The OC Policy Advocate and Community Organizer advances affordable and equitable climate and clean energy policies through advocacy, coalition-building, and hands-on community engagement. This role creates support for policies that eliminate fossil fuel pollution, lower energy bills, and accelerate the clean energy transition – building electrification initiatives, strong Climate Action Plans (CAPs), expansion of city Community Choice Energy membership, and implementation of the California Equitable Building Decarbonization (EBD) program.
The Organizer will build public and political support for Zero Carbon policies and expand SoCal’s movement for climate justice through the following activities:
- Planning and executing targeted outreach to elected officials, community groups, and residents.
- Draft and deliver comments at public meetings.
- Conduct outreach via phone, email, events, and in community spaces, with a focus on strengthening partnerships with racial and social justice organizations.
Major Goals and Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
We recognize that skills and expertise are gained in many ways: on the job, in the community, or through lived experience. While not all qualifications are required, they reflect what we believe contributes to success in this role. If your background includes the right ingredients for success, we encourage you to apply.
- Build and maintain relationships with community members, partner organizations, elected officials, and other stakeholders to advance equitable climate and clean energy policies and programs. Expand, maintain, and strengthen networks of allies, advocates, volunteers, donors, and decision-makers.
- Conduct community outreach, organizing, and event planning to build public support for climate justice initiatives, including free home decarbonization programs, building electrification, clean energy adoption, and energy affordability. Outreach activities may include workshops, presentations, tabling, digital campaigns, and partnerships with schools, churches, and community organizations.
- Advocate for equitable climate, clean air, and energy policies at the local and state level, including expanding Orange County Power Authority membership, advancing 100% clean, affordable energy, and building electrification policies, and supporting strong Climate Action Plans and related initiatives.
- Support policy advocacy efforts through research, coalition-building, government engagement, action alerts, public testimony, policy monitoring and documentation, and participation in city council and public agency meetings.
- Participate in and help lead coalitions with community, labor, environmental, and environmental justice organizations to advance shared policy and organizing goals.
- Collaborate with communications and philanthropy teams to support public education campaigns, storytelling, media outreach, grant reporting, donor engagement, sponsorships, and other organizational priorities.
- Track outreach activities, engagement metrics, and campaign progress, participate in partner meetings, and maintain accurate reporting and program compliance.
- Continue expanding knowledge of climate, decarbonization, energy equity, and related policy issues to effectively respond to evolving community and program needs.
- Fluency in written and spoken Spanish is highly preferred. Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
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