Program Manager CA SASH Programs (HQ, Oakland, CA)

About GRID Alternatives:

GRID Alternatives is a national leader in making clean, affordable solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities and communities of color. GRID is an entrepreneurial, high-growth non-profit organization that provides direct solar installation and project development; workforce training and service learning opportunities; and low-income solar policy advocacy.

Our vision: a transition to clean, renewable energy that includes and benefits everyone.

At GRID, we care about each other and know that each employee has a whole self that includes life outside of work. Our culture supports learning, growth and well-being of all of our team members.  

Based in Oakland, California, GRID has 9 regional offices and affiliates serving all of California, Colorado, Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware; GRID also works in Nicaragua, Mexico and Nepal. GRID has a dedicated staff of 350 and growing! ​

Job Description:

GRID is looking for an exceptional individual to support GRID’s administration of California’s solar incentive program for single-family homeowners: the Single-family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH) program. Since 2008, GRID has administered the SASH program, which provides incentives to solar projects for low-income homeowners throughout CA while also supporting broad community engagement with solar, providing household energy education, and creating workforce development opportunities through local hiring initiatives. The Program Manager will provide internal and external coordination and oversight for SASH to ensure program goals are met. The position may expand to include management of other GRID-administered programs in the future.

POSITION DESCRIPTION & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Implementation, Oversight, and Regulatory Filings

• Maintaining program handbooks and program implementation plans
• Drafting advice letters, and other regulatory filings to the CA Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for program modifications, and inclusion of a third-party ownership model in the programs
• Coordinating internal teams to meet all SASH program requirements. This includes workforce development; marketing, education and outreach; energy efficiency education and referral requirements, project inspection requirements, and installation goals throughout the state
• Supporting internal roll-outs of new programs or updates to existing programs

Budgeting and Program Reporting

• Tracking and reporting publicly on program results and impacts
• Tracking and managing GRID’s SASH administrative and incentive budgets
• Maintaining robust tracking systems within internal cloud platform

Program Coordination with External Stakeholders

• Providing high-level program leadership with the CPUC and serve as point-of-contact for all program related questions & issues
• Managing subcontracts with implementation partners
• Organizing stakeholder workshops and public forums for program updates

All employees must support and advance GRID Alternatives’ commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity work and continue to build an internal culture that seeks to examine and address systems of oppression and produces work that reflects that commitment.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree, or 4-year equivalent
• 2+ years of professional, related experience in program and/or project management
• Comfort working with diverse, technical projects and complex programs
• Strong analytical skills, including budgeting and financial reporting
• Excellent writing skills and adept communication with a variety of parties
• Experience working with partners and managing relationships with external stakeholders
• Extraordinary attention to detail, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively under deadlines with excellent time management skills
• Ability to work as part of a team in a hardworking, high-growth organization

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Direct experience with solar and/or renewable energy
• Experience with administration of statewide or municipal programs
• Prior work experience with community-based organizations, and public agency groups
• Regulatory experience including drafting and filing documents for the CPUC

Office Location/Travel:

This position may be located in any of GRID’s California regional locations, with a strong preference for GRID’s headquarters office in Oakland. Some travel will be required (10-25%, depending on location).

GRID Alternatives provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Women, reentry individuals, and people of color are urged to apply.