Go Solar Advocate

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate campaigns to grow solar energy: Participate in policy development, engage in research, and play a key role in developing winning strategies to help America realize its vast solar energy potential.
• Craft messages and tell stories. Develop and deploy winning messages to grow solar that resonate with diverse audiences. Take complex data and distill it into clear, powerful conclusions that are easy to communicate to decision-makers and the public. Author reports, fact sheets, news releases, op-eds, coalition sign-on letters, articles and updates for our website, emails to our members, and more. Represent our solar campaigns in the media and work closely with state directors and our national communications team to drive media coverage.
• Advocate before decision-makers: Present a compelling case for policies that will grow solar energy through lobbying, testifying at hearings, providing briefings, and producing written materials for decision-makers, building relationships with key players on solar energy at the federal, state, local and boardroom level.
• Build and mobilize coalitions: Represent Environment America in existing coalitions, lead efforts to build and expand coalitions, and cultivate relationships with diverse and powerful allies to demonstrate the breadth and depth of support for solar energy. 
• Fundraise: Write grant proposals, build relationships with foundation staff, and meet with major donors to bring more resources to your campaigns. Also work with our citizen outreach and digital staff to build and develop a strong membership base to sustain our work.
• Recruit, train and manage staff: Make an even bigger impact by recruiting, training and managing interns and full-time staff to work on your campaigns.

Qualifications

• Have at least two years of professional experience working in citizen-based social change organizations or in the renewable energy sector.
• Be well-organized and show you are able to manage multiple projects independently. 
• Demonstrate a track record of working with diverse stakeholders, including people who think differently than you on most issues, to advance an agenda.
• Be committed to citizen-based organizing as a means of securing lasting change.

Benefits