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Slipstream is a national, mission-driven organization that accelerates climate solutions. For everyone. We inspire new solutions to big energy challenges. We are seeking a Technical Services Project Manager, to oversee the planning, development, and implementation of various weatherization focused projects in support of local program provider and contractor staff as they work to truly make an impact!
Do you want to build an equitable clean energy future? Do you have experience and knowledge of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)? Do you have a basic understanding of building science principles and energy efficiency retrofit measures? Do you possess strong leadership and facilitation skills? Have you cross functional team and communication skills? Then, Slipstream needs you.
We partner with governments, philanthropies, and utilities to discover, test, and scale new solutions that save - and decarbonize - energy. We collaborate with communities of color, rural communities, and tribal nations to address historic inequities in the health and economic benefits of clean energy. We're optimistic, inclusive, and ambitious about our impact.
Our ideal Technical Services Project Manager has experience in project and team management, developing supporting processes and materials, and organizing multiple priorities. Show us how you collaborate and how you include under-represented perspectives to drive better ideas.
We encourage candidates from different backgrounds. You are the key to the success of our organization by demonstrating our values, engaging in our mission, and creating results that will produce enduring economic and environmental benefits for all. Our physical office is in Madison, WI. While this is a remote position, the Technical Services Project Manager will need to regularly come into the Madison office and will also be required to travel to support training and other technical assistance activities primarily within Wisconsin.
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Preferred Quaifications
- Master's degree and 1 year of supervisory experience or bachelor's degree and 2 years of supervisory experience
- Understanding of residential weatherization
- Experience researching and drafting policies that comply with federal regulations
- Experience developing and monitoring programs based on approved policy
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and handle unanticipated needs and requests
- Experience working with a staff team assigned to a program or project
- Excellent speaking, writing, and presentation skills using a variety of tools, such as PowerPoint, and video conferencing systems, such as Zoom
- Leadership and collaboration: Represent Commerce on program-related state, regional, and national associations and advisory groups; promotes and maintain strong, creative, and strategic partnerships with entities under program contract, non-profit organizations, federal funding agencies, other state agencies, consumer advocates, and industry representatives.
- Lead and organize: Provide clear direction while allowing employees to organize their own time and work. Orchestrate individual and teams collaboration by helping connect people, ideas, and work to leverage our collective talents. Organize unit structure to maximize available resources; support effective interpersonal communication and cooperation; establish goals and strategic direction; set priorities and timelines; delegate responsibilities for unit staff to achieve desired outcomes, as well as track and oversee tasks performed by staff being supervised by other unit supervisors. Engage in active succession planning to ensure program continuity during periods of change and development.
- Plan, align, deploy, develop workforce: Provide vision and help connect strategy, tactics, and tasks to our people and their work. Help groups and individuals understand how their contributions align with our strategic direction. Assess work to be performed; establish the number of employees required; determine body of work needed to meet program responsibilities with available resources; conduct and direct hiring; identify and support training and mentoring needs and opportunities, as well as provide regular feedback, coaching, and guidance; set goals and expectations; evaluate job performance; correct performance.
- Performance accountability: Calculate risk, evaluate benefits and tradeoffs; align decisions to strategy. Balance inspiring employees and driving employees for results. Help team members and peers achieve our goals. Direct development and application of consistent monitoring and inspection protocol; set up systems to ensure contractors receive required monitoring and inspections; ensure timely preparation of monitoring and inspection reports; establish system to collect and analyze contractor performance data; prepare reports on program achievements, both internal and external, including Results Commerce; conduct regular program evaluations to show cost, benefits, and improvement strategies
- Fiscal accountability: Plan and control unit’s budget to ensure efficient and accountable use of unit resources, to keep in alignment with state budget authority and allotment expectations; set up systems for contractor authority, invoicing, reasonableness, approval, and processing
- Program administration: Direct development of clear program contract terms, polices, and procedures; ensure that policies and procedures are effectively aligned with statutes and rules, the agency’s strategic plan and performance expectations, and the authorizing authority
- Communication: Expand influence by supporting convening and storytelling. Articulately and professionally speak and present before external stakeholders, including the legislature and congress, other state agencies, federal agencies, national associations, agency boards and advisory groups, contractors and partners; review and write correspondence and reports.
- All candidates must undergo an in-depth background check where applicable; prior to beginning employment, including drug screening, CORI, SORI, and driver record.
- Date of posting 1/22/24-position is open until a suitable candidate is found.
- Candidate must be able to comply with the agency's COVID-19 vaccine mandate upon hire.
- Valid MA state driver’s license.
- Must be at least 18 years of age to apply.
- Provide technical assistance with NEAT/MHEA audits, using inspection equipment, conducting CAZ tests, site visits, webinars, and phone consultations.
- Perform NEAT/MHEA audit desk reviews-monthly; audit/invoice reviews- for 20% of monthly completions for 20 sub-grantees; includes tracking of all corrections, and documenting approvals.
- Complete general office work, including reporting, recording, and filing of program-related information; Hancock/ADMS Reporting, and expense report/mileage tracking.
- Conduct monitoring of sub-grantees, including file reviews and inspection of completed dwellings; prepare necessary follow-up correspondence within established deadlines.