10/27/2016
SolSmart Advisor - The Solar Foundation
Deadline: November 18, 2016
Location: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chapel Hill, NC; Charlottesville, VA; Duluth, MN; Layfayette, CO; Oklahoma City, OK; South Bend, IN; Providence, RI
The Solar Foundation (TSF), serving as the Technical Assistance Provider for the SolSmart program (www.solsmart.org) – funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative – is seeking several highly-motivated, experienced self-starters to act as SolSmart Advisors to participating local governments throughout the United States.
SolSmart Advisors are temporary, program-funded and -trained staff who work in selected communities pursuing SolSmart designation for up to six months. These Advisors will assist local governments in achieving designation through the SolSmart program by addressing solar “soft costs” and barriers to the use of solar energy in the city.
Advisors will work with municipal staff and other stakeholders (both internal and external) to apply industry-leading best practices that allow participating local governments to achieve SolSmart designation. Specifically, these Advisors will help participating governments to achieve SolSmart criteria (www.solsmart.org/resources) related to solar permitting and inspections, planning and zoning, construction codes, solar rights, utility engagement, community engagement, and market development and finance.
Additionally, Advisors will conduct outreach to neighboring communities and facilitate regional discussions about solar energy, including discussions about opportunities to harmonize solar processes across jurisdictions.
Complete scopes or work for the communities hosting Advisors can be found at www.solsmart.org/solsmart-advisors. These are temporary, contractual positions based in the host community, which will last no more than six months.
Key Responsibilities
•Working with local government staff to reduce solar “soft costs;”
•Assisting participating governments in pursuit of solar goals related to SolSmart criteria, including solar permitting and inspections, planning and zoning, construction codes, solar rights, utility engagement, community engagement, and market development and finance;
•Tracking key metrics related to both solar energy in participating local government jurisdictions and progress toward SolSmart designation;
•Engaging in regular communication with SolSmart Technical Assistance Provider Team;
•Conducting SolSmart program outreach to additional communities in the region.
