Partnerships for Climate Justice in the Bay Area Fellowship 2024 : Supporting Energy Equity Efforts in the Bay Area

About Acterra

Acterra is driven by the opportunity to learn and grow together, while achieving high impact through fighting climate change and reducing carbon emissions. We harness the individual strengths within our staff and our network to foster a leader-full organization. Our team members are high performers and high collaborators. We encourage creativity and failing forward.

Position Overview and Responsibilities

This position will support Acterra’s decarbonization and energy equity efforts in the just transition to renewable energy, shifting away from fossil fuels in our transportation, homes, and businesses. You will focus on education on, and increasing adoption of, electrification measures residents can take in the places they live, work, and play. The focus of our work in this area is two-fold: (1) increase adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), and (2) provide resources for building electrification measures.

The Beneficial Electrification Fellow position will work with a team of individuals involved in our electrification work, and includes the following responsibilities:

• Create a strategic communication plan for working with local communities to expand reach and education with a focus on low-income and/or disadvantaged communities
• Conduct outreach to local organizations for partnership and participation in programs
• Conduct research on ongoing and new local and state policies supporting electrification and energy equity
• Create marketing materials to support upcoming programs/events or outreach (flyers, social posts and images, blogs, etc)
• Participate and support online and in-person EV events and registrant consultations (Acterra offers one-on-one consultations to help community members understand the available rebates and tax incentives on electric vehicles. The Fellow will support these consultations which are currently offered in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese languages).
• Develop ideas for new programming, such as electrified home tours, home energy audits, home installation training, job and contractor training, etc, through research and conversations with partners
• Join internal and external meetings as needed

Desired Qualifications

• Interest in environmental action and justice
• Candidates that are bi or multilingual are a plus
• Experience using G-Suite (Google docs, slides, etc)
• Strong written and verbal skills in order to communicate with external stakeholders (nonprofit staff, city/county/state government representatives, community members, etc).

Inclusiveness

Acterra strives to ensure that the organization is welcoming and inclusive. Acterra is an equal opportunity employer that supports and lives diversity in our staffing and values. Acterra does not discriminate as to gender, race, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, social background, disability, pregnancy, marital status, political affiliation, or age.

Acterra strives to include persons from traditionally under-represented groups and complies with all applicable national and local laws pertaining to non- discrimination and equal opportunity. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women; people of color; immigrant, bilingual, and bicultural individuals; and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming communities. Acterra complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

More than 50% of our current funding for programming currently supports Low Income or Disadvantaged Communities as defined by CalEnviroScreen. Serving diverse communities is a key principle for Acterra as we develop and grow programming.

Stipend

Undergraduate Cardinal Quarter Fellows receive a base stipend of $6,500 (+$500 cost of living adjustment for the Bay Area) to support living expenses during the fellowship. Financial aid and supplemental funding may be available to students who qualify (learn more here).