Minimum Qualifications
Additional Qualifications
Location:
The position can be remote or based out of one of our offices in Oakland, CA, Washington, D.C., New York City, Boulder, or Basalt, Colorado.
Compensation:
RMI compensates based on the level and requirements of the role. Salary within our ranges may also be determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as required by the role, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Typically, new Managers join at the minimum to mid salary range of $103,000-$121,000. You would also have an additional 10% bonus target!
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package adjusted to regional norms, including (for U.S. employment):
RMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Diversity
Increasing the diversity of thought, perspectives, ideas and opinions within RMI is a critical change element supporting our long-term sustainability and mission to build a clean, prosperous, and secure energy future.
We strive for a level of diversity that reflects the communities we serve. Achieving this—regardless of ability, race, ethnicity, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, veteran status, socioeconomic class, educational attainment or other social identities—is critical to the success of each RMIer and collectively as an organization. This ensures that we:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
About RMI
RMI is an independent nonprofit founded in 1982 that transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to align with a 1.5°C future and secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all. We work in the world’s most critical geographies and engage businesses, policymakers, communities, and NGOs to identify and scale energy system interventions that will cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 percent by 2030. RMI has offices in Basalt and Boulder, Colorado; New York City; Oakland, California; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.