Policy Fellow

Background:

The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) is an industry coalition of over 50 member companies spanning the entire EV supply chain, including vehicle manufacturers, charging companies, utilities, critical minerals developers, and battery recyclers. Together, we seek to shape federal policy and increase public awareness of EVs and electric transportation. Our coalition advocates for policies that create hundreds of thousands of jobs, secure American global EV manufacturing leadership, dramatically improve public health, and reduce carbon pollution.

ZETA is offering a part-time, paid winter policy fellowship. The Policy Fellow will directly report to Policy Manager, Ronnie LeHane, operating under the direction of Chief of Staff and Policy Director, Leilani Gonzalez. The Fellow shares responsibility for furthering ZETA’s policy and legislative goals. The Fellow will join ZETA for the term of January through May 2025, with potential for an extension.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Monitoring and analyzing Congressional hearings, academic studies, and legislative proposals. 
• Conducting research on EV-related topics such as advanced manufacturing, fleet electrification, sustainable critical mineral extraction, light-duty consumer incentives, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, among others.
• Drafting issue-specific readouts or talking points for ZETA membership and/or Congress.
• Supporting rapid response policy and communications development when high-profile legislative proposals or regulatory actions become public.
• Helping draft official ZETA external messaging, including letters to federal agencies and congressional offices, white papers, blogs, and issue briefs.
• Supporting the ZETA federal policy team leads with legislative tracking and analysis.
• Collaborating closely with ZETA team members on various buckets of work as needed: public relations, organizational, administrative, and other related tasks.

Minimum Qualifications:

• You should be pursuing a graduate or undergraduate degree in a related field and have general knowledge of one or more of the teams’ focus areas—transportation policy, energy efficiency, energy policy, land-use planning, or environmental policy.
• Must be based in D.C. and able to work part-time in person when necessary. 
• Where applicable, you should be comfortable working with or reporting on numerical analysis and spreadsheet modeling, research, and reporting.
• Clear writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly synthesize information and effectively communicate key takeaways. 
• Organized and detailed, able to keep track of multiple ongoing deliverables at once. 

General Qualifications:

• Applicants must be a graduate or undergraduate student.
• Interest in research-driven public policy. 
• Passion for decarbonizing the transportation sector/supply chain sustainability.
• Team player and able to collaborate well with others.
• Understanding of the federal legislative and/or regulatory processes is preferred.

Location:

Washington, DC. Some opportunities for remote work on a case-by-case basis.

Remote workers must have an address in DC, IN, MA, NE, NY, NC, or VA. 

To Apply:

Send a resume and brief cover letter to the Office Manager, Briana Lockhart (briana@zeta.org), with a copy to Rianna LeHane (ronnie@zeta.org). Please use the subject line in the email to identify that you are interested in the Policy Fellowship. Applications will be accepted and considered until the position is filled.

The Zero Emission Transportation Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, social and recreational activities and termination.