Program Director, Campaigns, Energy Action Fund

ABOUT ENERGY ACTION FUND

Energy Action Fund (EAF ) is the strategy and funding hub for America’s state and local climate politics. Working in partnership with its 501(c)(3) sister organization, U.S. Energy Foundation (EF), EAF provides 501(c)(4) lobbying and accountability resources to deliver significant legislative victories, cultivate bipartisan policy leadership, and support successful lobbying strategies from the most powerful voices for change: business, conservative, equity, labor, environmental, or other impacted advocates. Our funding also supports consultants who manage coalitions, design and execute political strategies, and support communications strategies. Having tripled our budget in the past two years, we are currently a $30+ million organization, and growing quickly.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Program Director, Campaigns will manage the day-to-day execution and tracking of EAF’s Campaigns Program. The Campaigns Director will support the EAF team in managing its c4 campaign strategies—both political and legislative—that enable us to meet our climate and clean energy policy goals. This person will work with national and regional teams, as well as with grantees and consultants, to shape effective campaigns, track the status of campaigns over the course of the year, and communicate these strategies and updates to EAF staff as well as to our funders and partners.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in either legislative or political campaigns, bringing sharp instincts around what it takes to win campaigns and capable of guiding choices about everything from high-level strategy to detailed tactics. They must also be able to succinctly and clearly analyze, summarize, and communicate those complex campaigns in a compelling manner.

The Program Director, Campaigns must be deeply collaborative, as this job requires developing and maintaining durable relationships with an assortment of partners internally and externally - including both grantees and funders - and they must have a solid understanding of and commitment to the principles of Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and EAF’s climate equity goals.

As EAF continues to scale its work, the scope of the Program Director, Campaigns role may grow or shift as well, so the successful candidate needs to be capable of evolving as a leader and taking on new responsibilities in the event that the position expands.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead EAF team, and state-based consultants on campaign strategy and activities across the country, ensuring our campaigns are sharp and effective enough to meet our goals of building public and policymaker support for clean energy and climate solutions. This will include supporting regional teams and providing oversight on refining plans, offering guidance on budgets/strategies, and identifying best practices across the field.
• Manage EAF’s investment in campaigns across the country, prioritizing funding allocations that will maximize our impact. Maintain ongoing knowledge of campaign status/budgets as well as potential new opportunities throughout the year, succinctly summarizing and analyzing trends.
• Synthesize and analyze EAF’s campaign strategies and activities for broader communication. This may include consolidating reports or preparing visual presentations for funders on behalf of the team.
• Research, document, and disseminate campaign best practices across states and regions, across EAF and EF, as well as with our funders and partners in the field to promote shared learning as the program expands.
• Support EAF leadership in developing and maintaining relationships with key funders, including by tracking and organizing campaign updates.
• Support EAF leadership in determining goals and metrics for EAF’s programmatic work, evaluating the impact of our work and making recommendations that will improve our work as well as maximize our impact in the field.
• Support EAF leadership in maintaining strong working relationships with key external partners in the climate movement.
• Support and engage in cross-team collaboration and build a reputation internally as a thought partner in refining EAF’s strategies, particularly with a focus on meaningful engagement within our joint DEI efforts.
• Provide ongoing support for program expansion and development.
• Use project management and communications tools, such as Asana and Slack, to facilitate complex workflows.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

TEAM AND CULTURE

• Maintain collegial, collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues. Contribute to a positive work environment.
• Recognize that we are stronger when we are diverse and inclusive, and embody these values in internal and external EAF work.
• Generate and implement ideas for systems, program, and operational improvement.
• Uphold EAF’s values of community, equity, learning, service, and transformational impact in both internal and external work.
• With assistance from the supervisor and others, formulate your own learning and development plan. Identify and seek out professional development opportunities, including networking, information interviews, training, projects, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS

We recognize that no one candidate will have all of the following qualifications and encourage people to apply with that in mind.

• Extensive practical experience in developing and executing successful issue campaigns at the state level, with a preference for experience running c4 campaigns.
• Able to discern strategies and skills that sound reasonable, but may be ineffective from those that are highly likely to succeed.
• Hands-on experience in the non-profit advocacy community, ideally in relation to campaign design, creation, and implementation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and work experience in one or more of the following areas: energy, climate, candidate, or policy campaigns.
• Skilled at coping with unexpected events, prioritizing and handling several projects simultaneously, and developing clear and realistic action plans with a strong attention to detail.
• Brings an orientation toward service, inclusion, collaboration, and clear communication, understanding that supporting others is fundamental to success in the role. Team player who is able to establish rapport internally and with funding partners, grantees, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Familiarity with clean energy and climate policy issues, particularly at the state level.
• Strong written and oral communication skills. Able to present complex information clearly, succinctly, and in a meaningful way to the EAF leadership, funding partners, and allies.
• A demonstrated ability to manage work across multiple stakeholders in a complex, multi-site, multi-cultural organization in line with the foundation’s DEI efforts.

SUPERVISION

Reports to the Senior Director, Campaigns

COMPENSATION

This is a full-time position. The target salary for this position is $218,500 for a candidate based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and $195,000 for candidates in other areas of the U.S. EAF provides a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental, vision, disability, and retirement benefits and paid time off.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Ability to travel a few times a year for three to four business days at a time.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to spend extended hours at the computer.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

EAF is a remote-first work environment. This position may be based in any of EAF’s offices or may work remotely from anywhere in the U.S.

The office environments include some shared workspace, some individual offices, and shared kitchen facilities, with moderate noise levels and a collegial atmosphere. On occasion, there are activities or events after work hours.