Research & Policy Analyst, Midwest Regional Office
Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization focused on achieving significant environmental protections. The Research and Policy Analyst will support the Midwest Regional Office's programmatic focus on clean transportation, air pollution, and health issues by providing strategic and technical assistance, including research and analysis, outreach, and advocacy.
Responsibilities
- Design and conduct research and analysis in support of advocacy and litigation objectives
- Generate research notes, memoranda, summaries, tables, and other visuals as needed (including GIS Mapping)
- Review, organize, and interpret factual and technical information that supports program topics
- Track trends, changes, and developments in scientific, legal, political, and regulatory matters
- Monitor developments in programmatic priorities by tracking and analyzing legislation and policy initiatives relating to assigned issues
- Develops strategies for using information requests to support case investigation and broaden outreach and advocacy efforts
- Take on special projects as assigned
- Work with the Communications Department to enhance the visibility of work on clean transportation, air pollution, and public health issues
- Works with staff and partners to formulate model policies and policy recommendations
- Assist managing and executing on research projects and project deliverables
- Help design and propose research and data gathering strategies
- Supports community outreach and/or building partnerships to advance interests on clean transportation, air pollution, and public health issues
- Provide support for client coalitions by participating in committee groups, attending conferences, and tracking political and regulatory developments
- Create recommendations using insights gained from outreach efforts to support the development of priorities (e.g., informing case selection); communicate key findings to relevant internal and external stakeholders
- May represent Earthjustice before government bodies and external coalitions to advance client and organizational interests; prepare comments and attend hearings as required
- Create and maintain strong relationships with staff from relevant government agencies; attend meetings to advance interests on assigned issues
- This role includes special projects or additional tasks as assigned, including project management, participation in hiring committees, organization-wide working groups and initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree, preferably in environmental sciences and/or environmental policy, or a related field
- Some relevant experience, either professional, personal, or academic
- Research, writing, analytical and communication skills, including the ability to quickly understand complex policy, scientific, and/or technical issues and communicate this knowledge to attorneys and other audiences
- Strong organizational skills; attention to detail with proven ability to solve complex problems, work independently and meet deadlines, and work in collaboration with others
- Creativity, initiative, good judgment, and a strong work ethic
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed for organizational meetings, advocacy opportunities, and presentations or conferences
- Contributes towards an equitable and inclusive work culture that encourages partnership, active listening, and integrating diverse perspectives
- Supports Earthjustice's core values of partnership, inclusion, justice and excellence
- Experience with transportation, energy, air pollution, climate and/or environmental justice policy issues preferred, but not required
Benefits
- Excellent benefits that are comprehensive and competitive
- Congenial, flexible, hybrid work environment
- Casual dress code
- Qualifying employer for purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
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