Sustainability Leader

beBee Careers is hiring a Sustainability Leader in Dover, DE. This hybrid role focuses on energy resource management for state facilities, emphasizing energy efficiency, procurement, and sustainability. Key responsibilities include data analysis, resource planning, policy development, community engagement, and technical assistance. Candidates should have at least one year of experience in planning or project management. Full-time position, with no degree requirement stated.
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Summary Statement
The State of Delaware is seeking a results-driven and knowledgeable Energy Resource Manager to lead comprehensive energy and resource management strategies for state-owned facilities. This hybrid role combines responsibilities of energy efficiency and conservation with energy procurement and resource planning, playing a critical role in reducing energy consumption, managing utility costs, optimizing resource use, and supporting the State's climate and sustainability goals.

Key Responsibilities
• Analyze and assess data, problems, and issues and their impact on programs, plans or the current environment.
• Define and evaluate alternative uses of resources, viable options/approaches and anticipated costs and benefits, consequences and outcomes using present and projected information.
• Develop recommended course of action for public and private decisions in formal plans and policies including policy statements, budget allocations, regulations and/or legislation to affect and facilitate change and reach objectives.
• Formulate plans and policies to meet the social, economic, and physical needs of communities.
• Develop, promote and market strategies for the implementation of plans, policies and programs.
• Build consensus with community leaders, customers, advocates, and other affected parties via negotiations, mediation and facilitation.
• Involve and educate special interest groups, customers, and public officials via variety of forums, e.g., seminars, workshops, conferences, newsletters, assessments, and analytical reports.
• Coordinate planning activities and policies across state, regional, county and local levels; integrate with other entities outside the state.
• Provide technical assistance, training and education for understanding and managing change.
• Design and manage the planning process.
• Systematically evaluate the impact of plan implementation and incorporate findings with the ongoing planning process.

Requirements
• At least one year experience as a planner OR at least one year experience in a planning function.
• Experience in designing, collecting data, analyzing and presenting results of a complex planning project (complexity is to be determined based on variables such as discipline, population, fiscal impact, geographic area, social impact, planning horizon, public involvement, research and analysis, and the nature of the project team).
• Experience as a project manager on a less complex project (complexity is to be determined based on variables such as discipline, population, fiscal impact, geographic area, social impact, planning horizon, public involvement, research and analysis, and the nature of the project team).

Conditions of Hire
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.