Resilient Infrastructure Policy Manager

RE Sources is seeking a skilled and values‑driven Resilient Infrastructure Policy Manager to lead our work shaping how and where development, particularly fossil fuel/clean energy development and related industrial development, happens in Northwest Washington. This position focuses on land use planning, growth management, and infrastructure siting to ensure communities, not extractive or speculative interests, guide decisions that affect land, water, climate, and public health.

RE Sources is a dynamic, high impact non‑profit environmental policy and advocacy organization based in beautiful Bellingham, Washington. We work to protect the communities, creatures and wild places of the central Salish Sea region through a combination of bold advocacy, public issue‑focused education, youth engagement, and science based action. Our key priorities are to combat climate change, protect the Salish Sea and the waters that feed into it, fight pollution, and watchdog environmental threats in Northwest Washington.

RE Sources stands against racism, white supremacy and the ingrained structures and institutions that enable and perpetuate them. Indigenous, Black and other communities of color are frequently the most harmed by environmental degradation. We envision a future where every person benefits from clean energy, less pollution and thriving outdoor places.

As a grassroots environmental advocacy nonprofit, we believe greater public action and engagement at the local level are essential building blocks of a climate resilient NW WA. RE Sources works to create strategic opportunities to protect our region’s land, water, climate, and communities.

The Resilient Infrastructure Policy Manager work sits at the intersection of land use regulations, clean energy & fossil fuel infrastructure policy, environmental justice, and community organizing. This work will advance policies and campaigns that prioritize impact avoidance over mitigation, strengthen development regulations, and embed climate limits, ecological protection, and community leadership into comprehensive plans, development codes, and permitting decisions.

This role is guided by a vision of a future where communities lead the way in building regenerative economies, with infrastructure siting that respects climate limits, protects biodiversity, and honors local vision and indigenous sovereignty.

• Serve as staff lead on integration of land use, growth management, climate, and energy policy ensuring our work feeds into a larger regional‑to‑global framework.
• Elevate climate risk, hazard avoidance, and enforceable conditions in land use and regulatory decision‑making to strengthen environmental, climate, and community protections.

• Lead the organization’s engagement in high‑stakes regulatory processes, including land use code updates, growth management and regional industrial project permitting.
• Maintain a rigorous tracking system for large‑scale development proposals and infrastructure projects, particularly those at or adjacent to Cherry Point and March Point industrial areas. Ensure the organization is positioned for timely and effective interventions during critical comment periods and hearings.
• Coordinate with internal science and policy staff to evaluate the long‑term risks of proposed infrastructure. This includes analyzing impacts on carbon emissions, climate resilience, and cumulative effects on watershed health and water quality.

• Build and maintain relationships with elected officials, planning staff, and agency decision‑makers.
• Work with partners and staff to draft policies, compile and submit technical comments, and provide clear written and verbal comments.
• Outline and advocate for RE Sources positions to legislators, administrators, and council members.

• Support and amplify leadership from communities most impacted by climate and land use decisions.
• Collaborate with Tribes and respect tribal sovereignty and treaty rights in land and water…