
Careers

Careers
Are you passionate about tackling the climate emergency? Do you believe youth have the power to change the world? How does spending every day working with diverse, smart and motivated co-workers who care about the future sound? At ACE, we love our jobs, our mission and what we can do together. ACE is an equal opportunity employer that highly values diversity, equity and inclusion and views the climate crisis as a social justice crisis. People of color, Indigenous people, people who experience gender oppression, people with disabilities and people who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community are encouraged to apply. ACE offers an excellent overall compensation package to all staff which includes: a competitive base salary commensurate with skills and experience; health coverage that includes medical, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA; 403b retirement savings plan with matching company contributions; generous vacation package, sick time, Floating Holidays and 13 paid holidays.
Positions Available
Research Manager
The Research Manager will work internally with staff, in collaboration with partners, and alongside vendors to design, launch, and implement quantitative and qualitative studies that increase ACE’s efficacy across a wide variety of key impact areas, including: voter registration, issue persuasion, GOTV, issue and advocacy engagement, and attitude and behavior change.
ACE is an evidence-based, nimble, and adaptive organization that routinely evaluates our programs to measure impact. Over the last decade, we have continually tested and refined our approach, and have successfully built a set of program offerings that blend cost-efficiency, rigor, scale, and measurable impact. Our programs have demonstrated success through external evaluation, including with partners at Stanford, Yale, and George Mason Universities. We also collaborate regularly with research partners such as Analyst Institute, GrowProgress, One Minus Beta, and Tufts University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
Over the past year, ACE has integrated research and experimentation into several of our programs through surveys, randomized control trials, and rapid response message tests, and currently seeks to build its capacity through the addition of a Research Manager.
This is a full-time position based remotely anywhere in the United States. The Research Manager will work from home, meet as required by video chat with teams and have weekly national full staff meetings and departmental meetings with colleagues online. This position reports to the Director of Research and Experimentation. Travel will be required to departmental meetings, staff retreats, and other events.
POSITION DETAILS
Schedule: Full-time
Annual salary range: $70,000-$80,000, commensurate with experience
Generous benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b retirement savings plan, Vacation, Sabbatical, Paid Parental Leave, 2 Floating Holidays, 2 Community Service Floating Holidays, sick time, two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Years week) and 13 observed holidays
Location: Remote
ACE is an equal-opportunity employer that highly values staff diversity
All ACE employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Head of campaigns and Civic Engagement
The Head of Campaigns and Civic Engagement will work to advance the mission of Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to educating and activating millions of young people to end the era of fossil fuels, accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, and ultimately avoid the worst impacts of the climate emergency.
This is a full-time, remote position based anywhere in the United States. The Head of Campaigns and Civic Engagement will work from a home office and will participate in regular in-person events, field-based work, and internal and external meetings. The Head of Campaigns and Civic Engagement will also meet regularly by video chat with ACE team members, partners, vendors, young people, and funders. Candidates must be available for regular travel within the United States.
POSITION DETAILS
Schedule: Full-time
Annual salary range: $150,000-170,000, commensurate with experience
Generous benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b retirement savings plan, Vacation, Sabbatical, Paid Parental Leave, 2 Floating Holidays, 2 Community Service Floating Holidays, sick time, two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Years week) and 13 observed holidays
Location: Remote
ACE is an equal-opportunity employer that highly values staff diversity
All ACE employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Texas State Director
The Texas State Director will work to advance the mission of Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to educating and activating millions of young people to end the era of fossil fuels, accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, and ultimately avoid the worst impacts of the climate emergency.
This is a full-time, remote position based in either the Houston or Corpus Christi metro areas. The Texas State Director will work from a home office and will participate in regular in-person organizing events, field operations, and partnership meetings. The Texas State Director will also meet regularly by video chat with ACE team members, partners, young people and funders. Candidates must be available for regular travel throughout Texas to participate in fieldwork, campaigns, actions, in-person presentations, assemblies at local high schools, conferences, organizing, other events, and to attend staff retreats.
POSITION DETAILS
Schedule: Full-time
Annual salary range: $80,000-90,000, commensurate with experience
Generous benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b retirement savings plan, Vacation, Sabbatical, Paid Parental Leave, 2 Floating Holidays, 2 Community Service Floating Holidays, sick time, two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Years week) and 13 observed holidays
Location: Houston or Corpus Christi metro areas
ACE is an equal-opportunity employer that highly values staff diversity
All ACE employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Western Pennsylvania Organizing Manager
The Pennsylvania Organizing Manager will work to advance the programmatic and strategic growth of ACE through implementing ACE’s 501(c)(3) distributed organizing and campaign work in Pennsylvania, across the organization’s primary issue areas of climate education and storytelling, stopping fossil fuel expansion, and ushering in a new era of renewable energy.
This is a full-time, remote position based in Western Pennsylvania. Candidates will work from a home office and will participate in in-person events as safety allows. The Pennsylvania Organizing Manager will work from home, meet regularly by video chat with ACE team members, partners and youth, and conduct the majority of activities both online and in-person, when safe. The Pennsylvania Organizing Manager must be available for regular travel within Pennsylvania, to participate in fieldwork, conferences, actions, organizing, events, and to attend staff retreats as COVID-19 safety guidance allows.
POSITION DETAILS
Schedule: Full-time
Annual salary range: $60,000-$65,000 commensurate with experience
Generous benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b retirement savings plan with employer match, sabbatical and paid parental leave, generous vacation and sick time, 2 floating holidays, 2 community Service floating holidays, and 13 observed holidays.
Location: Western PA, Remote
ACE is an equal opportunity employer that highly values staff diversity.
All ACE employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.