Business Director and Senior Consultant

Deep Green Living is a New York City based company that offers support services for people who want to make their homes or offices more energy efficient, less toxic, and less wasteful.

Clients can choose from a variety of programs that suit their particular needs and interests - for example, Home Purity, Baby Well Being, Energy Efficiency, Green Office, etc.

Our consultants visit clients' homes/offices to develop an understanding of the building, maintenance services, and daily practices-we analyze everything from utility bills to the products under the sink. We identify and educate clients about effective green opportunities and implement immediate modifications. Consultants then provide the client with an individualized road map to guide retrofitting the home/office with green changes and offer continued support in setting up appointments with our trusted network of service providers.

Position Overview:

The Business Director & Senior Consultant is directly responsible for managing daily business operations and administration, marketing and PR activities, merchandising and product development, and assisting with continued business development activities, in addition to acting as a senior sustainability consultant and training and managing all freelance consultants and projects.

Reports To: Founder/Owner of Company and the Strategic Development and Partnerships Specialist

Responsibilities:

Daily Business Operations and Administration:

• Oversee administration of office operations, including all suppliers and expenses
• Maintain physical and electronic databases (client and vendor contacts, mailing list)
• Hire and manage any interns or office assistants

Marketing, Public Relations, Business Development:

• Manage the production of all marketing collateral
• Manage any development of website content and make regular updates to community blog-like page
• Assist sales director at sales meetings and presentations to real estate agents, mother groups, interior designers, and any other relevant organizations
• Assist Strategic Partnerships Specialist in cultivating relationships with vendors and partnering organizations that relate to and can help support our services and programs
• Keep abreast of green products, trends, and resources that relate to and can help support our services and programs
• Responsible for continued assessment of program procedures and deliverables, identifying areas of improvement, and making adjustments to program and consultant procedure documents

Product Development & Merchandising:

• Responsible for sourcing all product and materials that are included with each service and program.
• Developing all retail gift sets (such as holiday gift packs), including pricing, packaging concepts, and the sourcing, ordering, and managing inventory of all goods included

Senior Consultant:

• Conduct walkthrough home audits of clients' homes - gathering information for generating customized reports and delivering on-the-spot educational information to client
• Give presentations for groups of 20-50 employees and cocktail presentations to groups of 6-8  

Manage Projects and Freelance Consultants:

• Responsible for hiring and training freelance consultants
• Manage any additions or continued development of consultant training materials.
• Manage the inventory of consultant tools and materials, ordering new product when necessary
• Responsible for managing consultant projects, including: the assignment of consultants to particular jobs, tracking project milestones, reviewing and editing consultant reports, and working with consultant and Sales Director to identify and support clients in further implementation of green recommendations

Qualifications:

Successful candidates must be values driven, self-motivated, detail oriented, resourceful. Most importantly, the candidate must be personable, and possess and non-judgmental approach for communicating and educating clients. They will be able to work efficiently in an environment that requires adaptability to shifting priorities and a commitment to excellence.

Other qualifications include:

• A Bachelor's degree from a 4-year university (related degree preferable).
• 3-5 years experience working in one or (preferably) more of the following areas: environment, green building, operational/personal sustainability, community organizing, health and well-being
• A history of managing projects, programs, or business operations
• Management skills and experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Organized and flexible.
• Proven capacity to work independently and also to build consensus and work effectively within a team
• Commitment to the goals of Deep Green Living

Compensation: Full-time, commensurate with experience. Medical & dental benefits.

Start Date: August 24, 2009