Climate policy and environmental justice jobs

Policy and social justice covers the rules that shape the climate economy and the communities those rules land on first. It spans legislative and regulatory work, advocacy and lobbying, community organizing, and the environmental justice work addressing who carries the cost of pollution and who gets the benefit of the transition.

Government agencies at every level, advocacy organizations, legal nonprofits, community groups, and corporate government affairs teams hire across this pathway. Organizing and community-facing roles sit alongside technical regulatory work, and they call for genuinely different strengths.

Roles you will see in this pathway

  • Policy analyst
  • Environmental justice organizer
  • Government affairs manager
  • Regulatory specialist
  • Legislative director
  • Environmental attorney

8 open roles in policy & social justice

Faith in Place

Communications Director

$86.1k–$100k/yr
Chicago, IL
Remote
Full-time
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action

New York Organizer & Campaigner

$66k–$72k/yr
New York City, NY
Hybrid
Full-time
Campus Climate Network

Midwest Regional Organizer

$60k–$75k/yr
Remote
Full-time
Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Climate Justice Policy Fellowships

$25/hr
Richmond, VA
Hybrid
Internship
Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Federal Climate Policy Internship

$25/hr
Takoma Park, MD
Hybrid
Internship
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

Executive Assistant

$65k–$70k/yr
St. Paul, MN
Hybrid
Full-time
ELAW

Puesto de asociada o asociado legal / Associate Attorney Position

$70k–$80k/yr
Remote
Full-time
PIRG

Zero Waste Advocate

$40.5k/yr
Chicago, IL
On-site
Full-time