Environmental Jobs
Location
Oregon State | United States
Job description
Founded in 1936, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has grown into one of America’s largest and most trusted grassroots conservation organizations with 52 state/territorial affiliates and more than six million members and supporters. The mission of the National Wildlife Federation is to unite all Americans to ensure wildlife thrive in our rapidly changing world. The National Wildlife Federation believes that in order to save wildlife and ourselves, we need to ensure that everyone in America has clean air and water, safe communities, easy and equitable access to the daily benefits of nature, and protection from the ravages of climate change. These basic needs, equally necessary and urgent for all people, are foundational to bringing the conservation movement and ethos into the 21st century.
NWF’s Offshore Wind Energy Program sits within the Climate & Energy Program and works to advance the responsible development of offshore wind power off of the East Coast, West Coast, and Gulf Coast. We advocate at the federal, state, and local levels to establish and implement ambitious offshore wind commitments and to ensure stringent wildlife protections, strong labor standards, community benefits, and stakeholder engagement are in place every step of the way.
To support our mission, the Offshore Wind Energy Program’s Wildlife Policy Specialist advocates for responsibly developed offshore wind power. In this role, you will report to the Senior Policy Specialist, Offshore Wind Energy and assist NWF and key wildlife advocacy partners in developing and advocating for policy positions that avoid, monitor, minimize, and mitigate risks and benefits of offshore wind power development to wildlife.
Your major areas of responsibility:
Work closely with NWF staff, contractors, and partners to identify solutions-oriented recommendations for avoiding, minimizing, and mitigating impacts to wildlife from offshore wind power development, with the aim of supporting responsible, large-scale development
Represent NWF’s offshore wind energy positions in internal and external communications
Support the Senior Policy Specialist in the drafting, review, and circulation of comment letters on offshore wind permitting, as well as the tracking of comment deadlines and the input of commenting data
Develop fact sheets, talking points, white papers, and other communication materials to support NWF’s offshore wind program as well as provide leadership on these issues to the broader conservation community
Fulfill limited administrative tasks as needed, including scheduling, note-taking, and maintaining and organizing digital records
Qualifications:
Technical knowledge and at least 3 years of experience relating to clean energy generation, wildlife protection, and relevant policy solutions
Education or experience that demonstrates working knowledge of wildlife biology, and/or habitat and ecosystem function
Excellent writing and communication skills, particularly geared toward conveying technical details to decision-makers, as well as distilling key advocacy messages for partners seeking to understand and potentially amplify our positions
Being a self-starter, with a demonstrated ability to put plans into action and meet deadlines
Effective collaborator and facilitator, including experience soliciting input from multiple stakeholders and mediating sometimes contentious policy disagreements
Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience advocating for wildlife protection positions with federal agencies, working collaboratively across organizations and stakeholder groups
Experience utilizing project management tools
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