Climate Strategy Program Manager

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end client stewardship in climate and infrastructure comms, turning complex policy into accessible messaging and guiding public engagement.

  • Lead stakeholder engagement and public outreach strategies for public-sector projects, coordinating government, utilities, and community groups.
  • Manage multi-person teams, budgets, and schedules to deliver on ASC quality standards and client expectations with project management discipline.
  • Translate technical concepts into clear communications and facilitate public meetings and workshops to drive participation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for assigned clients and projects, helping build strong relationships and deliver excellent client service.
  • Develop and implement communications, stakeholder engagement, and public outreach strategies that support climate, energy, infrastructure, resilience, and public-sector initiatives.
  • Manage project schedules, budgets, staffing, deliverables, and reporting requirements, ensuring work is completed on time, within budget, and in accordance with ASC quality standards.
  • Coordinate project teams, vendors, subcontractors, and client stakeholders to support successful project execution.
  • Help clients navigate stakeholder dynamics, public-facing challenges, and community engagement opportunities associated with complex projects and initiatives.
  • Develop communications materials including presentations, fact sheets, newsletters, website content, social media content, talking points, and public-facing materials.
  • Translate technical, environmental, infrastructure, planning, and policy-related information into clear and accessible communications.
  • Plan and facilitate public meetings, workshops, stakeholder sessions, focus groups, and other engagement activities.
  • Advise clients on stakeholder engagement approaches, community relations strategies, and public participation best practices.
  • Communicate effectively with government agencies, community organizations, elected officials, project partners, businesses, and members of the public.

Requirements

  • 5–7 years of experience in communications, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, public relations, community engagement, government relations, planning, sustainability, infrastructure, resilience, transportation, workforce development, or related fields.
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
  • Experience supporting climate, energy, infrastructure, environmental, resilience, transportation, workforce development, economic development, or public-sector initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience managing projects and client relationships.
  • Experience coordinating teams, consultants, vendors, or project partners.
  • Experience working with government agencies, municipalities, utilities, community-based organizations, planning organizations, or public-sector clients is strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with climate policy, energy transition issues, resilience planning, infrastructure implementation, community engagement, or community-based planning is preferred.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Ability to translate technical, policy, environmental, infrastructure, and planning-related concepts into clear and accessible communications.

Preferred

  • Master’s degree preferred.

Benefits

  • Health benefits
  • 401K
  • generous vacation
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Arch Street Communications

Arch Street Communications is a New York-based women-owned and disadvantaged (W/DBE) strategic communications and public engagement company. ASC has worked at the intersection of infrastructure, energy, transportation, and economic development throughout its 28 years in operation, delivering shoulder-to-shoulder support to the public and private sectors, including state agencies, local municipalities, and federal agencies. The firm supports customers with strategic solutions that move major initiatives and engage markets to communicate about issues that matter to communities in a changing world: sustainability, mobility, energy, jobs, and the economy.

Founded in 1992
New York, New York, USA
33 employees (9 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.3%
Direct
47.6%
Referral
5.6%
Social
15%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~33

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (18% of company)