Living Building Challenge Coordinator

The International Living Future Institute's mission is to encourage the creation of Living Buildings, Sites and Communities in countries around the world while inspiring, educating and motivating a global audience about the need for fundamental and transformative change.

We are a dynamic and fast-growing non-profit with a critical ecological mission looking for dedicated, hard working individuals to join our team. The successful applicants must be multitasking self-starters, with a passion for the environment and strong interpersonal and organizational skills. A sense of humor is also key.

Position Overview:

The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) seeks a Living Building Challenge Coordinator to join our staff. The Living Building Challenge Coordinator will provide support to the Living Building Challenge program by providing customer service to project teams and support to the certification, education, research, and outreach areas of the Living Building Challenge program. The successful applicant must be a multitasking self-starter, with a passion for the environment, knowledge of online technologies and strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

The position will be filled in Seattle, Washington and will involve periodic travel within the Pacific Northwest and occasionally beyond. ILFI also has staff and programs in Portland, Oregon, Anchorage, Alaska and Vancouver, British Columbia. ILFI offers a collaborative, team-oriented workplace that treats employees as responsible professionals. While the work is demanding, the hours are often flexible, benefits are generous, and good times are frequent.

Reports to: Vice President, Living Building Challenge

Responsibilities:

• Provide customer service by answering general program queries both by phone and electronically and by providing support for our on-line resources such as the Dialogue, the project portal and declare.
• Assist the Living Building Challenge staff by tracking the on-line Dialogue.
• Process and support project certifications and project reviews including performing completeness checks on certification intakes, scheduling project reviews and providing resources and support to the third party auditors.
• Support the Living Building Challenge staff with a variety of program research, education development and public outreach programs.
• Facilitate the Declare program, manage the database and perform outreach to product manufacturers.
• Organize and manage volunteers and interns with special projects.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a field complimentary to job duties
• Strong ability and affinity for basic office computer programs with the ability to learn new software applications. Hardware and software will be Mac based. Familiarity with, and interest in, data tracking systems.
• Previous customer service experience or strong people skills.
• Friendly, outgoing nature and an eagerness to serve the public interest. A good sense of humor is greatly desired. An ability to go with the flow in a fast paced, high-energy organization is a key to success in this job.
• Demonstrated commitment to ILFI's mission.

Compensation: Starting Salary commensurate with experience

Closing Date: July 1st, 2012

To Apply:

Applicant should please forward a letter of intent and a resume.

The International Living Future Institute is an equal opportunity employer.