SF - Transportation Program Assistant

NRDC seeks a Program Assistant to work in our Transportation Program in our San Francisco office.  NRDC’s national Transportation Program focuses on reducing the energy and environmental impacts of our current transportation system.  The program involves staff in NRDC’s San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York offices and addresses policies to advance cleaner cars, cleaner fuels and greater transportation choices.  The Program’s advocacy efforts focuses on developing and implementing new policy innovations in California and then supporting the adoption of similar policies in other states and at the national level.  The Program’s staff advocates fo higher fuel-efficiency standards, electric vehicles, advanced biofuels, greater funding for transit and reforming transportation planning.

The assistant will provide support to the Transportation Program Director and other staff working in the San Francisco office. The successful candidate must have excellent organizational skills, good problem solving skills and be able to handle administrative tasks such as managing files, coordinating and booking travel, handling phone calls, scheduling meetings, coordinating department meetings, processing expenses and preparing materials.