International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is hiring Resilience Graduate Interns (multiple positions)

Position description: The Resilience Intern will work closely with the Resilient Development Pathway lead to support climate resilience projects and develop resources for ICLEI USA members. The Resilience Intern will be expected to conduct research, contribute to guidance documents and reports, and support community and local government stakeholder engagement meetings. Success in this position requires a high-energy and personable approach, with a healthy dose of technical acumen to guide and direct local governments through phases of a holistic sustainability framework. New York City-based candidates will have opportunities for in-person work and mentorship.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain regular contact with the Resilient Development Pathway Lead and provide updates on tasks and assignments.

• Contribute to written guidance documents and reports.

• Support local government members by conducting research on climate resilience, adaptation, and general sustainability topics.

• Support stakeholder engagement (breakout room facilitation, note-taking, transcription, synthesis, and analysis of inputs shared during meetings)

• Work with project stakeholders including e.g. city sustainability and community engagement staff and volunteers; excellent communication and client support skills are required.

• Assist the Resilient Development Pathway Lead with administrative tasks, including creating educational and attractive slide decks, formatting documents, meeting notes, etc.

• Other possible tasks (dependent on intern’s interest/expertise): compiling local climate projections and conducting research on future conditions; using GIS (access to ArcGIS Pro license will be provided) to conduct spatial analysis and create visually appealing maps.

Location: Remote in the U.S. or in-person in NYC

Experience: Internship

This internship is open to students currently enrolled in an accredited graduate school program in the United States with an expected graduation date in 2025 or 2026. This is a fully remote position open to all US-based applicants, with preference for New York City-based candidates. The position is slated for November 2024 – February 2025 with the possibility of extension. Interns will be asked to work an average of 20 hours per week.

Salary/Pay: $26/hour

Learn more about the position here!

Climate Cabinet is hiring a Midwest Climate Policy Lead

Position description: The Midwest Climate Policy Lead will provide policy analysis, engage with legislators and peers in the advocacy community, and produce original research and policy products to support ambitious climate policy. This work will focus especially in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois, but may entail drawing lessons from other regions and/or sharing models developed in these states. The Policy Lead will work in collaboration with our Senior Policy Director, State Leads (where applicable), and Climate Cabinet’s national policy, political, and communications teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work with the Senior Policy Director and State Leads to support policy education and lobbying led by State Leads across the Midwest region.

  • This will include through: rapid response policy analysis & research, educational programming, content creation, and tactical support.

  • This will include some travel for in-person lobbying, relationship building, and programming support.

• Drive Climate Cabinet legislative priorities in partnership with coalition partners and policymakers in additional states including Wisconsin and Minnesota.

• Work in coalition with state-based activists, organizations, and funders to advance shared priorities.

• Track, evaluate, and communicate the impact of Climate Cabinet’s engagement in these states, including through bill tracking and storytelling and internal cross-state sharing.

• Serve as an internal policy expert and lead on 2-3 critical climate policy areas.

• Create materials to build and support policy campaigns in the Midwest and potentially other states or nationwide.

• Act as our primary point of contact with policymakers and coalition partners in certain states and coordinate closely with State Leads on roles and duties in others.

• Work with Climate Cabinet’s internal policy and data teams to write and publish regular research, memos, and analysis pieces on climate policy trends and opportunities in the Midwest.

• Translating esoteric or highly technical policy and budget issues and recommendations into plain language summaries for press, policymakers, and internal communications with our team

Location: Remote in the Midwest

Experience: Mid to Senior-level

Salary/Pay: $85,000 - $105,000/year

Learn more about the position here!

Climate Cabinet is hiring a Pennsylvania State Lead

Position description: The Pennsylvania State Lead will deepen the effectiveness of Climate Cabinet’s presence in the legislature, and scale up our policy and political work in Pennsylvania. This will include a heavy emphasis on coalition work, legislator relationship development, and collaboration with Climate Cabinet’s national policy and political teams. 

This is a leadership position that will report to the Senior Policy Director and work in close coordination with our national legislative and political teams to ensure cross-state sharing, and alignment with both state and national goals. 

Key responsibilities include:

• State Lead

  • Deepen Climate Cabinet’s presence in the Pennsylvania legislature by building strong lawmaker relationships, especially in-district with Western Pennsylvania legislators, with climate champions, and through consistent lobbying, policy education, and coalition work.

  • Pass and defend key climate policies.

  • Work in coalition with state-based activists, organizations, and funders to advance shared priorities.

  • Work with Climate Cabinet’s national policy and political teams to shape Pennsylvania strategy, share learnings + expertise across states, and communicate impact.

  • Track, evaluate, and communicate the impact of Climate Cabinet’s engagement in  Pennsylvania, including through bill tracking and storytelling.

• In addition to the above responsibilities, a State Director-level candidate will:

  • Drive Climate Cabinet’s Pennsylvania legislative and political agenda in collaboration with the national team.

  • Drive Climate Cabinet’s Pennsylvania legislative, political, and media strategies.

  • Bring robust, specific policy/legislative expertise.

  • Be a spokesperson for Climate Cabinet in Pennsylvania media and to funders.

Location: Pittsburgh, PA – or elsewhere in Western Pennsylvania with regular travel to Harrisburg. This role will require some out of state travel.

Experience: Mid-level

Salary/Pay: $85,000 - $105,000/year

Learn more about the position here!

Environmental Defense Fund is hiring Climate Corps Fellows (multiple positions)

Position description: Climate Corps fellows are graduate students who work with companies, public institutions, and non-profit organizations to meet climate commitments by identifying opportunities to reduce emissions in their operations and supply chains. We are looking for graduate students from diverse backgrounds, with a range of experiences, training, and ambition, who are motivated to join the climate workforce and advance climate projects within organizations.

Key responsibilities: As a fellow, you will have the opportunity to work on-site or remotely for 10-12 weeks to drive meaningful impact in the fight against climate change. As a successful applicant, you’ll be custom matched with an organization that best aligns with your skills, interests, and preferences. Over the summer, you’ll work directly with staff at your host organization on innovative climate and energy projects. At the end of the fellowship, you’ll become part of the Climate Corps network and gain access to professional development resources throughout your career.

Experience: Fellowship/Internship

Salary/Pay: Not Disclosed

Learn more about the position here!

Electrification Coalition is hiring a Program Associate

Position Description: This position will support the EC’s work to maximize federal investments related to EV infrastructure and vehicle deployment. Our team works across numerous priorities in driving these investments, including identifying unique public and private partnerships to unlock additional capital and innovative projects, breaking down barriers for state and local project deployment, creating technical support that can work at scale, and building capacity in government and within the stakeholder community to support rapid adoption of transportation electrification solutions for all. This position will also support other fleet and charging deployment-focused programming, integrating federal investment opportunities into other programmatic work.

Our ideal candidate brings skills and experience in the areas of electric vehicle policy and federal funding deployment, stakeholder education and engagement, and writing and analysis.  This position requires significant face-to-face time with stakeholders and those utilizing EC educational collateral, often with the need to be comfortable in leading external-facing presentations across a variety of settings and audiences.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, enjoys variety in their work, and is excited by the opportunity to contribute across a diverse set of responsibilities. If you're ready to grow your career while making a meaningful difference in the future of the electric vehicle sector, we invite you to join our team. Lead and support the delivery and implementation of program tasks, including analysis, research, and education delivery. 

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborate across EC teams, including Policy, Freight, and Campaigns, on joint tasks, deliverables, and projects.

• Track and evaluate federal, state, and local funding opportunities and initiatives related to transportation electrification.

• Monitor and share relevant industry updates, highlighting successes and best practices.

• Create fact sheets, briefing memos, slide presentations, white papers, and other materials to support programs and initiatives.

• Contribute to EC’s newsletter, funder updates, and publications by summarizing key policy and program developments in transportation electrification.

• Review and synthesize federal documents to produce valuable, relevant resources.

• Support EC programs team in developing tools, resources, and cutting-edge insight for electrifying transportation.

• Support execution and management of EC projects and programs by establishing and monitoring outcomes, deliverables, staffing plans, timelines, and budgets.

• Provide regular updates to project partners and relevant stakeholders (e.g., funding organizations, interested parties, government agencies, etc.).

• Represent EC and present at conferences, webinars, and other event engagements. This includes curating presentations, managing audience engagement, and identifying unique narratives for successful implementation. This includes managing various meeting and presentation priorities across the organization, including:

  • EVGridX

  • EC Infrastructure Webinar Series

  • Charging Infrastructure Week

    • Cultivate and maintain trusting relationships with industry partners from a variety of sectors, including government, utility, academia, business, and nonprofit/foundation.

    • Facilitate information sharing and connections among various stakeholders to advance the knowledge transfer of best practices, program design, and opportunities. 

• As needed, support proposal development processes including content development, editing, and facilitation of collaborative planning sessions with external partners and internal team members.

• Contribute to funder and/or client reporting and communications.

Location: Remote

Experience: Entry to Mid-level

Salary/Pay: $52,100 - $62,500/year

Learn more about the position here!

Café Momentum Pittsburgh is hiring a Director of Development

Position description: Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Development will be responsible for all aspects of planning, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive, strategic fundraising strategy for Café Momentum Pittsburgh. They will collaborate with the Executive Director in the development and execution of major development, program and event initiatives, including:

• Establishing, cultivating and stewarding close relationships with major donors and corporate and private foundations as a means of building, advancing and funding programming

• Identifying prospects for major gifts and cultivating meaningful relationships in order to secure significant contributions

• Managing the planning and execution of strategies for framing and managing Café Momentum’s public image and relationships with key constituencies, including Board of Directors, the community at large, foundations and corporations

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing a strategy to build a comprehensive development effort to support Café Momentum’s programming – including, but not limited to: annual solicitations, fundraising events, giving days, corporate and foundation relations, major and planned giving, records maintenance, gift acknowledgement and new donor identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship

• Day-to-day oversight of fundraising activities to assure the smooth and effective functioning of the development department

• Manages and acts as liaison to grant management firm and any other external providers directed associated with fundraising activities

• Assisting the Executive Director in managing board member relationships and activities, including the coordination of board meetings, development of board communications and cultivating prospective new board members

• Prepares resource forecasts, work plans and development policies, procedures and processes

• Tracks all grant allocations, restricted and non-restricted in collaboration with the Finance and Operations Manager

• Ensures all fundraising activities and operations are carried out in compliance with local, state and federal regulations

• Management of fundraising database (Salesforce); weekly and monthly reporting

• Manages and provides guidance to any development staff, ensuring all performance management requirements are met; overseeing department and staff performance and effectiveness; tracking and reporting on performance metrics, and driving improvement in compliance with internal policies and guidelines

• Acts as a representative for the organization in the community and at special events

• Some late night and weekend obligations

• Performs other duties as assigned

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Experience: Mid to Senior-level

Salary/Pay: $80,000 to $92,000/ year

Learn more about the position here!

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is hiring a Manager of Institutional Giving

Position description: The position develops, implements, and oversees a comprehensive institutional giving program that supports Library operations, transformational projects, capital needs, and the endowment. The Manager – Institutional Giving reports to the Director of Development and works collaboratively across the Library system, including with the Development Team, the President’s Office, the Finance Team, and multiple project and program leaders working directly with the public or with program design.

This role is a combination of high-level strategy setting and implementation, as the Manager drives internal idea generation and problem solving, while managing deadlines and writing a range of proposals and reports. This position requires an experienced, high-performing collaborator and communicator that can effectively bridge multiple stakeholder needs and priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designs and implements the Library’s grants and sponsorship programs in order to match the organization’s programmatic and financial goals with the philanthropic intent of prospective and current foundation, government, and corporate donors

• Familiarizes self with all programs offered by CLP in order to match funders with appropriate projects, campaigns and programs. Proactively communicates funding opportunities to relevant program managers

• Develops and executes an annual work plan that represents all aspects of the grant and sponsorship cycle, including internal research and information gathering, managing and communicating the deadline calendar to CLP staff, developing case statements for Library initiatives, stewardship and cultivation of grant funders and sponsors, and managing writing assignments for all proposals, reports, and funder communication. This position is the primary writer for institutional grant work, but receives support from members of the Development Team. Delegated writing assignments are made in consultation with relevant supervising Managers

• Facilitates conversations and project teams that include program and project managers for grant funded and sponsored projects and the Finance Department to ensure alignment across the Library, adherence to all fiduciary requirements, and the development of feasible grant budgets

• Designs and implements sponsorship benefits for sponsors of programs and events. Ensures that funders receive appropriate recognition and that grant/sponsorship obligations are fulfilled. Proactively develops and communicates these commitments with public service and support departments across CLP

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Experience: Mid-level

Salary/Pay: $65,000-$75,000/year

Learn more about the position here!

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