Job Opportunity: Director of Campaigns
Location: Pennsylvania
Schedule: Full-time
Reports to: Executive Director
Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled. Ideal start date is February 2025.
Exciting and rare leadership opportunity at premier Mid-Atlantic environmental org!
*Clean Air Council has offices in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Wilmington, and staff members
work flexible hybrid schedules as their role and team needs allow. This position requires
occasional in-office time as well as periodic work at events and meetings across the state.
About Clean Air Council:
Clean Air Council is dedicated to protecting and defending everyone’s right to a healthy
environment and a livable climate. The Council uses advocacy campaigns, community
organizing, strategic communications, public education, and legal action to carry out this
mission. Clean Air Council is one of the Mid-Atlantic’s oldest environmental groups. Since its
founding nearly 60 years ago, the Council has established itself as an organization that
advocates fiercely, strategically, and pragmatically to defend our communities and stabilize our
climate. Recent victories include blocking fossil fuel projects slated to emit megatons of
greenhouse gases, winning system-saving funding for public transit, and setting new legal
precedent to support environmental victories in court.
The Council is an equal opportunity employer and has a strongly held belief in the importance
of having a diverse workforce.
Position Description
The Council seeks an innovative, motivated, and experienced team leader with a demonstrated
track record of running successful environmental campaigns. The Director of Campaigns will
lead the Council’s regional, statewide, and local advocacy campaigns, including campaigns to
block or reduce the harm from polluting projects, promote renewable energy projects, and
achieve environmental protection policy goals. The Director of Campaigns supervises
advocates (five direct reports) based in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and spearheads a portfolio
of their own campaign work. This is an exciting and dynamic position providing critical regional
leadership capacity to the climate movement.
Responsibilities:
● Lead the planning and implementation of the Council’s campaigns opposing major
sources of pollution and promoting sources of clean energy, as well as its environmental
policy efforts
● Supervise, coach, support, and empower direct reports, currently numbering five
● Coordinate with the Council’s legal, engineering, communications, and program
departments to achieve campaign goals
● Interface regularly with executive team
● Provide movement leadership and strategic direction on coalition campaigns
● Support ongoing and new grant fundraising
● Represent the Council’s work at events, high-level meetings, and to the media
● Play an integral decision-making role in advocacy decisions
● Ensure effective operations while meeting grant and organizational goals as well as
spending targets
● Represent the Council with grantors who fund campaigns
Ideal Competencies, Skills, and Experience:
● Experience designing and leading successful advocacy campaigns
● Experience supervising and supporting a team to reach their best
● Strong communications and people skills
● Reliability and dedication
● Good working knowledge of environmental and energy issues
● At least five or ideally more years of experience in environmental advocacy preferred
● Experience working with elected officials and agency staff preferred
If you are strong in some of the ideal experience and skills listed above but not all, we still
encourage you to apply. We value unique perspectives gained from different backgrounds and
experiences and are dedicated to supporting our staff’s professional growth. We look forward to
reviewing your application and seeing what you can bring to our team.
Salary: The salary range is $70,000 to $87,500, commensurate with experience.
Benefits: The Council’s staff benefits currently include the following:
● Health insurance, vision insurance, and dental insurance
● Optional flexible spending account
● 21 vacation days per year, plus 2 personal days
● PTO when the office is closed between December 25th and January 1st
● 9 paid holidays
● 401k with a 4% match
● Long-term disability insurance
● Life insurance
● Public transit benefit
● Flexible working hours
● Hybrid work options (in addition to in-person meetings and events)
Application Instructions: Applicants should email a cover letter and resume, using the
subject line “Director of Campaigns Application,” to Executive Director Alex Bomstein
([email protected]) and Administrative Assistant Corinne Bishop ([email protected]).
Job Opening: Clean Air Council Director of Campaigns
