Research and analyze issues affecting Urban Green’s policy initiatives, including building retrofits, building electrification and carbon trading

Conduct literature reviews and write summaries/policy memos

Draft presentations and issue briefs

Attend public hearings and produce meeting minutes

Examine raw data and perform spreadsheet analyses

Communicate findings to greater team simply and effectively

Cross-functional collaboration with research and communications teams on research and design, communication of ideas combining policy and data visualization, deep understanding of how environmental justice communities are affected by energy infrastructure

Ability to distill information into concise summaries, inventory management of research documents, ability to draw connections between multiple topics and identify levers for policy movement, project management, and synthesis of multiple stakeholders’ inputs into a final product

Knowledge of legislative bodies and their organizational structure within New York City and New York State, designing a document that will be used by multiple teammates from different backgrounds, an understanding of how policy is shaped and moved by authoritative powers

Translating policy language into language better suited for wider audiences, illustrating key concepts with visuals, application of learning data visualization tools, familiarity with key NYC building and energy datasets including PLUTO and NYC benchmarking dataset, and data analysis/synthesis to be shared publicly and to inform NYC policymaking on benchmarking

Gain understanding of evolving past work into a new phase, summarize important details from Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) meetings, learn how to think outside the box with how new data resources can further research

Support for ongoing Local Law 97 work. LL97 work will include LL97 rules webinar, submitting comments as part of the public comment process, and responding to questions.