Energy Solutions needs a Sector Strategist to support the Illinois Shines program, focusing on increasing participation of public schools and community colleges in solar energy adoption, thereby contributing to Illinois' renewable energy goals.
Requirements
- Small Distributed Generation solar market knowledge and experience.
- Knowledge of solar incentive programs, and the Illinois Shines Program in particular
- Demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative solar market reporting and analysis
- Extensive experience using Microsoft Office. Familiarity with Slack, Salesforce and/or SharePoint a plus.
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and project management skills. Formal project management training and/or certification a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to interact knowledgeably and professionally with school administration, solar developers or installers, and to serve as the primary point of contact on public school projects
Responsibilities
- Collect customer and solar developer and installer feedback to help identify program administration improvement opportunities and additional training and education needs
- Regularly collect and analyze solar market trends to determine program impacts and present findings and recommendations to the client as applicable to the public schools’ category
- Partner with internal stakeholders and other team members to identify process improvement opportunities
- Lead project implementation of training, feedback or other support initiatives as needed
- Provide Program support, including hosting regular one-on-one check-ins, hosting feedback roundtables and providing program resources to public school and community college decision-makers, solar developers and installers that submit community solar and distributed generation projects to the Illinois Shines Program
- Conduct quantitative solar market reporting and analysis
- Serve as the primary point of contact on public school projects
Other
- A bachelor's degree
- A minimum of 8 years of work experience or
- A minimum of 5 years of work experience and a graduate degree
- Flexibility and adaptability in project focus
- Strong organizational and project management skills. Formal project management training and/or certification a plus.
- Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work and thrive independently
- Excellent personal accountability and quality control practices
- Willingness to conduct occasional business travel in the state of IL, including the Energy Solutions’ Chicago office (up to 30% estimated travel)
