Director of Policy

Summary

Join Carbon180, a climate NGO, as their Director of Policy to lead land-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) work. You will develop and execute Carbon180’s federal land policy strategy, manage a team of policy experts, and collaborate with other teams. Responsibilities include building campaigns, representing Carbon180 at events, leading fundraising efforts, and managing a budget. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of experience in federal policy, a deep understanding of land-based CDR, and strong leadership and communication skills. Carbon180 offers competitive compensation, a 36-hour workweek, a remote-first culture, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in federal policy, including experience in government and/or non-governmental organizations working on land (agriculture, forestry, etc.) and/or climate policy
• Deep understanding of relevant authorizations, appropriations, and agency structures
• Expertise on land-based CDR policies, approaches, and markets and a deep understanding of land management practices rooted in Traditional Ecological Knowledge and pioneered by Indigenous and Black practitioners and other practitioners of color
• Knowledge about the state of the field and where policy will be most impactful in advancing solutions for land-based CDR
• Experience developing and executing successful policy change strategies and campaigns
• Experience managing teams and supervising employees
• Comfort with public speaking and media engagement
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice (DEIBJ)

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of Carbon180’s land policy strategy, working with the land policy team to set annual, monthly, and weekly priorities aligned to our organizational strategy
• Manage a team of policy staff to accomplish this strategy, identifying hiring needs, running hiring processes, providing day-to-day project support, and supporting individual professional development and mentorship
• Lead the team in building and executing campaigns, including developing novel policy ideas in key issue areas, planning and leading coalition-building and outreach activities, and coordinating with our communications team to develop new content, engage with reporters, leverage social media, and act as the policy lead on other communications tasks
• Represent Carbon180 by participating in events, talking with media personnel, and giving presentations, all towards building high-level relationships across key audiences with organizational resources and other support
• Serve as the lead on land-related fundraising in coordination with the director of development and executive director, including building relationships with funders and creating funding proposals
• Manage an annual program budget and related grants
• Drive cross-team collaboration and forecast what specific projects may need for support from the organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Actively seek opportunities to dismantle inequitable systems and other harmful corporate norms and are comfortable learning and growing your DEIBJ literacy
• You’re high-impact, low-ego, and kind to yourself and others. Our core values (below) resonate with who you are and what you believe
• You’re a gifted speaker — and an even stronger listener. You’re comfortable in conversation with a variety of stakeholders, from Fortune 500 CEOs, to the Washington Post, to a team of engineers. You can translate ideas across audiences and modes of communication in an organized, thoughtful way
• You inspire and motivate others to action. You build relationships quickly and deftly, and people trust you. You leverage your storytelling skills to elevate the impact of our work in a way that inspires others to action
• You’re a systems thinker and creator. You're unfazed by ambiguity, and thrive in situations where you get to build something out of nothing, or create order out of chaos. You want to do work that's never been done before, better than anyone's ever done it. You build systems that last beyond your tenure in prior roles you’ve held, but you believe nimble systems > bureaucracy any day
• You move fluidly from strategy to execution. You appreciate the big picture and feel inspired to set a bold vision, but you know it's all in the details. You manage projects fluidly, fiercely prioritize, and track timelines, data, and information in an organized and systematic fashion. You don't drop balls, miss deadlines, or forget to respond to someone's inquiry — and you’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves to do the work
• You’re a driver of results. You've demonstrated the ability to drive results in the pursuit of ambitious goals and you combine your exceptional strategic, analytical, and critical-thinking skills with your penchant to use data to drive decision-making toward achieving impressive outcomes
• You build trust and leverage meaningful relationships to get things done. A relationship-builder at heart, the people you work with trust that you leverage relationships to get things done in a mutually beneficial, non-transactional way. You are both warm and demanding. You do the things you say you will do, hold others accountable, and support the people you engage in the pursuit of our shared goals

Benefits

• 36-hour workweeks (we close at 1 pm every Friday) and dedicated no-meeting time each week
• A remote-first flexible work culture
• Four weeks of PTO, three weeks of paid org-wide breaks including one week in the summer and two weeks in the winter, four weeks of sick leave, and five floating holidays/personal days
• 100% company-covered insurance premiums for medical/dental/vision/long-term disability for you and your dependents
• Quarterly health and wellness, book, and learning and development stipends