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<p><strong><em>Contractor Opportunity Announcement:</em><br>
Energy Efficiency Outreach Organizer, Bay Localize</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Role Description:</strong> 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. </p>
<p><strong>Essential Job Functions:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Conduct outreach to and organize congregants in selected faith
communities to run a residential energy efficiency program,
coordinating closely with religious leaders. </li>
<li>Conduct baseline data entry and coordinate with local utility to
access energy use information. </li>
<li>Coordinate with partner organizations and residents to schedule
home energy audits. </li>
<li>Coordinate with partner organizations and residents to schedule
home energy efficiency upgrades. </li>
<li>Conduct extensive follow-up and case management with select
congregants identified as high energy users. </li>
<li>Assess post-program energy use data. </li>
<li>Conduct post-program evaluation interviews. </li>
<li>Assist in preparing final project reports. </li>
<li>Participate in weekly Bay Localize team meetings. </li>
<li>Participate in monthly Bay Localize steering committee meetings. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Skills and Qualifications:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience collaborating with diverse urban faith communities. </li>
<li>Strong knowledge of residential energy efficiency audits and
upgrades. </li>
<li>Excellent verbal communication skills, ranging from public
speaking to large groups to one-on-one follow-up. </li>
<li>Excellent organizational skills with attention to detailed case
management. </li>
<li>Familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, and web-based e-mail
programs. </li>
<li>Enthusiastic, organized, and reliable. </li>
<li>Self-starter capable of working independently and also as part of
a team. </li>
<li>Experience and comfort with team consensus process. </li>
<li>Knowledge of and commitment to environmental and social justice. </li>
<li>Non-profit program experience a plus. </li>
<li>Flexible hours, including availability and for some Sunday
morning and weekday evening meetings and presentations. </li>
</ul>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 <a
href="mailto:kirsten@baylocalize.org">kirsten@baylocalize.org</a></p>
<br>
Aaron Lehmer<br>
Network Development Director, Bay Localize<br>
"Building Stronger Communities through Regional Self-Reliance"<br>
436 14th Street, Suite 1127<br>
Oakland, CA 94612<br>
(510) 834-0420 [Office]<br>
(415) 613-4781 [Cell]<br>
<a href="mailto:aaron@baylocalize.org">aaron@baylocalize.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.baylocalize.org">http://www.baylocalize.org</a><br>
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