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The Opportunity and Position Summary Rewiring America is growing rapidly. With a clear and inspiring vision, smart strategies, and significant and sustained financial support, we are growing our team and seeking an entrepreneurial Chief of Staff to join our Leadership Team. This position reports to the organization’s CEO. In this newly-created position, the Chief of Staff is principally responsible for translating the organization’s values, vision, and mission into concrete objectives and key results that are adequately resourced and staffed. The Chief of Staff will also oversee the pace, sequencing, and execution of strategic plans for Rewiring America's national growth and scale. The Chief of Staff is an emotionally intelligent, cross-functional leader, holding both significant functional authority and responsibility and whose success is ultimately dependent on facilitative, collaborative, and horizontal leadership with executive team colleagues. The Chief of Staff also...

Adventure Scientists is looking for an experienced Marketing/PR/Communications professional to join our leadership team as we unlock access to critical data for leaders working on solutions to the world’s biggest environmental challenges.  You will play a significant role in advancing the organization, with a particular focus on shaping the direction of Adventure Scientists’ brand and reputation with scientific partners, donors, sponsors, and volunteers. As the head of our marketing team, you will find creative ways to articulate and present our programs to drive broad awareness about the importance of our work, increase partner engagement, and showcase our impact at scale. You will work cross-functionally to grow and engage our global community. Success in this role includes: identifying and pursuing opportunities to raise our profile and garnering new partners and funders for us to join forces with. If you’re a seasoned marketing leader with digital savvy,...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (AMBFF) invites nominations and applications for the newly-created role of Managing Director, Effective Philanthropy. Reporting to the Foundation’s President, the Managing Director will: design and build a high impact advising and learning team that will serve as a resource to portfolio teams, to leadership and the Board on strategy, evaluation; progress tracking and learning; and curate high impact programming for the West Creek Ranch in Montana. A renowned entrepreneur and co-founder of The Home Depot, Arthur M. Blank is now recognized for his values-based Blank Family of Businesses and as one of America’s leading philanthropists through The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. All of his industry-leading businesses and the Blank Family Foundation operate on six core values: Put People First, Listen and Respond, Include Everyone, Innovate Continuously, Lead by Example, Give Back to Others. After 25 years and more...

ABOUT VOTE SOLAR Vote Solar advocates for a transition to a just and equitable 100% clean energy system that puts the interests, health and well-being of people at its center. Founded in 2002, Vote Solar advocates for clean energy and energy justice in legislative and regulatory arenas at the state level, where most decisions about electricity are made. Operating in over 20 states, we focus on bringing deep policy expertise, working in just partnership with broad coalitions, and engaging the public to win on solar and energy justice campaigns. OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND JUSTICE Vote Solar is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in the workplace and in the communities with which we partner. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, including multilingual and multicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants...

About the Foundation The Heising-Simons Foundation is a family foundation based in Los Altos and San Francisco, California. The Foundation works with its many partners to advance sustainable solutions in climate and clean energy, enable groundbreaking research in science, enhance the education of our youngest learners, and support human rights for all people. In 2020, the Foundation awarded more than $127 million in grants. The Foundation, and the affiliated Heising-Simons Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization, are guided by the values of humility, courage, justice, opportunity, sustainability, innovation, relationships, and integrity.   During the COVID-19 pandemic, all Heising-Simons Foundation staff are working remotely. We plan to reopen our offices on September 13, 2021, with flexible telecommuting policies.     About the Climate and Clean Energy Program The goal of the Climate and Clean Energy (CCE) program is to protect people and the planet from the...

The Everglades Foundation’s commitment to restore and protect the Everglades is driven by science. Founded in 1993 by two outdoor enthusiasts — the late George Barley and Paul Tudor Jones II — The Everglades Foundation works energetically and with a sense of urgency to bring people together and provide a powerful voice for Everglades restoration at the state and national levels. The Everglades Foundation is now seeking a strategic leader to be their Chief Finance & Operations Officer (CF&OO).  The Everglades Foundation supports the science and public funding efforts needed to restore and protect America’s Everglades. The Everglades Foundation is dedicated to restoring and protecting one of the world’s unique natural ecosystems — providing economic, recreational, and life-sustaining benefits to millions of people who depend on its future health. The ecosystem is home to 2,000 species of beautiful and fascinating wading birds, mammals, fishes, reptiles, amphibians and...

About Us Sequoia Climate Fund is a new philanthropy that seeks to decarbonize the world economy at a speed and scale equal to the challenge. We support bold strategies and efforts that will have both near-term impact and the greatest probability of long-term success. We believe that solving climate change requires the adoption of ambitious, evidence-based policy solutions that transform markets, advance clean technology, and lead to large‐scale change. Our focus areas include power, transportation, buildings, industry, land use, agriculture and forestry, finance, communications, movement building and public engagement. Sequoia Climate Fund is active in major emitting geographies, including China, the United States, India, the European Union, among others. We are dedicated to building the political will and powerful coalitions needed to achieve these bold policy solutions. Our office and staff are based in Irvine, California.   About the Role Sequoia Climate Fund is...