NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.   The NRDC Action Fund is an affiliated but separate 501(c)(4) organization from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) with an annual budget of over $20,000,000. The NRDC Action Fund’s mission is to build political support in the United States for protecting the planet and its people. We mobilize influential constituencies, experts, community leaders, and others to advocate for clean air and water, public health, biodiversity, and a stable climate. We support candidates who stand up for environmental protection, and we expose those who side with polluters rather than the public good.   NRDC is seeking an Administrative Assistant to work with the Center for Policy Advocacy and NRDC Action Fund teams in our Washington, DC office. Position Summary The Administrative Coordinator provides administrative and operations support for the Regional Impact Team and team members.

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.    NRDC is seeking a Next Wave Fellow to work with theFood and Agriculture Division, Nature Program team in ourChicago, New York, San Francisco, Santa Monica, or Washington, DC offices. We particularly encourage candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the environmental movement.   Position Summary The Next Wave Fellowship Program was created to support and uplift early career professionals of diverse backgrounds and identities with the goal of accelerating the diversification of the nature and ocean protection fields. This position opening is for a Next Wave Fellow to support NRDC’s Food and Agriculture Division and its goal of tackling the biggest threats to climate, human health, and biodiversity stemming from agriculture. Our team focuses on legal, legislative, and policy advocacy aroundfood waste, pollinators and pesticides, and soil health. The fellowship runs for a two-year term. The fellow will be part of a cohort of Next Wave fellows at NRDC that will be provided with ongoing career advancement and professional development opportunities.  The fellowship runs for a two-year term.

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.    NRDC is seeking aNext Wave Fellow to work with the Oceans Division, Nature Program team in ourNew York, San Francisco, or Washington, D.C. offices. We particularly encourage candidates whose identities have been historically under-represented in the ocean protection movement.   Position Summary The Next Wave Fellowship Program was created to support and uplift early career professionals of diverse backgrounds and identities with the goal of accelerating the diversification of the nature and ocean protection fields. This position opening is for a Next Wave Fellow to support NRDC’s Oceans Division and its goal of protecting the ocean from pollution, exploitation, and other harmful activities. The fellowship runs for a two-year term. The fellow will be provided the opportunity to support multiple areas of NRDC’s ocean protectionadvocacy, including protecting ocean wildlife, creating marine protected areas, supporting responsible offshore wind, ending oil and gas development in the ocean, and curbing illegal fishing. The fellow will be part of a cohort of Next Wave fellows at NRDC that will be provided with ongoing career advancement and professional development opportunities.  The fellowship runs for a two-year term.

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.    NRDC is seeking a Director, Budget & Operationsto work with the Communications Department in our New York City or Washington, D.C. office.  Position Summary  The Director, Budget and Operations is responsible for overseeing the operations responsibilities of NRDC’s Communications team, with an emphasis on budget management. Other areas of work will include grant management, contract management, staff training on systems and procedures, oversight of department interns, and coordinating with Communications team managers on HR matters including hiring and onboarding. This position is also responsible for working with the Chief Communications Office to manage key Communications initiatives that relate to how the department functions, such as goalsetting. This role will work closely with colleagues in HR, Finance, Accounting, and Development, among other areas.     The Director, Budget and Operations will provide management and oversight to a team of four staff - one SP&O Associate and three Administrative Coordinators. They will also serve as a mentor and subject matter expert for NRDC’s Operations function and associated workstreams and processes, ensuring effective resource allocation, financial management, and compliance with NRDC-wide policies and best practices. 

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.  Position Summary  The Senior Content Marketer will report to the Editorial Director and will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to increase content engagement and drive audience growth. This role will leverage knowledge of digital and content trends and analytics/SEO tools to craft engaging content for digital audiences using a data-driven approach. Overall, the Senior Content Marketer will utilize their subject matter expertise to reach and retain young and diverse readers across different platforms in order to increase awareness of NRDC’s issues and advance the organization’s communications, policy, and advocacy goals.   

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.  NRDC is seekingthree Fall 2024 Litigation Interns to work with the LitigationTeam associated with our Chicago, San Francisco/Santa Monica, and Washington, D.C. offices.  Position Summary  The Litigation Team is a group of approximately 40 lawyers, litigation assistants and other operations staff who pursue litigation across a broad range of environmental and public health issues, in collaboration with and on behalf of communities most impacted by environmental injustices (including Black, indigenous, and people of color, and low-income and rural communities). Over the past five years, we have litigated cases against the federal government to prevent climate pollution, challenge agency approvals of toxic chemicals and pesticides, resist the suspension of clean water safeguards, oppose offshore drilling and seismic exploration for oil and gas, defend national monuments, and protect energy efficiency standards, among other matters. We also bring enforcement cases against corporate and governmental entities whose violations harm human health and the environment—including to protect the people of Newark, New Jersey and Flint, Michigan, from lead in drinking water; to remediate toxic pollution in the Penobscot River in Maine; to abate mold in New York City public housing for residents with asthma; and to halt air pollution from a coal-fired power plant in Illinois.  Legal interns play an active role on the frontlines to protect our planet and the communities that depend on it. Our interns do concrete work in support of our litigation, including substantive writing and research, and collaborate with NRDC Litigation attorneys.  The internship typically lasts about 10 weeks, beginning at the start of the intern’s fall semester and ending before exams. Start and end dates and other scheduling details are negotiable, but we look for a minimum time commitment of two days (14 hours) a week over the course of an academic term.This posting will be open until April 15, 2024. Interns will have the option to work in person, remotely, or a hybrid of both.  This is a paid position, unless the student is seeking academic credit and their school requires the internship to be unpaid.  You can find more information about our Semester-Based Litigation Internship Program here. 

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.   NRDC is seeking a Managing Director, External Communications to work with the Communications Department in our New York City, Washington, D.C., or Chicago office.   Position Summary NRDC is looking for a Managing Director, External Communications, to join our Communications team. The ideal candidate has experience in leading a team of integrated communications, media relations and influencer engagement professionals; developing executive positioning plans; and coordinating large-scale public relations campaigns.   As part of the Communications Leadership Team, they will help develop and implement a proactive communications strategy to support NRDC’s institutional priorities, advocacy campaigns and member engagement. The ideal candidate has a proven ability to help create powerful storytelling narratives that reach diverse audiences, drive impact and inspire people to take action. They take initiative, conceive, and make the case for new ideas, and effectively move projects forward in rapidly changing environments and ambiguous situations. They can synthesize complex information and manage projects efficiently. They also have experience cultivating internal relationships in pursuit of shared goals and outcomes. This role will report to the Chief Communications Officer and oversee the Media, Equity Communications and Entertainment Partnerships teams. They will also work closely with the Managing Director, Brand and Digital Strategy, and collaborate with other senior managers across the organization, including NRDC’s regional advocacy impact and program sector leaders.

 NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.     NRDC’s new Green Finance and Economic Development Team is seeking to hire a Senior Director to work in one of the following main U.S. offices:Chicago, New York, or Washington D.C., with a preference for New York or Washington, D.C.   The Opportunity:    NRDC creates impact around the world and for a better future, and we’re looking for an equally ambitious and skilled Senior Director of Economic Development to help us maximize that impact. NRDC’s Green Finance and Economic Development Department is dedicated to (a) reducing the risks that climate change poses to financial systems, (b) equitably finance the transition to a zero-carbon economy, and (c) ensuring the economic benefits of the clean energy transition benefits all, starting with the most vulnerable communities. The newly formed Department is comprised of the climate risk team, the blended finance team, and the economic development and financial inclusion team. We work nationally and globally.    The Senior Director will be responsible for leading the NRDC team in the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities initiative (BASC). This innovative 3-year, 25-city project has as part of its mission using the federal investments under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest in Black communities that have been experiencing dis- and under- investment and largely excluded from green growth opportunities, to target wealth inequities faced by these communities. The Senior Director will sit on the Management and Strategy Committee and be the lead collaborator with BASC partners and participating cities in identifying and implementing economic development strategies that address the causes and risk of climate change while reducing the racial wealth gap.    Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the Senior Director will develop the strategy for the Economic Development and Financial Inclusion team and lead and operationalize the people, structures, partnerships, and programs to execute the Department’s advocacy strategy. This role requires a significant amount of collaboration and thought partnership with other internal teams, as we work within a matrixed structure of operation. Among others, close coordination with place-based teams who lead shaping and execution of NRDC's advocacy in specific geographies is critical.    The Senior Director will represent NRDC and the Green Finance and Economic Development Department at internal and external events and forums to elevate our reputation and profile as experts in economic development and financial inclusion. With the support of the Managing Director and the Strategy, Planning and Operations Lead, to advance the economic development and financial inclusion strategy, the Senior Director will effectively manage the group’s budget and resources, work with Development to cultivate partnerships and support fundraising efforts, and develop an effective communications strategy in partnership with Communications. The Senior Director will be expected, and will be supported, to build this program even further to help meet the urgency of the moment.       If you thrive in a care-oriented, diverse environment where people connect to create impact, you will enjoy the work we are doing at NRDC.

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.   For over fifty years, NRDC has advocated for everyone to have the right to safe water and a healthy environment. From helping to write and win passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act to prevailing in a 2017 lawsuit on behalf of Flint, Michigan residents plagued with lead-contaminated tap water, we have built a solid foundation for using litigation, harnessing political power, and building bridges with grassroots advocates to protect people and the planet. Water pollution is a top environmental concern in the US and it’s easy to see why. Old lead pipes contaminate drinking water impacting millions of households around the country, and too many communities lack affordable water and adequate sanitation. Many of these issues are either concentrated in the southern United States or have the most pronounced inequitable impacts in that region, which is why we are enthusiastic to hire someone to support southern communities in their struggle for justice, clean water, and sound infrastructure.    NRDC is seeking a Senior Advocate to work with the Safe Water Initiative team within our Environmental Health department. The position will report to the National Policy Director/Senior Attorney of the Safe Water Initiative. The position can be based out of the Washington, DC office and/or a remote location in a southeastern state.   Position Summary The Senior Advocate will work with the Safe Water Initiative team in the southeastern region. NRDC’s Safe Water initiative is a multi-faceted, cross-institutional effort that seeks to make safe, sufficient, and affordable water from source to tap an enforceable human right. This person will collaborate with a team of attorneys, policy analysts, and other staff engaged on drinking water and source water protection issues across the organization. They will also work to build strong relationships with local community partners in key states in which we are working and seek to deepen relationships or in which we seek to develop relationships and a body of work supporting frontline communities. At this time, the person’s portfolio of work will include lead pipe drinking water policy advocacy but will likely expand to include other related work such as addressing contaminants like PFAS, water affordability, and more.   The ideal candidate will have a deep passion for using law and policy to help people, skill and knowledge of racial equity in advocacy, and simultaneously also be a fearless advocate. In this position they will work in solidarity with communities in the southeast often on the frontlines of the fight for safe, sufficient, and affordable water.

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.    NRDC is seekingan Executive Assistant towork with the Internationalteam in our Washington, DC office.  Position Summary Under the guidance of the Senior Vice President, International (SVP, International), this position manages the office of the SVP, International’s Leadership team and a variety of special projects. They will provide full day-to-day administrative support to the SVP, International including calendar management and scheduling, planning travel logistics, and meeting coordination. They will also play a key role in effectively coordinating several projects overseen by the SVP,International, particularly in budget planning, research, and communications. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, quick learner and knows how to manage their own work and balance assignments. The individual in this role must be comfortable working in an independent, flexible, and efficient manner in a fast-paced work environment and be able to prioritize projects. Excellent research, writing, interpersonal, and project coordination skills are required. The candidate must be skilled at working in a collaborative culture and possess good judgment and tact. 

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the nation's most effective environmental action group, combining the power of more than two million members and online activists with the expertise of nearly 500 scientists, lawyers, policy advocates, and other professionals across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.  NRDC was founded in 1970 and our staff helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, and many of the implementing regulations; our water enforcement cases played a major role in shaping current water policy throughout the country. NRDC has offices in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bozeman, Montana and Beijing.   As a partner of NRDC, E2 is the business voice for the environment. E2 is a national, nonpartisan group of business owners, investors and others who advocate for policies that are good for the environment and good for the economy. E2’s 10,000+ members and supporters, organized in nine chapters stretching from New England to San Diego, have founded or funded more than 2,500 companies; created more than 600,000 jobs and control more than $100B in private equity and venture capital. E2 is a part of NRDC’s Center for Policy Advocacy Program.  Position Summary NRDC is seeking a summer intern (1 position) who is pursuing a career in non-profit communications and is a strong writer to work remotely with the E2 team. Strong preference for candidates who live in or near Chicago and Washington D.C. where NRDC has offices so that they can work in the office 1-2 days/week. The intern will work with E2 staff from across the country to develop, execute and support initiatives to advance current clean economy initiatives and policies. This is a full-time, paid internship that will run for 10 weeks from June through August 2024.   The intern will also receive a one-year membership in E2’s Emerging Leaders program, which comes with the full benefits of E2 membership, including educational programming, networking, advocacy and other opportunities.   As part of E2’s focus on promoting and increasing diversity in the clean energy industry, we encourage all to apply, especially those candidates from diverse backgrounds that are often underrepresented in the clean energy sector.   Candidates must submit a recent writing sample along with your resume and cover letter.

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.    Position Summary NRDC is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide high-level administrative support to the Chief of Strategy and team in our Washington, DC office. This role works to primarilyprovide administrative support supporting the planning, strategy, communications, and project implementation of initiatives generated from CoSS together with the President’s Office.     The Executive Assistant’s time is dedicated to handling a wide range of duties that support the administrative and managerial work of the office of the Chief of Strategy, which includes but is not limited to: discreet project work, presentations, agenda/calendaring, coordination and planning of meetings, and other daily tasks and special projects.     The ideal candidate is a self-starter, independent thinker and quick learner who knows how to manage his or her own work and balance assignments. Excellent research, writing, interpersonal, and project coordination skills are required.     The position reports to the Chief Strategy Officer. 

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.    NRDC is seeking a Director, Donor Engagement and Stewardship to work with the Development team in our Washington, D.C., New York City, Santa Monica, San Francisco, or Chicago office.    Position Summary  Reporting to the Senior Director of Donor Relations and Special Events the Director of Donor Engagement and Stewardship will manage a team of engagement and stewardship professionals responsible for designing, implementing, and directing an integrated and comprehensive donor engagement and stewardship program for NRDC’s major and principal gift donor community. The Director is a donor-focused, forward-thinking, innovative and energetic professional with proven success in donor engagement and stewardship, capable of developing and orchestrating the implementation of a multi-year plan to advance institutional efforts. The incumbent will possess the skills to create and design engagement and stewardship plans that engage NRDC’s top philanthropic supporters and Board of Trustees. The Donor Engagement and Stewardship Team’s responsibilities include gift reports and gift management, endowment management and tracking, donor travel program, high-level cultivation events, digital engagements, donor gifts, board event support, and donor conferences and educational programming.   As a member of the Donor Experience leadership team, the Director collaborates regularly with the Director of Donor and Board Communications and their teams while cultivating and maintaining relationships with fundraisers, program staff, and a wide range of partners in Development.

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.    NRDC is seeking a Director, Donor and Board Communications to work with the Development team in our Washington D.C., New York City, Santa Monica, San Francisco office.    Position Summary  Reporting to the Senior Director of Donor Relations the Director of Donor and Board Communications will manage and mentor a team of writers responsible for developing content to cultivate, solicit, and engage donors to NRDC’s highest organizational priorities. The Director is a donor-focused, forward-thinking, innovative and energetic professional with proven success in building an infrastructure for donor communication strategy as well as managing pertinent initiatives and deliverables. The incumbent will possess the skills to create and design narratives that engage NRDC’s top philanthropic supporters and Board of Trustees and ensure that all materials produced by the Donor Communications team reflect NRDC’s brand standards and meet the needs of the intended constituents. The Donor Communications Team’s responsibilities include customized gift proposals, fundraising toolkits, slide decks, digital content, and board materials.   As a member of the Donor Relations leadership team, the Director collaborates regularly with the Director of Donor Engagement and Stewardship and their teams while cultivating and maintaining relationships with fundraisers, program staff, and a wide range of partners in Development and Communications.