Description:
Join us for a fulfilling career that offers remote work flexibility with the choice to work in Washington, D.C. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:
Health, dental, vision, HRA
Short & long-term disability, life insurance
Mental/physical/ergonomic reimbursements
Cell phone and internet support
Professional development funding
24 PTO days + 12 holidays + a Winter Holiday Break
Retirement plans + employer contributions
Organization
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) helps all electric power stakeholders accelerate the transformation to a carbon-free electricity system. SEPA concentrates our focus on the following areas to maximize impact: Transportation, Storage, Resilience, Emerging Technology, and Policy.
SEPA delivers value to our members through research, education, events, working groups, peer engagements, and member projects. We facilitate collaboration, develop innovative strategies and guidance for regulatory and business innovation, and provide actionable solutions for our members and partner organizations. For more information, visit www.sepapower.org.
Position
The Manager, Energy Equity & Inclusions primary role is to demonstrate leadership and project management in the development of impactful content, research, analysis, and convenings that support SEPAs mission. This position will serve as a subject matter expert on the applications of energy equity and inclusion (EE&I) in SEPAs work, advising projects across SEPAs focus areas.
The Manager, Energy Equity & Inclusion will play a key role in leading the teams work to build greater knowledge of and engagement with community-based organizations and other key stakeholders. The Manager, Energy Equity & Inclusion is a key contributor to business development and may require supervision and/or mentoring of junior staff members.
The salary range for this position is $85,000-$100,000 with the target range being around $92,000 based on experience.
Requirements:
Responsibilities and Key Impact Areas
Project Management Leadership
- Lead research and client projects as assigned with support from junior staff and input from internal and external project stakeholders.
- Provide Energy Equity & Inclusion insights and project support to other focus areas as assigned.
- Create project charter, RACI chart, and Gantt Chart for assigned projects.
- Effectively manages budgets of projects assigned.
- Keep assigned research projects on schedule and manage development process flow including internal and external review cycles, layout, design, and product release.
- Work with SEPAs marketing and communications team to define marketing strategy for assigned projects.
- Organize and execute industry workshops and focus groups in support of funded research projects.
- Ensure accuracy and high quality of data and writing represented in each research output.
Business Development
- Support the energy equity and inclusion teams business development capture process.
- Support and contribute to the development of proposals, scope(s) of work, and other business development documents as assigned.
- Support funding opportunities and proposal development.
Strategic Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement
- Identify, foster, and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to support and accelerate EE&I efforts.
- Support the design and implementation of outreach and community engagement strategies and processes.
- Manage a Salesforce CRM to report communications, engagement, and relationship mapping with national and regional partners.
- Provide input and support on assigned content, including support for presentations, conference sessions for SEPA events, presenting at external conferences, responding to media inquiries, and supporting advisory work.
- Support working groups, setting the monthly meeting agendas in consultation with the working group co-lead and co-chair(s), recruiting working group members, overseeing the development of minutes, and developing the annual working group plan.
Membership Support
- Provide research request responses for internal staff, SEPA members, and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to the cultivation and execution of engagement-focused and member-funded research projects and activities.
- Provide member support in the form of responding to requests for in-person presentations, workshops, facilitation services, and member-sponsored research.
Research and Analysis
- Define research methodology for assigned projects including crafting hypotheses, data collection approach, data evaluation methods, and desired learning outcomes.
- Conduct outreach with research targets for primary data collection via web-based survey instruments, face-to-face or phone-based interviews, or other formats as required.
- Author, co-lead, and/or support various research outputs based on key findings from primary research.
- Direct junior staff in defining and executing on project approach for key areas of responsibility.
- Provide content peer review support and final QA/QC in support of junior research staff.
Qualifications
- 4-5 years experience in program management or program evaluation.
- Experience conducting empirical social research.
- Preferred experience speaking and presenting at conferences and workshops.
- Knowledge or interest in electric utility, energy, and renewable energy.
- Knowledge of energy equity policies, initiatives, and strategies.
- Experience or familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM for managing communications, engagements, and relationships.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated understanding and sensitivity to cultural differences, with the ability to collaborate effectively in diverse environments.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and meeting milestones.
Attributes
- Forward thinking. You have the technical aptitude and industry experience to notice changes in the external landscape, understand the relevance of emerging technologies, and help SEPA members to bridge the gap between current needs and future directionscreating value and minimizing risk. You are comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, knowing when to gather more information and when to take committed action. You are strategically flexible, adapting quickly to changing priorities, and effective in a fast-paced environment.
- Skilled communicator. Your communication is clear and direct. You easily adjust your message to your audience and have exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills. You add value by making connections between people and ideas, understanding, documenting, distilling and synthesizing key points.
- Influential. You are viewed as credible by key leaders in the energy sector and you are willing to take the lead on emerging issues, shaping others thinking and helping to shape the national conversation on key issues.
- Exceptional Problem-Solving Skills. You are self-reliant and flexible in your thinking. You evaluate issues from many angles, and are creative at finding solutions to complex, multi-dimensional problems.
- Skilled project manager. You show grace under pressure and excel at managing budgets and timelines. You juggle multiple projects and tasks with ease and composure. You are organized, demonstrate superb time management, know how to effectively prioritize work, and wisely allocate and optimize resources. You enjoy creating processes that uphold rigorous standards.
- Results driven. You see the big picture and take the action necessary to produce bottom line results. You understand success in this role requires taking full strategic advantage of every opportunity. You have a keen ability to determine what is working and what is not, taking committed action to lead projects in the right direction.
- Strong attention to detail. You take responsibility for every element of your work, honoring your deadlines, and understanding the vital importance of delivering high-quality work on time.
- Proactive and self-motivated. You think ahead and anticipate challenges, taking initiative to drive projects forward, and leading projects with minimal supervision. You work effectively on a team and independently and find the resources you need to get the job done.
- Deft political style. You are an adept consensus builder who excels at convening groups of people to reduce barriers. You work effectively with a multitude of stakeholders, volunteers, colleagues, and research partners and build relationships at all career levels. Your diplomacy enables you to de-escalate emotions while driving projects forward. Forward thinking. You notice changes in the external landscape, are thoughtful about evaluating new opportunities, and are willing to challenge the status quo.
Whats Attractive to the Right Candidate?
- Your work will help accelerate our nations transformation to a carbon-free electricity system.
- You will enjoy working in a collaborative and highly supportive environment with a great team of trustworthy and approachable colleagues. You will experience a culture driven by these organizational behaviors:
- Adaptability – Be flexible and capable of change to achieve maximum impact.
- Innovation – Drive new understanding & methods to grow ambitiously as an organization and as individuals.
- Comradery – Work hard and have fun.
- Humility – Start with questions, rather than answers. Explore all sides of an issue.
- Ownership – Think and act like owners of SEPA. Hold ourselves and each other accountable for our shared success.
- Transparency – Communicate honestly, frequently, and openly.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
SEPA is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal-opportunity employer. Employment is based on personal capabilities and qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected class as established by applicable law.
ADA Requirements and Disclaimer
This position description generally indicates the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other essential functions as covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act expected of an incumbent. This role requires the ability to use standard office equipment and learn new software applications as necessary. This is a largely sedentary role; however, some traveling may be required. This position description is not designed to cover a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of an incumbent. An incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.