[Sustain] Fwd: Job Opening: Energy Efficiency Outreach Organizer

[Eric Brooks]

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Energy Efficiency Outreach Organizer, Bay Localize*

Bay Localize, an Oakland-based nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing the 
emergence of a regional, self-reliant economy that strengthens all Bay 
Area communities, is contracting an Energy Efficiency Outreach Organizer 
with a very specific set of skills and experience for a ten-month time 
period for approximately 10 hours a week.

*Role Description:* The Energy Efficiency Outreach Organizer contractor 
is responsible for conducting outreach to and organizing faith 
communities to implement residential energy efficiency programs with the 
congregants.

*Essential Job Functions:*

    * Conduct outreach to and organize congregants in selected faith
      communities to run a residential energy efficiency program,
      coordinating closely with religious leaders.
    * Conduct baseline data entry and coordinate with local utility to
      access energy use information.
    * Coordinate with partner organizations and residents to schedule
      home energy audits.
    * Coordinate with partner organizations and residents to schedule
      home energy efficiency upgrades.
    * Conduct extensive follow-up and case management with select
      congregants identified as high energy users.
    * Assess post-program energy use data.
    * Conduct post-program evaluation interviews.
    * Assist in preparing final project reports.
    * Participate in weekly Bay Localize team meetings.
    * Participate in monthly Bay Localize steering committee meetings.

*Skills and Qualifications:*

    * Experience collaborating with diverse urban faith communities.
    * Strong knowledge of residential energy efficiency audits and
      upgrades.
    * Excellent verbal communication skills, ranging from public
      speaking to large groups to one-on-one follow-up.
    * Excellent organizational skills with attention to detailed case
      management.
    * Familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, and web-based e-mail programs.
    * Enthusiastic, organized, and reliable.
    * Self-starter capable of working independently and also as part of
      a team.
    * Experience and comfort with team consensus process.
    * Knowledge of and commitment to environmental and social justice.
    * Non-profit program experience a plus.
    * Flexible hours, including availability and for some Sunday morning
      and weekday evening meetings and presentations.

This is a ten-month, approximately 10 hour/week contract position 
beginning in May, 2009, compensated at an hourly rate between $28 and 
$33/hour based on experience. The contractor is welcome to work from a 
home office or from the Bay Localize office in downtown Oakland.

Equal opportunity employer: women, low-income, LGBT, and people of color 
strongly encouraged to apply. To apply, please send a resume and writing 
sample to Kirsten Schwind, Bay Localize Program Director, at 
kirsten at baylocalize.org <mailto:kirsten at baylocalize.org>


Aaron Lehmer
Network Development Director, Bay Localize
"Building Stronger Communities through Regional Self-Reliance"
436 14th Street, Suite 1127
Oakland, CA  94612
(510) 834-0420 [Office]
(415) 613-4781 [Cell]
aaron at baylocalize.org <mailto:aaron at baylocalize.org>
http://www.baylocalize.org

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