Executive Director of Energy, Climate, and Environment; U

Departmental Overview

The Office of the Associate Provost for Energy, Climate, and Environment (APECE) provides strategic leadership and vision to harmonize and accelerate UC Berkeley's efforts in research, curriculum, and outreach on energy, climate, and sustainability; they will foster a vibrant climate community across campus in a manner consistent with Berkeley's commitment to a just and fair society and its desire to lift up all communities, especially those that have been disproportionately impacted by climate change.

Additionally, the AP-ECE works with campus leaders to ensure that campus operations are environmentally sound and socially responsible. An overarching goal is to create an inclusive platform for collaboration among faculty, students, and staff dedicated to addressing climate challenges.

The Executive Director serves as the chief operating and administrative officer of the Office of the Associate Provost for Energy, Climate and the Environment and reports directly to the AP-ECE. They are responsible for operationalizing the AP-ECE's priorities; managing the day-to-day operations of the office; contributing substantively to fundraising strategy and prospect engagement (in partnership with the Associate Provost and the Chief Development Officer), proposal development, and external partnerships;

coordinating ECE efforts across a highly decentralized campus; designing programs and infrastructure; and collaborating with a remarkably diverse range of internal and external stakeholders - from faculty and students to policymakers, philanthropists, industry leaders, community organizations, and national laboratories.

Research Support, Program Development, and Campus Coordination:

• Support the AP-ECE to ensure UC Berkeley is recognized as a world leader in energy, climate and sustainability research by promoting the campus's expertise and successes via targeted communications, conferences, symposia, workshops, and other programs - with particular emphasis on research-to-action impacts.
• Support campus capacity to pursue and deliver results from large grants, contracts, philanthropy, and other funding opportunities across the full breadth of climate and sustainability research - including mitigation, adaptation and resilience, environmental justice and equity, in both the natural and built environments.
• In collaboration with the Vice Chancellor for Research Office, serve as a key coordinator for large-scale, multi-investigator proposal efforts: identifying opportunities, building awareness, helping to build proposal teams, managing proposal development processes, and ensuring competitiveness.
• Foster innovative, interdisciplinary research collaborations as a critical member of the leadership team; assess needs and help establish necessary research capacity; provide guidance regarding funding, partnership development, and resource support.
• In collaboration with the Council of College Deans, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost for the Graduate Division, promote efforts to curate and catalog existing courses and programs in climate and sustainability, making information more accessible to students and faculty.
• Support the development of experiential learning opportunities, leveraging programs such as Bakar Labs, Berkeley Discovery, the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, external internship and apprenticeship partnerships, and programs at the UC centers in Sacramento and Washington, DC.

Strategic Leadership and Planning:

• As a key member of the AP-ECE leadership team, develop and manage the office's short - and long-term strategic plans for programs, operations, and campus-wide coordination.
• Create annual strategies and benchmarks, implement long-term objectives, track progress, and advise the AP-ECE on milestones and course corrections. This will include producing reports, program reviews, and impact assessments.
• With the Chief Development Officer (CDO), develop funding projections, staffing models, and financial sustainability plans.
• Co-design and develop fundraising strategies with the CDO to identify and pursue funding opportunities and revenue streams; produce reports, program reviews, and impact assessments, and co-lead proposal development.
• Represent the AP-ECE's office to internal UC Berkeley units, campus leadership, and external organizations.

Operational Leadership and Management:

• Develop business models, policies, procedures, and systems to ensure efficient and effective administrative and operational support across all office functions.
• Lead administrative operations, including financial management, human resources, oversight of office space and equipment, communications.
• Manage and cultivate a growing team, including professional staff, program managers, and non-faculty academic appointees, postdoctoral fellows, or student employees as the office scales.
• Supervise the Communication Specialist to ensure proper visibility of the AP-ECE's initiatives online, in print,…