{"365031":{"#nid":"365031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Job: Program Director - Sustainable and Connected Communities at Enterprise Community Partners (San Francisco, CA)","body":[{"value":"\u003Ctable class=\u0022table table-bordered table-condensed\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJob Summary\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Northern California team is a dynamic, positive and friendly set of colleagues working to bring Enterpise\u2019s mission and many tools to ensure that everyone has a place to call home in Northern California.\u0026nbsp; We are entrepreneurial in our approach to strengthening the capacities of the affordable housing field so that housing is more than just a person\u2019s home.\u0026nbsp; Enterprise is also a place to innovate new finance, building and management practices; create building blocks for other critical aspects of making healthy and environmentally sustainable communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDuring the past two decades, Enterprise has advanced two important programs to increase opportunities for affordable housing residents and empower the industry to create more environmentally sustainable and healthier places \u2013Transit Oriented Development and Green Communities.\u0026nbsp; These two bodies of work are complimentary and the fields have now matured in California to the point at which we will strive to provide our partners a more comprehensive suite of knowledge, tools and technical assistance to achieve sustainable, equitable, healthy and diverse mixed-income communities. This new position represents this convergence. The Program Director will focus on building Enterprise\u2019s practice using existing resources \u2013sophisticated frameworks (such as EcoDistricts and Equitable Transit Oriented Development), national teams, financial tools, innovation and knowledge\u2013 to advance existing partnerships and pursue new ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEquitable TOD (ETOD) prioritizes social equity as a key component of ETOD planning and implementation, and ensures that all people along a transit corridor, including those who are low income, have the opportunity to reap the benefits of living in walkable, connected communities.\u0026nbsp; While ETOD is a neighborhood scale concept, transit oriented regions successfully discourage driving and can play a major role in reducing auto-related greenhouse gas emissions. Enterprise has a national practice of working on the components of creating such places \u2013from financing affordable homes near transit to co-hosting regional collaboratives to advancing favorable national policy.\u0026nbsp; Our ten local market offices across the country have all developed a unique set of ways to advance ETOD in each place, emphasizing different roles and tools as appropriate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnterprise\u2019s Green Communities program helps developers, investors, builders and policymakers make the transition to a green future for affordable housing. We provide the funds and technical expertise to help build, rehabilitate and operate healthier, more efficient, yet still affordable homes.\u0026nbsp; We also work with state and local governments to ensure the development of policies and pilots that ensure the development of smart, economic and sustainable housing. The Program Director will continue our work in San Francisco around \u2018greening\u2019 public housing with solar financing, Sustainable Chinatown, work and studying the long-term effects of greening affordable homes on residents\u2019 health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIncreasingly, the geographies and goals of the ETOD and Green Communities work are converging.\u0026nbsp; There are additional geographies and partnerships we could undertake.\u0026nbsp; The Program Director will work with the Director of Programs and the rest of the Northern California team to shape future endeavors and the rest of the team to raise funds to expand our capacity to step up.\u0026nbsp; As funds allow, s\/he will manage consultants and staff to position the Northern California team to effectively meet the challenges and opportunities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJob Responsibilities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Help conceptualize and define the programmatic convergence of the previously distinct programs \u2013ETOD and Green Communities;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Manage the programmatic activities for Enterprise\u2019s work with the Great Communities Collaborative in the Bay Area;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Oversee the Northern California Sustainable Communities partnerships, such as our work in San Francisco\u2019s Chinatown;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Manage grantmaking and technical assistance for the Sustainable and Connected Communities program;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Seek other opportunities to integrate Enterprise tools nad knowledge with promising partnerships in Northern California;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Provide technical assistance and training about various aspects of Sustainable and Connected Communities to internal and external partners, including regional collaboratives around the country;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Coordinate and develop knowledge sharing activities with local, regional and national partners;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Partner with Enterprise\u2019s policy program staff to identify opportunities to create or change policies that would benefit equitable TOD implementation;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Assist the Development Director and other staff in fundraising for the Sustainable and Connected Communities program; and\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Present Enterprise\u2019s vision of equitable TOD and Green Communities to external and internal partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQualifications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; A Bachelor\u2019s degree is required; a Master\u2019s degree in a related field is preferred. A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in shaping community development programs or lending\/investing strategies is preferred. Must possess excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills. Must be able to travel periodically.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 At least five (5) years of experience or deep exposure to community development, affordable housing, transportation and\/or energy conservation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Strong external relationship skills, and ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders. Must have strong written, speaking, and external relationship skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2022 Substantive knowledge of transit oriented development and\/or green energy or building practices essential.\u0026nbsp; A basic knowledge community develpment policy and practice is helpful.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Strong research and presentation skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Experience coordinating complex land use, transportation and\/or energy issues with diverse stakeholder groups including developers, property owners, philanthropy, local, regional and state government, and other stakeholders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Program Director will focus on building Enterprise\u2019s practice using existing resources \u2013sophisticated frameworks (such as EcoDistricts and Equitable Transit Oriented Development), national teams, financial tools, innovation and knowledge\u2013 to advance existing partnerships and pursue new ones.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Program Director will focus on building Enterprise\u2019s practice using existing resources \u2013sophisticated frameworks, national teams, financial tools, innovation and knowledge\u2013 to advance existing partnerships and pursue new ones."}],"uid":"28091","created_gmt":"2015-01-16 12:14:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:50","author":"Meghan McMullen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/careers.enterprisecommunity.org\/Careers.aspx?adata=EFaeXz3LUfKdyZ4WUkMKgH%2BbQIQ2pQfVNjtCg7Zuakp7lVbsMP2hTWaJ6hSIPhQUEplKMVBzy6bSvTkECPDBFRsGlUqiPW1yEgL9nhZlCEUjCH27RsE3z%2B3Huux3S9cyvIx%2Bn0xHHmzrPrF6RtBuDDYhTKfDkXDOyuYy\/k2yWS0fbtbk%2BQQoH5g6ePwmS7IMbLHhgBdJHgnpjJSh7f1Ibp0%3D","title":"Job listing"}],"groups":[{"id":"304151","name":"BEPHC - Healthy Places"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"111991","name":"bephc job opportunity"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}