State Policy Director or Manager, Zero-Emission Shipping [Staff or Consultant Position]

Pacific Environment

Pacific Environment seeks to protect communities and wildlife of the Pacific Rim. We support community leaders to fight climate change, protect the oceans, build just societies, and move away from fossil fuels toward a green economy. Learn more at www.pacificenvironment.org.

Pacific Environment is campaigning to get ships off fossil fuels. Our strategies include creating strong regulatory frameworks to achieve zero-emission shipping in a timeline commensurate with the climate emergency, pressuring corporate customers to demand zero-emission ships, and influencing ports on the Pacific West Coast and beyond to end fossil fuel build out and ready themselves for zero-emission shipping instead.

Position

The State Policy Director/Manager will lead Pacific Environment’s efforts to develop a multi-state advocacy agenda to achieve zero-emission shipping, starting with California. The State Policy Director/Manager’s advocacy will seek to advance environmental justice in port communities, secure clean/zero-emissions standards for ships calling target ports, secure the green infrastructure needed to transform these ports for zero-emission shipping, and create new green union jobs in the process.

The ideal candidate has a track record of successful California and/or multi-state policy advocacy, especially in the areas of environmental, infrastructure, and/or transportation policy. 

The Policy Director/Manager will report to Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign Director.

We invite applicants interested in a staff position or a consultant relationship.

Location and Travel

The position is based in Sacramento, CA, and will involve domestic, and possibly international, travel, once travel is again safe in terms of Covid-19.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a multi-state advocacy agenda to achieve zero-emission shipping and “zero-ready ports,” starting with California
• Directly advocate policy positions to state regulators and elected officials
• Research, track, and analyze environmental legislation and executive branch actions
• Partner with Pacific Environment’s Federal Policy Director/Manager, as well as campaign allies and partners, to coordinate local, state, and federal policy goals
• Produce policy analyses, memos, and policy advocacy products
• Represent Pacific Environment with policymakers, the press, and in key policy forums
• Coordinate closely with and support partner organizations in various coalitions
• Other assignments as determined by the Climate Campaign Director 

Key Qualifications

• Relevant experience in public policy advocacy, including development, implementation, research, and analysis
• Relevant experience in climate, clean energy, infrastructure, transportation, and/or shipping policy
• Skill and comfort in proactively building relationships with diverse audiences, including public officials, coalition partners, community leaders, and members of the media
• Excellent writing, speaking, and analytical skills
• Demonstrated commitment to the values of Pacific Environment
• Experience with California Air Resources Board rule-making strongly preferred