NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.
NRDC is seeking a Managing Director of Political Affairs to work with the NRDC Action Fund team in our Washington, DC office.
NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planets wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. It is joined by the affiliated but separate 501(c)(4) organization, the NRDC Action Fund ( which engages in various advocacy and political activities for which NRDC, a 501(c)(3) organization, faces spending limits or legal restrictions. In addition, the NRDC Action Votes ( an independent expenditure political committee affiliated with the NRDC Action Fund, works to educate and mobilize voters independent of candidates.
The Managing Director of Political Affairs principal responsibility is to lead the development, management, and cross-departmental coordination of the NRDC Action Funds electoral strategies and programs aimed at building the institutions political influence in Washington and nationally while also overseeing the work and impact of the NRDC Action Votes. In addition, the Managing Director of Political Affairs will advise and help shape a limited number of NRDC Action Fund federal and state advocacy initiatives. Reporting to the Chief External Affairs Officer and also closely advising the Executive Director and the President and CEO, the Managing Director of Political Affairs plays a critical role in charting the NRDC Action Funds strategic direction and year-to-year priorities, while being an external leader in fundraising, coalition engagement, and board relations, and as a media spokesperson.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:
Leadership and Program Management
Board Relations
External Relations:
Strategic Planning
Budget and Fundraising:
Minimum Education and Experience:
Skills, Abilities, Competencies, and Qualities:
NRDC is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, both in our work and in our workplace. We believe that celebrating and actively welcoming diverse voices and perspectives is essential to solving the planet's most pressing environmental problems, and we encourage applications from candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience. Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer. For this position, the salary range is $200,000 to $230,000.
NRDC operates under a hybrid work model. Employees are required to come to the office 8 days per month.
As a science-based organization, NRDC aims to do our part to help contain the COVID-19 public health crisis. For the sake of health, safety, and equity, we ask that people be vaccinated unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation or other exemption in accordance with state and local law. We consider a person to be vaccinated two weeks after receiving one full course of a CDC-approved vaccine. In accordance with state or local law, new hires will be asked to attest to vaccination, those wishing to do so may request medical or religious accommodations or other exemptions via NRDC Employee Relations. NRDC treats all vaccine-related data confidentia]]> <
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