Policy and Program Manager

About Us:

BPRC is an innovative, high-touch technical assistance provider for community organizations and local governments. BPRC equips partners in the Building Power Network (BPN) with the research, tools, and ongoing strategic coaching they need to lead the equitable clean-energy transition. With BPN members, BPRC creates replicable models that build public sector capacity and deliver lower energy bills, reduced pollution, and good jobs —such as public school decarbonization and neighborhood-scale electrification— in working class, poor, and environmental justice communities. BPRC’s goal is not just to help partners win projects and policies, but ensure their wins are durable and diffusible. They do this by nurturing an “inside-outside” strategy, where grassroots coalitions and government leaders take shared responsibility for designing and implementing programs, then communicating about the immediate, tangible benefits as well as their long-term goals for the community.

BPRC pays as much attention to politics as to policy. A well-designed policy will be short-lived if it does not build real projects with near-term benefits, and without a community-labor coalition doing the “inside-outside” work to make the models a "political winner." This is why BPRC is proud to work with some of the best powerbuilding groups and most ambitious leaders in government who can hold both the long-term vision with the short-term needs.

BPRC’s mission is to nurture the adoption of model campaigns within states and to dozens of places across the country in order to build the knowledge and capacity for implementing an equitable climate transition. More info
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The Role:

A Policy and Program Manager directly supports community-based powerbuilding organizations and government staff on developing their policy agenda and implementing their campaign goals, which includes securing long-term policy commitments and building tangible projects.

We are looking for humble campaigners and policy professionals. The ideal candidate has leadership experience organizing campaigns from outside government and/or implementing policy programs from the inside; they can balance the ambition of the principled just transition we need with the pragmatism necessary for successful governance. We are looking for go-getters who are motivated by genuine curiosity, detail obsessed, rigorously mission-focused, enthusiastic about climate and economic policy, and outcomes-driven!

This is a great opportunity to work with the best organizers across the country and with ambitious government officials to model effective climate and jobs programs that could be replicated within states and across the country. Policy and Program Managers will report to a Senior Program Director.

A Policy and Program Manager will work with a portfolio of partners and may work on a variety of policy areas and regions, depending on BPN members’ priorities.

But, they will likely focus on one type of policy model in the beginning.

The Work: Residential

BPRC currently works with 15 BPN partners nationally on residential (and some municipal) decarbonization, 9 of which are part of a special California BPN cohort. They all share the same goals of achieving long-term portfolio-wide decarbonization, and completing short and medium-term demonstration projects. The work in the residential sector is focused on models such as neighborhood-scale decarbonization, thermal energy networks, virtual power plants, and energy efficiency upgrades. Models are all focused on improving low-income housing to improve indoor air quality and lower utility costs.

BPRC also works with 9 BPN partners on public school decarbonization. The public schools cohort will not be the focus of this position.

The Policy and Program Manager will work closely with a Senior Program Director, BPRC’s Senior Advisor(s), and Executive Director on the residential cohort to provide regular, ongoing strategic guidance and TA support to a subset of these partners working on school decarbonization, and may work with partners campaigning on other models.

Primary Responsibilities:

60% Direct Campaign and Technical Assistance

• Develop and maintain collaborative and rewarding relationships with all of our partners (leaders of community organizations, government staff, allies in national-network groups, and other technical assistance providers).
• Provide significant support for a portfolio of BPN partners by providing strategic, place-specific guidance on policy development, political strategy, and project implementation. This can look like facilitating strategy sessions, coaching BPN partners and their coalition members, and assisting projects through completion.
• Identify relevant opportunities and aggressively support partners’ applications for federal, state, and city funding for their projects.
• Recognize capacity or resource gaps in our campaigns, then facilitate support from other technical assistance providers.
• Draft and give feedback on various campaigns' internal and public materials.
• Maintain an organized system to track our work across jurisdictions so that we can regularly measure and report our progress.

30% Policy Research and Resource Development

• Develop relationships and cultivate a network of policy and technical professionals.
• Analyze and refine model policy solutions in partnership with allied organizations and policy professionals.
• Stay informed, synthesize, and translate values-aligned policy expertise about the clean energy transition for the building sector.
• Develop educational and outreach materials, such as reports, toolkits, newsletters or presentations to support BPRC’s goals.

10% Strategic Planning

• Regularly evaluate BPRC’s impact and participate in strategic planning.
• Support with structuring learning opportunities across our cohort of partners.
• Support with identifying new jurisdictions and campaign opportunities for BPRC to support.
• Work with the full team to develop a culture of excellence in our work, transparency, collaboration, care, and joy.

Qualifications, Skills, and Characteristics:

• Minimum 7 years of work experience in organizing, campaigning, and/or policy; experience working in government is preferred;
• Leadership experience executing high-impact programs is required;
• Experience building partnerships and being in accountable relationship;
• Relational and collaborative spirit is a must;
• Solid analytical skills, especially in the areas of assessing organizational strengths and weakness, identifying gaps, understanding political trends, etc;
• Excellent communications skills -- listening, speaking, and writing;
• Technical expertise on building decarbonization or the energy system is not necessary, but basic skills in policy analysis and a sharp understanding of the political dynamics and stakeholders in climate work is required;
• Nuanced understanding of the relationship between an inside and outside strategy for social change - and for this project, is oriented towards collaboration with governing partners as a way to support base building goals;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage their time effectively, and create and complete work plans without much supervision;
• Demonstrated commitment to values of equity and justice in their personal or professional life;
• Willingness and ability to travel, about one a month.
• Must be located within the United States and have valid work authorization; we are unable to support work visas.

Salary and Benefits

This is a one-year position with a possibility for extension, and the salary range for a Policy and Program Manager is $100,000-120,000. BPRC provides a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, which include health, vision, and dental insurance; vacation, sick, and personal time off; a retirement plan; utility reimbursement and more.

Equity Statement

BPRC is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQIA+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are committed to a diverse workplace and providing continuous career development opportunities for our staff. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to apply or perform the essential functions of the job should contact yongjung@buidlingresource.org with the subject line "Application Accommodation" to request such an accommodation.

How To Apply

The deadline to apply is April 10th, 2026, with an anticipated start in early June.
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