Federal Policy Manager

About Rewiring America

Rewiring America is the leading electrification nonprofit, focused on electrifying our homes and communities. We develop accessible, actionable data and tools, and build coalitions and partnerships to make going electric easier for households and communities. Rewiring America helps Americans save money, tackle nationwide emissions goals, improve health, and build the next generation of the clean energy workforce. We believe in an abundant, flourishing, climate-safe future, and know that, together, we can realize one.

Position Summary

The Manager leads and supports efforts to influence and establish federal policy to advance Rewiring America’s mission. This position plays a critical role on the Policy team by producing policy analyses and recommendations, undertaking strategic coordination and project management responsibilities, developing, leading and supporting campaigns to encourage electrification, and cultivating networks with external partners. This position reports to the Senior Director of Federal Policy.

Requirements

What You’ll Do

Policy analysis and research:

• Track upcoming regulatory and legislative actions and opportunities that can affect and/or advance Rewiring’s mission
• Conduct research and analysis to identify and develop specific policy initiatives at the federal level (may also work on state and local, as priorities dictate) and adapt existing approaches to complicated policy issues, sometimes based on limited information and precedent.
• Identify gaps and opportunities in existing policies, suggesting and assessing pathways to integrate or enhance electrification incentives.
• Cultivate deep subject matter expertise on strategic and timely topics to advance the broader objectives of the Federal Policy team.
• Work with colleagues to evaluate emerging policies, technologies, and other developments. Communicate findings succinctly in fact sheets, memos, and other written formats.

Policy coordination, outreach, and execution:

• Work with the Senior Director of Federal Policy to identify and execute policy campaigns.  
• Manage the execution of specific policy campaigns as needed. 
• Provide project management and thought leadership on projects and topics such as tax code revisions, ENERGY STAR requirements, housing policy, and FERC Order implementation, including rapid response, member requests, and document generation.
• Coordinate with RA’s state policy staff on cross-jurisdictional issues such as IRA rebate implementation or utility regulation.
• Support outreach campaigns by tracking responses and synthesizing feedback from stakeholders, running logistics on external campaigns, and other tasks as needed. 
• Become a source of truth within Rewiring on federal policy, especially the IRA and how it interacts with cross-organizational workstreams.
• Cultivate relationships with diverse external partners and provide thought leadership in a variety of external settings, ranging from coalition meetings and speaking engagements to policy decision-making venues (e.g. testifying on a priority bill). 

Who You Are

The incoming Federal Policy Manager will be driven by a commitment to Rewiring America’s values, vision, and mission. Through their track record as a policy manager or analyst, government relations expert, campaign manager, or a similar role, the successful candidate embraces the idea that we can do big things and demonstrates humility, curiosity, and a learner’s mindset. They recognize that the stakes of what we are trying to accomplish depend on a passionate, high-functioning, and reliable team. 

The Federal Policy Manager joins a team that operates with a sense of urgency and a track record of success across the fields of science, technology, business, policy, and politics. The Federal Policy Manager must add project management, innovative thinking, creative problem-solving, and networking skills to the team.

The successful candidate demonstrates enthusiasm for making concrete improvements in people's lives through policy change, and models excellence and integrity in all they do. The selected candidate will also possess the following Core and Preferred qualifications and characteristics:

Core:

• 6+ years of relevant work experience, including direct policy or advocacy work
• Strong commitment to the mission, policies, and goals of Rewiring America
• Critical thinker with exceptional analytical, writing and communication skills, including the ability to distill complicated information for different audiences
• Highly organized with project management experience 
• Collaborative work style, both internally and externally
• Familiarity with technology to support remote teamwork

Preferred:

• Diverse background and lived experiences that will help us make the case for policy change and build relationships across a wide spectrum of stakeholder communities.
• Experience working in a fast-paced setting with tight deadlines
• Experience working with diverse advocacy coalitions

• Experience at or with The Hill or a federal agency
• Policy or advocacy experience in climate, building electrification, affordable housing, environmental justice, and/or other related topics

Benefits

Commitment to Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Rewiring America values diversity in all its forms and is committed to inclusive and transparent recruitment, hiring and promotion processes. Candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experience are strongly encouraged to apply.

Hiring Statement

Rewiring America, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. Rewiring America is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.  

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $90,000 to $130,000 USD, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Rewiring America is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families). 
• 100% employer-paid short term and long term disability insurance and life insurance policies.
• Employees automatically receive a 6% safe-harbor employer contribution to their 401k retirement plan, regardless of their own contributions.
• Employees are also eligible for pre-tax transportation benefits. 
• Full Time Employees will receive 160 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 24 hours of volunteer leave annually. 
• Employees will also receive 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year (13 days during Presidential and Congressional elections). 
• We have an office closure between Christmas and New Year. 
• Regular, full-time employees and part-time employees are eligible to take up to sixteen weeks of parental leave, in all cases related to birth, adoption, or foster care starting from the first day of employment. 
• We offer access to professional development resources including up to $2000 per calendar year to use towards your growth and development.

Application Procedure 

To apply or nominate a candidate, please submit an application and resume via the Rewiring America page at Workable.This position is open until filled, and we are moving quickly to fill this position -- apply as soon as possible. Candidate review and phone screens begin immediately and will be conducted throughout the search period.

E-Verify 

Rewiring America, Inc.  participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States. Job candidates and employees authorized to work may not be discriminated against on the basis of national origin or citizenship status.