About Climate Advocacy Lab
What is the Climate Advocacy Lab?
The Climate Advocacy Lab equips the US climate movement with the evidence-based insights, skills and connections needed to build durable power and win equitable solutions. Verbatim from /about: "Since 2015, we have served as critical climate movement infrastructure, making training, research expertise, and an extensive resource library free and accessible to our community of more than 4,000 climate practitioners from 1,500+ organizations across all 50 states; Washington, DC; Puerto Rico; and a number of Tribal nations."
The Lab uses social science research, data and analytics, field experiments, case studies and campaign lessons learned to help climate advocates run smarter public engagement campaigns — raising the sophistication of the field and the appetite for evidence-informed decisions. The Lab was originally incubated at the Skoll Global Threats Fund and is now fiscally sponsored by the Partnership Project. Multi-year funders include the Skoll Foundation, McKnight Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, George Gund Foundation and Barr Foundation. The Lab is led by Director Apollo Gonzales.
Five program areas anchor the Lab's work:
- Research — actionable insights that help organisations build power and win
- Insights — sharing winning-campaign lessons across the climate community
- Trainings — building activist skills and capacity
- Community — fostering a multiracial, cross-class learning community of 3,000+ climate practitioners in all 50 states
- Partnerships — supporting organisational partners in applying insights from winning campaigns
Where will I work?
The Lab is fully remote with staff located across the United States, primarily in Eastern and Central time zones. The Lab operates as a fiscally-sponsored program of The Partnership Project Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered in Washington, DC.
What is the Climate Advocacy Lab team like?
The Lab is led by Director Apollo Gonzales (per the Partnership Project partners page). The team works alongside thousands of climate practitioners and partner organisations across the country. The Lab's mission is to ensure "the collective impact of the climate movement is greater than the sum of its parts" — helping movement groups engage and activate more people, more quickly, in sustained ways that build lasting power.
Member testimonials verbatim from the homepage:
- Randall Smith: "A benefit of working with the Lab is learning about experiments that other organizations have run and getting insights that I can apply to the work that I do."
- Andrea Sanchez Davidson: "Work with the Climate Advocacy Lab if you want to find smart insights into public engagement and policy campaigns."
- Alexander Easdale: "The Lab provides excellent information, training and resources."
- Melissa Gavin: "The Climate Advocacy Lab connects you with smart, evidence based approaches to winning on climate."
Work-Life Balance
Staff are employed by the Partnership Project (legal employer for the fiscally-sponsored Lab). The Partnership Project careers page documents an unlimited paid time off policy with a 20-day minimum, plus 13 additional paid holidays. Remote-first culture across US time zones.
Perks and Benefits
Benefits verbatim from the Partnership Project (legal employer) careers page, available to full-time salaried employees starting day one:
- 100% Premium Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision for employee, partner or spouse, and dependents
- 401(k) and Roth retirement options (with Aflac Supplemental Insurance)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off with 20 Day Minimum
- 13 Additional Paid Holidays
- Monthly tech stipend
- Discount programs and flex spending accounts (health/dependent and commuter)
- Fully remote work across the US
Applicants apply via the Partnership Project recruiting portal.