Founder by former Vice President Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project is a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis. Our mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society.

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Catalyzing global urgency to solve the climate crisis across all societal sectors.

The Climate Reality Project is a nonprofit organization founded by former US Vice President Al Gore. Our mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society.At The Climate Reality Project, we come to work every day to help solve the climate crisis. We do it by working from the ground up, empowering people and communities worldwide to fight for their future and together drive a just transition to clean energy.We are committed to building a more just and equitable world, one where all voices are heard and respected regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or physical ability. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other historically marginalized communities. We encourage applicants to read our diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice statement on our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.climaterealityproject.org/our-mission">website</a>.<h4>Position Summary</h4>The Reducing Emissions Campaign Manager will develop strategies and identify opportunities for the organization to align the efforts and actions of our volunteer base to make a tangible impact in reducing emissions across the globe. They will operate within the Campaigns team, working closely with the Global Campaigns Director and the Campaigns and Field SVP, to integrate emissions reduction into the broader work of the organization and ensure we are accurately measuring our impact and telling our story. They will directly oversee local grant-funded efforts in the Ohio River Valley, support emissions reduction initiatives of our US chapters and international branches, lead on actions for our network of global leaders and actively engage with coalition partners and funders.Currently reporting to the Campaigns and Field SVP, the Reducing Emissions Campaign Manager will manage two Regional Organizers on the Ohio River Valley petrochemical campaign. This is a full time, exempt, benefits-eligible, hybrid position. The Climate Reality Project offers a flexible hybrid schedule, with staff working from our office in downtown Washington, DC at least two days per week to enable and encourage collaboration within and among teams. The salary for this role is $86,700-$88,434 USD per year.<h4>Duties and Responsibilities</h4><h4>Supervisory</h4><ul><li>Create an environment where supervisees feel comfortable sharing ideas and suggestions</li><li>Assign work that is both manageable and appropriate to supervisees' level of experience, clearly conveying objectives, deadlines, and expectations</li><li>Provide guidance and support when needed</li><li>Support supervisees’ professional development by providing opportunities to put skills into practice and connecting supervisees to other advocates, experts, mentors, and resources</li><li>Educate staff on and, as necessary, enforce organization policies and processes</li></ul><h4>General</h4><ul><li>Continue to build on overall strategy and theory of change with guidance from Campaigns and Field SVP, and develop and steward concrete implementation plans for the global reducing emissions campaign for our network to take collective global actions to reducing emissions</li><li>Serve as organization’s lead expert on reducing emissions and related policies, research, trends, and areas of focus, regularly providing trainings and briefings to raise internal understanding and external profile of the organization’s work on this campaign</li><li>Develop strategies and tactics for reducing emissions across the globe with organizational assets</li><li>Coordinate and align the existing emissions reductions efforts happening in our US chapters and international branches to ensure maximum impact</li><li>Manage the strategic operation, budget, and reporting of the Ohio River Valley petrochemical campaign, ensuring that the goals of the campaign align with the organizational goals and the goals of coalitions and partners in the region</li><li>Partner with Advancement team to identify, cultivate, secure funding, and as appropriate, manage relationship with funders</li><li>Lead gathering, evaluation, and analysis of impact across the organization on work related to reducing emissions. Utilize this information to produce outcomes and compliance reports in accordance with grant and organizational requirements on time sensitive deadlines</li><li>Coordinate with Training and Events team to support training content and actions, and with the Science, Solutions, and Policy team to determine strategic policy actions that our volunteers can take related to the campaign</li><li>Build and maintain relationships with coalition partners, coordinating closely with Climate and Environmental Justice and Partnerships teams to maximize organizational and community engagement</li><li>Engage with the Digital, Creative, and Reality Hub teams to create press releases, blogs, social and earned media, and other communication materials to enhance public awareness on the importance of climate finance in solving the crisis</li><li>Proactively work with the Science, Solutions, and Policy team to ensure that all campaign materials support our volunteers and are in alignment with the strategic goals of the campaign</li><li>Support and contribute to the ongoing improvement of our operations and enrichment of our culture, for example by serving on ad hoc or ongoing work groups, assisting with the onboarding and training of colleagues, and participating in efforts to assess, refine, and strengthen our culture and practices</li><li>Other duties as assigned</li></ul><h4>Required Skills and Abilities</h4><ul><li>Detailed knowledge of a broad range of campaign strategies and tactics, with proven ability to create and translate strategy into actionable campaign plans</li><li>Proven track record with coalition building, volunteer engagement, grassroots or field organizing in North America and at least one additional global region</li><li>Project management acumen, including ability to coordinate across multiple departments, set team priorities, manage several projects simultaneously, set and meet timelines, and anticipate obstacles and opportunities</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including comfort with public speaking</li><li>Demonstrable strategic thinker, excited about innovation, creativity, and possess problem-solving acumen</li><li>Personal commitment to Climate Reality’s mission and demonstrated knowledge of climate, civil rights and environmental issues</li><li>Ability to work under short deadlines and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced, team-based environment</li><li>Professional proficiency in a language in addition to English highly desired</li><li>Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer required</li><li>Ability to travel domestically and internationally several times per year</li></ul><h4>Education and Experience</h4><ul><li>A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in campaigning, program management, and/or community organizing</li><li>At least three years of experience building and managing a team</li><li>Experience with and awareness of cultural diversity with a lens on equity and justice and possess the ability to work effectively with a diverse group of organizations, coalitions, and volunteers</li><li>Experience designing and implementing strategic campaigns to encourage action and change policy and/or behavior toward environmental, climate justice and/or emissions reduction</li><li>Experience working with funders, including grant writing and impact reporting highly desired</li></ul><h4>Organizational Competencies</h4>The Climate Reality Project has adopted a competency-based approach to job definition, hiring, performance assessment, and professional development. The following are our seven organization-wide competencies and examples of how they manifest for this role.<ol><li>Teamwork and Collaboration: Builds and sustains productive working relationships with colleagues; actively listens to others and seeks to understand diverse perspectives; follows through on commitments.</li><li>Flexibility and Adaptability: Demonstrates the ability to adapt to changing priorities and circumstances; takes initiative to solve problems, improve processes, and/or achieve outcomes; learns quickly when faced with new situations or systems.</li><li>Written and Verbal Communication: Written communication is clear and concise; verbal communication is intentional and straightforward; provides timely and helpful information across the organization as needed; gives and receives constructive feedback in a thoughtful manner.</li><li>Time and Project Management: Possesses a strong work ethic i.e., a sense of ownership over tasks, commitment to following things through, and a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done; manages multiple competing priorities, tasks, and projects effectively; assigns work that is both manageable and appropriate to supervisees' level of experience.</li><li>Professional Development: Shows commitment and acts to continuously improve; connects with advocates, experts, mentors, and resources, and actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged through internal and external training opportunities; accepts assignments that broaden capabilities.</li><li>Climate Justice: Works to understand and achieve anti-racist principles to disrupt the systems of white supremacy, privilege, classism, sexism, and racism; seeks to understand how systemic racism and environmental injustice impact individuals and frontline and fence line communities; works to promote a welcoming and inclusive environment in Climate Reality spaces (workplace, events, trainings, and other convenings).</li><li>Climate Reality Mission and Focus: Is passionate about Climate Reality's role and mission and can act as a Climate Reality ambassador to a diverse set of audiences; stays up to date on climate trends, impacts and solutions.</li></ol><h4>Role-Specific Competencies</h4>In addition to organization-wide competencies, each role has its own competencies. Below are examples of how each competency manifests in this role.<ol><li>Cultural Awareness: Operates with an awareness of cultural diversity, with a specific lens on equity and justice; can work effectively with diverse groups, such as organizations, coalitions, and volunteers; works with communities to cultivate issue knowledge and advocacy.</li><li>Technology and Data Systems: Understands and utilizes the CRM to manage engagement data, online community information, and project management platforms for reporting purposes.</li><li>Interpersonal Skills: Represents the department in organizational meetings and projects; represents Climate Reality at events and in the environmental community; manages and maintains existing partner relationships.</li><li>Leadership and Management: Is aware of how biases manifest in performance evaluations and conducts performance evaluations in an unbiased manner.</li></ol>Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Climate Reality, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in this job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.The Climate Reality Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, social and recreational activities and termination.

Reducing Emissions Campaign Manager

The Climate Reality Project is a nonprofit organization founded by former US Vice President Al Gore. Our mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society.
 At The Climate Reality Project, we come to work every day to help solve the climate crisis. We do it by working from the ground up, empowering people and communities worldwide to fight for their future and together drive a just transition to clean energy.
 We are committed to building a more just and equitable world, one where all voices are heard and respected regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or physical ability. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other historically marginalized communities. We encourage applicants to read our diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice statement on our website.
 Position Summary The Climate Reality Project seeks a Digital Fundraising Manager to oversee the online fundraising program at the organization. They will work cross-departmentally and within the digital team to create and manage digital fundraising campaigns across email, social media, web, SMS, and digital ads.
 This is a full time, exempt, benefits-eligible, hybrid position, currently expected to work from The Climate Reality Project office in downtown Washington DC at least two days per week. The salary for the role is $76,000 per year.
 Duties and Responsibilities &bull; Oversee digital fundraising and engagement initiatives and campaigns to acquire, renew and retain members. &bull; Oversee creation and execution of online cultivation and stewardship communications, as well as direct solicitations. &bull; Collaborate with other members of the Digital Team to optimize our website, SMS program, and organic social media to maximize digital fundraising opportunities. &bull; Track the performance of our digital fundraising and regularly report to organizational stakeholders. &bull; Lead paid acquisition program of new supporters (ads + list buys) and manage an onboarding strategy to convert as many as possible into donors. &bull; Act as primary contact for EveryAction and other fundraising tools and properties. &bull; Run regular testing to optimize performance and co-manage digital testing plan with digital mobilization senior manager. &bull; Pull and analyze data and lists related to email, fundraising performance, and more on EveryAction, in collaboration with the digital fundraising associate. &bull; Research new digital trends, tools, and benchmarks (and responding accordingly). &bull; Co-manage Climate Reality&rsquo;s email and SMS calendar in collaboration with the digital mobilization senior manager and others on the Digital Team. &bull; Proof and assure quality of all digital fundraising-related content before launch.
 Required Skills and Abilities &bull; Excellent communicator, storyteller, problem solver, and creative and strategic thinker, able to keep track of many moving parts with competing deadlines. &bull; A team player and people person who builds strong relationships and has the skills to resolve conflict while still maintaining important and effective relationships. &bull; Proven ability to turn ideas into actionable and measurable plans. &bull; Ability to give and receive feedback well. &bull; Track record of working effectively across multiple differences (race, gender, age, language, orientation, urban/rural, etc.). &bull; Care deeply about both climate change and environmental justice and want to work to solve the climate crisis and create a healthy and equitable future for all. &bull; Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer required. &bull; This role will require some domestic and international travel.
 Education and Experience &bull; Equivalent experience and/or a Bachelor's degree welcome. &bull; Has a minimum of 5 years of experience strategizing and executing digital fundraising campaigns. &bull; At least two years experience directly managing staff &bull; Demonstrated experience with EveryAction/Bonterra or similar platform utilized for digital fundraising required &bull; Interest and some experience working with international audiences and content desired.
 Organizational Competencies The Climate Reality Project has adopted a competency-based approach to job definition, hiring, performance assessment, and professional development.
 The following are our seven organization-wide competencies and examples of how they manifest for this role. 1. Teamwork and Collaboration: Actively listens to others and seeks to understand diverse perspectives; proactively and effectively manages larger teams; demonstrates the ability to effectively supervise. 2. Flexibility and Adaptability: Demonstrates the ability to adapt to changing priorities and circumstances; takes initiative to solve problems, improve processes, and/or achieve outcomes; learns quickly when faced with new situations or systems. 3. Written and Verbal Communication: Written communication is clear and concise; verbal communication is intentional and straightforward; clearly communicates a shared vision and priorities for the department; clearly conveys objectives, deadlines, and expectations to supervisees. 4. Time and Project Management: Manages multiple competing priorities, tasks, and projects effectively; holds staff and self accountable for achieving objectives; effectively manages conflict among the team, seeing conflicts as opportunities, integrating diverse views and finding common ground, and settling differences in productive ways. 5. Professional Development: Actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder; supports supervisees&rsquo; professional development by providing opportunities to put skills into practice; connects supervisees to other advocates, experts, mentors, and resources and to substantive training opportunities. 6. Climate Justice: Knows and understands how systems and structures perpetuate inequities internally and externally; fully supports the organization's efforts to change said systems and structures; works to promote a welcoming and inclusive environment in Climate Reality spaces (workplace, events, trainings, and other convenings). 7. Climate Reality Mission and Focus: Is passionate about Climate Reality's role and mission and can act as a Climate Reality ambassador to a diverse set of audiences; stays up-to-date on climate trends, impacts and solutions.
 Role-Specific Competencies In addition to organization-wide competencies, each role has its own competencies. Below are examples of how each competency manifests in this role.
 1. Communication Skills: Works with internal and external stakeholders to co-create new ideas and implement project plans on department- wide priorities; ensures alignment of the department's and organization's messaging with department- and organization-wide goals. 2. Technology and Data Systems: Possesses knowledge of common design tools, cross-channel marketing, and email/sms marketing. 3. Strategy Development: Envisions, develops, and implements comprehensive communications plans, message guidance, and media strategies to grow an organization&rsquo;s influence and impact and leverage opportunities at key moments; manages internal and external stakeholders on fundraising strategy and campaign executions; demonstrates big-picture thinking with their digital communications strategy and ensures alignment of teams' verticals with the organization's overall strategy.
 How to Apply Don&rsquo;t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Climate Reality, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you&rsquo;re excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in this job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
 The Climate Reality Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, social and recreational activities and termination.
 Please send a cover letter and resume to hiring@climatereality.com
Benefits Excellent benefits, including employer paid 100% employee medical, life, dental, vision insurance. 401K, Paid Parental Leave, and other benefits such as wellness days, vacation and sick time are all included.

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