| ABOUT THIS POSITION
Community Organizers are responsible for our community outreach and education program work. The Organizers create community campaigns using a number of marketing and organizing tools and coordinating efforts that bring in digital and media specialists and the sales staff.
The local organizing event work involves anything and everything—from hosting a community solar workshop, creating a July 4 parade float, curating a solar-inspired art gallery, tabling at the local farmers’ market, bringing our solar powered bouncy house to a community event, or creating a community challenge in conjunction with the Select Board.
Another delight of the Organizer’s role is work with our customers. After each new homeowner goes solar, a Solar Orientation is scheduled with the local Organizer to walk-through the homeowner’s new solar system, to help them understand how to read their new electric bill and answer other questions, and to introduce them to SunCommon’s organizing program and find ways for them to be involved and recommend solar to their friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers.
In addition the Organizer works with local media to keep solar and SunCommon in the news, and contributes to our social media presence.
All in all, SunCommon’s team of organizers is responsible for generating the homeowner interest that keeps the rest of the SunCommon team busy assessing homes, designing systems, and selling solar.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Positive, enthusiastic attitude is absolutely key
- Effective time management and work prioritization since much of the work is done independently, in the field
- Ability to create campaign plans and act as program manager with other colleagues
- Speaking with poise and presence in front of audiences
- Making first contact with community leaders to introduce SunCommon
- Motivating interested homeowners to sign up and get started
- Building relationships with our solar homeowners and activating them
- Event organizing and recruitment
- Must be a team player
- Ability to think innovatively to help progress and improve our program model over time
- Ability to work in our open office environment, comfortable with the proximity of colleagues engaged in similar volumes of work
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate for this position will have:
- Experience leading a project, program, or campaign
- Skill with public speaking and media relations
- Digital savvy including social media, online forums, event tools, community calendars, and digital advertising
- Commitment to the advancement of clean energy
- A flexible schedule
- A willingness to meet with solar homeowners and community leaders and to do event work outside the typical 9-5 workday
- Infectious passion for our shared vision of a clean energy future
- A personal network in the geography the position serves is beneficial
PAY & BENEFITS
SunCommon provides our Solar Home Advisor employees with competitive pay and a strong package of benefits, including:
- For the employee’s children, medical premiums fully paid, and for the employee and other adults, we cost share 50% of the costs of the premiums
- Health Savings Account (HSA) available to provide pre-tax dollars for your deductible expenses
- Dental and vision insurance available at your cost
- 2 weeks paid vacation leave (combined vacation and sick) for years 0-5; 3 weeks for years 5+
- 6 paid holidays annually
- 2 personal days and 2 sick days
- 401k available after 90 days of employment – employees are eligible to make unmatched contributions up to the annually revised statutory contribution limit.
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