Associate Vice President, Workplace Experience & Sustainability

Workplace Experience & Sustainability Team Associate Vice President

Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect peoples health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy; and to combat climate change. We partner with thousands of groups, supporters, individuals, and communities to engage in the critical environmental issues of our time and bring about positive change. We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.

The Workplace Experience & Sustainability (WES) team Associate Vice President (AVP) will support the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in overseeing the functions of Real Estate, Workplace Operations & Facilities Management, and Internal Events teams, as well as supporting the CFO in our sustainability practices.

The Associate VP will lead the WES team of 8 staff, and directly supervise the following positions : Director, Internal Events; Senior Workplace Operations Manager; and Operations Manager, Real Estate. The AVP may also provide leadership leverage in partnership with the CFO over 2 staff in the Sustainability team. This role is hybrid from Washington, DC, San Francisco, or New York City.

Responsibilities

Real Estate and Workplace Operations (50%)

• Manage the Earthjustice real estate footprint; design workplace strategy; and execute relevant initiatives.
• Manage all aspects of office lease negotiations, office relocations and consolidations, space allocations, etc., as assigned.
• Ensure adequate monitoring of and accountability to all relevant lease terms, insurance requirements, regulations etc., and ensuring landlords / property managers are upholding their responsibilities to Earthjustice.
• Monitor trends around hybrid work, commercial real estate, staff connection, etc. in the industry and Earthjustice to make recommendations and launch initiatives in a way that thoughtfully stewards organization funds.
• Work across functions to lead strategy and execution of workplace safety, security, emergency planning, and business continuity. Serve on relevant committees, such as the Incident Response Team.
• Synthesize and analyze all available data on organizational capacity, financial constraints, and long-term projected headcount and office growth to guide the organizations projected need for real estate.
• Oversee the organizations facilities management practices, ensuring all offices are adequately managed and maintained.

Events and Sustainability (20%)

Team Management and Supervision (30%)

Qualifications

Physical Demands : Ability to travel to Earthjustice regional offices across the country and to local vendor offices, as necessary. Ability to work nights and weekends for special projects, as necessary.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits that are comprehensive and competitive. We also offer a congenial, flexible, hybrid work environment and a casual dress code. As a 501(c)(3) organization, Earthjustice is a qualifying employer for purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Salary depends on experience and location. Salary range in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY : $220,800-$245,300. Salary range in Washington, D.C : $209,800-$233,100.

To Apply : Interested applicants should submit the following via Jobvite :

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Earthjustice is driven by a passion for justice, partnership and excellence. Our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are given equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position. For positions located within the City and County of San Francisco : Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. For positions located within the City of Los Angeles : We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.