*/Contractor Opportunity Announcement:/ 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@baylocalize.org <mailto:kirsten@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@baylocalize.org <mailto:aaron@baylocalize.org> http://www.baylocalize.org