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Third Way’s Climate and Energy Program is seeking a Policy Advisor who can advance our efforts to research, design, and promote targeted policies to help pick up the pace of clean energy deployment in the US. Specifically, this team member will support our new Pathways to Accelerating Clean Energy (PACE) project which aims to comprehensively identify, categorize, and quantify the non-cost barriers slowing the acceleration of clean energy deployment. This will include developing policies to remove these roadblocks and advocating for them across the D.C. policymaking community. Beyond supporting the PACE project, we’re looking for an experienced professional who can work collaboratively across our many technological focus areas and bring their expertise to the frontline of US public policy.   

As the Policy Advisor for Deployment, a typical day might include…

• Managing external consultant teams and guiding PACE project development;
• Coordinating the efforts of multiple internal climate and energy program team members who will be contributing to PACE;
• Conducting quantitative and qualitative research to better understand the current barriers to clean energy deployment in the US;
• Analyzing proposed policy ideas and assessing their impact on the development, commercialization, and deployment of clean energy technologies;
• Engaging with federal agencies, congressional offices, industry officials, and other leading experts to develop and socialize targeted policies;
• Authoring high-impact written reports, memos, and op-eds that persuasively illuminate the pathways to accelerated clean energy deployment in the US;
• Engaging with relevant funders and contributing to proposals and reports for the philanthropic grants that support our work;
• Representing CEP in speaking opportunities and other public-facing capacities related to Third Way’s clean energy deployment work;
• Leveraging your technical expertise to support other climate and energy program team members in their efforts to accelerate clean energy deployment; and
• Working with other members of Third Way’s climate and energy, communications, and advocacy teams to help plan and execute events and digital collateral around the policies needed to help focus, fund, and scale clean energy deployment.

• Self-starters: People who see and seize opportunities, take risks, learn from failure, and will bring a sustained passion for our mission.
• Collaborators: People who work in teams—sharing ideas, brainstorming, co-authoring products, and advancing its shared priorities.
• Creators: People who fosters divergent thinking; that aren’t afraid to take on the orthodoxies of the left or the right. Team members come up with original insights, find unique ways to look at data, and challenge their preconceptions.
• Results-oriented: People who function with an organizational commitment to clear objectives, ambitious timelines, accountability for results, and a focus on impact.
• Respectful: People who embrace the diverse perspectives of everyone and fosters the values of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness at all times.