Climate Campaign Director, 12-month contract
About Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest, creative communication and people power to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. In just the past year, we’ve secured a Global Oceans Treaty to protect wildlife and people who depend on healthy oceans. We persuaded the Biden Administration to phase out single-use plastics from federal operations. And we safeguarded healthy spaces, from national marine sanctuaries to bans on seabed mining to stopping liquefied national gas terminals poisoning Gulf Coast communities. Our work spans more than 50 years of fights and successes.
As an independent campaigning organization, Greenpeace does not accept funds from any corporations or government entities. The global Greenpeace network is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices around the world in over fifty countries. Greenpeace USA is headquartered in Washington, DC.
Position Summary
The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) plays a vital role in building long-term campaign strategy, and implementing and executing strategic and bold campaigns that build independent power through GPUS’s membership, alongside our partners, to stop the expansion of the fossil fuel industry and make polluters pay the real price for the climate crises they have engineered. The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) is a key thought partner for the Program Director, and leads cross-departmental teams to implement strategic priorities, initiatives and operations.
This role also contributes to the Greenpeace network’s international campaigns to stop the expansion of fossil fuels by shaping and delivering US-based work to combat climate change; making polluting fossil-fuel companies, rather than communities, pay for the climate havoc they are wrecking, and promoting environmental and social justice at the intersections of racial, economic and gender justice and equity. The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) also partners closely with staff in our Development and Communications Departments to recruit, engage, and maintain relationships with supporters and help achieve fundraising goals.
This position is responsible for ensuring and managing effective implementation of strategies and initiatives aimed at addressing climate change and the fossil fuel industry through member-centered campaigns guided by informed analyses of power, with an eye toward public engagement at all levels to reach diverse audiences and create change. This position involves strategic planning, project management, budget management, fundraising partnership, policy leadership, people management of 1-4 direct reports, stakeholder engagement, and advocacy to support the organization’s climate goals.
The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) is a full-time, exempt, benefits-eligible, hybrid, contract position, based in a GPUS-authorized location may be negotiable DC, MD, VA, NY, NJ, CT CA) may be negotiable. This role will report to the Program Director.
Responsibilities
Strategic Planning and Leadership
Knowledge and Experience:
Greenpeace offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage with low contributions from staff. We have options for pre-tax flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care costs. Greenpeace employees enjoy generous 401K matching and time-off for vacation, sick, personal, and parental leave. After five years, staff are eligible for a paid sabbatical. To encourage public transportation use and biking, we offer subsidies for staff who choose to bike or ride mass transit to work. Greenpeace is committed to the growth and development of staff and fostering a creative workplace culture. For more information, check out our benefits plan.
This role is a graded at a level 5, and a starting salary within the range of $114,240 to $131,376 is anticipated to be provided to the successful candidate having met the minimum requirements for this position consistent with reflecting our commitment to maintaining competitive and fair compensation practices.
If you want to save the world from climate change and believe in environmental and social justice, please submit an application on our careers page. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will conclude once we have found the best candidate.
Greenpeace is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, family/marital status, religion or other protected classes. We strongly encourage applications from marginalized communities. If you require assistance applying to this opportunity, please contact usa-resumes@greenpeace.org.
Only applicants eligible to work and live in the United States without any legal restrictions need apply for this opportunity.
Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest, creative communication and people power to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. In just the past year, we’ve secured a Global Oceans Treaty to protect wildlife and people who depend on healthy oceans. We persuaded the Biden Administration to phase out single-use plastics from federal operations. And we safeguarded healthy spaces, from national marine sanctuaries to bans on seabed mining to stopping liquefied national gas terminals poisoning Gulf Coast communities. Our work spans more than 50 years of fights and successes.
As an independent campaigning organization, Greenpeace does not accept funds from any corporations or government entities. The global Greenpeace network is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices around the world in over fifty countries. Greenpeace USA is headquartered in Washington, DC.
Position Summary
The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) plays a vital role in building long-term campaign strategy, and implementing and executing strategic and bold campaigns that build independent power through GPUS’s membership, alongside our partners, to stop the expansion of the fossil fuel industry and make polluters pay the real price for the climate crises they have engineered. The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) is a key thought partner for the Program Director, and leads cross-departmental teams to implement strategic priorities, initiatives and operations.
This role also contributes to the Greenpeace network’s international campaigns to stop the expansion of fossil fuels by shaping and delivering US-based work to combat climate change; making polluting fossil-fuel companies, rather than communities, pay for the climate havoc they are wrecking, and promoting environmental and social justice at the intersections of racial, economic and gender justice and equity. The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) also partners closely with staff in our Development and Communications Departments to recruit, engage, and maintain relationships with supporters and help achieve fundraising goals.
This position is responsible for ensuring and managing effective implementation of strategies and initiatives aimed at addressing climate change and the fossil fuel industry through member-centered campaigns guided by informed analyses of power, with an eye toward public engagement at all levels to reach diverse audiences and create change. This position involves strategic planning, project management, budget management, fundraising partnership, policy leadership, people management of 1-4 direct reports, stakeholder engagement, and advocacy to support the organization’s climate goals.
The Climate Campaign Director (12-month contract) is a full-time, exempt, benefits-eligible, hybrid, contract position, based in a GPUS-authorized location may be negotiable DC, MD, VA, NY, NJ, CT CA) may be negotiable. This role will report to the Program Director.
Responsibilities
Strategic Planning and Leadership
- Leading in the creation of an effective and ambitious Climate Campaign strategy and related work plans, in collaboration with Program leadership and cross-departmental teams. The strategy and work plans will focus on high impact, and well-researched campaigns that use people power to confront elected officials, government agencies and corporations and ensure the true culprits for climate catastrophes are named, shamed and blamed in the media and policy circles, and demands made on them for paying for the climate disasters their industry is causing
- Leading big-picture strategic planning, informed by expert knowledge of climate issues and ongoing analysis of the climate movement, politics, allies and opponents
- Providing thought leadership, leading the team in building issue expertise, and developing strategy on emerging tech campaigns that have a huge climate footprint- such as AI and data centers
- Providing strategic leadership in supporting the National Campaigns Director, Program Director and Executive Director and undertaking additional high-level responsibilities as needed, ensuring organizational goals and objectives are met
- Directing significant contributions from the GPUS climate team into global priorities, and leading the integration of US campaigns with global priorities and increasing the office’s visibility and enhancing the organization's global impact
- Directing the work of regional climate campaigns, such as in California, where the impacts of strategic state-level wins can be leveraged for bigger wins in policy or narrative arenas in other key states, and internationally
- Guiding efforts to develop and sustain mutually beneficial internal and external relationships between the Greenpeace US team, our global colleagues in Greenpeace International and other Greenpeace offices, our allies, and other stakeholders, ensuring effective collaboration and alignment on key issues
- Directing the development and execution of campaign level fundraising strategies, building and maintaining relationships with foundations and other high- level donors to secure resources for ongoing and future campaigns
- Directing the management of the Climate Campaign Team, while making strategy adjustments to maximize campaign impact
- Overseeing the project budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources, spending, tracking, and grant reporting
- Overseeing the implementation of projects and initiatives, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope and within budget
- Supporting the Program Director in setting program goals, priorities, and performance metrics
- Demonstrating unwavering commitment to advancing equity and justice both internally and in our external campaign work
- Supervising and managing cross-departmental project teams of up to 15 members, providing guidance and support, monitoring progress, resolving issues and ensuring that the successful development and implementation of campaign projects and program objectives are met
- Managing 2-4 direct reports, including providing feedback and coaching, conducting performance evaluations and providing professional development opportunities
- Fostering a positive, productive and inclusive work environment for the climate team that encourages collaboration, innovation and growth mindset
- Engaging with the media and public, representing GPUS, as spokesperson, at meetings, conferences and other events to advance our campaigns and enhance organizational profile
- Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, including policy makers, coalitions
- Articulating and communicating a compelling vision and strategic direction to Greenpeace staff, supporters, donors, and allies, ensuring alignment, impact and engagement through a shared sense of purpose
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as organizational or team priorities arise and/or shift
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of environmental campaign experience; climate or energy advocacy strongly preferred
- BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated experience with the progressive social change sector, and proven track record of leading successful collaborations; including having successfully collaborated with a range of civil society actors (issue groups, base building community organizations, labor, social justice, etc.)
- Demonstrated excellence in developing comprehensive project plans, outlining scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines and resource requirements to ensure the successful delivery of projects to deadline, to budget and in-line with organizational objectives.
- Proven leadership and management skills to guide and motivate a cross-functional team, by maintaining alignment on goals, clear expectations, open communication, adherence to deadlines and budget, and conflict management
- Experience directly managing individual staff and task managing teams virtually
- Proven ability to organize and manage competing priorities, with deadlines efficiency
- Familiarity with digital marketing, outreach and engagement or distributed organizing
- Commitment to non-violent direct action
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the capacity to prepare and present reports, briefs, and engage in public relations to represent the organization
- Interpersonal skills including the ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders
- Strategic thinking and planning with the ability to develop and implement campaign strategies and action plans that build people power
- Strong problem solving skills and a solutions-based approach to address challenges and obstacles in strategic implementation
- Budget management with the capacity to oversee project budgets and ensure efficient allocation
- Ability to supervise, mentor and develop staff, providing coaching and support
- Adaptable and resilient to changing circumstances and able to respond effectively, productively and remain composed during high pressure scenarios or rapid response moments
- Integrity and a high level of professionalism and self-awareness in all interactions, with a capacity toward giving and receiving feedback, learning and growth
- Empathy and understanding of human rights, especially the rights of Indigenous Peoples and climate-affected communities and commitment to making a positive impact
- Sound judgment and decision-making with the ability to assess and mitigate risk
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, sometimes for significant lengths of time, as needed
- Ability and willingness to work across time zones and frequently outside of normal business hours, as needed
Greenpeace offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage with low contributions from staff. We have options for pre-tax flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care costs. Greenpeace employees enjoy generous 401K matching and time-off for vacation, sick, personal, and parental leave. After five years, staff are eligible for a paid sabbatical. To encourage public transportation use and biking, we offer subsidies for staff who choose to bike or ride mass transit to work. Greenpeace is committed to the growth and development of staff and fostering a creative workplace culture. For more information, check out our benefits plan.
This role is a graded at a level 5, and a starting salary within the range of $114,240 to $131,376 is anticipated to be provided to the successful candidate having met the minimum requirements for this position consistent with reflecting our commitment to maintaining competitive and fair compensation practices.
If you want to save the world from climate change and believe in environmental and social justice, please submit an application on our careers page. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will conclude once we have found the best candidate.
Greenpeace is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, family/marital status, religion or other protected classes. We strongly encourage applications from marginalized communities. If you require assistance applying to this opportunity, please contact usa-resumes@greenpeace.org.
Only applicants eligible to work and live in the United States without any legal restrictions need apply for this opportunity.