Remote Environmental Justice Associate

Summary

Join us on the journey to get to net zero at Carbon Direct, a purpose-driven carbon management firm dedicated to helping organizations around the world reach their climate goals. We are seeking a passionate environmental justice community engagement professional to join our Climate Justice team.

Requirements

• Work experience in a position whose primary responsibilities include a focus on the intersections of environmental justice and community engagement
• Knowledge of environmental and climate justice best practices in community engagement
• Lived and/or professional experience working with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities in the U.S. and/or frontline communities in the Global South to design or implement equitable and just policies or programs related to climate change adaptation or mitigation
• Strong project management skills and the ability to appropriately prioritize multiple, overlapping tasks and deliverables and adapt to shifting client priorities

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on community engagement development and implementation
• Facilitate meetings with community stakeholders and community-based organizations that intersect between EJ and climate solutions, specifically carbon removal, capture and utilization, and related strategies
• Advise on key elements in meaningful community benefits plans that drive real-world environmental justice outcomes as carbon dioxide removal projects are implemented and scaled
• Collaborate with the Senior Climate Justice Strategist to identify opportunities to develop and expand client offerings related to community engagement and community benefits plans
• Support developing and maintaining an environmental and climate justice (E&CJ) learning curriculum to be presented to advisory clients related to community engagement and benefits plans best practices
• Support internal Climate Justice initiatives across the Advisory, Supply and Product divisions that deepen the firm’s capacity for world-class leadership in environmental & climate justice in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon management
• Strengthen Carbon Direct’s capacity to identify policies and practices that center communities most impacted by environmental injustice and the climate crisis

Benefits

• Comprehensive nationwide medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Time off as needed: Flexible vacation policy and ten company-wide holidays, plus annual winter break between Christmas and New Year's
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental and family leave with no tenure requirement
• Remote-friendly work culture with annual company-wide retreats
• Reimbursement for your work-from-home setup and monthly work-from-home stipend