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!
Every member of GRID Alternatives must participate in the organization's equity, inclusion, and diversity work.
About the Program Administration Department
GRID Alternatives’ Program Administration Department is responsible for overseeing the existing statewide low-income solar programs that GRID manages in California, including the Single-family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH) Program and the Low-income Weatherization Program (LIWP). This includes meeting all program rules/requirements for existing programs, as well as leading the successful implementation of most new funding programs for the organization. The department serves as a resource for GRID’s Affiliate Offices, ensuring quality of all project documentation, and handles all administrative functions related to our major funding partners.
This Department is also responsible for the maintenance and success of GRID’s Sub‐contractor Partnership Program (SPP), and GRID’s Third-party Ownership (TPO) financing model. SPP allows GRID to leverage the services of private solar companies, in order to complete work that our in-house teams are not able to. Our TPO program allows us to partner with companies to provide additional benefits to clients while leveraging the Investment Tax Credit.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Fielding and responding to various program related inquiries
- Reviewing project documentation for completeness and accuracy per our various funding program rules (Quality Control functions), ensuring projects are ready to be invoiced Daily processing of multiple projects at different process stages, including working with our Third-Party Ownership (TPO) partner to move projects forward
- Communicating with CA’s utilities on program progress and energy efficiency program enrollment
- Providing general support to GRID staff in Affiliate Offices in order to coordinate project logistics, point out compliance issues needing correction, and provide general guidance to the regional staff as needed
Position also includes:
- Being assigned as a primary liaison to one or more Affiliate Offices, where you will be a primary point of contact and maintain regular communications and support (to help ensure the office(s) success Assisting in formal training of regional staff on new processes and program requirements and the development of related tools/resources)
- Work with GRID installation sub-contractors on projects, starting with project bid reviews, all the way through project completion
- Serve as an account manager to one or more partner contractors, as well as general support in times of high project volume as needed
- Performing design reviews for solar projects located throughout California
- Ensuring sub-contracted projects are progressing on the expected timelines and holding our partners accountable for mistakes or delays
- Collaborating with the rest of the Program Administration team to improve our project management processes and adjust systems and resources accordingly for new requirements/programs as they come along
- Other responsibilities as assigned
