Senior Manager, Program Communications

Summary

Join U.S. Energy Foundation's Program Team as a Senior Manager, serving as the primary storyteller for the organization's program work. You will be responsible for developing and overseeing funder-facing content, including grant proposals, reports, and other communications materials. This role requires excellent writing and communication skills, experience synthesizing complex information, and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. You will collaborate with various teams across the organization to ensure a consistent and compelling narrative. The position offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization focused on clean energy advocacy. The position is remote-first and can be based anywhere in the U.S.

Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience synthesizing and distilling complex written material into concise and polished products. Ability to synthesize content from a range of sources into compelling stories that lift up themes, lessons learned, and successes
• Decisive and detail-oriented project manager with the proven ability to simultaneously manage multiple complex projects to completion in a matrixed organization
• Superior organization, time management, and prioritization skills
• Strong storytelling skills, with a demonstrated history of proactively engaging expert colleagues to get the information needed to tell cohesive stories
• Outstanding writing and editing skills with the proven ability to engage a variety of diverse audiences (previous experience engaging with donors is a plus)
• Ability to handle multiple projects under tight deadlines and to be able to work well in a complex organization
• Entrepreneurial spirit and ability to think creatively, take initiative, and work independently while thriving in a collaborative work environment and knowing when to seek support
• Understanding of the major issues and trends in climate and clean energy advocacy
• Experience producing communications materials for a donor audience
• A high degree of cultural competence and emotional intelligence, experience participating in or leading DEI initiatives, and track record of contributing meaningfully to a workplace where equity and inclusion are core values in our internal and external work
• Solutions-oriented problem-solver who is committed to working collaboratively in a diverse, dynamic, and complex environment with a combination of local, regional, and national staff and partners
• A service orientation for your work, with a commitment to helping the program team thrive and the organization fulfill its mission
• Comfort working independently and managing up, down, and sideways
• Ability to travel two to four times a year for three to four business days at a time

Responsibilities

• Develop and own EF’s and EAF’s pipeline of funder-facing content, ensuring a steady cadence of outputs that demonstrate EF/EAF’s and our grantees’ impact
• Develop and manage a process to work with grantees and EF/EAF staff to tell the story of the work EF/EAF are funding and its impact. This includes overseeing all aspects of the process, from planning to execution, helping EF/EAF staff contribute in the most effective ways
• Remain informed on key initiatives, and distill complex, programmatic initiatives into simple and motivating communications assets
• Serve as the primary drafter for most funder proposals and reports, synchronized with the overall narrative we are using to communicate with these products. Work with programmatic experts to identify the content to highlight in close collaboration with SP staff
• Synthesize and summarize information provided by program experts into regular compelling updates on EF’s and EAF’s work in priority geographies, sectors, and key venues, as well as meeting strategic imperatives like advancing equity in our work
• Regularly and proactively produce content to share with our funders overseeing consultant contracts where necessary to do so, including soliciting updates from program team members on areas of priority work. This includes text for emails, team-specific “breaking news” funder updates, text messages, website updates, longer-form briefings, strategy documents, and video or digital content
• Work closely with SP’s Director, Partner Communications to produce additional content that meets our communications objectives for the year

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience engaging with donors

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Disability
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off