Energy Program Field Staff

~ Westchester Power (Community Choice Aggregation, a/k/a CCA) is a community-based bulk energy purchasing program intended to lower costs and increase the use of renewable energy in Westchester County. ~

Westchester Power is a program initiated and implemented by Sustainable Westchester Inc, on behalf of member municipalities that have chosen to participate in the program. 

Sustainable Westchester is a non-profit organization that serves the interests of its member cities, towns and villages. Westchester Power provides residents and small business electric customers a locally chosen alternative to the state-mandated utility—Con Edison or NYSEG—for energy supply. Westchester Power represents the best interests of consumers by providing choices for lower, fixed prices and cleaner energy.

Position Overview

Great opportunity for someone who is interested in building a career in environmental sustainability. Westchester Power is the flagship program of Sustainable Westchester, a non-profit company with stakeholders comprised of 41 of the 44 municipalities in the county. As the first “Community Choice Aggregation” program in NY, we are charting new territory and changing the energy landscape in Westchester.

We are looking to add a new team member whose primary responsibility will be communicating with residents about the WP CCA, and various other renewable energy and energy efficiency options that may be available to them.

Responsibilities

Main duties include:

• Designing, organizing and participating in outreach activity (e.g. tabling at community events, “coffees”, workshops for small businesses... and other creative interactions you will come up with).
• Assisting residents/small businesses - walking them through the process to participate in programs.
• Recording outreach activity in the WP customer relationship management system - we must document our work.

Other duties will include:

• Social media monitoring and posting.
• Back-up fielding customer service calls.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors degree.
• Must be fluent in English and have basic office computer application skills (word processing, email, spreadsheets).
• Must have own car, able to travel around Westchester County.
• Events are often in evenings or on weekends; compensating time off or overtime would be.
• Other languages not required but fluency in Spanish would be a plus.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be comfortable speaking in public venues with residents, community groups, business owners etc.
• Be an efficient report writer - capturing activity concisely.
• Convey excitement about being a part of building a sustainable future for Westchester.
• Be a good listener.
• Not necessarily be an engineer or tech, but be an enthusiastic learner and mildly “geeky” about energy.

Compensation: Salary: $35-40,000 per year to start, depending on qualifications.