Energy and Environmental Services Equity Specialist

Launch your Sustainability Career with the Climate Corps Fellowship program!

SEI’s Climate Corps Fellowship program offers the chance to lead impactful climate and community resilience projects while gaining paid, hands-on experience. This full-time, bridge-to-career opportunity pairs fellows with host organizations, from local governments to nonprofits and businesses, to drive real-world change.

About the Opportunity 

Start Date: June 1st, 2026

Length of Fellowship: 10 months

Location Type: Hybrid

Ready to make an impact through a hands-on role advancing energy equity and sustainability in Orange County? As an Energy and Environmental Services Equity Specialist in the Climate Corps Fellowship program, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to impactful sustainability initiatives with Community Action Partnership of Orange County. This is a hybrid position with the expectation of onsite work 4 days per week.

In this role, you’ll assist the Energy and Environmental Services (EES) Department in completing Phase II of the Health Equity Zones Project, an initiative designed to drive systemic change within specific Orange County communities. You will identify pollution sources and social inequities surrounding CAP OC’s Family Resource Centers and Garden Grove offices, contextualize the historical urban development behind these disparities, and investigate how Healthy Home Modification programs impact participant health and energy burdens.

Throughout the fellowship, you will build a historical analysis of Orange County, collaborate with cross-functional partners to conduct surveys, and work alongside the Environmental Outreach Specialist to finalize Phase II reports. You will also analyze air monitor data, develop GIS mapping skills to visualize survey findings, and gain hands-on experience by shadowing Green Workforce Development projects, including weatherization and heat pump installations.

This role offers the chance to advance CAP OC’s sustainability and equity goals, gain practical experience, grow your professional network, and leave with measurable achievements in environmental and energy equity.

About Our Partner: Community Action Partnership of Orange County

Since 1965, Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) has worked tirelessly to address the root causes of poverty and advocate for change through systemic reforms, social justice, and racial equity. In this mission, it has become apparent that social, racial, economic and structural issues are not isolated from one another. Moreover, it has become exceedingly clear that above all, the living environment dictates quality of life outcomes.

The Energy and Environmental Services Department provides utility assistance and Healthy Home Modification programs to Orange County residents, improving participants' financial health and home health. The department works deeply with the communities it serves, building a broader understanding of how housing conditions can affect human and financial health. Working in the Healthy Home space provides our agency with the opportunity to meaningfully impact Orange County residents battling with high utility bills, housing-related ailments, and improve housing that can support generations to come.

Partner-Provided Benefits (in addition to Climate Corps Benefits):

• Membership to AWWEE or other professional associations.
• Ability to attend conferences related to sustainability, waste management, climate change, or other fellow interests.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with the Environmental Outreach Specialist to revise and finalize current HEZ drafts.
• Present historical analysis to participants at three FRCs.
• Writing blogs on Health Equity in Orange County.
• Support the Environmental Outreach Specialist on Green Work Force Development projects.
• Present environmental understanding survey data to Senior Leadership.
• Create a map utilizing ArcGIS to present survey findings.
• Analyze air monitoring data to understand trends and/or other patterns.

What We’re Looking For

• Comfortable working with a culturally diverse population.
• Experience with community outreach and advocacy.
• Strong working knowledge of climate change and environmental justice issues.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills; able to adapt communication style to various audiences.
• Proven ability to deliver presentations in person and virtually to individuals, within small groups, and at large formal gatherings.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively wi