We are currently hiring for a Fellowship Coordinator, a Digital & Media Specialist, and a Communications & Program Assistant.
Fellowship Coordinator
Position: Fellowship Coordinator
Location: New York City
Start Date: Spring 2024
Why Work with Us
Support the work of the State Impact Center in addressing the climate crisis and environmental injustice as the Fellowship Coordinator. This is a new position at the Center that is designed to support the expansion of our fellowship programs at attorney general offices and state public utility commissions.
The position offers responsibilities as part of the operations team, with growth potential. The Fellowship Coordinator will report to the Associate Director for Operations and Budget. The Center is passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for our staff. We offer a generous benefits package through NYU, which includes tuition remission and retirement benefits.
Salary: $80,000-90,000.
About the Center
The State Impact Center is a nonpartisan academic think tank based at NYU School of Law. The Center is dedicated to working towards a healthy and safe environment, guided by inclusive and equitable principles. To accomplish this, the Center studies and supports the work of state attorneys general and other state-level agencies in defending, enforcing, and promoting strong laws and policies in the areas of climate, environmental justice, environmental protection, and clean energy. We undertake academic research, hold workshops, and issue special reports that advance legal and policy analysis. We are a small, collaborative team, and value each person’s insights and contributions.
Diversity is a core value of the Center. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
Who We Are Looking For
The State Impact Center is looking for a Fellowship Coordinator to begin in spring 2024. The Fellowship Coordinator will play a crucial role in the day-to-day operations of the State Impact Center and our strategic planning as we run and expand our programming. The Fellowship Coordinator will be responsible for the administration of the State Impact Center’s fellows program, including serving as the main point of contact for operational tasks and planning professional development activities. The Fellowship Coordinator will work closely with the Deputy Director and Associate Director for Operations and Budget to think critically about the State Impact Center’s policies and programming, as well as researching and implementing changes to our practices as we strive to build an inclusive workplace and promote belonging. The State Impact Center values each team member’s contributions, and the Fellowship Coordinator may also be involved in work including tracking environmental actions, writing public-facing material, and planning events.
The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, a self-starter, and have an enthusiasm for environmental and climate issues, as well as for improving processes. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply.
Core Responsibilities
Operations & Administrative Work:
- Operations related to NYU Law Fellows
- Coordinate administration of hiring and onboarding
- Provide program administrative updates
- Design and support skills development programs, events, and other professional resources
- Lead other special projects and tasks
Budget & Fundraising:
- Process reimbursements and assist with staff travel arrangements
- Support fundraising efforts through research and writing reports and proposals, working closely with the Associate Director of Operations and Budget
Research & Writing:
- Track policy actions and synthesize information for a public audience
- Help build expertise on diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices
Requirements and Qualifications
- Education & Experience: bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience, or master’s degree and 2+ years of experience, ideally in nonprofits, academia, or public sector (we include summer or other internships as experience).
- Organization: excellent organizational skills and ability to proactively manage many simultaneous issues, multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
- Communication: high level of attention to detail; ability to summarize and present material in writing and verbally; comfort with Microsoft and Google suite products for writing, spreadsheets, and presentations.
- Collaborative: ability to work well within a team and build relationships with outside partners.
Deadline: We will begin reviewing applications on a rolling basis starting April 15, 2024.
Salary: $80,000-90,000
Final offer amounts are determined prior to recruitment and are non-negotiable.
Our office is located in New York City, and this position would be appropriate for a hybrid schedule, with up to two remote days per week on a regular basis (approval of schedule required).
Benefits offered include medical/dental/vision, tuition remission at certain NYU schools, retirement benefits, and more. State Impact Center staff also have access to academic enrichment opportunities at NYU School of Law, including some faculty workshops, colloquia, and other scholarly forums.
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In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $80,000 - $90,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
Interested candidates can apply by sending a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to [email protected].
Writing samples should be primarily drafted by you and demonstrate organizational and communications skills. We would consider many different written products, including a blog post, op-ed, annual or other report section, slide deck, article, memo, or class paper. The writing sample can be an excerpt and should be approximately 2-5 pages in length.
Please send your application as a single PDF file saved as LastName.FirstName.pdf. If chosen as a finalist, references will be required. The Center is unable to review applications submitted through alternate methods, such as LinkedIn or Indeed.
EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
Digital Media Specialist
Position: Digital Media Specialist
Location: New York City
Start Date: Spring 2024
Why Work with Us
Support the work of the State Impact Center in addressing the climate crisis and environmental injustice as the Digital Media Specialist at the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law. This position offers an exciting mix of operational and programmatic work, and an opportunity to do creative social media and design work.
This position offers responsibilities as part of the communications team, with growth potential. The Center is passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for our staff. We offer a generous benefits package through NYU, which includes tuition remission and retirement benefits.
Salary: $65,000 – 70,000
About the Center
The State Impact Center is a nonpartisan academic think tank based at NYU School of Law. The Center is dedicated to working towards a healthy and safe environment, guided by inclusive and equitable principles. To accomplish this, the Center studies and supports the work of state attorneys general (AGs) and other state-level agencies in defending, enforcing, and promoting strong laws and policies in the areas of climate, environmental justice, environmental protection, and clean energy. We undertake academic research, hold workshops, and issue special reports that advance legal and policy analysis. We are a small, collaborative team, and value each person’s insights and contributions.
Diversity is a core value of the Center. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
Who We Are Looking For
The State Impact Center is looking for a Digital Media Specialist to begin in spring 2024. The Digital Media Specialist will play a key role in the State Impact Center’s climate, clean energy, and environmental work and in helping manage the Center’s communications and digital media work. This will include drafting and designing our biweekly newsletter; overseeing the Center’s website and other digital media; and assisting with other communications and administrative tasks.
The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, a self-starter, and have an enthusiasm for environmental and climate issues. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage people of color and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply.
Core Responsibilities
Website & Digital Media:
- Oversee front-end of website, ensuring quality, consistency and timeliness of updates
- Design interactive web-based resources, databases, and other projects
- Manage our AG Actions Database by drafting summary updates of AG actions and logging entries on back-end; maintain database structural aspects and convention guide
Communications & Outreach:
- Plan, draft, design, and promote the Center’s biweekly newsletter, Legally Speaking
- Design and implement layout for static reports, including creating graphics and charts
- Draft social media copy to promote our newsletter, events, press releases, projects, and other Center activity
- Assist in researching and writing sections of our annual report, funder reports and other special reports
- Support planning, promotion, and operations for in-person and virtual events
- Occasionally draft press releases on actions taken by state AGs
Research & Administrative:
- Track all climate, clean energy, and environmental actions taken by state AGs
- Build Center expertise on web content accessibility guidelines; review Center products to ensure they meet accessibility standards
- Monitor media coverage of the Center and staff
- Support substantive research relevant to the Center’s work
- Other administrative tasks, such as maintaining listservs and tracking engagements
Requirements and Qualifications
- Education & Experience: bachelor’s degree and 1-3 years of experience (we include summer or other internships). Familiarity with design applications preferred.
- Collaborative: able to work well within a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Deadline: comfortable working under pressure and tight deadlines; seeks input as needed; can prioritize workload and stay organized.
- Writing and Editing: high level of attention to detail; ability to clearly summarize and present material.
Deadline: We will begin reviewing applications on a rolling basis starting April 15, 2024.
Salary: $65,000 – 70,000
Final offer amounts are determined prior to recruitment and are non-negotiable.
Our office is located in New York City, and this position would be appropriate for a hybrid schedule, with up to two remote days per week on a regular basis (approval of schedule required).
Benefits offered include medical/dental/vision, tuition remission at certain NYU schools, retirement benefits, and more. State Impact Center staff also have access to academic enrichment opportunities at NYU School of Law, including some faculty workshops, colloquia, and other scholarly forums.
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In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $65,000 - $70,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
Interested candidates can apply by sending a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to [email protected].
Writing samples should be primarily drafted by you and demonstrate organizational and communications skills. We would consider many different written products, including a blog post, op-ed, annual or other report section, slide deck, article, memo, or class paper. The writing sample can be an excerpt and should be approximately 2-5 pages in length.
Please send your application as a single PDF file saved as LastName.FirstName.pdf. If chosen as a finalist, references will be required. The Center is unable to review applications submitted through alternate methods, such as LinkedIn or Indeed.
EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
Communications & Program Assistant
Position: Communications & Program Assistant
Location: New York City
Start Date: Spring 2024
Why Work with Us
Support the work of the State Impact Center in addressing the climate crisis and environmental injustice as the Communications & Program Assistant at the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law. This position offers an exciting mix of operational and programmatic work, and an opportunity to do creative social media and design work.
This position offers responsibilities as part of the communications team, with growth potential. The Center is passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for our staff. We offer a generous benefits package through NYU, which includes tuition remission and retirement benefits.
Salary: $60,000-65,000.
About the Center
The State Impact Center is a nonpartisan academic think tank based at NYU School of Law. The Center is dedicated to working towards a healthy and safe environment, guided by inclusive and equitable principles. To accomplish this, the Center studies and supports the work of state attorneys general and other state-level agencies in defending, enforcing, and promoting strong laws and policies in the areas of climate, environmental justice, environmental protection, and clean energy. We undertake academic research, hold workshops, and issue special reports that advance legal and policy analysis. We are a small, collaborative team, and value each person’s insights and contributions.
Diversity is a core value of the Center. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
Who We Are Looking For
The State Impact Center is looking for a Communications & Program Assistant to begin in spring 2024. The Communications & Program Assistant will play a key role in the State Impact Center’s climate, clean energy, and environmental work and in helping manage the Center’s daily operations. This will include social media work; tracking court cases and issues of interest; writing and editing the Center’s newsletter and other communications; assisting with event coordination; and helping track the Center’s budget.
The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, a self-starter, and have an enthusiasm for environmental and climate issues. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and encourage people of color, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to apply.
Core Responsibilities
Writing & Design:
- Assist in drafting and editing newsletters, press releases, statements, reports, op-eds, website copy and other communications products
- Keep track of court cases, issues of interest, and journalists
- Develop engaging and timely social media content (e.g., X, Youtube, Instagram, and LinkedIn)
- Design visuals (aesthetic and informational) for social media, newsletters, event invitations, etc. using programs such as Adobe Suite and Canva
Events:
- Run Zoom logistics for virtual events, including creating registration pages
- Schedule and plan meetings
- Have primary responsibility for coordination of logistics for in-person events
Budget & Fundraising:
- Assist in basic fiscal operations for the Center, including processing invoices
- Support fundraising efforts through research and writing reports and proposals
Requirements and Qualifications
- Education & Experience: bachelor’s degree and 1-3 years of experience (we include summer or other internships).
- Organization: able to work well within a team in a fast-paced environment.
- Communication: comfortable working under pressure and tight deadlines; seeks input as needed; can prioritize workload and stay organized.
- Collaborative: high level of attention to detail; ability to clearly summarize and present material.
Deadline: We will begin reviewing applications on a rolling basis starting April 15, 2024.
Salary: $60,000-65,000
Final offer amounts are determined prior to recruitment and are non-negotiable.
Our office is located in New York City, and this position would be appropriate for a hybrid schedule, with up to two remote days per week on a regular basis (approval of schedule required).
Benefits offered include medical/dental/vision, tuition remission at certain NYU schools, retirement benefits, and more. State Impact Center staff also have access to academic enrichment opportunities at NYU School of Law, including some faculty workshops, colloquia, and other scholarly forums.
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In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $80,000 - $90,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
Interested candidates can apply by sending a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to [email protected].
Writing samples should be primarily drafted by you and demonstrate organizational and communications skills. We would consider many different written products, including a blog post, op-ed, annual or other report section, slide deck, article, memo, or class paper. The writing sample can be an excerpt and should be approximately 2-5 pages in length.
Please send your application as a single PDF file saved as LastName.FirstName.pdf. If chosen as a finalist, references will be required. The Center is unable to review applications submitted through alternate methods, such as LinkedIn or Indeed.
EOE/AA/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity