Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Salas O’Brien supports NYSERDA through technical services and engineering staff augmentation. The Project Manager will coordinate the Sun & Soil Program, serving as the primary contact for the New York State Agricultural Technical Working Group and supporting initiatives involving solar energy, agriculture, research, policy, and energy storage.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary point of contact for the New York State Agricultural Technical Working Group and its specialist committees
- Build productive relationships with working group members and support them in achieving their objectives and completing their work plan
- Plan and coordinate A-TWG meetings, specialist committee meetings, task-specific work groups, and asynchronous collaboration
- Manage contracted facilitation, technical, communications, and outreach support for the A-TWG
- Help ensure that working group meetings and engagement activities are effective and valuable
- Serve as a program contact on solar-agricultural issues and represent the program at meetings and conferences
- Coordinate with internal, cross-functional teams to advance solar-agricultural research, technology innovation, market characterization, communications, and outreach
- Assist with the development and management of Sun & Soil Program offerings, solicitations, and awarded contracted projects
- Support agrivoltaics projects and initiatives designed to expand on-farm solar and energy-storage opportunities for farmers
- Support contractual and collaborative efforts with external organizations to identify and advance state policies at the intersection of solar energy development and New York agriculture
- Develop strategies for communicating key information, findings, and lessons learned to policymakers, agricultural stakeholders, solar energy developers, and other audiences
- Track program metrics and prepare reports on accomplishments
- Maintain relationships with stakeholders, market participants, policy experts, and other sources of industry and program insight
- Perform additional duties that support the Sun & Soil Program or Environmental Research Team
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree
- • Approximately 3 to 6 years of relevant professional experience
- • Experience managing complex projects with limited supervision
- • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and complete assignments on schedule
- • Strong problem-solving, resourcefulness, adaptability, and practical decision-making skills
- • Experience coordinating and engaging interested parties or stakeholder groups
- • Ability to gather and apply insight from colleagues and external organizations when developing strategies and solutions
- • Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills
- • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
- • Ability to communicate accurately, concisely, clearly, and professionally with a variety of audiences
- • Comfort with public speaking and presenting information in meeting settings
- • Ability to work effectively with contractors, customers, stakeholders, and other external contacts
- • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage ongoing projects independently
- • Ability to guide working groups or program teams and motivate others
- • Experience with agricultural issues, policies, practices, or stakeholder groups
- • Familiarity with New York State agriculture
- • Knowledge of issues and policies at the intersection of agriculture and energy
- • Experience with meeting or event management; facilitation experience is a plus
- • Experience supporting competitive solicitations, contracted projects, or program development
- • Familiarity with agrivoltaics, solar energy development, or on-farm energy solutions
- • Ability to quickly develop working knowledge of New York State agricultural policies, practices, stakeholders, and agriculture-energy issues
Benefits
- Remote position
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