Government Relations & Policy Coordinator

Position Summary

The Government Relations & Policy Coordinator is an essential member of CRES’s Government Relations and Policy Team. Reporting to the Director of Government Relations, this team member provides organizational and day-to-day administrative support for CRES’s advancement in legislative, advocacy, and policy agenda, including developing and advancing clean energy innovation policy and market-based solutions to address climate change. This position demonstrates rock-solid personal integrity, can think creatively, meet timely deadlines, and work cross-departmentally. The ideal candidate is highly detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative, with project management experience and the ability to coordinate multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment. Prior exposure to or experience collaborating with House or Senate offices, congressional committees, or related policy institutions is strongly preferred. 

Responsibilities

Government Relations & Policy Support

• Manage systems for tracking lobbying and advocacy activities, congressional contacts, hearings, and committee actions.
• Support updates to CRES’s inventory of legislative intelligence, including monitoring emerging legislation, policy proposals, and member statements.

Administrative Function

• Organize, file, and maintain government relations and policy materials including issue briefs, bill summaries, one-pagers, action alerts, internal memos, and hearing notes.
• Draft agendas and provide notetaking support for weekly meetings and progress updates to CRES leadership.
• Provide administrative support to Government Relations & Policy leadership, including calendar management and expense reports.

Event and Stakeholder Coordination

• Provide logistics and planning support across departments for events such as:
• Annual Congressional fly-in
• National Clean Energy Week
• Policymakers’ Symposium
• CRES Academy programming
• Assist External Relations and Events teams with scheduling and staffing site visits and engagements.

Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills & Attributes

• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to synthesize information and draft concise summaries.
• Team-oriented, resourceful, and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience working in or with a congressional office or congressional committee on Capitol Hill (strongly preferred).

Education and Experience

• Strong project management and workflow coordination experience. 
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, public policy, environmental studies, economics, or a related field.
• Work experience in legislative, policy, government relations, or advocacy settings preferred.
• Familiarity with congressional structure and legislative processes is a plus.

Compensation & Competitive Benefits

This is a full-time, exempt position with a salary range of $60,000 – $70,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

• Excellent health, vision, dental, and prescription drug insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Retirement plan match
• Transportation benefit
• Cell phone reimbursement

Equal Opportunity Employer

CRES is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, or military status, and any legally protected characteristic.