Associate Director of Campaigns - Affordable Energy Campaign

The Affordable Energy Campaign - a project of Multiplier - is a fast-growing advocacy initiative working to reduce electricity costs for California families and ensure the clean energy transition remains affordable, reliable, and equitable. We bring together environmental, environmental justice, consumer, and economic justice organizations to strengthen oversight of investor-owned utilities, curb unnecessary infrastructure spending, and advance policy reforms that protect ratepayers while supporting responsible grid modernization.

We seek a strategic, collaborative, and highly organized Associate Director to help drive the execution of one of the most consequential affordability campaigns in the country. The Associate Director will work closely with the Executive Director to help shape strategy, and support coordination across a complex multi-organization coalition, coordinate policy and communications work, strengthen internal systems, support fundraising, and help drive rapid-response efforts.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director, this role serves as the campaign’s senior implementation lead and key strategic partner focused on execution, coordination and forward momentum.

The right candidate will be an excellent project manager, a grounded coalition partner, a sharp strategist, and an ego-light team builder who thrives in fast-moving political environments.

Primary Responsibilities

Campaign Management & Strategic Leadership

• Work with the Executive Director to implement overall campaign strategy, integrate policy, communications, political, and organizing insights, and maintain alignment across partners.
• Track and analyze political, regulatory, and utility developments; identify leverage points, risks, and opportunities.
• Support rapid-response operations, coordinating messaging, research, and partner engagement during fast-moving developments.
• Provide high-quality strategic advice, briefing materials, and decision support to the Executive Director.
• Support the coordination of communications, regulatory, policy, and organizing workstreams to ensure narrative discipline, timely engagement across venues, and alignment between all campaign tactics.
• Manage timelines, workplans, workflows, and deliverables across multiple workstreams; ensure consistent forward momentum.
• Review or develop memos, talking points, comments, slide decks, and other written products to maintain accuracy, clarity, and message discipline.

Internal Operations

• Implement day-to-day campaign execution and internal operations, helping translate strategic priorities into concrete plans, timelines, and follow-through across staff, consultants, and partners.
• Maintain internal coordination systems, including calendars, meeting cadences, situational-awareness documents, and communications protocols.
• Support budget tracking, contracts, and other administrative processes in partnership with the Multiplier team.
• Serve as a contact and support coordination and various work streams with its fiscal sponsor, including finance and grants management, contracts, payroll, HR, and legal operations in partnership with the Executive Director and Multiplier team.
• Support the coordination of consultants and contractors as delegated by the Executive Director and ensure high-quality work and alignment with campaign priorities.

Coalition & Stakeholder Coordination

• Build and maintain trusting relationships with environmental, EJ, consumer, labor, research, and advocacy partners.
• Plan and facilitate coalition meetings and working groups; help partners navigate conflict and maintain shared purpose.
• Support internal learning efforts, onboarding, and culture-building to strengthen the coalition’s strategic capacity.
• Represent the campaign with policymakers, partners, consultants, and occasionally the press as delegated by the Executive Director.

Fundraising & Funder Support

• Prepare clear and timely updates, memos, and synthesis materials for funder meetings.
• Assist and support the Executive Director with grant proposals, reporting, budget coordination, and funder communications.

The Ideal Candidate

You will have superb interpersonal and communication skills, and as spokesperson, be equally comfortable with diplomacy and member‐supported advocacy. You are a disciplined operator who can translate strategy into concrete plans and measurable progress. You are highly organized and skilled at strategic forward planning and prioritization. You enjoy getting into the details and have strong, demonstrated project management skills. At the same time, you're a big-picture thinker who brings a strategic and visionary lens to your work and is able to connect day-to-day tasks to long-term goals, anticipate challenges, and chart a path forward. You have a reputation for honesty, fairness, high ethical standards, and winning. You thrive in fast-moving environments, take ownership of your work, and anticipate challenges before they escalate. You are collaborative, ego-light, and motivated by supporting communities most in need and driving forward a mission to support all ratepayers. This position is suited for a leader eager to grow with the organization along with its role. This position is for folks who want to build something durable that creates meaningful change.

Specific Experience Requested:

We recognize that each applicant for this role will bring unique skills, knowledge, experiences, and background to this position. We welcome diverse experiences and perspectives in our applicant pool, and will be looking for candidates who possess many, but not necessarily all, of the following qualifications and experience:

Campaign & Strategic Skills

• Significant experience in advocacy, organizing, campaigning, or movement-building.
• Strong political judgment and familiarity with California’s political and regulatory landscape.
• Experience integrating policy, communications, organizing, and political strategy into cohesive plans.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments with shifting priorities and incomplete information.

Project Management & Execution Skills

• Decisive bias toward action, routinely spotting gaps or opportunities and stepping in to drive progress without prompting.
• Demonstrated success managing complex, multi-organization efforts with precision and clarity.
• Ability to set priorities, solve problems independently, and keep multiple projects on track.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills; ability to translate complex material into clear insights.
• Strong systems thinker who can design and maintain internal workflows.
• Ability to manage upward effectively by helping the Executive Director clarify priorities, stay focused on high-value tasks, and maintain strategic alignment across the campaign.

Coalition & Relationship Skills

• High emotional intelligence and ability to navigate conflict constructively.
• Experience facilitating meetings and building alignment and trust across diverse groups.
• Ego-light orientation and a collaborative, movement-building mindset.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills to speak to diverse stakeholders.

Values & Orientation

• Commitment to equity, justice, and centering ratepayer impacts in energy policy.
• Discretion, professionalism, and sound judgment when handling sensitive information.
• Ownership mentality, resilience, and a steady presence under pressure.

Workplace, Compensation & Application

Workplace & Travel: All team members work remotely from California and are required to travel quarterly for in-person meetings, campaign events, etc.

Compensation: Multiplier provides a comprehensive compensation package, including competitive salary ($110,000 - $ 140,000 annual salary) excellent medical and dental benefits, retirement savings, and generous vacation and sick leave policy.

How to Apply: To apply, please visit our Applicant Portal. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Priority will be given to applications received on or before Sunday, March 29, 2026. Please include a cover letter in your application materials describing your relevant experience and qualifications. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails.

• Candidates from communities most impacted by California’s energy affordability crisis - and individuals with experience in environmental justice, economic justice, or consumer advocacy - are strongly encouraged to apply.

Multiplier and AEC are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable, and accessible application process for all candidates. We recognize that the traditional hiring process can create barriers. If we can support your participation in the job application or interview process by providing specific assistance or accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@multiplier.org. Requests for accommodations are confidential and will not impact your candidacy.

About Multiplier

Multiplier accelerates impact for innovative projects focused on protecting and fostering a healthy, sustainable, resilient and equitable world. At Multiplier, program teams can turn game-changing ideas into planet-saving impact, and they can do it faster and better than they otherwise could.

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