Advocacy Director

Permit Power; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

Pre-tax commuter benefits

FSA

401k with 5% matching

6 months paid parental leave

Job summary

Permit Power is seeking a seasoned Advocacy Director to coordinate state-level campaigns across 4-5 states, advancing policies to streamline permitting for home solar and batteries. You will lead strategy, engage local partners, and manage campaign budgets while aligning with national advocacy goals.

Reporting to the Chief of Advocacy, you will guide long-term political strategy, build relationships with stakeholders, and help shape organizational direction for a rapidly growing team working

Qualifications

• Experience running successful legislative campaigns across multiple states.
• 5–10 years of experience leading comprehensive campaigns with inside and outside game strategies.
• Experience building organizational partnerships, overseeing coalitions, and managing government relations and communications consultants.
• Experience assessing the external landscape and identifying opportunities for winnable policy campaigns.
• Familiarity with advocacy and industry organizations working on permitting reform, utility reform, and distributed generation.
• Knowledge of energy issues— behind-the-meter solar/storage and electrification— a plus

Responsibilities

• Pass strategy: build and oversee legislative campaigns to streamline approval and reduce costs for home solar and batteries in target states.
• Lead relationships with local partners, in-state lobbyists, and communications firms.
• Serve as internal expert and lead strategist for your turf; conduct landscape analysis and own long-term campaign strategy.
• Translate statehouse wins into on-the-ground progress with government and utilities.
• Contribute to the national advocacy program and help inform organizational strategy and fundraising as needed

Job description

Join Permit Power to oversee state advocacy campaigns to slash utility bills for American families by dramatically accelerating the installation of home solar and batteries.

What we do at Permit Power

Permit Power is on a mission to make it cheap and easy for American families to power their lives by cutting the red tape that makes home solar and batteries so expensive.

We are a small but ambitious team that advances common-sense policy fixes in states around the country to modernize processes like permitting and utility interconnection to allow tens of millions more American families to produce their own affordable electricity.

What you’ll be doing

Already, within less than two years, we have helped ensure that over 100m Americans will have access to instant permitting for home solar and batteries. We’ve also successfully passed bills to reform the grid connection process and make plug-in solar widely accessible. We are looking for a seasoned Advocacy Director who will build on this momentum by advancing state policies to cut more red tape for families looking to install solar and batteries. Reporting to the Chief of Advocacy, you’ll be responsible for coordinating our state-level campaigns in 4-5 states.

Passing state legislation

You’ll build and oversee legislative campaigns to streamline the approval process for, and reduce the cost of, home solar and batteries in a subset of Permit Power’s target states. This includes driving strategy, coordinating partners, and managing campaign budgets.

Leading our relationships on the ground

You’ll identify, recruit, and lead our engagement with local partners, in-state lobbyists, and communications firms.

Serving as our internal expert and lead strategist for your turf

You’ll conduct landscape analysis and “own” our long-term campaign and political strategy in the states you cover

Driving implementation

As appropriate, you’ll bottom-line work to translate our statehouse wins into on-the-ground progress– ensuring that state and local governments and utilities follow the law.

Contributing to our national advocacy program

As part of our Advocacy team, you’ll help inform our organizational strategy, represent Permit Power externally as a thought leader, and assist with fundraising as needed.

What we’re looking for

Experience running successful legislative campaigns across multiple states. The strongest candidates will have 5-10 years of experience leading comprehensive campaigns involving inside and outside game strategies

Experience building organizational partnerships, overseeing coalitions, and managing government relations and communications consultants

Experience assessing the external landscape and identifying opportunities for winnable and impactful policy campaigns

Familiarity and relationships with advocacy and industry organizations that work on permitting reform, utility reform, and distributed generation, and/or ability to build this quickly.

Knowledge of energy issues– specifically behind-the-meter solar/storage and electrification– a plus

What will make you a good fit

Entrepreneurial and self-directed. We are a small team, and you will need to be able to figure out what your goals are and how to achieve them within the set timeframe.

Outcomes-oriented. We measure ourselves by how much we can drive down the cost and timelines for installing solar and batteries, and how much more solar and batteries are installed as a result of our work. We are looking for someone who will find fulfillment in achieving those concrete goals.

Collaborative and low-ego. We’re a start-up organization and will make many mistakes. We will only succeed if we work together, acknowledge our mistakes, and learn from them.

Flexible and open-minded. Comfortable collaborating and finding common ground with stakeholders across the ideological spectrum

Organized and detail-oriented. No one will be looking over your shoulder, and you will need to take true ownership over the quality of your work, and stay on top of your own administrative work.

Occasional travel: Willing to travel for periodic team and partner meetings, hearings, and conferences.

The salary & benefits you can expect

This is a full-time, exempt position.

• health insurance
• dental insurance
• vision care
• pre-tax commuter benefits
• FSA
• 401k with 5% percent contribution matching (limits apply)
• Permit Power offers 6 months of paid maternity or paternity leave to bond with a newborn or adopted child within the first year of birth or adoption

We are currently a team of 9 working remotely. Candidates in New York and New Jersey are preferred, but those applying from elsewhere in the continental U.S will be considered.

Permit Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.

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