Job Description

Washington Conservation Action (WCA) is seeking a strategic, people-oriented Climate and Clean Air Manager to advance equitable and effective action on climate and air quality in Washington State. The Climate and Clean Air Manager will execute impactful issue-based campaigns and coordinate with diverse partners on strategies to achieve priorities.

This position involves an evolving body of work, with a core focus on advocating for racial and environmental justice across our state’s climate and air quality policy landscape and building power with impacted communities and coalition partners. This position is supervised by WCA’s Climate and Clean Energy Director.

Washington Conservation Action is a statewide environmental advocacy organization that advances environmental policies and pushes for actions that equitably address climate pollution, restore Puget Sound, sustain our state’s forests, and protect our democracy. For Washington to remain a national leader on environmental issues, we need environmental champions in elected office and to hold our leaders accountable. To keep our environment protected, healthy, and vibrant, we are committed to supporting Native candidates, candidates of color, and environmental leaders seeking election.

In January 2023, Washington Conservation Voters and Washington Environmental council unified under a shared brand— Washington Conservation Action. This evolution as organizations builds on over 50 years of work and history of bringing people together to solve Washington’s most critical environmental issues. We develop, advocate, and defend policies that ensure environmental progress and justice by centering and amplifying the voices of the most impacted communities. Washington Conservation Action is a 501(c4) organization. Washington Conservation Action Education Fund is our 501(c3) partner organization. Together, we advance a shared a vision for a Washington state where nature and people live in balance for the flourishing of all.

Washington Conservation Action i s based in downtown Seattle. Most of our team of nearly 50 work in a flexible hybrid model with staff in the office typically two days a week (or 40% of the time over the course of a month on average) for collaboration and celebration. The remainder of our staff are considered fully remote, since they live outside the greater Puget Sound area but within Washington. All staff members have access to tools and systems to support work from home, whether hybrid or remote. We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to make a difference. We are committed to a diverse, socially just, and welcoming work environment. People of color, people with varying abilities, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply. We continue to advance the application of a racial equity lens to our work and are led by a CEO who is a citizen of the Confederated Tribes Warm Springs, Oregon.

Responsibilities

Policy and Campaign Advancement

• Grow and deepen relationships within and beyond the environmental community, including with community-based organizations, labor unions, business groups, and state and local agencies.
• Advance policy solutions for air quality improvement in Washington, particularly in communities most impacted by air pollution.
• Advocate in rulemakings and other processes to equitably and effectively implement laws and policies that impact climate and air quality.
• Execute strategic campaigns, rooted in racial and environmental justice and respect for Tribal sovereignty, to advance programmatic and organizational goals.
• Support involvement in litigation as needed.

Cross Team Collaboration

• Identify areas of mutual interest and collaboration across WCA’s areas of work and proactively collaborate with staff across programs.
• Collaborate with Communications staff to develop calls to action, email alerts, press releases, outreach materials, content for member publications, etc. to engage external audiences.
• Work closely with WCA’s Tribal Nations program to develop relationships with leaders and staff of Tribal Nations.
• Collaborate with Government Affairs and Political staff to directly engage elected officials and candidates for office.
• Coordinate with Field team to connect members and activists with priority policy campaigns, including public hearing attendance, legislative lobby days, phone and text banking, etc.

Program Support

• Help shape WCA’s organizational culture in a unionized workplace, centering anti-racist practice, advance racial equity goals, foster a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Support Development staff with fundraising, including development of grant applications, meetings with funders, and fundraising events as needed.

Learning & Evaluation

• Maintain a practice of continuous learning. Participate in professional development, racial equity committees to build knowledge and skills.
• Sustain a commitment to continuous learning in a rapidly changing field. Seek out knowledge to deepen understanding on climate and air quality-related issues. Seek and center ongoing input from impacted communities to integrate perspectives on historical, contemporary, and potential future impacts of pollution into our policy work.
• Contribute to the team’s ongoing evaluation of bodies of work and revise strategy based on changing political conditions, access to resources, and/or emergent opportunities.
• Share program successes and learnings within WCA and with partners.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• A commitment to an anti-racist learning journey,, and a strong desire to be a productive member of a team that is engaged in the work of building power with Black, Brown, and Indigenous people.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in legislative, policy, or sector-specific advocacy.
• Enthusiasm for WCA’s mission to advocate for environmental progress and justice through actions that mobilize the public, elect champions for the environment, and hold our leaders accountable.
• A heartfelt connection to the natural beauty, abundance, and diversity of the Pacific Northwest.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including adeptness at navigating conflicts and high stress environments.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with people from different backgrounds.
• Strong written communication skills to prepare comment letters, public testimony, reports, correspondence. Able to make complex policy issues understandable for a variety of audiences.
• Ability understand complex laws, regulations, reports, and other policy documents. Skilled at analyzing policies to identify key issues and priorities for advocacy.
• Proficiency or ability to learn and utilize a variety of computer applications (e.g., Microsoft Office, Google suite, Zoom, Salesforce, Box, Asana).
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and judgment.
• Capacity to work effectively both independently and within a team.
• Demonstrated ability to identify connections between efforts or groups that can help maximize impact.

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• Familiarity with political dynamics and climate policy in Washington State.
• Familiarity with air quality policy and advocacy.
• Experience engaging with Tribal Nations.
• Experience working in local, state, federal, or Tribal government, and/or grassroots community organizing, and/or electoral campaigns.

Compensation and Benefits

This is a full-time, non-exempt position with a fixed starting salary of $65,500. We also offer a generous benefits package including 100% employer paid medical and dental insurance premiums, 401k plan and organizational match of up to 3% of your annual salary, a Flexible Spending Account, ample paid vacation and sick leave, thirteen paid holidays per year, an unlimited ORCA transit pass, budgeted funds for professional development, and if you work for five consecutive years you are eligible for a two-month paid sabbatical. We welcome new and diverse people to a great team who together shape environmental protection in Washington.

Location Information

This position is hybrid (minimum of 40% in the Seattle office) or fully remote (for those located within Washington State, but outside of mass transit options to our Seattle office). This job will involve occasional travel (under 15%) to in-person meetings and staff gatherings at the discretion of the supervisor. Travel costs are reimbursed by the organization.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

This job requires frequent sitting. Must be able to conduct business in English, though fluency in other languages is welcomed. For remote work, employees must maintain a workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work during scheduled work hours. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with different abilities to perform functions essential to the duties of the position. Washington Conservation Action and Washington Conservation Action Education Fund is a unionized employer represented by Communications Workers of America Local 7800. This is a represented position.

COVID-19

The organization follows all requirements of local health authorities. We work in a hybrid remote work model with staff working from home in addition to in-office time. We maintain safety protocols while in our office. All staff who come to the office must be fully immunized against COVID-19.

To Apply

Please submit a cover letter and a resume. No phone calls or mailed applications please. This position is open until filled. Applications received by June 4th, 2025, will be given priority consideration.

WCAEF and WCA are equal opportunity employers committed to dismantling structural racism and creating a welcoming work environment. WCAEF and WCA do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation. People of color, people with disabilities, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.

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