Position Title: Director, Siting Campaigns
Department: Siting Campaigns
Reporting To: VP, Grid Campaigns
Who We Are:
ACORE is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that operates at the intersection of affordability, reliability, and clean energy deployment. Our work is focused on stabilizing energy prices, strengthening the electric grid, and driving investment in cost-effective technologies to ensure that clean energy delivers for people, businesses, and the U.S. economy.
Who We’re Looking For:
Utility-scale renewable energy deployment is under acute threat at the local and state levels. Well-funded opponents are using misinformation to encourage NIMBYism and halt projects, pass overly restrictive siting ordinances, and erode the public and political will needed to build the clean energy grid America needs. More than 15% of U.S. counties have effectively halted wind and solar development, and restrictive county ordinances have grown nearly fivefold in just four years.
To meet this moment, ACORE is launching the Siting America campaign, a national effort to bolster state- and county-based renewable energy advocacy, arm ally groups with accurate and culturally relevant information, and increase the coordination and effectiveness of supporters in priority states.
This is a founding position where you will launch and lead this campaign, overseeing the operational and strategic efforts in collaboration with the ACORE team and a network of regional partner organizations and Local Siting Organizers (LSOs). In the near term, you will function as both strategic leader and hands-on campaign manager, standing up coordination mechanisms, onboarding regional partners, and hitting early grant milestones. Throughout, you will work closely with ACORE's policy, development, grid campaigns and communications staff, drawing on the full depth of the organization to move the campaign forward. This is an opportunity for a leader who is energized by building something consequential from the ground up, and who can shift fluidly between strategy and execution as the campaign matures.
Key job duties:
Campaign Leadership & Strategy
Partner & Stakeholder Coordination
Facilitate regular convenings – virtual and in-person – bringing together LSOs, regional partners, siting allies, and renewable energy developers to share intelligence and co-develop strategy.
Research, Communications & New Assets
Oversee development of new siting-related collateral, including fact sheets, polling, model ordinances, and communications materials for use by LSOs and partners.
Oversee local and state earned media strategy, including management of public affairs contractors and placement of opinion content, event creation, and news stories in priority markets.
Budget & Grant Management
Work with the Manager, Membership & Development to ensure subgrant agreements with regional partner organizations are executed, compliant, and aligned with campaign goals.
The Must-Haves:
8–12+ years of experience in advocacy, issue campaigns, or public affairs, with meaningful exposure to energy, land use, or rural community engagement.
Experience with or knowledge of renewable energy siting, permitting, and/or land use policy, whether from an industry, advocacy, or government perspective.
The Perks of Working at ACORE:
Non-Discrimination
ACORE is committed to workplace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
Compensation: $135,000-$160,000
