Program Officer, Sustainable Homes

LISC is one of the country’s largest community development organizations, helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America. LISC works with residents and partners to close gaps in health, wealth, and opportunity so that people and places can thrive. We do this by acting as a conduit for grants, loans and equity--and by providing technical assistance and capacity building--to locally rooted organizations that carry out the work in communities. Position Overview LISC Massachusetts seeks a dynamic, detail-oriented, and motivated professional with a passion for strengthening communities to join its team as the Sustainable Homes Program Officer. The selected candidate will work with the Deputy Director to catalyze and support the energy efficiency and renewable energy transition in Massachusetts’ multifamily affordable housing sector. Together with diverse partners, the Program Officer will assess available services and programs, identify gaps in the building decarbonization ecosystem (e.g. technical assistance, funding/financing, enabling regulations, and access to good paying green building related jobs), and propose and advance program and policy solutions. Specific duties include: Program Management Provide day-to-day management of the Climate Ready Housing Program , a ~$16M annual decarbonization grant funding program which LISC administers on behalf of the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP), and MassHousing. This includes developing and updating program application, review, and outreach materials, sharing/presenting program details via outreach to partners statewide, leading weekly calls with the administrative team, assembling and managing the review committee, preparing review/scoring materials for review committee, reviewing applications as part of the review committee, and drafting recommendation memos, press releases, case studies, and related materials as requested. Manage the STAR Solar Program , which provides solar technical and financial analysis for the housing portfolios of Massachusetts affordable housing partners. This includes developing and updating program application, review, and outreach materials, presenting information to interested organizations, providing grants to eligible participating organizations, meeting with and managing program partners Resonant Energy and Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC) on a regular basis, and preparing related grant proposals, subgrants/consultant contracts, and reports for program funders. Manage the Community Charge Program, an electric vehicle charging station installation program for Massachusetts affordable housing partners, in partnership with PowerOptions and Green Energy Consumers Alliance. Provide program outreach and subgrants for selected participants. Support reporting to program funders as needed. Cultivate relationships with funders, financial institutions, public agencies, and philanthropic partners to align funding and investment opportunities with LISC Massachusetts’ housing and sustainability goals. Partner Capacity Building and Convening Convene the Energy Cohort, a peer learning group for affordable housing practitioners interested in building decarbonization, climate resilience, and resident health to network, learn, and share information. Lead planning meetings with Energy Cohort program partners MACDC and New Ecology, plan Energy Cohort meetings, roundtables, forums (both virtual and in-person), and building tours. Develop content for these meetings in partnership with building science firms and other partners, and arrange logistics. Survey members and summarize feedback to identify trends in member needs and inform future topics. Prepare related grant proposals, subgrants/consultant contracts, and reports for program funders. Provide 1-on-1 support and connections for affordable housing organizations interested in decarbonizing their por…