Senior Director, Clean Energy

Company: Enterprise Community Partners
Location: Silver Spring
Posted on: January 27, 2025

Job Description:

Enterprise is a national nonprofit that exists to make a good home possible for the millions of families without one. We support community development organizations on the ground, aggregate and invest capital for impact, advance housing policy at every level of government, and build and manage communities ourselves. Since 1982, we have invested $72 billion and created 1 million homes across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands - all to make home and community places of pride, power and belonging.Join us at enterprisecommunity.orgWorking at EnterpriseAt Enterprise, you'll be part of a diverse, committed team making a difference every day. You will collaborate with some of the smartest minds and biggest hearts in our field. You'll be empowered to drive systems change and take bold steps to advance racial equity. And you will find a career home where you're valued and supported in your growth journey.Enterprise offers career opportunities in our with an.Job Description SummaryEnterprise co-founded Power Forward Communities (PFC), a landmark coalition with some of the country's most trusted community development, climate, and housing organizations.

It is purpose-built to decarbonize America's homes and drive a market transformation that cuts costs, benefits renters and homeowners, and focuses on low-income communities nationwide.

The EPA has awarded the coalition a $2 billion National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) grant. Together with our coalition partners - Rewiring America, Habitat for Humanity International, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and United Way Worldwide - Enterprise will use this award to deploy a powerful combination of financing, market building, and community engagement to create healthier, safer, and more affordable homes.

The National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF), part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), represents one of the most profound public investments in climate resilience in our nation's history. With this award, Enterprise has been entrusted to help turn the nation's most critical climate legislation into transformational housing legislation by ensuring hundreds of thousands of affordable homes are built or preserved.

As the sixth-largest nonprofit developer-owner-operator in the United States and the largest provider of affordable homes in the Mid-Atlantic, Enterprise Community Development ("Community Development" or "ECD") aims to be an employer of choice that attracts people drawn to the organization's high-impact mission and the opportunity to create sustainable and transformative community development models. The division focuses on four primary areas: new development and preservation, asset management, property management, and resident services. To meet its mission, Community Development and its property management subsidiary, Enterprise Residential, employ more than 500 employees (400+ in property management) who work in our Baltimore, Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland or Richmond, Virginia offices or on-site at our properties.

Enterprise Community Development and Enterprise Residential comprise the Community Development division of Enterprise Community Partners ("Enterprise") - a national affordable housing nonprofit that, in addition to its Community Development division, invests capital in affordable rental homes through its Capital division and manages programs, policy, and an advisory group through its Solutions division. Collectively as "Enterprise," the breadth and depth of these end-to-end capabilities is unequaled in the affordable housing industry.

In recent years, ECD has developed a successful and growing solar energy practice focused on a number of assets in its existing portfolio. Given the scale of incentives and funding made available through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) including the $27 billion Greenhous Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a portion of which was awarded to a consortium including an affiliate of Enterprise, ECD seeks to accelerate and scale up its clean energy work. ECD strives to green, electrify, and decarbonize the rest of its Mid-Atlantic portfolio including solar development at sixty plus properties, EV charging stations at even more, incorporation of battery resilience hubs at a number of properties, and GGRF-eligible building system retrofits across the portfolio where feasible. ECD is also embracing a clean energy lens for its immediate development pipeline.

The Senior Director, Clean Energy will play a critical role in leading ECD's growing clean energy business line and maximizing integration of clean energy and resiliency goals in ECD's existing operating housing portfolio as well as its new development pipeline. The scope of responsibility for the Senior Director, Clean Energy includes overall management of the ECD Clean Energy team currently comprised of two staff and expected to grow substantially including roles that cover clean energy development management and energy operations/asset management, based in two areas (Baltimore and Silver Spring). The ideal candidate will bring a passion for ECD's mission, substantial experience with solar development linked to affordable housing, and a track record of managing clean energy production teams.

Reporting to the EVP, Head of Real Estate Development, this position requires strong leadership, organizational, business planning, communication, relationship management, financial and negotiation skills as well as deep clean energy industry knowledge and expertise.Job Description--Collaborate with ECD's senior leadership team and internal ECP partners to refine the ECD organization's clean energy strategy and multi-year business plan.--Lead the ECD clean energy team in executing on the organization's clean energy plan including:

• Comprehensive project management
• Project planning including solar system sizing and design
• Coordinating with ECD multifamily development management, construction management, asset management, property management, and resident services staff
• Managing project budgets and project expenses
• Managing entitlements, permits, and other approvals
• Selecting and negotiating agreements with project partners, contractors, and vendors
• Sourcing, structuring, and negotiating financing
• Overseeing installation
• Managing the subscription process
• Maintaining project records
• Internal and external reporting--Build out the ECD clean energy team. Select and manage new team members.--Cultivate and maintain key clean energy government, financing, and community relationships. Guide structuring of debt, equity and grant financing and represent ECD in high-level meetings and negotiations with financing partners, equity investors, lenders, government officials and community groups.--Stay abreast of trends, policy changes, new programs and risks affecting the clean energy industry as it relates to affordable housing to ensure that ECD is positioned to take advantage of new opportunities and is able to adjust its activities as appropriate in response to external industry shifts in the industry.--Manage ECD's internal review and approval processes to ensure that clean energy project proposals, both stand-alone clean energy projects and projects integrated into the new construction or rehab/recapitalization of multifamily assets, are well-structured, feasible, and consistent with the organization's mission, values, business plan, and quality standards.--Foster strong relationships and collaboration across Enterprise Community Development and with other Enterprise divisions to optimize the impact of clean energy initiatives on residents, ECD's existing apartment portfolio, ECD's active and prospective real estate development pipeline, and property management operations.Qualifications
  • A passion for ECD's mission including a commitment to high quality affordable housing and environmental sustainability.
    • A track record of successful clean energy development leadership and project management.
      • At least 10 years of solar development experience; experience working at the intersection of affordable housing and clean energy development is a plus.
        • Strong organizational skills and ability to strategize, develop, refine, and execute a multi-year clean energy development business plan. Ability to coordinate complex activities, prioritize conflicting demands, manage workflow, and drive results.
          • Ability to guide clean energy staff and evaluate development plans including assessment of third-party team members, design, entitlements, financing, target market, mission impacts and profitability.
            • Demonstrated capability to lead clean energy staff in structuring, negotiating, and closing on clean energy transactions.
              • Strong relationship management skills. Excellent communication skills and ability to serve as an effective internal and external spokesperson for ECD clean energy initiatives across a broad and diverse range of stakeholders.
                • Facility with private debt financing, equity financing and federal, state, and local clean energy funding programs for affordable housing.
                  • An undergraduate degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Business Management, Real Estate, Finance or a related field. An advanced degree related to clean energy, achievement of relevant green building certifications, and/or completion of industry-specific training is highly desirable.Total Rewards at Enterprise:You will be working with a group of talented professionals who are motivated by serving the community and addressing the need for affordable housing.Enterprise offers a comprehensive total rewards package for you and your family.The base salary for this role is $140,000 to $175,000, depending on level of skills and experience.The salary range for this position is represented by the low and high end of the range for the amount to be paid for the position. Salaries paid at Enterprise will vary based on factors that may include skills, education, location, experience, and performance. The salary range is just a part of the total rewards package provided to employees at Enterprise, and other rewards may include annual performance bonuses and generous paid leave programs.At Enterprise, our benefits form a major component of our total rewards package. Benefits include dental, health, and vision care plans, as well as family-building benefits, such as fertility, adoption, surrogacy support, and gender-affirming care. Enterprise allows flexible work arrangements to promote a better work-life balance. We offer health advocacy, EAP, and mental health benefits. We round out our total rewards package by offering financial education, wellness programs, and auto-enrollment in the company's 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions. Finally, you will have learning and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement for job-related courses and certifications. Thank you for your interest in joining the Enterprise team in our effort and commitment to serve others.#DL #LI #ID #LI-Hybrid #LI-NU1

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