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Enterprise Community Partners · 1 day ago

Senior Director, Clean Energy (Hybrid) Bethesda or Baltimore, MD

Baltimore, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$150K/yr - $180K/yr

10+ years exp

Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit focused on making home possible for families without one. The Senior Director, Clean Energy will lead the clean energy business line, focusing on energy-related aspects of the organization's portfolio, including green building design and energy efficiency projects.

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Responsibilities

Collaborate with ECD’s senior leadership team and internal ECP partners to refine the ECD organization’s energy strategy and multi-year business plan

Lead the ECD clean energy team in executing on the organization’s energy strategy and resiliency plan including: Comprehensive project management

Project planning including solar system sizing and design

Coordinating with ECD multifamily development management, construction management, asset management, property management, and resident services staff

Managing project budgets and project expenses

Identifying and tracking energy cost related risks

Managing entitlements, permits, and other approvals

Selecting and negotiating agreements with project partners, contractors, and vendors

Sourcing, structuring and negotiating financing

Overseeing quality control of energy or clean energy installation

Developing and training staff on Green Operations and Maintenance

Cross-team training as needed

Managing the subscription process

Maintaining project records; and

Internal and external reporting

Continue to build out of the ECD clean energy team. Select and manage existing and new team members

Cultivate and maintain key government, utility, regulator, financing and community relationships at local and national level; and liaison with Enterprise policy staff, providing support as needed

Stay abreast of trends, policy changes, new programs, and risks affecting the clean energy industry at both local and federal level as it relates to affordable housing to ensure that ECD is positioned to take advantage of new opportunities and is able to adjust its activities as appropriate in response to external shifts in the industry

Oversee staff responsible for structuring debt, equity and grant financing, providing guidance as needed

Represent ECD in high-level meetings and negotiations with financing partners, equity investors, lenders, government officials and community groups

Foster strong relationships and collaboration across Enterprise Community Development and with other Enterprise divisions to optimize the impact of clean energy and other resiliency initiatives on residents, ECD’s existing apartment portfolio, ECD’s active and prospective real estate development pipeline, and property management operations

Manage ECD’s internal review and approval processes to ensure that energy project proposals, including but not limited to stand-alone clean energy projects, retrofits, benchmarking compliance contracts, third party consulting contracts, and projects integrated into the new construction or rehab/recapitalization of multifamily assets, are well-structured, feasible, and consistent with the organization’s mission, values, business plan, and quality standards

Facilitate the rollout of ECD’s updated green building design standards, electrification guidelines, and resilience criteria to support broader implementation of the organization’s energy strategy as well as related goals. For example, this includes liaising with ECD’s design and construction management staff and property engineering staff on water efficiency and stormwater management. The goal is to support fully embedding energy and climate resilience considerations into all workflows

Provide thought leadership and guidance on pursuing clean energy procurement opportunities outside ECD’s housing portfolio to broaden energy burden reduction opportunities for ECD’s residents

Maintain and shape ECD’s commitments on greenhouse gas reduction efforts and help establish pathways to zero emissions for ECD’s portfolio, in alignment with the Better Climate Challenge pledge

Help oversee compliance with regional building energy performance standards and other applicable requirements triggered by jurisdictions or funding sources

Support or lead fundraising or business development as needed

Qualification

Clean energy developmentSolar developmentProject managementEnergy efficiencyBuilding performanceRelationship managementFinancial skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsNegotiation skills

Required

A bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Business Management, Real Estate, Finance or related field

At least 10 years of solar development experience and/or other relevant experience (e.g. other clean energy development, electrification, or decarbonization); experience working at the intersection of affordable housing and clean energy development is a plus

A passion for ECD's mission includes a commitment to high quality affordable housing and environmental sustainability

A track record of successful clean energy development leadership and project management

Strong organizational skills and ability to strategize, develop, refine and execute on a multi-year clean energy development business plan

Ability to guide staff and evaluate development plans including assessment of third-party team members, design, entitlements, financing, target market, mission impacts and profitability

Demonstrated capability to lead staff in structuring, negotiating and closing on clean energy transactions

Strong relationship management skills

Excellent communication skills and ability to serve as an effective internal and external spokesperson for ECD initiatives across a broad and diverse range of stakeholders

Facility with private debt financing, equity financing and federal, state, and local clean energy funding programs for affordable housing

Please include a cover letter/ resume required

Preferred

An advanced degree related to clean energy, achievement of relevant green building certifications, and/or completion of industry-specific training is highly desirable