Director, Energy Partnerships

Director, Clean Energy Partnerships

The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization with 120 years of science-based, community-driven impact, dedicated to protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Birds are powerful indicators of our planet's health, acting as sentinels that warn us of environmental change and inspire action. Audubon works across the Western Hemisphere, driven by the understanding that what is good for birds is good for the planet. Through a collaborative, bipartisan approach across habitats, borders, and the political spectrum, Audubon drives meaningful and lasting conservation outcomes. With 800 staff and over 1.9 million supporters, Audubon is a dynamic and ever-growing force committed to ensuring a better planet for both birds and people for generations to come.

Position Summary : Reporting to the Senior Director, Climate Strategy, the Director, Clean Energy Partnerships will play a central role in advancing Audubon's clean energy strategy by building and managing strategic partnerships with clean energy and transmission industries, relevant decisionmakers, and non-governmental organizations (national and local NGOs), and other stakeholders. This role will lead national-level outreach and relationship management with existing and prospective partners in the clean energy sector to ensure that Audubon's goals for bird conservation and climate mitigation are aligned with responsible renewable energy development and transmission capacity expansion.

The Director will serve as a key member of Audubon's climate team, representing the organization in external coalitions, convenings, and collaborative forums. Working in close coordination with Audubon's regional and state teams, federal policy team, and habitat leads, the Director will take a collaborative and solutions-oriented approach to advancing clean energy deployment that safeguards important bird habitats and biodiversity.

This position is national in scope and will require a highly collaborative team player who can build trust, communicate effectively across departments and disciplines, and support implementation of clean energy priorities across Audubon's distributed network.

Compensation : Salary range based on geo-differentials : $92,000 - $103,000 / year = National$103,000 - $116,000 / year = Alaska, CA (not San Francisco), Connecticut, D.C., Chicago, Oyster Bay, NY$115,000 - $129,000 / year = NYC (not Oyster Bay), San Francisco, Seattle

Essential Functions :

• In partnership with the Senior Director, Climate Strategy, support development and execution of Audubon's Clean Energy Initiative strategies aligned with its broader climate and conservation goals.
• Identify, cultivate and manage strategic relationships with clean energy and transmission industry stakeholders, utilities, RTOs, and NGOs, identifying opportunities for collaboration and problem-solving.
• Represent Audubon in national, regional and state coalitions, working groups, convenings, and other external engagements focused on clean energy and transmission development, including siting, permitting and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and transmission infrastructure, encouraging best practices by developers that conserve birds and habitat while supporting clean energy.
• Collaborate with state and regional Audubon teams to support and inform local clean energy and transmission engagement opportunities, ensuring alignment with national priorities and conservation opportunities.
• Serve as a trusted resource and central point of contact for internal staff engaging with the clean energy and transmission sectors, providing coordination, guidance, and strategic insight.
• Facilitate knowledge exchange and peer learning across Audubon's network to support clean energy and transmission engagement and partnership development.
• Track and communicate emerging trends in the clean energy industry relevant to climate benefits and conservation of bird species and habitat, including policy development, siting and operation practices and research and implementation of new technologies that support avoiding, minimizing and mitigating impacts.
• Support a culture of philanthropy, including public funding efforts in partnership with members of the Climate and Development teams, including proposal development, reporting, and donor engagement.
• Work closely with Audubon's communications team to tell the story of Audubon's clean energy and transmission work, translating complex issues for broader audiences including decisionmakers, the Audubon Network of members and supporters including chapter members, and the general public.
• Promote an organizational culture and structure that fosters cooperation, communication, collaboration, respect, teamwork, and trust.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the Americas including through joint planning and execution of shared priorities.
• Maintain and foster culture of safety.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

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