Remote State Energy Policy Advocate

Powering Prosperity; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive benefits

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Powering Prosperity is seeking a proactive Government Affairs Associate to advance state-based energy advocacy and support market-oriented policy solutions. The role partners with the Director of State Campaigns to plan, track campaigns, and coordinate with consultants, coalitions, and internal teams to keep initiatives moving forward.

Travel to priority states is expected, and the position emphasizes leadership development in a startup environment.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in political campaigns, legislative offices, government affairs, advocacy, public affairs, coalition building, or a related field.
• Strong political instincts and an interest in state-level policy and advocacy.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to keep multiple campaigns, stakeholders, deadlines, and deliverables moving simultaneously.
• Strong research, writing, and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and comfort working with policymakers, lobbyists, consultants, industry leaders, and coalition partners.
• Ability to synthesize political and legislative developments into clear, actionable information.
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to tackle whatever needs to get done in a startup environment.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a largely remote team.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director of State Campaigns in executing legislative and regulatory campaigns across three to five priority states.
• Track legislative activity, regulatory developments, campaign milestones, political intelligence, and key deadlines across priority states.
• Research state political landscapes, policymakers, stakeholder dynamics, market developments, and emerging issues relevant to campaign strategy.
• Maintain campaign workplans, trackers, dashboards, and progress reports tied to defined goals and KPIs.
• Coordinate meetings and activities with in-state consultants, lobbyists, coalition partners, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
• Support coalition-building efforts by researching prospective partners, maintaining stakeholder information, coordinating outreach, and tracking follow-up.
• Prepare background materials, briefing documents, presentations, meeting materials, and other resources for state campaigns.
• Help coordinate lobbying days, legislative briefings, coalition meetings, hearings, events, and other campaign activities.
• Work closely with policy and communications teams to deploy research, messaging, and campaign materials across priority states.
• Monitor emerging state-level political, legislative, and market developments and surface relevant information to the Director of State Campaigns.
• Travel to priority states to support campaign activities, meetings, events, and stakeholder engagement.
• Take on cross-functional projects and additional responsibilities as Powering Prosperity grows.

Skills

Campaign experience

Political instincts

Organizational skills

Research skills

Writing skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Travel readiness

Independent worker

Job description

Powering Prosperity is seeking a proactive Government Affairs Associate to advance state-based energy advocacy and support market-oriented policy solutions. The role partners with the Director of State Campaigns to plan, track campaigns, and coordinate with consultants, coalitions, and internal teams to keep initiatives moving forward.

Travel to priority states is expected, and the position emphasizes leadership development in a startup environment.