Program Director of Emerging Strategies; EF

Posted on June 11, 2020

Energy Foundation’s mission isto secure a clean and equitable energy future toaddress the climate crisis.

Energy Foundation supports education and analysis to promote non-partisan policy solutions that promote a healthy, safe, equitable economy powered by clean energy. We believe a thriving clean energy economy can create sustainable opportunities, spur innovation, and protect our climate for today and future generations.

We are a complex, multi-site, multicultural nonprofit organization with big plans for the future. Under the leadership of our CEO, Energy Foundation has embarked on a major strategy refresh, a prioritized commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), and rapid geographic expansion.

For more than 25 years, Energy Foundation has supported grantees to help educate policymakers and the general public about the benefits of a clean energy economy. Our grantees include business, health, environmental, labor, equity, community, faith, and consumer groups, as well as policy experts, think tanks, universities, and more.

Our comprehensive approach advances energy efficiency and renewable energy in the power, transportation, and building sectors. Working together, our National and Venues staff focus on developing innovative policies and campaigns to help propel clean energy development in these sectors, while our Strategic Communications Program develops powerful narrative and communications strategies designed to build support for our work regionally and nationwide. The Venues team is a cross-disciplinary team of policy, communications, and campaign experts dedicated to advancing strong state and regional climate and clean energy policies.

Energy Foundation’s founding office is in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices in Raleigh, NC;
Chicago, IL;
Washington, DC; and Las Vegas, NV.

The Program Director, Emerging Strategies, is a newly created role that will cultivate new strategies to accelerate solutions to decarbonizing the energy system in the US. The Program Director will work collaboratively with sector experts on the National team, and policy, campaigns and communications experts in ourregional officesto fostertransformational new strategies to advance clean energy solutions and reduce pollution. Engaging with networks of experts, advocates, and funders across the country, the person in this role will be pioneering strategies for U.S. climate progress in this critical next decade.

Energy Foundation has a preference for this position to be located in the founding office in San Francisco, CA, but is willing to consider location in one of the regional offices in Raleigh, NC;
Chicago, IL;
Washington, DC; or Las Vegas, NV.

• Develop and deploynew philanthropic strategies toadvance carbon-reducing energy policies in a manner that furthers EF’smission isto secure a clean and equitable energy future.
• Develop fundraising plans for new strategies and work with the Vice President, Policy on fundraising.
• Oversee discreet short-term and multi-year grantmaking strategies in areas of emerging opportunity for achieving deep decarbonization.
• Provide policy strategy advice to Energy Foundation campaigns, and work with regional colleagues to execute and test strategy ideas in cities, states, regionally, and federally.
• Engage and collaborate with key actors across the field, including opinion leaders, industry colleagues, technical experts, and funding partners.
• Produce top-quality written materials (proposals, presentations) for a variety of audiences, including board members, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Evaluate the impact of individual grants, initiatives, and broader campaigns.
• Support and engage in cross-sector collaboration and build a reputation internally as a thought partner in refining Energy Foundation’s strategies.
• Generate and implement ideas for systems, program, and operational improvement.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues.
• Supervise a Program Associate and contribute to that individual’s professional development.
• Collaborate with new and…