GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Wilderness Society seeks a highly detailed and skilled individual to join our Agency Policy and Planning team in Denver, CO, to analyze and help develop federal agency actions to achieve a sustainable energy and climate future for our public lands and the communities that depend on them.
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Agency Planning for Energy and Climate, this position will work in coordination with campaign, government relations, communications, agency planning and policy and field staff to analyze agency proposals and legislation, draft comments and help develop education and advocacy materials such as reports, talking points and fact sheets.
The Policy Associate plays an important role in supporting an inclusive organizational culture that is grounded in trust and accountability to shared goals and outcomes. TWS has made diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic priorities for the organization and the Policy Associate will integrate these priorities throughout our Agency Policy and Planning team and all of our Energy & Climate Campaign work, including by developing comments and advocacy materials through inclusive processes that bring partners to the table early and give a voice to historically underrepresented communities. Across our team, we aspire to be campaign oriented, nimble, collaborative, innovative, transparent, and supportive of staff – our greatest asset.
The Wilderness Society (TWS), is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. We believe public lands belong to and should benefit all of us. Our organization and work must embody the cultures and perspectives of people and communities across our nation, and connect and inspire people to care about the outdoors.
Essential duties & responsibilities
· Analyze agency planning and policy proposals, as well as federal legislation, impacting energy development and climate emissions on public lands and waters.
· Help lead development of comments, fact sheets, reports, analyses, talking points and other outreach and advocacy materials to support campaign priorities.
· Support development of equitable and inclusive policy recommendations that support public lands as part of the climate solution by contributing research, producing qualitative and quantitative analysis, helping draft informal and formal written products, and engaging underrepresented communities.
· Synthesize energy-related data and support efforts to use and visualize it to tell a story and advance campaign priorities.
· Represent TWS through engagement with agency staff, industry representatives, and partners in the environmental and conservation community, including communities underrepresented in federal land planning and policy.
· Partner with communications staff, as needed, to help prepare and review materials for digital, print and radio.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience and Competencies
· Minimum 3-5 years of experience working on policy or advocacy or a related field.
· Demonstrated experience working with communities underrepresented in public land policy and planning.
· Proven ability to evaluate and assist in development of planning comments, legislation and other policy proposals.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work with technical experts and translate complex information succinctly and clearly for a public audience and decision makers.
· Detail-oriented with demonstrated capacity to manage multiple projects at the same time, including under pressure and with tight deadlines.
· Strong quantitative analytic skills with experience analyzing trends in large data sets
· Track record working successfully in teams representing a rich mix of talent, backgrounds, and perspectives—across race and gender.
· Motivated, self-starter with the ability to take initiative, develop ideas, and see them through to implementation.
· Knowledge of climate policy and/or public lands policy preferred.
The Wilderness Society offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including: health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; sick and vacation leave; a sabbatical program; and a retirement plan. TWS is an equal opportunity employer and actively works to ensure fair treatment of our employees and constituents across culture, socioeconomic status, race, marital or family situation, gender, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, physical ability, veteran status or sexual orientation.
As an organization, we aspire to being inclusive in the work that we do, and in the kind of organization we are. Internally this means working as a team that listens to different points of view, recognizes the contributions of every employee and empowers each employee to bring their whole selves to work every day. Externally this means ensuring that public lands are inclusive and welcoming, so that our shared wildlands can help people and nature to thrive. We are committed to equity throughout our work, which we define as our commitment to realizing the promise of our public lands and ensuring that all can share in their universal benefits.
To learn more about our commitment, please see http://wilderness.org/our-commitment-dive rsity-equity-and-inclusion-wilderness-so ciety
For consideration, please submit your resume & cover letter through our online application system.
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