Program Associate

These services range from providing energy audits, capital needs assessments, construction scopes & specifications, and construction monitoring services for individual buildings, to broad-scale planning & implementation of energy efficient retrofits for large owners of affordable housing portfolios.

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Position Overview

The National Initiatives Program Associate plays a pivotal role in Enterprise’s Green Communities Certification program and our Climate & Cultural Resilience platform.

Spending the first 3 months immersed in the Green Communities program, the Program Associate will then move to dedicating half of their time to Certification and half of their time as a key project liaison for Enterprise’s Climate & Cultural Resilience platform.

The Program Associate’s role with Green Communities will focus on Certification application reviews and technical assistance.  This is complementary to, yet distinct from, the Program Associate’s role with our Climate & Cultural Resilience platform, which will focus on providing project management support and technical assistance to partner organizations striving to develop and deploy creative placemaking strategies in the context of climate resilience and sustainability projects.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, enthusiastic, effective team player eager to support both the Enterprise team and external partners.  The position requires excellent project management and communication skills and the ability to perform a wide array of detail-oriented tasks in a fast paced environment with light supervision.

The position represents an opportunity to more fully integrate green building, resident engagement, and creative placemaking strategies within the affordable housing sector.  Through time on the Green Communities program, the Program Associate will gain technical and programmatic knowledge/skills related to operating a national green building program.

Through work with the Climate & Cultural Resilience platform, the Program Associate will gain hands-on experience fostering emerging creative placemaking strategies with communities around the country.

This position will be based in Washington, D.C. and will require up to 15% travel.  

Job Responsibilities

• Efficiently shepherd projects through the Enterprise Green Communities Certification process while demonstrating professionalism, excellent customer service, technical accuracy, and allegiance to the intent of the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.
• Process full technical reviews of incoming Enterprise Green Communities PreBuild and PostBuild applications.
• Evaluate Criteria/Certification questions, waivers, and requests in coordination with the Enterprise Green Communities technical team.
• Coordinate grantmaking and project administration with Climate and Cultural Resilience Grantees and working group (may include promotion, event planning, meeting participation, or technical assistance).
• Support the creation and dissemination of tools and resources for grantees and the field.
• Assist fundraising efforts to write proposals and complete progress and activity reports as required by funders.
• 5% other National Initiatives projects
• Demonstrate strong ethics in interpersonal relations; work as an effective and collaborative team member; continually improve systems and procedures within own job, office, and organization; treat internal and external customers with respect, honesty, and professionalism.

• Undergraduate degree and experience focused on sustainability or residential development.
• Working knowledge of residential construction, affordable housing, healthy housing, and sustainability/green building.
• Thorough knowledge and proficiency with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, and Outlook.  Thorough knowledge and proficiency with SalesForce strongly preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate complex activities, prioritize conflicting demands and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated professionalism, diplomacy, composure, flexibility, and ability to adapt to a variety of situations.
• Exemplary communication skills, with ability to clearly express ideas, thoughts, and concepts verbally and in writing.
• Excellent grammar, editing, and proofreading skills to produce complete, correct correspondence, proposals and reports.
• Ability to work independently, solve problems, and take responsibility for moving tasks forward with minimal supervision.
• Strong initiative with ability to seek out relevant information prior to making timely decisions.
• Ability to work as an effective, collaborative team member across Enterprise.

To Apply

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