Job Description

Posting Title Senior Regional Energy and Community Engagement Expert
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Location CO - Boulder
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Position Type Regular
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Hours Per Week 40
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COVID-19 Safety Protocols
Employment at NREL is contingent upon your compliance with all NREL and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) safety protocols and mitigation efforts directed at the COVID-19 pandemic.

Working at NREL NREL\xe2\x80\x99s 305-acre Flatirons Campus is the nation\xe2\x80\x99s premier wind energy, water power, and grid integration research facility. Nestled south of Boulder, Colorado, and north of NREL\xe2\x80\x99s main South Table Mountain campus, Flatirons sits adjacent to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and countless acres of open space and parks with stunning views of the Flatirons rock formations.

From day one at NREL, you\xe2\x80\x99ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you\xe2\x80\x99ll have the opportunity to engage through our eight employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.

NREL supports inclusive, diverse, and unbiased hiring practices that promote creativity and innovation. By collaborating with organizations that focus on diverse talent pools, reaching out to underrepresented demographics, and providing an inclusive application and interview process, our Talent Acquisition team aims to hear all voices equally. We strive to attract a highly diverse workforce and create a culture where every employee feels welcomed and respected and they can be their authentic selves.

Our planet needs us! Learn about NREL\xe2\x80\x99s critical objectives, and
see how NREL is focused on saving the planet.

Note: Research suggests that potential job seekers may self-select out of opportunities if they don\'t meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who is interested in this opportunity to apply. We seek dedicated people who believe they have the skills and ambition to succeed at NREL to apply for this role.


The Hydropower and Water Systems Deployment group within the Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (ECaSS) Center is focused on engineering, validation, integration, and commercialization for marine energy and hydropower systems, as well as research to explore the optimal performance of renewable energy supported water treatment and delivery systems. Staff in Hydro & Water Systems have broad expertise, and include mechanical, electrical, systems, and ocean engineers, policy and regulatory analysts, technicians, commercialization experts, and project managers.

The Hydro & Water Systems Deployment group is looking for a full-time Senior Regional Energy and Community Engagement Expert, who will focus on the successful execution and delivery of community energy transitions and technical assistance programming administered by NREL.

The successful candidate will apply a deep understanding of, and direct experience with energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy storage, and microgrid projects through technical assistance; of particular interest are rural and remote communities and opportunities to meet the Justice 40 goals.

Previous experience providing technical assistance in one or more areas is required: setting community energy or emission goals, planning community energy programs or projects, analyzing potential pathways and technology selections, energy program and project deployment and/or energy project financing in order to successfully identify the path that works best for any particular community. Knowledge and experience in the following will support a candidate\xe2\x80\x99s successful application: stakeholder engagement, data collection and aggregation of past technical assistance or grant-funded deployment programs, impacts design and analysis, technical analysis of technical assistance program successes and barriers, and design of a technical assistance consortium to facilitate infrastructure investments that advance clean energy, environmental justice, and resilience. The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced understanding and application of project management principles, concepts, practices, and standards.

The candidate will support the implementation of a technical assistance program for remote and island communities. Knowledge of domestic incentives, markets, and policies used to support clean energy and resiliency will be important for candidate success in this position. Knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and how they apply to communities will be particularly helpful. The candidate will also identify and respond directly to community procurement and technical assistance needs and will coordinate with the appropriate technical resources within the lab, and across other DOE labs.

Expected Job Duties

• Be able to successfully work with challenging stakeholders, and bring together/work across challenging stakeholders, particularly in workshop settings.
• Demonstrate integrity, the ability to establish trust, and experience working with a broad array of stakeholders, colleagues, and clients who could have differing program and project goals.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully navigate changing direction and be impervious to challenging and intellectually stimulating conversations.
• Oversee and guide technical, financial, and contractual work, resources, and projects for one or more complex tasks or projects.
• Assist in program development and/or a portfolio of energy projects that will involve a variety of strategy, planning, and deployment of energy project development tasks.
• Identify cost-effective opportunities to save energy, use distributed energy and that also improve energy resilience for residential, commercial and/or industrial ratepayers.
• Navigate complex federal, state, and local policies and markets, and utility regulations, to facilitate project development.
• Consider the needs of diverse, equitable, and inclusive community partners, consider energy democracy, and bring to bear a wide variety of perspectives to programs and projects.
• Develop, lead, and facilitate webinars, workshops, conference presentations, and other trainings as needed.
• Write publications, resource and guidance documents, fact sheets, case studies, and other communication products.

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Basic Qualifications For Researcher V level

Relevant PhD and 9 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Master\'s Degree and 12 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor\'s Degree and 14 or more years of experience .

For Researcher IV Level
Relevant PhD and 4 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Master\'s Degree and 7 or more years of experience . Or, relevant Bachelor\'s Degree and 9 or more years of experience .

• Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Advanced understanding and ability to apply project management principles, concepts, practices and standards.
• Ability to understand and navigate financial planning and tracking systems including NREL specific applications
• Ability to prepare professional communications that are appropriate for internal and external stakeholders and leadership
• Excellent interpersonal, conflict resolution, teaming, and collaboration skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent prioritization and ability to manage multiple assignments
• Strong problem-solving, time management, and self-organization skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with regional partners and collaborators.
• Expertise with project management including experience in finance, marketing, and business processes
• Strong interest in learning about technical and institutional aspects of projects
• Thrives in a fast paced, innovative environment
• Initiates projects, works unsupervised, completes tasks independently, solves roadblocks, and does whatever it takes to drive results
• Experience with national laboratory or governmental structures and processes

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Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week) Job Profile: Researcher V / Annual Salary Range: $111,600 - $200,900
Job Profile: Researcher IV / Annual Salary Range: $93,100 - $167,600

NREL takes into consideration a candidate\xe2\x80\x99s education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee\xe2\x80\x99s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Benefits Summary Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short*- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement*. NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.

• Based on eligibility rules

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