Legal Director

Core responsibilities:

• Oversee a team of staff attorneys and play a key leadership role in supporting CJNRC's work to develop legal and legislative strategies in collaboration with coalitions and stakeholders
• Lead and develop the program by working with a team of three staff attorneys to analyze applicable procurement laws, labor standards regulations, restrictions on local legislative initiatives, and federal/interstate energy regulation
• Identify legal strategies and obstacles to advance CJNRC's vision and oversee staff attorneys to ensure excellence of legal work
• Supervise day-to-day work of staff attorneys, ensure their professional development, and work with General Counsel on program and organizational matters

This role helps build a clean energy economy at the scale science demands, creates good union careers, and reverses racial and economic inequality by developing legal strategies that support ambitious climate policies and worker-centered climate investments.

Required qualifications:

• 8 to 15 years of relevant legal experience and demonstrated experience managing teams
• Demonstrated commitment to progressive economic, social, environmental, gender, and racial justice, with familiarity with CJNRC's core issues
• Familiarity with corporate research, financial analysis, and demonstrated experience in labor and/or energy law
• Very strong technical research and legal writing skills, including for non-legal audiences, and experience working with diverse, cross-disciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in politically sensitive and high-pressure environments

Compensation and benefits:

• Salary range: $156,000 - $187,200 per year depending on experience
• Excellent benefits package including employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for full-time staff and qualified dependents
• Voluntary dependent care assistance program
• Generous time off
• Fully remote work environment
• CJNRC is committed to equal opportunity and a diverse, equitable workplace

The Climate Jobs National Resource Center (CJNRC) is a labor-led organization at the forefront of combating the climate crisis and reversing racial and economic inequality. It serves as the hub of a growing network of union-led, state-based climate jobs coalitions that provide unions with information, support, and expertise to lead on climate action.