Regional Campaign Manager – Clean Energy (Remote AZ)

Greenlight America; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenlight America is seeking a Regional Campaign Manager to lead campaigns for clean energy projects in the assigned region. You will develop campaign strategies, mobilize volunteers, and coordinate with partner organizations to win permitting approvals.

The role requires multi-disciplinary campaign skills, strategic planning, organizing, communications, and coalition work; remote in the assigned region with frequent travel, reporting to the Senior Manager, Campaigns.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience. Strong candidates for this position may have a background in grassroots organizing, issue advocacy, community engagement, political campaigns, coalition management, or similar.
• Successful track record of achieving ambitious campaign outcomes. Experience at the local level is a strong plus.
• Strong strategic judgment, with experience developing winning campaign strategies grounded in power analysis and adapting them as conditions change.
• Demonstrated team leadership, including leading people across teams to deliver results without formal authority.
• Strong project management skills and attention to detail. Skilled facilitator of groups.
• Experience leading work through coalitions of partner organizations and groups of volunteers. Willingness to meet people where they are and build alliances across the political spectrum.
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, and comfort talking to people at all levels of expertise and seniority.
• Comfort giving and receiving clear and actionable feedback regularly. Eagerness to learn and apply feedback quickly.
• Experience with digital campaigning tools and tactics.
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively, take risks, objectively evaluate results, and iterate in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for accelerating the clean energy transition.
• Must have access to reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Lead campaigns for clean energy projects and ordinances across a wide range of strategic contexts. Work with partner organizations and local leaders to mobilize volunteers to hearings and win permitting approvals for clean energy.
• Develop strong campaign plans, including goals, strategies, and tactical timelines. Bring creative, power-map informed strategic thinking and draw on a comprehensive range of tactics across grassroots, grasstops, communications, and digital strategies. Track campaign milestones and seize opportunities.
• Lead campaign work across teams without direct management authority, working with colleagues, consultants, and partners to carry out campaign plans.
• Ensure strong execution of tactics across their campaigns, including volunteer mobilization, outreach, community events, supporter groups, and volunteer leader development. Carry out tactics directly or oversee others in carrying them out, depending on the needs of each campaign.
• Build relationships with organizations in the assigned region, including but not limited to environmental groups, labor unions, faith communities, agricultural organizations, social justice nonprofits, trade associations, business groups, and clean energy developers, in collaboration with Greenlight America’s partnerships team. Navigate conflict and disagreement to build shared alignment among partners.
• Provide support to partner organizations and volunteer leaders. Conduct regular check-in calls, host training sessions, and create advocacy materials.
• Oversee grant agreements with partner organizations and ensure deliverables are met. Engage in regular reporting of campaign data.
• Oversee consultant contracts and hold consultants accountable for deliverables.
• Develop and manage campaign budgets, including proposals for regrants, consultants, digital ads, and other major expenses.
• Be an engaged member of the campaigns team, sharing insights and lessons from campaigns to support excellence across the department.
• May occasionally take on campaigns outside of their assigned region.
• Between 10-25% time spent traveling is expected.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Digital campaigning tools

Creative thinking

Passion for clean energy transition

Reliable transportation

Job description

Greenlight America is seeking a Regional Campaign Manager to lead campaigns for clean energy projects in the assigned region. You will develop campaign strategies, mobilize volunteers, and coordinate with partner organizations to win permitting approvals.

The role requires multi-disciplinary campaign skills, strategic planning, organizing, communications, and coalition work; remote in the assigned region with frequent travel, reporting to the Senior Manager, Campaigns.