Director - Operations & Culture, Initiative for Energy Justice, School of Law

Director - Operations & Culture, Initiative for Energy Justice, School of Law

About the Opportunity

The Initiative for Energy Justice seeks an Operations and Culture Director that will lead all of the Initiative for Energy Justice's internal operations, including administration, systems, technology, finance, and communications. As IEJ projects growth from half a dozen to a dozen staff members over the next two years, the Operations and Culture Director will have the unique opportunity and responsibility to build an equitable, joyful, and effective work culture at the national center. They will also co-lead grants management and be a part of IEJ's leadership team. The Operations and Culture Director will liase with Northeastern University administrative officials and teams that manage various administrative functions for IEJ including hiring, human resources, grants, and accounting.

Responsibilities:

1) Leadership:

• Collaborate with IEJ's Executive Director and Program Directors to coordinate strategic planning, goal-setting, and other organizational leadership matters.
• Ensure systemic alignment by translating strategic plans and organizational goals into grant proposals, team roadmaps, and staff work plans.
• Champion a spirit of collaborative and open communications across all programmatic and operational departments to bridge and ensure efficiency across a remote work environment.

2) Administration:

• Lead efforts of shaping and nurturing IEJ's culture and morale to foster an equitable, anti-oppressive, joyful, collaborative, and effective work environment.
• Establish, communicate, and implement operations-related procedures, practices, standards, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent support and execution across the organization.
• Identify, recommend, and implement new processes, technologies, and systems to improve and streamline organizational infrastructure.
• Along with Executive Director, serve as liaison for Northeastern (NU) administrative officials and teams that manage various administrative functions for IEJ including hiring, human resources, and accounting.
• Attract, develop, coach, and retain high-performing and diverse team members; Manage IEJ-side of advancement and hiring process including job description development, salary research, marketing, recruitment, and interviews.

3) Finance

• Administer organizational budgeting process starting at $1.5M and growing to a projected $5M budget in three years.
• Monitor projections, financial planning, and cash flow to ensure optimal allocation of financial and staff resources.
• Manage working relationships with external vendors including negotiation of contracts and payments, plus honorariums for event participants.
• Support staff with reimbursement procedures within NU's policies.

4) Communications

• Direct external communications efforts including website and email newsletters, with support of Executive Director and Program Directors, and implemented by Communications Manager (to be hired)

5) Grants

• Oversee project management of grants including proposals and reporting, working with Executive Director and Program Directors as they lead on content writing and funder relationships.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge and skills typically obtained through a related Bachelor's degree with ten or more years relevant work experience OR graduate degree (e.g., JD, MPP, MBA, MS, or PhD) with seven or more years relevant work experience, or eight years of relevant work experience.
• High attention to detail and advanced organizational skills, including advanced proficiency with spreadsheets
• Demonstrated commitment to furthering equitable, anti-oppressive, joyful, collaborative, and effective work culture environments that prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Demonstrated experience in managing complex projects and workflows, with a strong ability to lead teams through all stages of project planning, implementation, monitoring, and completion
• Strong interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing and supervising direct reports, with strong skills in delegation, feedback, and goal-setting
• A track record of successfully establishing and nurturing organizational cultures that prioritize employee engagement, growth, and development.
• Experience managing complex budgets and finances, including contracting and scoping with consultants, vendors, or partners.
• Understanding of environmental and climate justice's key concepts and principles
• Excellent strategic communication skills, including experience with external stakeholder communication, writing, editing, or supervising professional communications products, such as newsletters or press releases
• Fluent proficiency in written and spoken Spanish
  

Documents to Submit:

Please provide a cover letter, resume, and list of references in one PDF submission.

Additional Information:

About the Initiative for Energy Justice

The Initiative for Energy Justice (IEJ) envisions a transition across all U.S. states and territories to true energy justice - ensuring energy is accessible, affordable, clean, and democratically managed for all communities, while also remediating past social, economic, and health burdens on those disproportionately harmed by the current energy system.

Virtually housed at Northeastern University School of Law, IEJ was founded by lawyers entrenched in the policy debates concerning the nation's transition away from fossil fuels and an extractive economy towards an equitable and renewable energy future, with direct connections to communities working on that transition.

IEJ's culture and benefits:

• Our core values are voice, inclusion, and equity. The unique voices of frontline communities and communities of color must be included in the transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy. And equity must form the core of this transition, given the burdens borne by frontline communities under the energy system.
• We strive to cultivate a workplace culture of joy, collaboration, thoughtfulness, and growth. We recognize that work to dismantle inequities and advance justice can be draining, complex, and involve facing past trauma. Yet by embracing hope, collective care, and recognizing our intertwined journeys for liberation, we aim to find joy and meaning by working together to advance energy justice.
• Benefits include health benefits, paid time off, retirement benefits, wellness and more. More at .

Location : Remote within United States

Position Type

General Administration

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see .


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