<p><em>The City of Los Angeles is working against climate change with a plan to lead the world toward a low-carbon, green-energy future. The FUSE Executive Fellow will provide the foundational research towards developing a climate resilience plan that equitably addresses energy resilience throughout The City of Los Angeles.</em></p>
<p><strong>Fellowship Dates: July 22, 2024 &ndash; July 21, 2025</strong></p>
<p><strong>Salary:&nbsp;</strong><strong>Executive Fellows are FUSE employees and receive an annual salary of $80,000. Fellows can also access various health, dental, and vision insurance benefits. This amount is not representative of market-rate salaries for the experienced professionals in our program, but is intended as compensation for a year of public service.</strong></p>
<p><strong>ABOUT THE FUSE EXECUTIVE FELLOWSHIP</strong></p>
<p>FUSE is a national nonprofit that increases the effectiveness of local governments to build more equitable communities. We embed private sector executives in city and county agencies to lead projects that narrow racial disparities, improve public services, and accelerate systems change. Since 2012, FUSE has led over 400 projects in 58 governments across 26 states, impacting a total population equivalent to 1 in 10 Americans.</p>
<p>When designing each fellowship project, FUSE works closely with government partners and local stakeholders to define a scope of work that will achieve substantive progress toward regional priorities. FUSE then conducts an individualized search for each project to ensure that the selected candidate has at least 15 years of professional experience, the required competencies for the role, and deep connections to the communities being served. They are data-driven and results-oriented and able to effectively manage complex projects by developing actionable roadmaps and monitoring progress to completion.</p>
<p>Executive Fellows are hired as FUSE employees and embedded in government agencies for at least one year of full-time work. Throughout their fellowships, they receive training, coaching, and professional support from FUSE to help achieve their project goals. FUSE Executive Fellows bring diverse perspectives and new approaches to their projects. They build strong relationships with diverse arrays of stakeholders, foster alignment within and across various layers of government, and build partnerships between governments and communities.</p>
<p><strong>PROJECT CONTEXT</strong></p>
<p>Under the Mayoral guidance, the City of Los Angeles leadership recognizes the pressing urgency of the climate crisis as one of the foremost challenges confronting the city. They view it as a challenge and a remarkable opportunity for Los Angeles to revamp its infrastructure and invest in a more equitable future. The City understands that addressing the catastrophic consequences of climate change entails transforming the economy and rectifying decades of environmental injustices that have disproportionately burden marginalized communities with pollution and neglect. In this endeavor, the City of LA aspires to set an example by prioritizing the interests of communities of color and working-class individuals in its policies and programs.</p>
<p>Residents' fundamental rights include access to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment in their residence, work, and recreation. Unfortunately, many cities, including Los Angeles, fail to safeguard these fundamental rights. While the adverse health effects of toxic air, polluted water, and contaminated soil affect all Angelenos, these harms disproportionately afflict low-income Latino, Black, and immigrant neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Conversely, environmental benefits like open spaces, parks, and tree canopy coverage are significantly less accessible to these communities.</p>
<p>The City has already taken steps toward preparing for a sustainable future, including developing a Sustainable City Plan and the ongoing city-wide vulnerability assessment. The City has also received recognition for its climate protection efforts, thanks to the dedication of a past FUSE Executive Fellow.</p>
<p>The City of Los Angeles will collaborate with FUSE to craft a comprehensive climate resilience plan that spans the entire city and is informed by neighborhood-specific considerations. The FUSE Executive Fellow will chart the current climate resilience landscape, identify gaps for future planning, and establish a hyper-local baseline, primarily focusing on addressing the needs and building capacity in neighborhoods across Los Angeles. The FUSE Executive Fellow will also collaborate on developing department-specific directives, including resource allocation and locally-led innovative designs.</p>
<p><strong>PROJECT SUMMARY &amp; POTENTIAL DELIVERABLES</strong></p>
<p><em>The following provides a general overview of the proposed fellowship project. This project summary and the potential deliverables will be collaboratively revisited by the host agency, the fellow, and FUSE staff during the first few months of the fellowship</em>.</p>
<p>Starting in July 2024, the FUSE Executive Fellow will undertake a comprehensive landscape analysis to catalog climate-related project requirements across all City departments. This will include conducting a listening tour with key stakeholders. The FUSE Executive Fellow will assess successful strategies from various localities and engage with relevant stakeholders, including other city departments, government agencies, private enterprises, and community members. This engagement aims to better understand existing and future funding opportunities at local, state, and national levels.</p>
<p>Moreover, the fellow will begin a collaborative effort, working through the Mayor's Office, to formulate a strategic, interdepartmental vision that ensures equitable energy resilience and enhances environmental justice for historically underserved communities throughout the City of Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Ultimately, this initiative will accelerate energy adaptation and scaling within different neighborhoods of Los Angeles, each with unique challenges, needs, and opportunities. For instance, Venice will present distinct challenges compared to Los Feliz. Within this project lies the potential for the City of Los Angeles to develop a scalable model for equitably managing energy adaptation and achieving true climate resilience, which can serve as a global example.</p>
<p>The FUSE Executive Fellow will establish the energy-resilient baseline for the City of Los Angeles by conducting an equity-centered review of various sources. Recognizing the diverse needs of the City's many neighborhoods, the fellow will adopt a hyper-local approach, emphasizing historically marginalized neighborhoods. This approach will examine equitable access to public transportation, green spaces, emergency evacuation routes and methods, EV charging stations, and other relevant factors.</p>
<p>By July 2025, the FUSE Executive Fellow will have:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>Created a guide for future planning of collaborative, community-led opportunities for energy resilience</em>- conducted a thorough listening tour to identify foundational current and past initiatives and priorities; identified models of energy resilience planning and operationalization strategies other cities are implementing that could be applicable in Los Angeles; reviewed a wide range of the City of Los Angeles specific energy resilience reports, assessments, and research that inform the creation of the energy resilience plan, and ongoing support of the Mayor&rsquo;s Office.</li>
<li><em>Established collaborative departmental-specific directives</em>- provided resource allocation suggestions; created innovative energy resilience systems designs for departments; created specific achievable energy resilience goals and targets for each department; and encouraged and facilitated cross-departmental partnerships towards energy resilience in The City of Los Angeles.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>KEY STAKEHOLDERS</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Executive Sponsor &ndash;&nbsp;</strong><strong>Nancy Sutley</strong>,&nbsp;<em>Deputy Director for Energy and Sustainability</em>; Mayor&rsquo;s office, City of Los Angeles</li>
<li><strong>Executive Sponsor &ndash; Steve Baule-</strong>Executive Officer, Mayor's Office of Energy and Sustainability, City of Los Angeles</li>
<li><strong>Project Supervisor &ndash; Daniela Simunovic -&nbsp;</strong>Senior Director of Climate and Sustainability, Mayor's Office of Energy and Sustainability, City of Los Angeles</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p>
<p>In addition to the qualifications listed below, a background in&nbsp;<strong>project management, community organizing, familiarity with California's legislative process, and experience related to environmental justice and or resilience</strong>&nbsp;are strongly preferred for this project.</p>
<ul>
<li>Synthesizes complex information into clear and concise recommendations and action-oriented implementation plans.</li>
<li>Develops and effectively implements both strategic and operational project management plans.</li>
<li>Generates innovative, data-driven, and result-oriented solutions to complex challenges.</li>
<li>Responds quickly to changing ideas, responsibilities, expectations, trends, strategies, and other processes.</li>
<li>Communicates effectively verbally and in writing and excels in active listening and conversing.</li>
<li>Fosters collaboration across multiple constituencies to support more effective decision-making.</li>
<li>Establishes and maintains strong relationships with diverse stakeholders inside and outside of government, particularly community-based relationships.</li>
<li>Embraces differing viewpoints and implements strategies to find common ground.</li>
<li>Demonstrates confidence and professional diplomacy while effectively interacting with individuals at all levels of various organizations.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>FUSE is an equal-opportunity employer with core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this position.</em></p>

FUSE empowers local governments to engage communities, advance equity, and tackle climate challenges with innovative solutions.

FUSE Executive Fellowship

<div>We are seeking an Associate Attorney to conduct legal advocacy, including litigation and administrative advocacy, with the California Regional Office. The hybrid work position requires 0-3 years post-law school legal experience. The attorney selected for this position will play a key role in legal actions that can make a real difference to people’s health and well-being and protect important environmental values.  </div><div> </div><div>With staff in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Earthjustice’s California Regional Office fights for the rights of all to a healthy environment, including: protecting communities and public lands from oil and gas development, safeguarding ecosystems and imperiled species, advancing clean energy innovation, clearing the air in Los Angeles and the Central Valley, and fighting dangerous pesticide use. This position will entail a combination of litigation in state and federal courts and advocacy work before administrative agencies. For more information about the office’s work, visit <a href="https://earthjustice.org/office/california">https://earthjustice.org/office/california</a>.  </div><div> </div><div>Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. We partner with thousands of groups, communities, and individuals to engage the critical environmental and environmental-justice issues of our time and bring about positive change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.  </div><div> </div><div>Founded in 1971, Earthjustice has a distinguished track record of achieving significant, lasting environmental protections. We achieve this by hiring people who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment. Our headquarters are in San Francisco with offices in Anchorage, Bozeman, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Juneau, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Tallahassee, and Washington, D.C.  </div><div> </div><div>The Associate Attorney position is a three-year position with the possibility of an additional three years as a Senior Associate Attorney. Earthjustice’s Associate Attorney program is designed to help attorneys who are in the early stages of their careers develop into thoughtful, professional, and effective advocates skilled in the various phases of public interest litigation and administrative advocacy. The level of duties and responsibilities for an Associate Attorney will vary depending on experience. Many Associates have gone on to other positions within Earthjustice and with other public interest organizations.  </div><div> </div><div><strong>Responsibilities: </strong> </div><div>Associate Attorneys perform a range of work, in partnership with Senior Attorneys and professional staff, to investigate, develop, and pursue litigation in court and advocacy before administrative agencies.  </div><div> </div><div>As Associate Attorneys gain experience, their dockets may include cases for which they have primary responsibility under the supervision of a Senior Attorney in addition to matters on which they work in a supporting role with Senior Attorneys. Specific responsibilities include:  </div><div> </div><ul><li>Working closely with Earthjustice attorneys, scientists, professional staff, and clients to build cases and support policies that serve a diverse set of clients. </li><li>Participating in the full range of tasks involved in litigation and administrative advocacy, including factual investigation, legal research and analysis, memo writing, negotiation, discovery, briefing, and oral advocacy. </li><li>Participating in cultivating relationships with new clients, allies, and coalition partners. </li><li>Integrating communications and legislative advocacy into litigation and other legal strategies. </li><li>Supporting efforts to ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work culture that encourages and celebrates differences. </li><li>Representing Earthjustice at remote and in-person meetings with clients, partners, co-counsel, and experts. </li><li>Developing skills required to serve as spokesperson in media. </li><li>Participating in hiring and supervision of student law clerks and externs.  </li></ul><div><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong>  </div><div> </div><ul><li>Law school graduate with 0-3 years of legal experience and admitted to, or willing and eligible to apply for admission to, the California State Bar. </li><li>Strong research, analytic, writing, and communication skills. </li><li>Strong and demonstrated work ethic, good judgment, initiative, and creativity. </li><li>Strong desire to fight for the right of all to a healthy environment. </li><li>Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work well collegially. </li><li>Commitment to serving the public interest and a passion for the role of Earthjustice and its mission. </li><li>Demonstrated awareness and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations. </li><li>Ability and desire to contribute to the creation of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work culture that encourages and celebrates differences. </li><li>High level of emotional intelligence. </li><li>Ability and willingness to travel as needed, including for case work, court appearances, and meetings with clients and partners. </li><li>Legal or non-legal experience supporting communities working to overcome injustice a plus. </li></ul><div>We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits that are comprehensive and competitive. We also offer a congenial, flexible, hybrid work environment and a casual dress code. As a 501(c)(3) organization, Earthjustice is a qualifying employer for purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.  </div><div> </div><div><strong>Salary depends on experience and location.   </strong> </div><div><strong>Salary range in San Francisco, CA: $94,900-$117,100 </strong><br><strong>Salary range in Los Angeles, CA: $90,200 - $111,200 </strong> </div><div> </div><div><strong>To Apply: </strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div>Interested applicants should submit the following via Jobvite:  </div><div> </div><ul><li>Resume. </li><li>Cover letter that addresses: 1) your interest in, and qualifications for, serving as an Associate Attorney: (2) why you are drawn to Earthjustice’s mission and whether there are particular legal, environmental, or social justice issues that inspire you; and (3) aspects of your background that demonstrate competence to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in work with clients and colleagues. Also, please include the earliest date you would be available to begin work. </li><li>Writing sample, preferably a legal brief or memorandum containing legal analysis. Please ensure that any confidential information is redacted and that you have permission to share any non-public memorandum written for another legal employer or client. We recognize that many legal work products are edited by multiple attorneys; at the same time, we expect that any writing sample be predominantly, if not exclusively, your own work. Please include a cover sheet explaining the extent of any editing by someone else, and any other details about the writing sample that you believe Earthjustice will find helpful. </li><li>Law school transcript. </li></ul><div> </div><div><strong>Applications from candidates graduating from law school in 2024 will be considered. </strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div>For this position, we are looking to hire a candidate who is available to start in June 2024, September 2024, or January 2025. <strong>Preference will be given to candidates who apply by April 21, 2024</strong>. After that, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.  </div><div> </div><div>Please reach out to jobs@earthjustice.org if you are having technical difficulties submitting your application. No phone calls, drop-ins, or hard copies.  </div><div> </div><div><em>Earthjustice is driven by a passion for justice, partnership and excellence. Our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are given equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position. </em> </div><div> </div><div><em>For positions located within the City and County of San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. </em> </div><div> </div><div><em>For positions located within the City of Los Angeles: We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. </em> </div>

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Associate Attorney, California Regional Office

<p>Earthjustice is the nation’s largest, oldest, and most active public-interest environmental law organization. Our team of more than 550 staff — including more than 200 lawyers — wields the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect public health, address environmental injustice, defend and restore magnificent places and irreplaceable ecosystems, and transition our economy to 100% clean energy while working to protect people and the planet from climate change. We partner with thousands of groups, tribes, individuals, and communities to address the environmental crises of our time. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.   </p><p>Founded in 1971, Earthjustice has a distinguished track record of achieving significant, lasting environmental protections. We achieve this by hiring excellent staff who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment. Our headquarters are in San Francisco with offices in Anchorage, Juneau, Los Angeles, Tallahassee, Miami, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Denver, Seattle, Bozeman, and Washington, D.C.  </p><p>Earthjustice seeks a Managing Attorney for its Community Partnerships Program (CPP). This program works together with frontline communities fighting for a safe, just, and healthy environment. The Program provides community-led movements with legal and advocacy resources to help challenge polluters and ensure access to environmental benefits.  We also provide frontline communities with multifaceted support including litigation, legislative advocacy, policy analysis, and administrative challenges. We act collectively with our community partners to transform social and political structures that stand in the way of equal access to a healthy environment. Community Partnerships Program staff are based in Earthjustice’s offices in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and remotely in Sacramento.   </p><p>The Managing Attorney will provide support, guidance, mentorship, and strategic thought partnership for members of the team in connection with litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, strategy development, communications, and partnership building. The MA will also oversee the day-to-day operations of the program, develop and maintain relationships with clients, partners, and funders, and serve as a primary public face of the Community Partnerships Program. The Managing Attorney will coordinate closely with the VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities on substantive strategy and management, engage with other offices and programs and with the communications and policy departments, and represent the Program on internal advisory bodies and in organizational strategic planning.  </p><p>The Managing Attorney will be based in one of the following Earthjustice offices: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Washington, D.C. This is not a remote work position. Earthjustice teams are working hybrid. </p><p>The Managing Attorney will report to the Vice President of Healthy Communities, who is based in Washington, DC. </p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong> </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Program (Essential Functions)</span> </p><ul><li>Lead the Program in shaping its litigation and administrative and policy advocacy docket and related strategies, considering institutional priorities and strategic plan objectives, and participate directly in related litigation. </li><li>Provide support, guidance, thought partnership, and mentorship to Program team members in connection with strategic legal and policy advocacy. </li><li>Build and maintain effective, trust-based working relationships with community-based clients and partners, organizational partners, government agencies, and coalitions. </li><li>Work collaboratively with the Policy and Legislation, Development, and Communications teams, and with Earthjustice’s regional and program offices, as necessary, to advance programmatic and institutional goals.  </li><li>Cultivate and maintain relationships with key funders to support the work of the Program, working in partnership with our Development department. </li><li>Serve as a primary public face of the Program, including by working effectively with government officials, with the news media, and with donors (with support from our Policy and Legislation, Communications, and Development teams). </li><li>Actively collaborate with the VP of Litigation for Healthy Communities on vision, strategy, goals, priority setting, metrics, management, and administrative matters.   </li><li>Ensure that the Program team maintains a top-notch litigation and advocacy program that is consistent with the values, policies, and priorities of Earthjustice. </li><li>Serve as an active member of the Managing Attorneys group to help provide institutional leadership and set broader institutional priorities and direction.  </li></ul><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Management (Essential Functions) </span> </p><ul><li>Manage and lead a diverse team in a diverse environment with an emphasis on emotional intelligence, cultural competency, and maintaining a positive, supportive, and cohesive team dynamic. </li><li>Directly supervise staff and oversee the administrative functions of the program. </li><li>Manage, mentor, and develop the professional and administrative staff, helping them to hone their legal and professional skills to reach their full potential. </li><li>Effect and manage organizational and program change through strategic thinking, transparent communication, and inclusive leadership, consistent with the objectives of an evolving organization. </li><li>Communicate institutional vision, policies, objectives, and initiatives to staff within the program, to keep them abreast of organizational changes and developments. </li><li>Develop practices and policies within the Program that promote a respectful and inclusive workplace, and that foster community and teamwork among a diverse group of lawyers and non-lawyers. </li><li>Recruit and hire qualified candidates to support and grow a diverse and highly effective team.   </li><li>Provide staff with consistent and ongoing performance feedback, and act as a coach and mentor, while providing career development opportunities with appropriate training, encouragement, and supervision. </li><li>Promote an inclusive work environment and model inclusive behaviors for the Program and for cross-organizational teams. </li><li>Other duties as assigned.  </li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications</strong> </p><ul><li>Highly effective litigator with substantial experience in environmental or public interest law, and 10+ years of litigation experience. </li><li>JD required.</li><li>Admitted to the CA, NY or D.C. bar, or able to accomplish admittance within one year of employment. </li><li>Excellent management skills with at least 5 years of experience managing litigation or legal advocacy teams in a diverse and inclusive environment.  </li></ul><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Program (Essential Skills)</span> </p><ul><li>Outstanding litigation skills, including the ability to supervise a complex litigation docket and to guide litigation across a range of subject matters, while nurturing the development of multi-faceted legal and policy advocates. </li><li>Demonstrated ability to successfully develop and implement strategic vision for litigation or advocacy programs that deploy multifaceted approaches to achieve identified goals.  </li><li>A deep understanding of community-centered advocacy and experience working in close partnership with community-based organizations. </li><li>Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with experience working with political and community leaders and the media. </li><li>Litigation experience under federal or state environmental statutes, or deep familiarity and experience with public interest litigation that requires comparable legal and technical expertise.  </li><li>Commitment to making Earthjustice a highly effective, cutting-edge litigation and legal advocacy shop. </li><li>Entrepreneurial approach with proven ability to identify new opportunities that have lasting impact while also working collaboratively with other subject matter, regional, and national teams.  </li><li>Experience and comfort dealing with technical issues, data, and other science-based materials in the advocacy context.  </li><li>Proven ability to maintain positive long-term relationships with clients, partners, and agencies.  </li><li>Commitment to fundraising and developing ongoing relationships with donors, especially individual donors and foundation representatives. </li><li>Proven ability to manage operations, including budgets and programs. </li><li>Willingness to travel as needed.  </li></ul><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Management (Essential Skills)</span> </p><ul><li>Experience in and commitment to managing diverse staff by fostering mutual respect, effective internal communication, cross-organizational collaboration, inclusivity, and transparent decision-making. </li><li>Understanding of how implicit and institutional bias regarding characteristics like race, sex, gender, disability, and cultural identity, affects the present-day legal systems, and how dynamics around power and difference can impact supervisory relationships and organizational culture.</li><li>Demonstrated history of successful leadership that embodies inclusive values and justice. </li><li>Demonstrated experience and interest in coaching, guiding, and mentoring a diverse workforce (including attorneys and non-attorneys) at different stages of their careers to continuously improve their effectiveness and reach their full potential. </li><li>Deep appreciation for and meaningful experience in cultivating a diverse workplace that lives the values of justice and inclusivity, that provides the support needed for all team members to thrive, and that is sensitive to the needs and concerns of individuals from diverse cultures, backgrounds and orientations. </li><li>Significant experience recruiting, hiring, developing and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. </li><li>Self-awareness and understanding of the impact of behavior and emotional intelligence in the workplace.  </li></ul><p>We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits that are comprehensive and competitive. Salary is based on number of years of relevant experience and location.    </p><p><strong>Salary range in New York City: $225,900 - $251,000 </strong> </p><p><strong>Salary range in Washington, D.C. or  Los Angeles, CA: $214,700 - $238,500 </strong> </p><p><strong>To Apply:</strong> </p><p><strong>Please apply online via Jobvite by January 21, 2024. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.</strong> </p><p>Interested candidates should submit the following online via the Jobvite system:  </p><ul><li>Cover letter addressing: <ol><li>your interest in, and qualifications for, serving as a Managing Attorney</li><li>why you are drawn to Earthjustice’s mission and the Community Partnerships Program</li><li>your leadership and management experience</li><li>aspects of your background that demonstrate competence to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in work and with clients and colleagues.</li></ol></li><li>Resume</li><li>Three professional references </li><li>Writing sample, preferably a legal brief or memorandum that primarily reflects your work. </li></ul><p>Please reach out to jobs@earthjustice.org if you are having technical difficulties submitting your application. No phone calls, drop-ins, or hard copies. </p><p><em>Earthjustice is driven by a passion for justice, partnership, and excellence. Our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other factor that is not related to the position.</em> </p><p><em>For positions located within the City and County of San Francisco Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.</em> </p><p><em>For positions located within the City of Los Angeles: We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.</em> </p><p><em>#LI-Hybrid</em> </p>

Managing Attorney, Community Partnerships Program

<h2>Overview</h2><p>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 Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.</p><p> </p><p>NRDC creates impact around the world and for a better future, and we’re looking for an equally ambitious and skilled Senior Director of Industrial to help us get there. NRDC’s Industrial Division is dedicated to deeply decarbonizing industry, with an initial focus on cement, steel, and aluminum; supporting the responsible deployment of green hydrogen in targeted applications; addressing non-CO2 greenhouse gases, with a current focus on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and nitrous oxide; and bolstering the federal clean energy innovation ecosystem.</p><p> </p><p>NRDC’s Industrial Division is seeking to hire a Senior Director to work in one of our five main U.S. offices: Washington D.C., New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica, or Chicago.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong></p><p> </p><p>Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President for Climate and Energy, the Senior Director will―in close collaboration with the Industrial Division staff members and particularly the substance leads―refine the strategy for the Industrial Division and lead and operationalize the people, structures, partnerships, and programs to execute the Division’s advocacy strategy for maximum impact. This role requires a significant amount of collaboration and thought partnership with other internal teams, as we work within a matrixed structure of operation. Among others, close coordination with place-based teams who lead shaping and execution of NRDC's advocacy in specific geographies is critical.</p><p> </p><p>The Senior Director will represent NRDC and the Industrial Division at internal and external events and forums to help elevate our reputation and profile as experts in the sector. To advance the Industrial Division’s strategy, the Senior Director will effectively manage the Industrial Division’s budget and resources, work with Development to cultivate partnerships, support fundraising efforts, and develop an effective communications and campaigns strategies in partnership with the Center for Campaigns and Organizing. The Senior Director will be expected, and will be supported, to build this program even further to help meet the urgency of the moment.</p><p> </p><p>If you thrive in a care-oriented, diverse environment where people connect to create impact, you will enjoy the work we are doing at NRDC.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><p>To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disability to perform the following essential functions.</p><ul> <li>Lead the Industrial Division, including strategic planning, people management, and administration.</li> <li>Collaborate with the Senior Vice President for Climate and Energy to set the Industrial Division’s strategic goals in alignment with organizational priorities, develop key performance indicators and work plans to achieve outcomes, and set high performance expectations.</li> <li>Responsible for management of the Division’s budget, including forecasting and resource allocation to maximize opportunities and outcomes.</li> <li>Serve as strategic advisor to the Senior Vice President for Climate and Energy and an expert within the Industrial Division and across NRDC, providing as needed expert level guidance on projects, initiatives, and individual-level projects.</li> <li>Collaborate across teams within a matrix to ensure that all initiatives are integrated and in support of NRDC’s strategic priorities. Close coordination with advocacy place-based teams, other sectoral teams, the Center for Campaigns and Organizing, and institutional strategy and operations support functions is required to ensure alignment across all work.</li> <li>Collaborate with Equity &amp; Community Partnerships teams to ensure that equity and justice is embedded in NRDC’s Industrial Division goals and workplans; champion community advocacy and help build expertise and capacity among underserved communities.</li> <li>Work with the Development department to develop and implement a vision and strategy to maximize funding opportunities; help develop foundation proposals, meet with donors, and cultivates philanthropic relationships.</li> <li>Work with the Center for Campaigns and Organizing to develop effective external communication and campaigns strategies and formulate opportunities to increase NRDC’s visibility and name recognition as a leader in industrial decarbonization, hydrogen, non-CO2 greenhouse gases, and clean energy innovation; serves as an external expert and spokesperson for NRDC’s Industrial Division.</li> <li>Cultivate and manage strategic relationships and partnerships with external stakeholders such as NGOs, community groups, governments, businesses, and labor to maximize impact and achieve major outcomes.</li></ul><p>The above list of duties is not comprehensive but generally demonstrates the types of matters under this position’s responsibility. Other duties may be assigned.</p><h2>Qualifications</h2><p>Education &amp; Experience</p><ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in sustainability, environmental science, policy, public administration, engineering, or a related field or equivalent work experience; advanced degree or equivalent work experience preferred.</li> <li>Minimum 10 years’ directly related experience, including at least 3 years successfully managing teams toward a common vision and purpose.</li> <li>Experience successfully managing budgets, including prioritizing and reallocating funds to make the best use of limited resources for strategic purposes.</li> <li>Substantial experience and demonstrated success working with BIPOC-led groups to advance a common goal.</li> <li>Experience in and deep commitment to incorporating and growing the use of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion principles in strategic goals, work plans, team culture, and operations.</li> <li>Experience with public speaking on technical and non-technical topics</li> <li>Proven success in building strong partnerships with national leaders and organizations.</li> <li>Successful development fundraising experience.</li></ul><p>Skills, Abilities, Competencies</p><ul> <li>Demonstrable alignment and deep commitment to NRDC’s mission and purpose with an ability to communicate this passion to others with a positive and high-energy attitude, integrity, and a commitment to working collaboratively with peers and colleagues.</li> <li>Forward-looking and strategic thinker with a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving.</li> <li>Proven ability to manage teams, develop and execute large-scale projects and strategic goals, and manage relationships in a complex and matrixed organizational structure.</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 to inform and support advocacy.</li> <li>Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to connect with a variety of audiences in writing, orally, and through digital means.</li> <li>A willingness to travel to advance organizational goals.</li> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission, values, and DEI principles.</li></ul><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $187,500 to $206,500.</p><p> </p><p>Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.</p>

Protecting the planet's wildlife and ensuring clean air, water, and healthy communities through law, science, and activism.

Senior Director, Industrial

<h2>Overview</h2><p>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 Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C. </p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong> </p><p>The Senior Content Marketer will report to the Editorial Director and will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to increase content engagement and drive audience growth. This role will leverage knowledge of digital and content trends and analytics/SEO tools to craft engaging content for digital audiences using a data-driven approach. Overall, the Senior Content Marketer will utilize their subject matter expertise to reach and retain young and diverse readers across different platforms in order to increase awareness of NRDC’s issues and advance the organization’s communications, policy, and advocacy goals.   </p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul> <li>Create and execute plans, using insights from Google Analytics and SEMRush, in addition to data and recommendations provided by our content marketing and analytics directors, to grow strategic audiences through targeted editorial/storytelling content.  </li> <li>Optimize editorial content and provide SEO recommendations to the Editorial Team to improve content performance, including by identifying keywords and creating SEO-informed outlines for NRDC.org guides, explainers, and other pieces with significant new audience potential.  </li> <li>Build and maintain monthly reporting on NRDC.org editorial content performance and traffic trends and present to the Editorial Team and other key stakeholders to facilitate discussion.  </li> <li>Monitor trends in science, health, and environmental editorial landscape and conduct and present analysis on competitor content strategies.  </li> <li>Write and edit content as needed.  </li> <li>Write Google Grant ads for select editorial content.   </li> <li>Collaborate with our social media strategist to identify long-term as well as real-time audience opportunities for NRDC.org and social platforms and help translate them into actionable editorial and related social content across channels.  </li> <li>Collaborate with social team on repackaging NRDC.org editorial content for social platforms, such as through infographics and quizzes.  </li> <li>Manage and build NRDC’s presence on select news aggregators (Flipboard, Apple News, etc) and seek out other opportunities to drive referral traffic to NRDC.org.  </li> <li>Partner with the Digital Advocacy and Entertainment Partnerships teams to leverage editorial in support of audience acquisition and conversion goals across the Communication Department, and to help support content influencer strategies.  </li> <li>Collaborate with our analytics director on conversion-focused content strategies, including partnering with the digital advocacy and fundraising team on commissioning content to support fundraising goals, enhancing SMS content offerings, and using editorial to enhance conversion opportunities via email newsletters and other outreach.  </li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><p><strong>Minimum Education &amp; Experience:  </strong> </p><ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.  </li> <li>4-7 years of professional experience in digital content strategy, including experience in translating analytics data and audience trends into recommendations for editorial content, ideally in the environmental, social justice, science, and/or health and wellness space.  </li> <li>And/or a combination of equivalent education and/or experience. </li></ul><p><strong>Skills, Abilities, Competencies </strong> </p><ul> <li>Strong writing and editing skills. </li> <li>Passionate advocate for audience’s POV. </li> <li>Experience pulling data and insights from Google Analytics and SEMRush to inform dashboards, content optimizations, and content outlines. </li> <li>Experience training writers and editors in SEO best practices, utilizing analytics insights, and ad copywriting.  </li> <li>Ability to juggle multiple projects at one time and meet deadlines. </li> <li>Experience tailoring a brand or organization’s voice to connect with target audiences. </li> <li>A collaborative, creative spirit. </li> <li>Competence with and commitment to diversity and inclusion; ability to be an effective partner with diverse colleagues, leaders and partners. </li> <li>Ability to travel to NRDC U.S. based offices, approximately 15-20% annually </li> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission, values, and DEI principles </li></ul><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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.  </p><p> </p><p>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. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $102,000 to $112,500.  </p><p> </p><p>Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org. </p><p> </p>

Senior Content Marketer

<h2>Overview</h2><p>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 Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C. </p><p> </p><p>NRDC is seeking a Next Wave Fellow to work with the Food and Agriculture Division, Nature Program team in our Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica, or Washington, DC offices. We particularly encourage candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.  </p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong></p><p>The Next Wave Fellowship Program was created to support and uplift early career professionals of diverse backgrounds and identities with the goal of accelerating the diversification of the nature and ocean protection fields. This position opening is for a Next Wave Fellow to support NRDC’s Food and Agriculture Division and its goal of tackling the biggest threats to climate, human health, and biodiversity stemming from agriculture. Our team focuses on legal, legislative, and policy advocacy around food waste, pollinators and pesticides, and soil health. The fellowship runs for a two-year term. The fellow will be part of a cohort of Next Wave fellows at NRDC that will be provided with ongoing career advancement and professional development opportunities. </p><p><strong>The fellowship runs for a two-year term.</strong></p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul> <li>Participate in the development and implementation of high impact advocacy strategies and campaigns that advance Food and Agriculture Division priorities;  </li> <li>Build and maintain effective relationships with partner NGOs and policy makers, including participating in coalition efforts;  </li> <li>Build and provide substantive expertise on food and agriculture issues; </li> <li>Conduct research and analysis to advance NRDC’s food and agriculture advocacy; </li> <li>Draft comment letters, reports, factsheets, blogs and other social media, and other written advocacy tools; </li> <li>If attorney, provide legal expertise, including helping to identify and engage in strategic litigation, and conduct legal research and drafting; </li> <li>Engage in advocacy that advances the Division’s food and agriculture priorities, including engaging with social and traditional media and participating in conferences and other activities to advance program goals;  </li> <li>Work with Communications, Campaigns and other internal NRDC programs to bring their expertise to bear in advancing Food and Agriculture Division priorities. </li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><p><strong>Minimum Education &amp; Experience</strong> </p><ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s, JD, or PhD preferred.  </li> <li>Degree in environmental sciences or policy field preferred. </li> <li>2-5 years of work experience. </li> <li>Environmental policy or environmental sciences coursework or training. </li></ul><p><strong>Skills Abilities, &amp; Competencies</strong> </p><ul> <li>If candidate is attorney, excellent legal writing and analysis skills. </li> <li>Interest in food and agriculture field. </li> <li>Demonstrated commitment to food and agriculture work. </li> <li>Deep commitment to growing equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion, including on food and agriculture issues. </li> <li>Strong writing, analytical and research abilities. </li> <li>Data management, data visualization, GIS, or statistical analysis skills. </li> <li>Demonstrated ability to analyze, understand, and clearly translate technical materials. </li> <li>Collaborative spirit and ability to work within a team across a diverse set of perspectives. </li> <li>Persuasive public speaking and presentation skills. </li> <li>Excellent inter-personal, relationship-building, and networking skills. </li> <li>Highly organized, resourceful, and able to manage multiple tasks and projects. </li> <li>Ability to work independently. </li> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values. </li></ul><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $87,000 to $96,000. </p><p> </p><p>Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.</p>

Next Wave Food & Agriculture Fellow

<h2>Overview</h2><p>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 Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C. </p><p>NRDC is seeking three Fall 2024 Litigation Interns to work with the Litigation Team associated with our Chicago, San Francisco/Santa Monica, and Washington, D.C. offices. </p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong> </p><p>The Litigation Team is a group of approximately 40 lawyers, litigation assistants and other operations staff who pursue litigation across a broad range of environmental and public health issues, in collaboration with and on behalf of communities most impacted by environmental injustices (including Black, indigenous, and people of color, and low-income and rural communities). Over the past five years, we have litigated cases against the federal government to prevent climate pollution, challenge agency approvals of toxic chemicals and pesticides, resist the suspension of clean water safeguards, oppose offshore drilling and seismic exploration for oil and gas, defend national monuments, and protect energy efficiency standards, among other matters. We also bring enforcement cases against corporate and governmental entities whose violations harm human health and the environment—including to protect the people of Newark, New Jersey and Flint, Michigan, from lead in drinking water; to remediate toxic pollution in the Penobscot River in Maine; to abate mold in New York City public housing for residents with asthma; and to halt air pollution from a coal-fired power plant in Illinois. </p><p>Legal interns play an active role on the frontlines to protect our planet and the communities that depend on it. Our interns do concrete work in support of our litigation, including substantive writing and research, and collaborate with NRDC Litigation attorneys. </p><p>The internship typically lasts about 10 weeks, beginning at the start of the intern’s fall semester and ending before exams. Start and end dates and other scheduling details are negotiable, but we look for a minimum time commitment of two days (14 hours) a week over the course of an academic term.<strong> This posting will be open until April 15, 2024.</strong></p><p>Interns will have the option to work in person, remotely, or a hybrid of both. </p><p>This is a paid position, unless the student is seeking academic credit and their school requires the internship to be unpaid. </p><p>You can find more information about our Semester-Based Litigation Internship Program here. </p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><p>The most common intern assignments are legal memos, sometimes coupled with informal oral presentations to case teams. Interns may also, depending on assignment availability and interest, contribute to the drafting of other litigation documents such as briefs and complaints. Interns are also invited to participate in litigation planning and strategy meetings. </p><h2>Qualifications</h2><p>This internship is designed for current law school students in their second or third year of a J.D. program or in an LLM program. In assessing candidates, we look for: </p><ul> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values;</li> <li>Strong legal writing, analytical, and oral communication skills;</li> <li>Experience effectively working on a team;</li> <li>Creativity and resourcefulness;</li> <li>Commitment to public service, equity, or justice;</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to work with people across different social identities and backgrounds; and</li> <li>Record of academic and/or professional accomplishment.</li></ul><p>A successful candidate need not satisfy all of these criteria. In particular, because a key purpose of our semester legal intern program is to help our interns learn and develop new legal skills, we welcome applicants who have room to grow as legal writers, researchers, and communicators. </p><p>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. </p><p>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.The incumbent will not qualify as an employee, fellow, volunteer, or independent contractor of NRDC, nor will the incumbent be guaranteed employment at the end of the internship term. Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we encourage 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. NRDC treats all vaccination-related data confidentially, in keeping with local, state, and federal laws. To apply, visit www.nrdc.org/careers and upload your résumé, cover letter, law school transcript, list of at least two references, and a short legal writing sample. In your cover letter, please indicate which office you are applying to, or if you would like to be fully remote. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. 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.</p><p> </p><p>For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.</p><p> </p>

Fall 2024 Litigation Intern

<h2>Overview</h2><p>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 Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.</p><p> </p><p>NRDC is seeking a Senior Coordinator to work with the Workplace Strategy team in our Santa Monica office. The NRDC offices are open and operate in a hybrid model, and <strong>this position will require a minimum of 3 days in the office a week.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong>NRDC is seeking a Senior Coordinator, Workplace Strategy based in the Santa Monica office who will be responsible for ensuring the office runs smoothly and efficiently by managing day to day operations, building maintenance and management projects, and providing a high-level of employee engagement to our staff and visitors. The person in this position will also help maintain NRDC’s commitment to more sustainable business operations.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><p><strong><em>Office and Building Management:</em></strong></p><ul> <li>Responsible for general management and efficient daily operations of the Santa Monica office, in line with NRDC’s commitment to maintaining environmentally sustainable business operations, including our solar array, graywater system, and following our sustainable purchasing and catering policies.</li> <li>Coordinate, contract, and oversee facility maintenance and repairs, manage preventative maintenance of facility equipment, maintain related building logs and follow ups with property management and maintenance vendors.</li> <li>Research new vendors that align with NRDC’s values and DEI goals, conduct RFP processes, and oversee purchasing, installation, and maintenance of sustainable equipment and furniture.</li> <li>Use our ticketing system for receiving and responding to company program and office repair and maintenance requests, determining the nature of the problem(s) and either completing the request or recommending appropriate solutions to employees in a timely manner.  </li> <li>Oversee emergency management for the Santa Monica office including updates and protocols, coordinating workshops, and acting as the backup point of contact for emergency related issues.</li> <li>Manage and review space needs and process for space assignments and ensure alignment with NRDC’s Workplace values.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Office Culture:</em></strong></p><ul> <li>Organize monthly all staff meetings and staff engagement through staff events that support Community Building.</li> <li>Be the point of contact for coordinating office events, retreats, meetings, conference rooms and set up, and for Santa Monica's rooftop and public outreach center (Environmental Action Center).</li> <li>Orient new employees and interns to our office and train them on office protocols and procedures.</li> <li>Provide a high-level of employee engagement and positive experiences for both in-office and remote staff.</li> <li>Oversee office services and policies.</li> <li>Manage communication for the Santa Monica office for all Workplace Strategy related issues.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Administration:</em></strong></p><ul> <li>Manage processing invoices and monitoring of expenses for Workplace Strategy Team.</li> <li>Manage incoming and outgoing mail and deliveries.</li> <li>Oversee Workplace Strategy general inbox for staff and public inquiries.</li> <li>Oversee visitor management system and general office security.</li> <li>Manage, take inventory, and purchase office supplies and staff requested items.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul> <li>Previous experience in administration and office management (ideally 3+ years).</li> <li>Aptitude for facilities and building management and detail oriented.</li> <li>Experience in emergency management procedures and security control systems.</li> <li>Outstanding communication skills - written, oral, interpersonal – with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with staff and external contacts.</li> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission, values, and DEI initiatives.</li> <li>Strong people skills with the ability to build community that algins with the institutional culture and DEI goals.</li> <li>Self-directed with the ability to prioritize, manage and follow through on multiple tasks.</li> <li>Ability to work collaboratively, manage a heavy and diverse workload and execute duties independently while assessing situations with the “strategic big picture” in mind.</li> <li>Computer literacy is essential: ability to work with spreadsheets, databases, back-ends of systems, and adept to learning new technical systems and skills.</li> <li>Must thrive in an environment where multiple activities are ongoing.</li> <li>Ability to organize, coordinate and manage internal and external events.</li> <li>Event planning and management experience is a plus.</li> <li>Knowledge and/or interest in sustainability is a plus.</li> <li>Willingness to be available for occasional overtime work.</li></ul><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $75,000 to $83,000. </p><p> </p><p>Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org.</p>

Senior Coordinator, Workplace Strategy

<h2>Overview</h2><p>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 Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C. </p><p> </p><p>NRDC is seeking a Director, Donor Engagement and Stewardship to work with the Development team in our Washington, D.C., New York City, Santa Monica, San Francisco, or Chicago office. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong><strong> </strong></p><p>Reporting to the Senior Director of Donor Relations and Special Events the Director of Donor Engagement and Stewardship will manage a team of engagement and stewardship professionals responsible for designing, implementing, and directing an integrated and comprehensive donor engagement and stewardship program for NRDC’s major and principal gift donor community. The Director is a donor-focused, forward-thinking, innovative and energetic professional with proven success in donor engagement and stewardship, capable of developing and orchestrating the implementation of a multi-year plan to advance institutional efforts. The incumbent will possess the skills to create and design engagement and stewardship plans that engage NRDC’s top philanthropic supporters and Board of Trustees. The Donor Engagement and Stewardship Team’s responsibilities include gift reports and gift management, endowment management and tracking, donor travel program, high-level cultivation events, digital engagements, donor gifts, board event support, and donor conferences and educational programming.</p><p> </p><p>As a member of the Donor Experience leadership team, the Director collaborates regularly with the Director of Donor and Board Communications and their teams while cultivating and maintaining relationships with fundraisers, program staff, and a wide range of partners in Development.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul> <li>Develops and implements a strategic donor engagement and stewardship plan that appropriately acknowledges, stewards, recognizes, and engages donors with a strong emphasis on major gifts.</li> <li>Responsible for developing and managing a donor reporting system for impact, endowed, and matching gifts and serving as lead writer for gift reports. </li> <li>Coordinates and oversees fund agreement process and fund reporting to donors, particularly endowed funds, as well as fund stewardship activities that ensure donor funds are spent appropriately and donors are kept well-informed about the use and impact of their gifts.</li> <li>Develops and manages a donor acknowledgement program that recognizes and thanks donor in a thoughtful and timely manner. </li> <li>Identifies opportunities to engage NRDC’s top philanthropic supporters through events and travel.</li> <li>Manages and mentors direct reports.</li> <li>In partnership with Director of Donor and Board Communications manage the Donor Experience calendar for donor communications and major giving stewardship and engagement activities.</li> <li>Other duties and special projects as assigned.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><p><strong>Required</strong> </p><ul> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values.</li> <li>7-10 years’ experience in direct and varied areas of stewardship, development, or donor relations, with at least 5 years of leading and managing a team.</li> <li>Ability to compose professional level correspondence and donor reports and meet deadlines with excellent proofreading skills and command of language, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.</li> <li>Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of stewardship and engagement activities.</li> <li>High proficiency in project management, attention to detail, prioritization of work and organizational skills required.</li> <li>Highly collaborative with an appreciation of the benefit of a multidisciplinary team approach.</li> <li>Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously. </li> <li>Inspiring team leader who can mentor and guide a team of two direct reports, including an associate director of stewardship and an assistant director of engagement, and a total team of 7.</li> <li>Experience setting team strategy and developing a suite of materials. </li></ul><p><strong>Preferred</strong> </p><ul> <li>Excellent interpersonal skills and a sense of humor.</li></ul><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>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. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $145,000 to $155,000.  </strong></p><p> </p><p>Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org. </p>

Director, Donor Engagement and Stewardship

<h2>Overview</h2><p>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 Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C. </p><p> </p><p>NRDC is seeking a Director, Donor and Board Communications to work with the Development team in our Washington D.C., New York City, Santa Monica, San Francisco office. </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Position Summary</strong><strong> </strong></p><p>Reporting to the Senior Director of Donor Relations the <strong>Director of Donor and Board Communications</strong> will manage and mentor a team of writers responsible for developing content to cultivate, solicit, and engage donors to NRDC’s highest organizational priorities. The Director is a donor-focused, forward-thinking, innovative and energetic professional with proven success in building an infrastructure for donor communication strategy as well as managing pertinent initiatives and deliverables. The incumbent will possess the skills to create and design narratives that engage NRDC’s top philanthropic supporters and Board of Trustees and ensure that all materials produced by the Donor Communications team reflect NRDC’s brand standards and meet the needs of the intended constituents. The Donor Communications Team’s responsibilities include customized gift proposals, fundraising toolkits, slide decks, digital content, and board materials.</p><p> </p><p>As a member of the Donor Relations leadership team, the Director collaborates regularly with the Director of Donor Engagement and Stewardship and their teams while cultivating and maintaining relationships with fundraisers, program staff, and a wide range of partners in Development and Communications.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul> <li>Strategically plan and implement full content strategy for board and major donor communication needs.</li> <li>Manage workflow, establish and meet deadlines, and provide guidance to team members.</li> <li>Oversee and manage Board communications including weekly leadership messages, board memos and meeting materials, and talking points/scripts.</li> <li>Support all Development events with necessary communication materials.</li> <li>Develop deeply nuanced sense of presidential communications needs for board and major donor audiences; serve as expert on presidential “voice”.</li> <li>In close partnership with editorial colleagues, develop internal repository of information that informs institutional priorities and fundraising goals of development.</li> <li>Responsible for helping the organization meet fundraising goals by developing compelling donor proposals and major gift toolkits.</li> <li>In partnership with Director of Donor Engagement and Stewardship manage the Donor Experience calendar for donor communications and major giving stewardship and engagement activities.</li> <li>Manage and mentor a team of 5 communications professionals including three direct reports. </li> <li>Other duties and special projects as assigned.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><p><strong>Required</strong> </p><ul> <li>Commitment to NRDC’s mission and values.</li> <li>Minimum of 7 to 10 years of donor communications experience, with at least 5 years of leading and managing a team.</li> <li>Strong written communication skills and the ability to write for impact and gratitude across a variety of channels.</li> <li>Exceptional grammar and editing skills.</li> <li>Inspiring team leader who can mentor and guide a team of an assistant director, 3 writers, and 1 coordinator.</li> <li>Experience setting team strategy and developing a suite of materials.</li> <li>Highly collaborative with an appreciation of the benefit of a multidisciplinary team approach.</li> <li>Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously. </li></ul><p><strong>Preferred</strong> </p><ul> <li>Graphic design experience a plus.</li> <li>Excellent interpersonal skills and a sense of humor.</li></ul><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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.  </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>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. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $145,000 to $155,000.  </strong></p><p> </p><p>Our offices are open and we are operating in a hybrid model. We offer NRDCers flexibility, and we ask them to come into the office and spend meaningful time there in collaboration with their colleagues. We call this purposeful presence. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>For more about NRDC, visit www.nrdc.org. </p>

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