Director, Energy Program

Location: USA,None,None

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the nation’s oldest and largest national parks nonprofit advocate, has an exciting opportunity open to join our Conservation Programs team as the Director, Energy Program. This position will report to the VP of Conservation Programs.

The Director will lead a multi-departmental team in the development and execution of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) Energy Program, implementing, refining, and developing campaign plans and new goals in a collaborative fashion with the team. The Director, with the team, works to strengthen, defend and enforce protections for national parks from energy development threats in their larger surrounding land and seascapes. This includes leading and prioritizing NPCA’s engagement on proposals related to federal onshore and offshore oil and gas siting and leasing, industrial scale onshore and offshore renewable energy siting (wind, solar, or other renewable energy sources), transmission, and hard rock mining siting and policy matters where parks are threatened. The position will also work closely with Regional Programs, Government Affairs, Legal, Communications, and Development staff to coordinate and execute energy development campaign strategies with attention to impacts to indigenous and frontline communities and culturally important sites.

Location: Remote (United States)

Grade: O

Salary: $95,000- $115,000, commensurate with skills, experience, and location.

Work Status: Full-time (32 hours per week); Exempt

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package for this role including a four-day, 32-hour work week, paid vacation leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, health insurance, flexible spending account, dental insurance, life insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, short- and long-term disability, and paid sabbaticals for staff after seven years of service. Learn more about our benefits at npca.org/jobs.  

Essential Functions:                                                                                                                              % of Time

-State and Regional Energy Coordination                                                                              30%

• Leads, coordinates, and provides support and guidance to NPCA Regional Staff on NPCA’s relevant campaign work around the nexus of national parks and public land management, oil and gas or renewable energy development and hard rock or critical mineral mining.
• Works closely with and collaborates to understand priorities and relationships led by NPCA’s place-based field staff to support local campaigns on energy threats, partnerships, tactics and communications as relevant.
• Leads efforts to gather data and on-the-ground input on potential impacts to park natural and cultural resources from energy development and mining and develops strategies to permanently protect those resources.
• Works internally to align NPCA departments and capacities around shared goals.

-Policy and Analysis                                                                                                                              50%

• Monitors and coordinates engagement in issues regarding energy development policies and decisions and collaborates through the Energy team to establish priority focal areas.
• Provides, supports and contributes to analyses of policies and related recommendations, in coordination with Government Affairs, and conducts research in collaboration with the Energy team and Regional Program staff, to advance advocacy efforts regarding siting of oil and gas energy development, hard rock and critical mineral mining, as well as renewable energy development, including restoration of previously degraded landscapes.
• Coordinates the development of NPCA’s comments, position statements, factsheets, and contributes to or reviews written testimony and communications materials on the above relevant topics.
• Assists NPCA’s Legal Team in helping develop and support energy-related litigation and associated communications.
• Provides input and guidance on NPCA’s work to transition away from fossil fuel development in a way that is equitable and just for local communities.

-Outreach and Fundraising                                                                                                      20%

• Establishes relationships with relevant HQ and