Senior Program Manager for Climate Equity

Job Description

Job Description

Greenlining is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. Greenlining is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff and an inclusive workplace that values equity. We welcome applications from immigrants, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ applicants, and people with lived experience in poverty.

Job Title: Sr. Program Manager, Climate Equity

Classification:  Union, Exempt, 35-Hour Work Week           

Reports to:  Associate Director, Climate Equity                   

Grade Level: 11                

Overview:

The Greenlining Institute works towards a future where communities of color can build wealth, live in healthy places filled with economic opportunity, and are ready to meet the challenges posed by climate change.

We work with communities of color to:

• Understand and analyze the racist barriers to economic opportunity.

• Demand accountability from the public and private sectors to combat injustice.

• Foster consensus-building that produces long-term change and success.

• Bridge research and policy to spearhead innovative strategies at the intersections of racial, economic, and climate equity.

To achieve our vision, we focus on four strategic issue areas:

1. Economic Equity

2. Climate Equity

3. Transformative Communities

4. Leadership Academy

The Greenlining Institute is deeply committed to justice and equity not just in the work we do in communities, but also within our organization. We actively work to create a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace that values lived experience, community wisdom, and racial equity. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those with lived experiences in historically marginalized communities.

Please note: you are not required to list your academic institution if you prefer not to disclose that information. To learn more about our work and impact, please visit 

The Opportunity:

The Senior Program Manager for Climate Equity leads implementation and capacity-building initiatives to advance equitable electric mobility and transportation, strengthening partner organizations' capacity for storytelling, advocacy, and community power. This role supports the Towards Equitable Electric Mobility (TEEM) Community of Practice, which advances racial and environmental justice through equitable transportation electrification. TEEM includes over 20 organizations across four states — Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, and Virginia — and since its 2020 launch has built a peer learning and advocacy model centered on the intersections of mobility equity, community building, and transportation electrification.

Drawing on the networks and lessons built across the country, the Senior Program Manager provides direct, hands-on support to help partners build the organizing and narrative infrastructure needed to run effective policy campaigns — coordinating and aligning with other national efforts, including but not limited to The Clean RIDES Network. This includes maintaining ongoing partner relationships, delivering implementation support and technical assistance, and aligning partner priorities into shared campaigns.

Separately, the Senior Program Manager will also spend a portion of their time supporting California-based efforts to reform state transportation funding, ensuring public investment is directed equitably. While distinct from TEEM, this work draws on the same core skill set in coalition support, storytelling, and power-building. 

Please note: This role is a supervisory role in nature but doesn’t currently supervise staff. 

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• Directly supervises program staff, fellows, summer associates and oversees their daily workflow

• May support indirect supervision of external vendors

• Contributes to cross-departmental collaboration and training

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains staff in the department

• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations 

Program Responsibilities: 

Policy Research & Analysis

• Maintains and grows expertise in assigned issue areas, including policy processes, political dynamics, and key stakeholders

• Leads research to identify racial inequities through landscape analyses, literature reviews, interviews, and best practices analyses

• Produces high-quality policy reports, comment letters, and recommendations that center equity and justice

• Writes accessible content such as blogs, op-eds, and social media posts to inform and engage diverse audiences

• Sets priorities and handles multiple projects simultaneously

Policy Advocacy & Policy Project Management

• Drives advancement of policy objectives within an equity framework

• Leads and executes strategic advocacy campaigns aligned with organizational priorities and values

• Leads internal efforts when issues require collaboration with colleagues

• Tracks policy developments across the state of California, nationally, and at the federal level in specific area of focus

• Develops equitable solutions throughout the policy life cycle when presented with obstacles or opportunities to accelerate the policy aim