Program Officer - Boston, United States - Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Description

With residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America - great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.

• Equip talent in underinvested communities with the skills and credentials to compete successfully for quality income and wealth opportunities.
• Invest in businesses, housing and other community infrastructure to catalyze economic, health, safety and educational mobility for individuals and communities.
• Strengthen existing alliances while building new collaborations to increase our impact on the progress of people and places.
• Develop leadership and the capacity of partners to advance our work together.
• Drive local, regional, and national policy and system changes that foster broadly shared prosperity and wellbeing.

• Supervise consultants and oversee special projects and initiatives as assigned.
• Cultivate and maintain effective relationships with funders, partners, community members, and stakeholders.
• Provide technical assistance, training, and support for organizing and community engagement efforts.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve program objectives.

• Collaborate with the Senior Program Officer for Green Homes to drive energy efficiency and clean energy transitions in affordable housing.
• Evaluate existing services and programs, identify gaps in the building decarbonization ecosystem, and propose solutions to advance policy and programs.
• Manage LISC Boston's Decarbonization Hub Initiative, Climate Ready Housing Program, STAR Solar Program, and Energy Cohort.
• Contribute to LISC Boston's broader efforts to invest in underinvested communities.
• Leverage knowledge and relationships in Massachusetts' affordable housing, energy efficiency, clean energy, philanthropic, and community development sectors.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required; or relevant work experience can be used as a proxy.
• Minimum 35 years relevant experience in affordable housing development/management, energy efficiency/clean energy technology/building science/building decarbonization, community development, and/or related disciplines.
• Related work experience and knowledge of green building and sustainable development strategies, standards, and policies.
• Experience in grant writing and policy analysis.
• Demonstrable commitment to community development, economic empowerment, income equality, racial equity, and/or social justice through past work and/or lived experience.
• Ability to balance creativity and innovation with outcomesbased program evaluation, data management, and reporting.
• Demonstrated success working with a variety of community, public, and private actors to design and implement effective, scalable, sustainable strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, complex matters and programs at various stages and coordinate with multiple internal and external parties to meet deadlines and achieve objectives.
• Excellent communication, research, analysis, relationship, and team building skills.

Greater in-person work may be required at the start of employment to support the strongest possible on-boarding process and professional development opportunities.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.