Clean Air Task Force
51 - 200 employees
Founded 1996
🤝 Non-profit
⚡ Energy
Non-profit • Energy • Environment
Clean Air Task Force is a non-traditional and fact-based environmental organization dedicated to decarbonizing the global energy system to combat climate change. With over 25 years of history, CATF focuses on policy advocacy, technology innovation, and modeling and systems analysis to drive effective climate change mitigation strategies. Their work includes advancing nuclear energy, carbon capture, zero-carbon fuels, methane pollution prevention, and other technologies to achieve a zero-emissions, high-energy planet. CATF operates globally, with a strong focus on supporting innovative technologies and policy solutions to address the climate crisis efficiently and affordably.
Senior Director, European Advocacy
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Clean Air Task Force
51 - 200 employees
Founded 1996
🤝 Non-profit
⚡ Energy
Non-profit • Energy • Environment
Clean Air Task Force is a non-traditional and fact-based environmental organization dedicated to decarbonizing the global energy system to combat climate change. With over 25 years of history, CATF focuses on policy advocacy, technology innovation, and modeling and systems analysis to drive effective climate change mitigation strategies. Their work includes advancing nuclear energy, carbon capture, zero-carbon fuels, methane pollution prevention, and other technologies to achieve a zero-emissions, high-energy planet. CATF operates globally, with a strong focus on supporting innovative technologies and policy solutions to address the climate crisis efficiently and affordably.
📋 Description
• Lead the development and execution of CATF’s pan-European policy advocacy strategy, aligning regional priorities with global goals and program objectives. • Serve on our senior leadership team to align priorities, resources, and investments across the organization. • Develop and empower a high-performing, geographically distributed team of 7 policy experts and consultants. • Lead regional fundraising in partnership with the Development team, accountable for revenue growth, donor engagement and sustainable funding for European work. • Guide regional advocacy efforts that advance practical climate solutions across Europe’s complex political, economic, and energy landscape. • Elevate CATF’s external voice and manage risk by ensuring high-quality, consistent messaging—serving as the final reviewer for external-facing materials such as reports, policy briefs, white papers, and press releases. • Represent CATF with European institutions, national governments, funders, industry leaders, media, and other high-level stakeholders. • Steward regional resources, including team planning, budgets, consultant support, and priority-setting across European initiatives.
🎯 Requirements
• Significant senior leadership experience, including at least 10 years of progressive experience in management, strategy, policy, advocacy, or a related field. • Deep understanding of European energy and climate policy, political dynamics, and private sector engagement, or closely related experience in a similar sector. • Experience working across European Union institutions, Member States, including Central and Eastern Europe, UK or other European policy environments. • Proven ability to shape and lead regional or multinational strategies in complex policy, nonprofit, advocacy, or technical environments. • Strong track record of engaging senior stakeholders, including government officials, industry leaders, funders, and multilateral organizations. • At least 6 years of experience directly leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams across cultures, locations, or disciplines. • Experience managing significant budgets, resources, priorities, and organizational tradeoffs in a mission-driven environment. • Fluency in English and the ability to communicate clearly with internal and external audiences at senior levels. • A leadership style grounded in curiosity, collaboration, persistence, integrity, and commitment to measurable climate impact.
🏖️ Benefits
• An opportunity to shape climate policy and accelerate practical climate solutions across one of the world’s most influential regions. • A mission-driven role supporting climate innovation, energy system transformation, and emissions reduction across Europe. • A collaborative and intellectually curious culture where diverse perspectives are valued and bold, practical solutions to climate change are encouraged • Exposure to cross-functional collaboration across policy, advocacy, technical, communications, executive leadership, and development teams. • A flexible, remote working environment within Europe, with travel for meetings, conferences, and strategic engagement in Europe, the U.S., and globally. • An excellent benefits package and a competitive salary based on experience and location.
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