Senior Manager, Program Communications

Job Description

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
 
EF is looking for a new member of our Program Team, who will serve as the primary storyteller for EF’s—and our sister 501(c)(4), Energy Action Fund's program work, responsible for ideating, executing, and overseeing content development with our donors as a primary audience. They will execute this work within the broader frame of an organizational communications strategy developed by our Strategic Partnerships (SP) team and organizational leadership. This role will require a familiarity with trends and key issues related to climate and clean energy advocacy along with expertise crafting narratives and synthesizing technical information to generate compelling stories and content across different mediums, particularly for a donor audience.
 

Job Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 
The primary responsibilities of the position are to proactively develop funder-facing content to tell our story of program impact and lessons learned and, in collaboration with SP’s Director, Partner Communications, and EF/EAF leadership, serve as the lead developer for a host of products, from grant proposals and reports to issue briefs to breaking news alerts. The Senior Manager will be an exceptional writer with a creative vision, collaboration skills, and the ability to understand and work with stakeholders, synthesizing information from a variety of sources. Working closely with teams across the entire organization, the Senior Manager will write and edit regular newsletters, fundraising proposals and reports, and other compelling updates to keep our audience of funders and other partners informed and engaged.
See listing for additional details: https://www.ef.org/about-us/careers/
 

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