NRDC is seeking an Electric Vehicle Advocate to work with the Clean Vehicles and Fuels Project of the Climate and Clean Energy Program in our Chicago office. This position will help fulfill NRDC's priority to reduce carbon pollution. The vast U.S. vehicle fleet must run primarily on clean electricity by 2050 to reach long term pollution reduction targets. This requires a rapid ramp-up of electric vehicle sales now and in the coming decades to turn over the on-road fleet. This position will focus on accelerating electric vehicle adoption and transportation electrification more broadly in Midwestern states by advancing needed state policies. Policy focus areas include electric utility programs to set appropriate vehicle charging rates, deploy needed infrastructure and conduct customer outreach; vehicle purchase incentives; and clean vehicle standards.
- Advocate for state and regional policies that advance electric vehicles through engagement with state legislatures, executive and administrative offices and public utility commissions.
- Represent NRDC among regional electric vehicle and low carbon transportation coalitions and stakeholder groups.
- Conduct research and analysis of electric vehicle and clean transportation policy proposals.
- Engage community groups, labor, electric utilities, automakers, equipment manufacturers and other stakeholders to help ensure widespread access to transportation electrification including for low-income communities.
- Work with NRDC’s broader clean energy team to advance transportation electrification policies that also promote greater deployment of renewable power.
The ideal candidate will have the personal and professional skills to advance NRDC’s objectives, including:
- Strong written and oral advocacy skills, especially communicating technical and analytical information in a clear and persuasive manner;
- Strong technical research, analytical and quantitative skills;
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team setting;
- Demonstrated ability to build and work within broad coalitions that reach beyond the traditional environmental community; and
- Familiarity with environmental policy, ideally with utility regulation, clean vehicle and fuel standards, and/or energy and climate change policy.