Building Power Resource Center - Fellow

BPRC FELLOW

LOCATION: Remote

LENGTH OF FELLOWSHIP: June 2025- November 2025 (6 months)

BUILDING POWER RESOURCE CENTER

The Building Power Resource Center (BPRC), established in November 2023, is a national resource hub for community organizations and local governments to develop and implement leading-edge climate policies and projects in the buildings and power sector. 

We support collaboration between powerbuilding groups, unions, and government leaders to maximize their collective power and leverage all their resources, including the still-accessible billions of dollars in IRA funds, to create jobs, increase affordability, and improve community health in working class, poor, and environmental justice communities. 

BPRC is working with 12 partners across the country to create policy models and projects that grow their capacity and are “political winners”. Our goal is to nurture the adoption of these models to dozens of places across the country in order to build the knowledge and capacity for implementing an equitable climate transition. Please read more about the BPRC here. 

THE POSITION

A BPRC fellow is a recent masters graduate and directly supports one of BPRC’s partners on a concrete and consequential project. 

We are looking for kind and competent organizing-minded policy geeks and project managers. The ideal candidate has 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 for those who want to work with Community Based Organizations or in local government. Fellows will work with the best organizers across the country and with ambitious government officials to model effective climate and jobs programs that could be replicated across the country. Fellows will report to a Senior Program Director, and work closely with the broader BPRC team. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

BPRC is in the process of identifying “placement” opportunities for fellows, but fellows will likely be providing in-depth support for 1 or 2 of BPRC’s partners. Responsibilities can include: 

• Develop and maintain collaborative and rewarding relationships with our partners (leaders of community organizations, government staff, allies in national-network groups, and other technical assistance providers). 
• Draft and give feedback on various campaigns' internal and public materials. 
• Policy research and analysis 
• Identify relevant opportunities and aggressively support partners’ applications for federal, state, and city funding for their projects. 
• Provide direct grant writing assistance

• Facilitate connections with appropriate TA providers and relevant organizations 
• Project manage conduction of feasibility studies and assessments
• End of fellowship report and presentation evaluating the project and sharing key lessons-learned

QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant experience in organizing, campaigning, and/or policy; experience working in government is preferred;
• Experience building partnerships and being in accountable relationship; 
• Relational and collaborative spirit is a must; 
• 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; 
• Graduate degree in policy, urban planning, public administration, or other relevant fields is preferred;
• Willingness and ability to travel at least 1-2 times during the fellowship, if working remotely from their “placement”

TIME AND PAY 

• $4000/month for 20 hours/week 
• BPRC follows a 4-day work week schedule June-August
• Fellows will be temporary employees of the State Democracy Project, BPRC’s fiscal sponsor
• Fellows must have valid work authorization to work in the United States; and international students who can participate through valid CPT or OPT programs are welcome to apply. We are not able to support work visas at this time. 

TO APPLY:

Please submit a resume along with answers to a couple of application questions in lieu of a cover letter. You may find our online application here. The application deadline is Friday, February 28th.