Climate Policy Analyst - Progressive Maryland

Climate Policy Analyst 

Location: Maryland

Summary: Progressive Maryland was founded to empower communities to act for social and economic justice by developing leaders and cultivating allies in order to build a grassroots movement with the power to advance economic, racial, and environmental equity. We are made up of over 125,000 individual members and supporters and dozens of affiliated religious, community and labor organizations statewide. 

Climate Policy Analyst: The Climate Policy Analyst is responsible for legislative analysis and bill drafting in support of our work to end environmental racism and eliminate sacrifice zones in Maryland. As our resident expert on all things climate policy, the Analyst will represent Progressive Maryland in coalition spaces and build relationships with allied organizations, elected officials, and other stakeholders. They will also educate our grassroots leaders, community organizers, and senior staff about policy questions and collaborate with our communications team on developing accurate and compelling messaging that will drive our membership base to take action with us on climate justice issues. In collaboration with colleagues, the Analyst will develop winning legislative strategies to advance our environmental policies.

Responsibilities 

● Lead research and analysis of climate policy with a special focus on strategies to end environmental racism, eliminate sacrifice zones, and ensure a just transition to renewable energy sources

● Utilize both written material and presentations to brief Progressive Maryland colleagues and grassroots members and leaders on climate policy issues

● Collaborate with our communications team to develop messaging for social media, letters to the editor, and interviews with press

● Analyze and track pending climate legislation at the state and local levels

● With the support from colleagues, develop and implement strategies to advance our legislation

● Facilitate meetings with community, government, and business leaders to drive advocacy forward

● Represent Progressive Maryland in coalition spaces with allies and other climate stakeholders

Qualifications 

● 3-5 years of professional experience in climate policy

● Strong written and verbal communication skills, an ability to translate policy issues to non-specialist audiences

● Strong attention to detail

● Ability to work independently, as a member of a team with both internal and external partners, and a team lead 

● Basic computer literacy and a willingness to quickly learn and use new digital platforms

● The ability to think, reflect, communicate, challenge the conventional wisdom, make judgments in complicated situations, and show flexibility.

● Willingness to participate in occasional civic engagement activities such as canvassing, phone banking, and text banking during election years.

● A clear sense of the challenges our communities face, impatience in the face of those wrongs, and a drive to address them

Pluses (but not required) 

● Familiarity with Maryland political systems on the city, county, and state level 

● Direct experience in grassroots community organizing, canvassing, and phone banking

Travel: All positions require reliable access to a vehicle and a valid driver’s license, laptop, phone, and willingness to travel to Annapolis, MD (regularly during legislative session from mid-January to mid-April) and elsewhere in Maryland (as needed). 

Salary, Benefits, and Position Details: Salary is commensurate with experience between $55,500-$68,500. Benefits include 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental insurance, a 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match, 2 weeks paid vacation, 6 personal days, 15 sick days, and holidays. Progressive Maryland is a proudly unionized workplace. This position is in the bargaining unit, which is represented by UFCW Local 1994. 

Progressive Maryland is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, People of Color, LGBTQ people, Returning Citizens, and Immigrants are strongly encouraged to apply. 

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