Senior Analyst, Clean Electricity & Carbon Markets

Environmental Defense Fund; United States; Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Defense Fund is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Clean Electricity & Carbon Markets to advance policy research and advocacy across the western United States.

The role focuses on analyzing energy policy, coordinating with regulators, consultants, and state policymakers to accelerate decarbonization while controlling costs. This two-year fixed-term position offers hybrid work options in Boulder, CO; San Francisco, CA; or Austin, TX, with remote work within the western region and a strong

Qualifications

• 4 years of relevant professional experience and a Bachelor's degree in environmental science, economics, public policy, or a related field required.
• A Master's degree may substitute for up to two years of experience.
• Knowledge of environmental policy, climate policy, clean electricity, carbon markets, regulatory policy, or related fields.
• Strong research and analytical skills to evaluate moderately complex policy information and develop clear recommendations.
• Ability to synthesize complex technical and policy findings for diverse audiences.
• Proactive with the ability to exercise independent judgment, organize information, evaluate options, and recommend actions.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, tasks, priorities, and deadlines concurrently with attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with colleagues, consultants, policymakers, and stakeholders.
• Experience preparing policy memos, briefing materials, formal comments, presentations, or other written products for advocacy, regulatory, legislative, or public policy audiences.
• Ability to contribute to project design, coordinate workstreams, track progress, and identify risks or decision points.
• Demonstrated self-awareness, cultural competency and inclusivity, and ability to work with colleagues across cultures.

Responsibilities

• Contribute substantively to the development and refinement of EDF’s clean energy advocacy strategy by identifying policy opportunities, assessing strategic risks, developing analytical recommendations, and translating findings into advocacy priorities.
• Represent EDF in external forums with coalition partners, regulators, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver policy analysis, talking points, briefing materials, and rapid-response information for internal and external audiences.
• Lead defined in-house research and analysis projects, including policy analysis of proposed regulations and legislation and quantitative research.
• Review and evaluate policies across metrics including emissions outcomes and economic, health, and equity implications.
• Develop initial conclusions and recommendations, synthesize findings for decision-making, and present analysis to inform EDF’s advocacy.
• Coordinate with external consultants, review consultant work products, and help ensure deliverables are timely, accurate, and useful for campaign needs.
• Partner with Communications colleagues to develop and execute communications strategies that translate complex policy and analytical findings into accessible messages for policymakers, partners, media, and public audiences.
• Participate in advancing EDF's Organizational Effectiveness and Culture (OEC) goals, so people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included, and empowered to address environmental and organizational challenges in ways that align with EDF values.
• Draft and contribute to high-quality policy memos, white papers, formal comments, presentations, op-eds, blog posts, and other public-facing materials that communicate complex technical and policy findings clearly to both expert and non-technical audiences.
• Research and develop actionable recommendations on policy design, including wholesale electricity market design, the use of market mechanisms to facilitate cost-effective decarbonization and improve energy affordability, and strategies to overcome major constraints to sustained clean energy development.
• Track progress against deadlines, prepare correspondence and reports, respond to requests for information, and identify risks, dependencies, or decision points that may affect project progress.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with EDF colleagues across all levels of the organization.
• Additional relevant responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Research & Analytics

Policy communication

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Policy memo writing

Cultural competency

Independent judgment

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science, economics, public policy, or related field

Job description

Environmental Defense Fund is seeking a Sr. Analyst, Clean Electricity & Carbon Markets to advance policy research and advocacy across the western United States.

The role focuses on analyzing energy policy, coordinating with regulators, consultants, and state policymakers to accelerate decarbonization while controlling costs. This two-year fixed-term position offers hybrid work options in Boulder, CO; San Francisco, CA; or Austin, TX, with remote work within the western region and a strong