Application Guide
How to Apply for Associate Director of Campaigns - Affordable Energy Campaign
at Multiplier
🏢 About Multiplier
Multiplier's Affordable Energy Campaign is unique as a fast-growing advocacy initiative specifically focused on making California's clean energy transition affordable for families while ensuring reliability and equity. It brings together diverse organizations—environmental, environmental justice, consumer, and economic justice groups—to challenge investor-owned utilities and advance policy reforms that protect ratepayers. Working here offers the chance to drive one of the most consequential affordability campaigns in the country, with a direct impact on California households and the clean energy future.
About This Role
As Associate Director of Campaigns, you'll serve as the senior implementation lead and key strategic partner to the Executive Director, driving execution across a complex multi-organization coalition. This role involves shaping campaign strategy, coordinating policy and communications work, strengthening internal systems, supporting fundraising, and leading rapid-response efforts in fast-moving political environments. Your work will directly influence utility oversight, infrastructure spending decisions, and policy reforms that determine whether California's energy transition remains affordable and equitable.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve coordinating with coalition partners on upcoming regulatory filings, developing rapid-response materials to utility rate proposals, meeting with the Executive Director to refine campaign strategy, and strengthening internal tracking systems for policy wins. You'll balance immediate needs like press inquiries or coalition disagreements with longer-term work on fundraising proposals and campaign planning, all while ensuring diverse organizations remain aligned toward shared affordability goals.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Multiplier Is Looking For
- Proven project manager with experience coordinating complex multi-organization coalitions in advocacy or political environments
- Strategic thinker grounded in California energy policy, utility regulation, or environmental justice who can translate vision into executable plans
- Ego-light team builder who excels at collaboration across diverse stakeholders (environmental, consumer, economic justice organizations)
- Adaptable professional who thrives in fast-paced settings and can drive rapid-response efforts while maintaining forward momentum
📝 Tips for Applying to Multiplier
Demonstrate specific experience with California utility regulation, ratepayer advocacy, or energy affordability issues—not just general environmental policy knowledge
Highlight concrete examples of managing multi-organization coalitions where you had to balance diverse priorities and maintain momentum
Show how you've strengthened internal systems in previous roles, as this campaign is fast-growing and needs operational excellence
Include metrics showing impact on policy outcomes or campaign effectiveness, given the campaign's focus on consequential results
Emphasize your ability to work closely with an Executive Director as both strategic partner and implementation lead—not just as an individual contributor
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your specific experience with California energy policy, utility oversight, or ratepayer protection initiatives', 'Examples of successfully coordinating complex coalitions with diverse stakeholders (environmental, justice, consumer groups)', "How you've driven implementation and maintained momentum in fast-moving political or advocacy environments", 'Your approach to being both a strategic partner to leadership and an execution-focused campaign manager']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Multiplier's specific role as a fiscal sponsor and project incubator—understand how the Affordable Energy Campaign operates within this structure
- → Current California Public Utilities Commission proceedings related to rate affordability, utility oversight, or grid modernization
- → Key coalition members and their positions (environmental, environmental justice, consumer, and economic justice organizations in California)
- → Recent media coverage of California electricity costs, utility spending, or clean energy affordability debates
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Presenting as purely an environmental advocate without demonstrating understanding of consumer protection or economic justice dimensions
- Focusing only on high-level strategy without showing concrete project management and implementation capabilities
- Using generic coalition experience without specific examples of navigating diverse stakeholder priorities in California energy policy
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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