Director of Individual Philanthropy overseeing individual giving and development systems at The Center. Focus on major gifts, planned giving programs, and donor cultivation.
About the role
- Senior Director leading clean energy initiatives for Enterprise Community Partners and managing the clean energy business line. Collaborating with various teams to enhance energy efficiency and affordable housing portfolios.
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
- 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
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Business Management, Real Estate, Finance or related field
- An advanced degree related to clean energy, achievement of relevant green building certifications, and/or completion of industry-specific training is highly desirable
- 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 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 coordinate complex activities, prioritize conflicting demands, manage workflow and drive results
- 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.
Benefits
- Dental, health, and vision care plans
- Family-building benefits, such as adoption and surrogacy support
- Flexible work arrangements to promote a better work-life balance
- Health advocacy, EAP, and mental health benefits
- Financial education, wellness programs, and auto-enrollment in the company's 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
- Learning and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement for job-related courses and certifications
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