The Private Equity Stakeholder Project - Senior Climate Campaign/Research Coordinator

Senior Climate Campaign/Research Coordinator at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.

Organizational Background:
The private equity industry is massive, hugely influential, and playing a role in more and more aspects of life in the US and around the world. The industry manages nearly $7.5 trillion in assets and owns companies that employ more than 11 million American workers, plus millions more around the world. The industry touches a growing number of stakeholders, from workers and their unions, to communities and community groups, to those concerned about the environment. Private Equity Stakeholder Project is a non-profit organization whose mission is to identify, engage, and connect stakeholders affected by private equity with the goal of engaging investors and empowering communities, working families, and others impacted by private equity investments.

About the role:
The Senior Climate Campaign/Research Coordinator works collaboratively with other members of the Climate Team to conduct research and develop campaign strategies, priorities, and action plans. These initiatives will work to advance greater accountability and transparency by private asset managers.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute actively to planning and implementation of research and campaign strategies focused on private asset manager investment practices
• Plan and conduct research on private equity firms, private equity-owned companies, and other corporate entities, identifying and developing campaign opportunities
• With support from the team director, lead implementation of research projects and/or campaigns, including coordinating other staff contributions
• Review materials produced by other team members
• Conduct research, manage and analyze data, and produce polished, well-documented reports, blogs, and other materials for stakeholder audiences including institutional investors, grassroots organizations, and the media
• Maintain meticulous documentation of research methods and sources from start to end of project
• Work with the PESP communications team to develop plans related to public materials and/or events, including working with designers, assisting with press releases, identifying reporters and relevant stakeholders, and developing talking points. Communicate with media related to research, policy and other areas of expertise.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of private equity investments in their issue area, including staying up to date on trends, biggest actors, etc.
• Build strong relationships with partner organizations, supporting campaigns and/or collaborating on research
• In coordination with the investor engagement team, engage institutional investors around investment policies and practices through emails, public comments, and/or face-to-face meetings, including supporting investor engagement around reports and acting as a point person with particular investors.
• Collaborate with the policy team to research policy and regulatory opportunities and identify potential policy interventions
• Collaborate with other leads and directors to support organizational goals
• Contribute to effectiveness of overall organization through collaboration with other team members, organizational strategy development, supporting internal operations
• Other responsibilities relevant to a Senior Research/Campaign Coordinator as assigned and determined by their lead to meet team and organizational needs
• The Senior Research/Campaign Coordinator may be focused on relevant research or campaigns or both as determined by the team director to meet team and organizational needs while balancing workload obligations.
• The Senior Research/Campaign Coordinator may lead other staff at some point in the future

Experience & Skills:

• At least six years of strategic research and/or campaign experience.
• Experience in a comparable position, which includes campaign strategy development and implementation, partnership development, and/or working with the media, political leaders.
• Strong knowledge of financial advocacy within the context of the labor, environmental, housing justice, racial justice or similar movements.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with team.

Salary for this position is $93,600 per year. This is a remote role, based anywhere in the US. 

Organizational Relationship: The position reports to the team Director.

This search is being run by NRG Consulting Group. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis with the hopes on doing final round interviews in September and having a candidate start in October. The preferred application deadline is August 31. Brenna Regan at NRG is leading the search. Contact [email protected] with questions.