Senior Director, Climate and Rights (12-month position)

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="background-color: rgb(191, 237, 210);"><strong>ABOUT GREENPEACE</strong></span><strong><br></strong><strong>Greenpeace</strong> is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest, creative communication and people power to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. In just the past year, we’ve secured a Global Oceans Treaty to protect wildlife and people who depend on healthy oceans. We persuaded the Biden Administration to phase out single-use plastics from federal operations. And we safeguarded healthy spaces, from national marine sanctuaries to bans on seabed mining to stopping liquefied national gas terminals poisoning Gulf Coast communities. Our work spans more than 50 years of fights and successes.</p> <p>As an independent campaigning organization, Greenpeace does not accept funds from any corporations or government entities. The global Greenpeace network is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices around the world in over fifty countries. Greenpeace USA&nbsp;is headquartered in Washington, DC.</p></div><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">POSITION SUMMARY<br></span></strong>The United States is at a historic crossroads. Climate impacts are accelerating, democratic institutions and civic rights are under sustained attack, and corporate power continues to undermine both environmental progress and people’s ability to shape the future. The decisions made in this moment will reverberate for generations.</p> <p>Greenpeace USA seeks a dynamic, strategic, and values-driven leader to serve as <strong>Senior Director, Climate &amp; Rights</strong>—a senior role responsible for leading and integrating our climate and democracy campaign portfolios as a unified, coordinated body of work. This role recognizes a core truth of our time: a livable climate depends on a functioning democracy, protected civic space, and the right to dissent. The <strong>Senior Director, Climate &amp; Rights</strong> is a highly visible leadership role within the Programs Department, and will collaborate in close partnership with the Senior Oceans Campaign Director and other senior program leaders across GPUS's Program, Legal, Communications, Engagement and Development teams. This position will also manage two direct reports - the Democracy Campaign Director and the Climate Campaign Director.</p> <p>The<strong> Senior Director, Climate &amp; Rights </strong>is a highly visible leadership role within the Programs Department and reports to the Chief Program Officer. The Director manages the Climate Campaign Director and Democracy Campaign Director, and works in close partnership with the Seni