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Applications
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The Georgetown Climate Center is looking to fill two key positions
on our Mitigation Team. We are seeking experienced and knowledgeable individuals
to lead our
Mitigation Team as the Program Director and to serve as a Senior Institute Associate.
GCC is committed to
building a diverse staff and fostering an inclusive environment that is
reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage applications from
women, people of color, LGBTQ+ applicants, and other candidates from
historically underrepresented backgrounds.
Please see the below job postings, and share with your
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Mitigation
Program Director | |
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Federal, state,
Tribal, and local agencies across the U.S. are mobilizing to invest historic
amounts of funding in infrastructure and solutions to the climate crisis. As
GCC's James Bradbury has recently taken on a new role as GCC's Director of Research and
Policy Analysis, we are seeking an experienced and committed individual to join
our team as the Mitigation Program Director.
This individual will
provide leadership and strategic direction to GCC's mitigation program,
overseeing our extensive body of work on clean energy and strategies to reduce
emissions. This will include supervising and contributing to timely analysis and
facilitation of discussions among government officials to identify best
practices for implementing federal legislation and initiatives, including the
Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Justice40
Initiative, and new regulations; as well as supporting state, local, and Tribal
officials in advancing ambitious subnational laws and policies.
The Mitigation Program
Director will report to the Executive Director and will work closely with other
Center directors and interact with senior local, state, federal, and Tribal
officials; faculty and Georgetown senior administration; other academics;
outside partners (e.g., senior representatives of NGOs); funders; the media; and
students.
The Mitigation Program
Director will oversee the strategic direction of GCC’s mitigation program,
supervise advanced research and writing projects, lead multi-stakeholder
convenings, and ensure the delivery of quality work products. In addition, the
Mitigation Program Director will supervise the work of four full-time GCC staff
members, in addition to fellows, consultants, and student research assistants.
Strong interpersonal skills, project management skills, writing and editing
skills, professionalism, and sound judgment are required.
Required
qualifications include:
- Minimum of five to seven years' experience in
environmental law and policy, including clean energy and emissions reduction
strategies.
- Substantive expertise on one or more aspects of
transportation, energy or environmental pollution law and/or policy, e.g.
environmental justice, public utility regulation, pollution regulation, energy
markets, multi-sector climate action planning, transportation systems, or clean
energy standards.
- Experience working for, with, or on matters
related to U.S. state, local, federal, or Tribal governments and their role in
clean energy and emissions reduction.
- Demonstrated expertise identifying strategic
needs and opportunities.
- Demonstrated experience fundraising and managing
complex projects. Excellent research, speaking, and writing skills.
- Experience supervising staff teams.
- Professional judgment to represent GCC in
interactions with senior local, state, federal and Tribal officials and other
stakeholders.
J.D. preferred; other
graduate degrees and relevant experience will be considered.
Preferred
qualifications include:
- High-level understanding of issues related to
climate change adaptation and resilience and their connections to strategies to
reduce emissions.
- Experience working with students or in an
academic setting.
Salary range for this
position is $130,000 to $150,000 annually, depending on experience. Learn more and apply on the Georgetown University careers
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Senior
Institute Associate, Mitigation
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The Mitigation Senior
Institute Associate will help advance GCC initiatives to support equitable
low-carbon strategies at the federal, state, and regional levels. This will
involve timely analysis and facilitation of discussions among government
officials to identify best practices for implementing federal legislation and
initiatives, including the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, the Justice 40 Initiative, and new regulations. Specific
topics will include: low-carbon transportation, clean electric power,
community-based air quality monitoring, and a range of other novel and
cutting-edge policy initiatives.
The Senior Institute Associate will play a leadership role in
designing and managing complex projects, presenting to external audiences,
conducting outreach, and coordinating with outside partners and contractors.
This will include the following activities:
- Leading projects involving policy and legal
research, analysis, and writing on a broad range of energy and emissions
mitigation topics.
- Building relationships of trust with
policymakers, partners, and stakeholders.
- Working with GCC colleagues, students, partners,
policymakers, and consultants to identify opportunities for meaningful policy
actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while advancing environmental
justice.
- Representing GCC at conferences, dialogues,
events, and with the media.
- Conducting briefings and facilitating discussion
among senior local, state, and federal officials; funders; NGO and academic
partners; and private sector partners.
- Coordinating the development and maintenance of
content for the Center’s website.
- Supervising and coordinating work of research
assistants, outside contractors, staff, and outside partners.
- Serving as a high-functioning team member with
leadership responsibilities.
- Identifying and responding to opportunities for
funding and outreach.
We are seeking
candidates with at least five years’ experience in environmental law and policy,
climate change policy, or a related field. Excellent research and communications
skills (writing and speaking) required. Relevant experience includes:
- Working on climate and energy policy, including
related to climate action planning, transportation planning, the electric power
sector, energy infrastructure siting, and building electrification;
- Supervising the work of others;
- Managing complex projects with multiple external
and internal partners and collaborators;
- Working with or for local, state, tribal or
federal governments.
The starting annual
salary for this position is $90,000, plus benefits. Learn more and apply on the Georgetown University careers
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