Position Description

Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $71,304 to $102,141

Hours/Shift: 8:00AM to 5:00PM/M-F

The Community Programs Analyst, Senior (Sustainability Analyst) is based in the City of Durham General Services Department. The General Services Department (GSD) serves as a steward of the City’s physical assets. Through regular and long-range planning, our department provides for and maintains City facilities—infrastructure that supports quality of life for its citizens and serves as a foundation for a healthy economy. The General Services Department builds and maintains City properties, making Durham a great place for people to live, work, and play. We respect, value, and celebrate the unique perspectives, attributes, and characteristics that make people who they are, and are committed to building sustainable, inclusive, and resilient communities. We are an inclusive workplace that strives to promote innovation and creativity in order to achieve a strong, equitable community where all Durham residents can thrive.

The Community Programs Analyst, Senior (Sustainability Analyst) will support the implementation of the City's Carbon Neutrality and Renewable Energy Action Plan (2021) as well as the City’s Strategic Plan Goal 5: Thriving and Vibrant Environment. The role will provide program administration, consulting, project management, communications and outreach, and community collaboration on organizational and community-wide sustainability and climate efforts. These efforts include social and racial equity, resilience, renewable energy, energy efficiency, electrification of fleet and buildings, and more, playing a critical role in the success of Sustainability efforts to benefit the Durham community and its 285,000+ residents.

The successful candidate is detail-oriented, organized and a highly skilled technical project manager with a background in Sustainability and excellent communication skills. The candidate is poised to create and support processes and workflow, manage contracts and budgets, develop policies and procedures, research and compile statistics and information, develop effective communications, conduct outreach, provide education and training, and collaborate with stakeholders to facilitate partnerships to successfully implement strategic plan goals. A keen focus on achieving results and outcomes based on agreed-upon goals and priorities is required.

Duties/Responsibilities

Coordinates with the Sustainability Division Manager and staff to develop annual budget; while monitoring process and team progress through the budget cycle
Monitors funding allocated for sustainability projects and prepares progress reports on grant funded projects.
May provide second level supervision to interns and fellows, as assigned by management
Works with the Sustainability Division Manager to develop communications plans, presentations, and internal/external reports
Develops and coordinates communication materials and website content tailored to internal and external audiences, prepares talking points and reference materials for senior leadership in response to policy, public information and media requests
Supports Environmental Affairs Board, including meeting support; managing the website; maintaining and updating records; coordinating with other departments; providing consistent progress reports to the Sustainability Division Manager
Assists with project management and facilitation for energy and carbon neutrality programs, including energy efficiency and decarbonization of buildings, renewable energy projects, electric vehicle infrastructure and other related projects and programs
Supports department by utilizing effective and professional communication and project management skills to ensure deadlines are met by scheduling and assigning tasks for collaborative projects and programs
Coordinates with internal City departments and stakeholders to further operationalize and institutionalize sustainable management practices and policies across City operations, with an emphasis on ensuring accurate and robust data collection; May stand in for Manager at meetings as required
Assists the SEM team in the contracts and procurement processes for Sustainability-related projects
Monitors City Council and other agendas for relevant items

Updates performance metrics for annual, quarterly, and ad hoc reporting

Creates reports and makes recommendations that senior leadership can use to make policy and programmatic decisions and to provide guidance and information; Synthesizes complex ideas and communicates them in an understandable way to others, both written and orally
Supports and collaborates on grant proposals, including decarbonization and resilience program design, development, analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and metrics development and tracking in collaboration with the SEM team and other stakeholders
Remains flexible, adaptable and positive in a fast paced and ever-changing environment

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business or public administration or directly related field
Five years of professional program administration and/or analytical experience in area of assignment.

Additional Preferred Skills

Degree in Sustainability, Environmental Management, Engineering or directly related field
Proficient in MS Office applications
Valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record
Ability to demonstrate understanding of local government administration, finance, and procurement
Ability to perform data analysis and visualizations; Ability to communicate these trends and insights to laypeople
Understanding of basic utility and energy data, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate impacts
Certification in project management, process improvement, organizational skills, Lean Six Sigma or equivalent
Experience in energy and climate programs, including energy efficiency and decarbonization of buildings, renewable energy projects, electric vehicle infrastructure, resilience planning, and other related projects and programs
Sustainability-related certification, such as LEED Green Associate (GA)

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