Job Summary/Company:
Sparks Group has partnered with an impactful non-profit organization to identify a compassionate, client facing, Residential Sustainability Coordinator to join their home preservation team. This is a direct hire opportunity with a hybrid schedule and flexible business hours. Well qualified candidates will have experience in residential or commercial energy audit, weatherization, or electrification.
Responsibilities:
- Perform home visits on income-qualified homes to ensure suitability for programs
- Create energy related work scopes and coordinate contractors to provide estimates
- Review energy audits and approve weatherization work scopes that best serve clients and comply with grant requirements
- Manage relationship with solar contractor and ensure solar projects comply with grant requirements
- Ensure clients understand all energy related measures, agreements/contracts, and warranties
- Perform quality assurance visits upon job completion
- Manage and build relationships with weatherization, solar and climate resiliency related contractors, with a focus on minority and women owned businesses
- Review and approve subcontractor invoices
- Work with Home Preservation team on agreement paperwork and cost tracking
- Complete monthly grant reports and reimbursement requests for climate resiliency programs and ensure grant/contract compliance
- Work with home preservation team to ensure program policies are effective, efficient, and best meet the client needs while balancing the grant restrictions
Qualifications/Background Profile:
- A minimum of two years of project management experience in the residential building energy efficiency and energy performance field
- Preference given to candidates with solar and electrification/decarbonization experience
- Preference given to candidates with building audit certifications, such as ASHRAE, HERS or BPI
- Preference given to candidates with an MHIC license or that can get an MHIC license - Fee to be covered by employer
- Preference given to candidates with government contract/grant experience
- Preference given to candidates with Spanish or other non-English language fluency
- Ability to work with clients of diverse backgrounds
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook a must
- Able to work flexible days and hours. The normal work week is Monday through Friday, but the job requires flexibility to work some weekend days and/or evenings
- Must be able to climb ladders and go into attics and crawl spaces, as needed
- Reliable transportation and valid driver's license required