Company Name: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Position Type: Full time
Description
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit national environmental organization with more than 1.2 million members and online activists. We have offices in New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Beijing. Our staff of over 300 includes attorneys, scientists, policy analysts and educators working to protect the environment and public health through advocacy and education.
NRDC’s new national Water Program focuses on securing safe and sufficient water for humans and ecosystems in the face of existing and emerging threats. The program involves staff in all of NRDC’s U.S. offices and fully integrates our water resources work so that it addresses water supply and water quality, surface water and groundwater, human health and ecosystem issues. The Program’s staff is organized into four teams focusing on Green Infrastructure, Water Use Efficiency, Water & Climate, and developing a new water paradigm in California. The four program teams work together to implement a portfolio of strategies that maximize efficiency and minimize waste, prevent pollution, and protect and restore the ecosystem.
Position Summary:
NRDC has an immediate opening for a Water Policy Analyst who will work closely with the director of the Water Efficiency Team. The position will be based in NRDC’s Los Angeles (or potentially San Francisco) office. This person will play an important role in implementing NRDC’s efforts to advocate for improved water use efficiency, conservation, and recycling in California and nationally, and will collaborate with a team of attorneys and staff engaged in these issues.
Responsibilities
Serve as NRDC’s representative in a variety of regulatory, administrative, and collaborative forums, advocating improvements in water use efficiency, conservation and recycling. Review and comment on water conservation programs, draft legislation, agency reports, draft rules, etc. Review and comment on draft legislation, agency reports, draft rules, etc. Conduct analyses, research and write NRDC reports and media kits on key water conservation topics. Responsibilities include contact with regulatory agencies, the media and legislative offices.
The job will include:
1. Review and analysis of current water conservation programs, and evaluation of new conservation initiatives
2. Legislative advocacy on water efficiency, conservation and recycling legislation
3. Promoting increased integration of water and energy policy and planning
4. Advocating for improved water efficiency standards at the state and national level
5. Pursuing implementation of water efficiency, conservation and recycling as means to reduce global warming emissions as well as to adapt to the impacts of global warming
6. Advocating for improved agricultural water use efficiency
7. Supervising the work of Water Efficiency Team members
Qualifications
Skills & Knowledge Requirements:
• Advanced degree in engineering, water resources, public policy, law or a related subject
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in the field or a related one
• Knowledge of water efficiency, conservation and reuse
• Strong advocacy experience on environmental issues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Familiarity with spreadsheets and similar quantitative tools
• Experience in building collaborations with non-traditional allies
• Strong interpersonal skills
Compensation
NRDC offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, a dynamic work environment, and we are committed to workplace diversity. Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and commensurate with experience.
To Apply
Please visit www.nrdc.org/jobs. Please apply no later than November 1, 2009. No phone calls or faxes. Please reference where you saw this posting. NRDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further information about NRDC, please visit nrdc.org.
