PennEnvironment Climate Solutions Associate

Are you passionate about advancing renewable energy as a key solution to addressing climate change?

PennEnvironment is looking for a skilled and savvy organizer to build public support for climate solutions and win policies that accelerate the transition off of fossil fuels. This includes PennEnvironment’s campaigns to promote 100% clean renewable energy, expand energy efficiency and conservation measures, and transition to cleaner forms of transportation to protect our climate and reduce air pollution. 

Key Responsibilities

• Work with coalitions: Work with other organizations and constituencies in Pennsylvania that to promote solutions to climate change and implement policies to increase renewable energy in Pennsylvania; engage them in our strategies and campaigns to achieve these goals. Reach out to a broad range of organizations and affected constituency groups across the political spectrum to demonstrate support for our campaign goals.
• Organize events and work with volunteers: Organize webinars, community events and public meetings on topics related to climate change and renewable energy solutions. Recruit organizations and members of the public to attend and participate in these events.
• Earn traditional media and develop social media attention: Organize media events and news conferences; write opinion pieces, news releases and press statements on topics related to climate change and renewable energy; draft social media content and build a following on social media for our campaigns.
• Lobby elected officials: Meet with, build relationships with, and convince elected officials to support climate solution policies introduced at the state, local and federal levels. Coordinate strategy with champions in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and in Congress. Make a convincing case to legislators who are undecided on a particular vote. Defend against legislative attacks on Pennsylvania’s existing climate and renewable energy programs..
• Recruit new people to your team: Help build your team by recruiting volunteers, interns and full-time staff.
• Run a grassroots campaign office each summer: Run a campaign office for the summer to raise money to support our campaigns, build our organization and membership, and help build critical and timely grassroots support to win key campaigns while honing your organizing and management skills. You may be assigned to a different office location for the summer and should be flexible to move.

Qualifications

Entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. Though we expect you to take your campaign and run with it, we provide training on advocacy and organizing skills, as well as oversight by an experienced advocate. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience, top-notch writing and public speaking skills, an eagerness to learn, and be ready for a challenge. We value organizing experience, including building campus or community groups.

Compensation and Benefits

The starting annual compensation for this position is $37,000 in the first year. PennEnvironment offers an excellent benefits package. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, paid time off, a commuter benefit program, a 401(k) plan with employer match, parental leave, long term disability insurance, and may include needs-based student loan assistance. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Location

Philadelphia, PA preferred but would consider top candidates in Pittsburgh, PA.

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About PennEnvironment

PennEnvironment is a citizen-based environmental advocacy organization working to tackle the most profound problem of our time: a way of living that is destroying the natural world. 

We’re advocates for energy conservation and renewable power, so we can keep oil in the ground and stop burning fossil fuels. We’re champions of plastic reduction, so nothing we use for a few minutes is allowed to pollute our oceans for centuries. And we’re defenders of wildlife and wild places, both for their own sake as well as the awe and wonder they bring to our lives. 

PennEnvironment is part of Environment America’s national network of 30 state environmental groups that work to improve our quality of life by reducing the pollution and other harms of how we produce, consume and dispose of more and more stuff. And we do it one step at a time, by winning results for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife, open spaces, and a livable climate that make a tangible difference in people's lives and our environment.

Our Mission and Values

PennEnvironment and Environment America are part of The Public Interest Network, which operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change. Visit our website for things you should know about our network when you apply.

PennEnvironment is an equal opportunity employer. 

COVID-19: We take COVID-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our COVID safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law.