Senior Manager

ABOUT U.S. ENERGY FOUNDATION

U.S. Energy Foundation’s (EF) mission is to secure a clean and equitable energy future to tackle the climate crisis. We envision a healthy, safe, equitable economy powered by clean energy. We believe a thriving clean energy economy can create sustainable opportunities, spur innovation, and protect our climate—for today and future generations.

EF supports education and analysis to promote non-partisan policy solutions that advance renewable energy and energy efficiency while opening doors to greater innovation and productivity—growing the economy with dramatically less pollution. For more than 30 years, EF has supported grantees to help educate policymakers and the general public about the benefits of a clean energy economy. Our grantees include business, health, environmental, labor, equity, community, faith, and consumer groups, as well as policy experts, think tanks, universities, and more.

At EF, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are top organizational commitments. We are working daily to uproot racism and other forms of oppression and create equitable systems that support people to flourish. We aim to bring humility, transparency, respect, and an appreciation for others’ lived experiences to our interactions with colleagues, grantees, and partners.

EF’s Fundraising Philosophy

As EF’s primary clients/partners are our funders and grantees, EF commits to acting as a strategic and thought leader for our current and prospective funding partners and the field by:

1. Collaborating—and co-creating, where feasible and desired—on strategy development including the hosting and/or managing of funder collaboratives
2. Highlighting the opportunity for climate philanthropy to maximize benefits to disadvantaged communities and those most impacted by climate change
3. Offering excellent, responsive service by providing proactive, compelling and timely updates and information

EF is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and our more than 100 staff members are based in locations throughout the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Western regions where they can best serve our programs, partners, operations, and other functions.

POSITION SUMMARY

Support U.S. Energy Foundation (EF) and Energy Action Fund (EAF) corporate communications activities including risk/crisis, brand and reputation management. Ensure consistent and high-quality standards of communication internally and externally. Provide guidance to colleagues, grantees, and other stakeholders to support all communications activities and enhance everyone’s role as effective ambassadors of EF’s and EAF’s work.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Brand, Risk/Crisis, Reputation Management, and Media Engagement

• Scan for, identify and help proactively manage emerging issues that have the potential of negatively affecting EF’s and EAF’s brand and reputation and suggest actions to reduce organizational risk.
• Support Senior Director, Corporate Communications, in responding to media and other requests and deadlines in a timely and professional manner.

Corporate Communications Management

• Maintain organizational style guidelines, visual identity guide, and templates for internal and external documents, presentations, and other corporate materials.
• In collaboration with leadership, SP and Program, and EAF colleagues, lead on the technical aspects of sending funder-related communications including Partner Updates, Program Updates and other communications products, via MailChimp or other mediums.
• Utilize understanding of the legal distinctions between 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations when editing communications, documents and presentations.
• Manage EF’s social media content development and posts. Manage existing social media vendors.
• Manage EF website, including drafting and adding staff bios, adding/deleting staff photos, posting grantee stories and blogs, and other website content as needed. Provide guidance to internal teams on the creation of microsites.
• In collaboration with EAF staff, assist with management of EAF website.
• Curate and internally promote EF Photo Library.
• Create business cards for new staff when requested. Arrange for professional headshots for new staff and board members including identifying vendors in various locations.
• Lead on all aspects of planning, writing, and execution of The Spark, EF’s internal staff e-newsletter.
• Provide writing/editing support across the organization (job descriptions, email messages to all staff, presentation materials, fundraising communications, etc.), and serve as editor-at-large.
• Support the creation of materials for funder and Board of Directors meetings and presentations.
• Together with the Senior Director, Corporate Communications, provide orientation to all incoming staff to clarify communications roles and maintain consistency across the organization.
• Lead the public speaker training program.
• Support production of fundraising collateral as needed.
• In collaboration with Senior Director, Corporate Communications, create/implement/maintain systems to respond to requests received from internal and external stakeholders (e.g., forms for speaking engagement requests for staff, processes for logo requests, etc.)
• Take EF Board meeting minutes.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in communications, public relations and/or media relations.
• Outstanding writing, editing, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Experience with traditional and new media, including how to monitor and apply analytics.
• Knowledge of climate and clean energy issues is desired; experience in brand and issues/crisis management is a plus.
• Graphic design experience is a plus along with collaboration with external agency support.
• Experience with various social media platforms.

SUPERVISION

Reports to the Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Strategic Partnerships.

COMPENSATION

This is a full-time position. The target salary for this position is $171,000 for a candidate based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and $153,000 for candidates in other areas of the U​.​S. EF provides a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental, vision, disability, and retirement benefits and paid time off.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Ability to travel ​one to two​ times a year for ​three to four​ business days at a time.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to spend extended hours at the computer. This position requires moderate levels of domestic travel.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

EF is a remote-first work environment. This position may be based in any of ​EF​’s offices or may work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. The office environments include some shared workspace, some individual offices, ​and ​shared kitchen facilities, with moderate noise levels and a collegial atmosphere. On occasion, there are activities or events after work hours. For questions about this leadership position, please contact our search partner, Jeff Waldron, at jeff@goodcitizen.com.