Driven By Impact: Tangible Tactics for Your 2024 Climate Job Search

Driven By Impact 🌱

Edition 40: January 25, 2024

Humanizing Your Climate Job Search

Yesterday, we hosted Radhika Bhatt, a career coach and climate recruiter, for a session on “Humanizing Your Job Search.”

In the hour-long session, Radhika walked us through telling your climate story, the anti-perfectionism mindset, making your job search regenerative, and the behavior shifts that make the climate job search feel less daunting.

Check out the recording to take advantage of some of her incredible and uplifting advice.

Some of Radhika’s Recommended Resources:

🌎 WHAT: Climate Job Seeker LinkedIn Live Q&A
🗓️ WHEN: 2/1 @ 3 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/febLILive

🌎 WHAT: ​MCJ + Climate People CCA: How To Craft a Compelling Resume
🗓️ WHEN: 2/14 @12 pm EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/MCJClimateCareerAdvancement

🌎 WHAT: Playing Through Your Career Change: Networking Advice: Session 2
WHEN: 2/27 @ 12 pm EST
🗓️ WHERE: https://lu.ma/climatenetworking101

→ Do you need to bring on external hiring help but don’t know where to start? Last week, we wrote about “Vetting Recruitment Agencies as a Start-Up.” Check it out.

→ Earlier this week, we hosted the first session of our networking mini-series with Laurie McGinley. Watching the recording of “Playing Through Your Career Change.”

→ Missed last week’s edition? It was a jam-packed one! Check it out here.

→ Funding recap of 2023 from Net Zero Insights. A hard stop to the funding boom from the past two years. Read the report.

→ How will AI affect climate change and jobs? The Sustainable Copy Writer blog has a few predictions.

→ The transmission grid is arguably the most critical part of our renewable energy future. Here are some predictions for advancements in 2024.

→ Looking for ways to reduce your food waste? This article by reFED outlines 9 2024 food waste resolutions.

GREEN AMMONIA: A CONVOLUTED CLIMATE SOLUTION

Ammonia is being explored as a potential climate solution due to its ability to store energy and act as a fertilizer. However, traditional ammonia production methods contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The production process emits carbon dioxide (CO2) and releases nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. Green ammonia, produced using renewable energy sources, offers a promising alternative that can significantly reduce carbon emissions. It has the potential to decarbonize various sectors, such as shipping, energy storage, coal co-firing, turbines, and hydrogen cracking. Companies like Amogy, Yara, and Monolith are pioneering green ammonia technologies, showcasing its versatility and potential for reducing emissions. Supporting research, innovation, and policy changes can drive the transition towards sustainable ammonia production.

To learn more about the potential of ammonia as a climate solution, refer to the CTVC Climate Newsletter.

🪴 HEAD OF MARKETING
A leading global technology and climate impact organization specializing in quantifying greenhouse gas emissions related to land management is seeking a Head of Marketing. The candidate will oversee integrated marketing plans, perform market research, manage website content, create press releases, and coordinate events and partnerships. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in marketing content and social media, a passion for climate/sustainability or nature-based solutions, and a working knowledge of the Agriculture, Forestry, and Land Use sectors. They should also be a self-starter, able to work independently and collaboratively, possessing a strong sense of ownership, integrity, and respect, with a willingness to adapt, learn, and take calculated risks.

🪴 TRANSMISSION PLANNING ENGINEER
➵ We are partnering with a profitable and fully remote climate tech startup looking for a Transmission Planning Engineer. The company has developed a software platform to help renewable energy developers expedite their installation projects. As a Transmission Planning Engineer, you will collaborate with other engineers and the founders to create products that assist renewable developers in building successful project portfolios. You will have the opportunity to touch the full product life cycle, become a subject matter expert in various regions, and work with top-notch software engineers to enhance your coding skills. Experience with tools like TARA, PSS/E, Power World, PROMOD, etc., is required, and knowledge of Python is a plus.

🪴 FULL STACK ENGINEER
➵ This job opportunity is with a fully remote and profitable climate tech startup that has developed a software platform to assist renewable energy developers. They are seeking a Full-Stack Engineer who will lead new product work, interact with users, ideate on features, give feedback on designs, and build out those features. This role will involve working directly with the CTO on scoping new features and engineering plans and launching new features and markets in the US. The ideal candidate is a product-minded Engineer with 2+ years of experience, proficient in React, TypeScript and Python, and has a history of continuous learning and operating in ambiguity. Experience in the utility industry or projects supporting electric transmission, distribution, and substation design is a plus.

🪴 TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER
➵ We’re looking for a technical Product Manager for a profitable and fully remote climate tech startup. The company has developed a software platform to help renewable energy developers streamline their installation projects. As the Technical Product Manager, your responsibilities will include leading new product work, collaborating with users to ideate on features, providing feedback on designs, and building out product roadmaps. You will work closely with the CTO to scope new features and product plans. The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of experience bringing highly technical SaaS products to market, be product-minded, demonstrate continuous learning, and possess technical skills such as Figma, Agile, product research, prototyping, UX, A/B testing, and data analysis. Experience in the utility industry or projects supporting electric transmission, distribution, and substation design is a plus.

That's all for this edition! Thanks for doing your part in mobilizing a workforce transition to work on climate!