DIRECTOR OF ENERGY JUSTICE
Company: Massachusetts Clean Energy
Location: Boston
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
As part of Mayor Wu's vision for a Green New Deal for Boston,
the City of Boston is seeking a Director of Energy Justice. The
Director will oversee all of the City of Boston's energy work,
specifically the Equitable Electrification and Municipal Energy
Teams. The Director will lead the development and implementation of
strategic initiatives and programs to ensure the City of Boston
becomes a national leader in equitable, community-driven energy
resilience and grid modernization work. The Director oversees the
ongoing work of the Renew Boston Trust, the City's program to
implement energy and water efficiency and decarbonization measures
in municipally-owned buildings and street lighting, and the
development of related new initiatives to advance this work. The
Director also oversees the City's municipal aggregation program,
Boston Community Choice Electricity. The Director is responsible
for developing partnerships across the city, particularly with
infrastructure and energy planners in the Office of Planning and
the Boston Planning and Development Agency, as part of an
all-of-government approach to equitable climate action. The
Director is a leader for the City in equity and the energy sector,
engaging with Boston's energy utilities and in the engagement of
other municipal offices as well as stakeholders in all segments of
the Boston community.
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The Director of Energy Justice reports to the Commissioner of the
Environment Department and interacts with all segments of Boston's
municipal government and of the Boston community. As part of the
management team of the Environment Department, they will work
closely with other members of the management team and have
important administrative responsibilities.Terms:Job
Duties/Responsibilities
- Oversees community energy resilience planning, including the
City's Equitable Electrification Initiative, citywide energy
literacy outreach campaign and Community Choice Electricity (CCE)
Program outreach.
- Oversee citywide resilience node planning, including
development of community-based resilience centers for heating and
cooling emergencies with resilient, islandable power, as part of an
all-of-government approach to climate resilience planning and
action.
- Develops Environmental Justice neighborhood Solarize programs
for residential solar/storage installations.
- Oversees Municipal Energy Unit.
- Develops strategy for future municipal building decarbonization
and electrification, including evaluation of the City's performance
contracting program and determination whether the City will
undertake other models offered by Energy Service Companies for the
City's municipal building work.
- Develops strategy for renewable energy content of municipal and
CCE electricity load.
- Coordinates with the Boston Planning and Development Agency's
(BPDA) infrastructure and energy planners on grid planning,
including transmission, distribution system upgrades, and non-wire
alternatives with utilities; and on thermal decarbonization
initiatives, including the future of the natural gas system; the
steam system; and geothermal and sewer heat recovery planning.
- Co-Chairs Boston Smart Utilities Steering Committee with BPDA
Sr. Infrastructure and Energy Planner.
- Co-Chairs Energy and Infrastructure Working Group with BPDA Sr.
Infrastructure and Energy Planner.
- Stays current with important related scientific and policy
developments and conveys them in practical terms to Boston
stakeholders.
- Works with partner departments and agencies and external
partners to implement community energy resilience projects and
programs across the City, including the BPDA, the Department of
Emergency Preparedness, Planning Department, Boston Housing
Authority, Mayor's Office of Housing and other key sector
stakeholders on community energy resilience work.
- Represents the City of Boston in local, national and global
forums around climate action and energy resilience strategies and
initiatives.
- Identifies obstacles to improving community energy resilience
by residents and businesses, small and large, and institutions and
develops strategies to reduce those obstacles.
- Builds strong, collaborative partnerships with utility,
business, institutional, non-profit, neighborhood groups and
resident associations to ensure that all parts of the Boston
community, and especially the most vulnerable members of the
community, have the support and resources necessary to develop
community-driven resilience solutions and to improve their access
to renewable energy and other distributed energy resources.
- Recruits, trains and manages teams engaged in implementation of
community energy resilience and municipal energy efficiency
initiatives, and summer and year-round fellows.
- Establish and manage partnerships and strategic alliances with
key local and regional government stakeholders and across diverse
sectors, professional disciplines and communities.
- Performs related duties as required.Qualifications
- Five (5) to seven (7) years of full-time or equivalent
part-time experience in energy, climate, urban planning, law,
engineering, or a related field and at least three (3) years of
management experience. Additional experience preferred.
- A bachelor's degree is required.
- A J.D. or master's degree in energy, environmental science,
urban planning, engineering, policy or a related field is strongly
preferred and may be substituted for three (3) years of the
required experience. Management experience may not be
substituted.
- Knowledge of relevant Federal and State laws (e.g., regional
operation of the grid, state oversight of utilities and energy
efficiency), federal, state and local energy policies.
- Knowledge of and experience with effective community engagement
strategies strongly preferred.
- Demonstrate passion and commitment to public leadership on
environmental justice and commitment to city leadership on climate
and equity.
- Demonstrate experience tackling complex problems with creative,
effective solutions in a fast-paced work environment.
- Highly organized, with the ability to simultaneously handle
many tasks, organize complex projects, and meet deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, with ability to write about and
present complex policies, research, and ideas in a clear and
concise manner.
- Ability to work collaboratively and respectfully within a team
and share credit for high-impact work.
- Willingness to practice accessible, responsive,
community-engaged leadership for residents of City of Boston.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and strong commitment to
integrity and inclusivity in the workplace.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to work with
diverse interests and backgrounds.
- Energy, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
- Ability to exercise good judgment and focus on detail as
required by the job.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
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