Associate Director, Hydropower Reform Coalition

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary point of coordination for the Coalition, linking members, monitoring priorities, fostering information exchange, and ensuring accountability.

• Organize, facilitate, and support Coalition meetings, caucuses, and working groups.

• Enhance relationships among Coalition members and partners.

• Recognize gaps, challenges, and opportunities, and take proactive steps to address them.

• Develop a working understanding of the federal hydropower licensing process and associated policy frameworks.

• Assist Coalition members, Indigenous Tribes, and partners with hydropower licensing and policy matters.

• Coordinate and contribute to collaborative advocacy efforts, comments, letters, and strategy formulation.

• Aid in the design and delivery of tools, training, and resources that clarify complex policy processes.

• Oversee internal communications and distill complex information into clear updates and materials.

• Assist with external communications, storytelling, basic media engagement, and communications with funders.

• Lead the logistical planning and implementation of Coalition gatherings, meetings, and events.

• Support grant tracking, reporting, fundraising coordination, and budget management processes.

• Maintain organizational systems for projects, timelines, and Coalition resources.

• Engage in meetings with Coalition members, partners, and agencies.

• Travel occasionally to facilitate Coalition activities and relationship-building.

• Execute other duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–5 years of professional experience in conservation, public policy, nonprofit coordination, or a related discipline; education may substitute for experience.

• A strong interest in environmental policy and a willingness to develop expertise in hydropower licensing and regulatory processes.

• Familiarity with the Federal Power Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, or NEPA is advantageous.

• Capability to coordinate complex projects or partnerships involving multiple stakeholders.

• Exceptional organizational and administrative skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.

• Initiative and aptitude for problem-solving.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to cultivate relationships across diverse partners, including Indigenous communities.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize and convey complex information.

• Experience in facilitating meetings, supporting collaborative processes, or convening groups.

• Familiarity with or willingness to learn Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Slack, MailChimp, and WordPress.

• Desirable experience in fundraising, grant coordination, or coalition-building.

• A commitment to equity, inclusion, and collaborative methods.

• A passion for the protection and restoration of rivers and watersheds.

• Willingness to travel occasionally.

• A valid U.S. driver’s license.

• Must be legally authorized to work as an employee in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance.

• 3% employer contribution following one year of service.

• 100% vesting upon participation.

• Four weeks of paid leave.

• Eleven paid holidays.

• Three floating holidays.

• Sick leave.

• Focus Fridays with no internal meetings.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Home office stipend.

• Sabbatical leave every seven years.

• Paid parental leave of six weeks after one year of service.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.