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About the Role
The Program Officer, U.S. Electricity will collaborate with the Initiative Director to create grantmaking strategies for decarbonizing the U.S. electricity sector. This role involves managing grantees to promote the adoption of zero-emission policies efficiently and equitably.
Responsibilities
- Develop strategic grantmaking plans and author memos on strategies, new subject areas, and new initiatives.
- Solicit proposals from potential grantees, develop summaries of funding requests, and address substantive questions.
- Develop a rationale for funding proposals.
- Conduct site visits to current and potential grantees and travel to meetings and conferences.
- Monitor the progress of approved grants and strategies.
- Provide timely updates, reports, and presentations on sector and strategy to staff and partners.
- Collaborate with the team to define and prioritize objectives and key results.
- Contribute to a culture of evidence-based learning for staff and grantees.
- Inform the board of directors about program developments, grant effectiveness, strategies, and improvement opportunities.
- Lead collaboration within and outside the organization.
- Refine and improve program strategy by working with internal teams and external experts.
- Participate in joint efforts with other funders and affinity groups to identify collaboration opportunities.
- Stay informed about the funding landscape and advocacy field to identify trends and opportunities.
Requirements
- 8-10+ years of relevant experience in a climate, energy, and/or policy-focused role.
- Knowledge of or experience in grantmaking.
- Knowledge or experience related to U.S. policies that decarbonize the electricity sector.
- Ability to advance relevant policy through experience in government, nonprofits, the private sector, and/or philanthropy.
- Familiarity with the climate and clean energy field landscape, advocacy strategies, tactics, and key leverage points.
- Ability to develop strategies and prioritize resources for maximum impact.
- Strong research, analysis, and synthesis skillset.
- Ability to prioritize and be flexible in a fast-paced, evolving, and collaborative environment.
- Effective and flexible interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Detail-orientation with strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 15%.
- Deep interest, passion, and commitment to reducing climate change.
Skills
- Grantmaking
- Policy development
- Project management
- Research
- Analysis
- Synthesis
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Washington, DC
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Office environment
Experience Level
- 8-10+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $145,000 to $155,000
- Adjustments made for higher-expense markets (San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Washington D.C.)
Benefits
- Up to 100% of premium paid for medical, dental, and vision
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Carrot fertility and family planning benefits
- Student loan repayment assistance
- 401k retirement plan with a company match contribution
- Public transportation benefit options
- Cell phone and health/wellness reimbursement
- Parental Leave
- 14 paid holidays
- Four weeks of paid time off (PTO)
- Regular staff lunches and team building activities
- Stocked office with healthy snacks and beverages
- Innovative, collaborative, welcoming work culture
About the Company
- Climate change is governed by physical facts—about carbon sources, accumulation, impacts, and timing, and more importantly, about solutions that work. These facts must inform strategy: they show that avoiding dangerous climate change is only possible through strong policy to cut carbon, promptly, in the biggest countries.
- To address these issues, Climate Imperative was founded to provide resources to the field of climate policy in this decisive decade.
- Climate Imperative is a 501(c)(3) public charity focused on solving the climate crisis at speed and scale by providing funding, technical support, and expertise to win the world's most significant emissions reduction policy decisions this decade.
- Climate Imperative operates from two office locations in San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC. Employees based in those areas work from the office one to three days per week. We support a hybrid work environment and bring the full team together in person one to two times per year for organization-wide collaboration.
Equal Opportunity
- Climate Imperative is committed to diversity, equity, & inclusion and to a transparent recruitment process that fosters belonging.
- Our goal is to hire and advance people regardless of race, gender, ability, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, military service, medical condition, and any other protected characteristic under local, state, or federal law.
- We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
- We are committed to an accessible employee experience. If at any time you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact jobs@climateimperative.org.