Officer, State Decarbonization Campaign Lead

Pew Charitable Trusts; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 121,100 - 135,400; Full time

Job summary

The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, DC is seeking an Officer, State Decarbonization Campaign Lead to guide state‑level policy campaigns that modernize the electric grid by expanding distributed energy generation and transmission buildout. You will report to the project director and work with leadership to identify opportunities and develop campaigns across priority states.

You will write campaign materials, build relationships with government officials and partners, supervise consultants,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Generally, eight years of applicable experience in advocacy campaigns or policymaking institutions.
• Skilled at informing and influencing diverse external audiences through written and oral communications.
• Knowledge of the energy power sector and grid modernization issues.

Responsibilities

• Foster a work environment that inspires excellence and collaboration, with diversity and transparency.
• Develop and implement state-level policy campaigns, identifying opportunities and pivoting strategies as needed.
• Identify partners, supervise consultants, and manage relationships with government officials and grantees to meet deliverables.
• Cultivate knowledge of state public policy discussions and track relevant legislation and regulations.
• Represent Pew in government meetings, hearings, public events, and with local media.
• Write campaign materials for internal and external education and advocacy.
• Coordinate with Pew staff across communications, government relations, and field operations to execute campaigns.

Job description

Position Overview

The Officer, State Decarbonization Campaign Lead will serve as a lead policy campaign advocate for state-level policies that modernize the electric grid by scaling the adoption of distributed energy generation, accelerating the buildout of transmission infrastructure, and supporting deployment of large‑scale clean energy generation. Reporting to the project director, the officer will collaborate with project leadership to identify campaign opportunities and develop and execute legislative and regulatory policy campaigns in priority states across the political spectrum. The position is located in Pew’s Washington, D.C. office and participates in a hybrid work program with core days in the office and flexibility to telework the remaining days, with four telework flex weeks per year.

Responsibilities

• Foster a work environment that inspires excellence, values impact, encourages transparency, builds mutual trust and respect, embraces and values diversity, and is collaborative, caring and compassionate.
• Work with the project director to develop and implement effective state-level policy campaigns that result in power sector decarbonization outcomes, including identifying opportunities, pivoting strategies as conditions change, and continuously assessing the effectiveness of tactics and partners.
• Identify partners, supervise consultants, develop and maintain excellent working relationships with government officials and partner organizations, and develop scopes of work and objectives with grantees to meet programmatic deliverables.
• Cultivate and maintain detailed knowledge of state public policy discussions and closely track relevant legislation and regulations related to grid modernization and the power sector.
• Establish Pew as a trusted resource and partner to allies and key state administrative, utility commission, and legislative staff and officials. Represent Pew in government meetings, advocacy coalition meetings, hearings and testimonies, public events and conferences, and with local media.
• Write campaign materials such as web analyses, fact sheets, presentations, and policy briefs for internal and external education and advocacy efforts, ensuring factual accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with Pew staff including communications, government relations, field operations, and others to execute and ensure coordination of campaign activities.
• Participate in activities that support program and Pew-wide objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Generally, eight years of applicable experience, including work on advocacy campaigns that seek to secure policy through Congress or state legislatures, or professional experience within policymaking institutions.
• Skilled at informing and influencing politically diverse external audiences through written and oral communications; demonstrates detail-oriented, fact-based applied research and writing.
• Possesses knowledge of the energy power sector and related emerging issues.
• Aptitude to apply a non-partisan, evidence-based approach to projects and campaigns that require support across the political spectrum.
• Develops and manages productive and collaborative relationships with partners, contractors, external stakeholders, and colleagues, including communications, government relations, and additional internal support functions.
• Prior to commencing employment with Pew, candidates who were registered to lobby in any jurisdiction must certify termination of previous registration(s) and provide copies of termination notices to Pew.

Key attributes and preferred experience

• Develops and moves projects forward with a high degree of independence and autonomy, exercising sound decision-making in problem-solving.
• Demonstrated experience meeting multiple deadlines and managing short- and long-term goals while maintaining attention to detail.
• Experience working productively with a wide array of stakeholders, both internal and external, and approaching issues with a nonpartisan mindset and sound judgement in a rapidly changing environment.

Travel

• This position requires domestic travel to meetings and conferences, including up to 35% of the time during key periods.

Work Authorization

• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country for which they are seeking employment without visa sponsorship.

Salary Range

United States Pay Range: $121,100 - $135,400

Total Rewards

We offer a competitive salary and benefit program, including comprehensive, affordable health care through medical, dental, and vision coverage; financial security with life and disability insurance; opportunities to save using health savings and flexible spending accounts; retirement benefits to help prepare for the future; and work/life benefits to maintain a good balance.

Pew is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or any other protected characteristics.