Director Western Markets

Director Western Markets

Western U.S. (Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming)

Chaloner has partnered with The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) on a search for a Director Western Markets.

Position Overview

The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) works to solve the toughest market and policy barriers and deploy solutions for large energy customers to pursue clean energy and decarbonize the grid.

The Director of Western Markets will support the Senior Director of Market & Policy Innovation within the US Policy team and oversee the daytoday work of CEBA for westrelated programs and electricity markets. As developing our people is extremely important the Director is also expected to be a people leader will assist the Senior Director with funding development budgeting and actively engage the CEBA membership and Clean Energy Buyers Institute (CEBI) community.

Core Responsibilities:

The Director will help support CEBAs efforts to create welldesigned organized wholesale electricity markets in the eleven contiguous Western states of the United States and to advance policies that facilitate clean energy procurement for our members. The role will require working with the Senior Director and Senior Vice President of Policy to set and execute strategy for influence research and action in key Western states. The Director will lead strategy implementation and convenings and education to advance and amplify policies and programs with key elected officials state energy offices Commissions and Commissioners and other regulatory officials in the Western region.

Specifically the Director will be responsible for the following:

Lead of assigned programmatic priorities

• Advocate for CEBAs positions with regulatory agencies policymakers and other state decision makers including managing CEBAs public comments
• Identify opportunities such as state level commission dockets for large energy customer engagement that accelerate market expansion for clean firm resources
• Build and join coalitions to advance key goals
• Develop and grow relationships with key stakeholders in the West to expand CEBA outreach and ability to influence market and access to clean firm resources
• Lead CEBAs Western Working Group and utilize workshops meetings webinars and other convening opportunities to advance programmatic goals
• Lead and/or support in the development of authoritative resources including guiding principles primers white papers guidance documents policy principles and frameworks as well as thought leadership pieces informed by energy customers and industry experts
• Manage consultants and other technical experts in the of work and cocreate thought leadership and recommendations
• Lead clean energy customer engagement that drives policy and advocacy solutions for advancing market access and design in the Western region

The Director shall also:

Provide direction and lead the team

• Inform programmatic budgets for the Western region to assist the Senior Director in managing overall Market & Policy Innovation team budgets
• Lead the development of grant deliverables

Collaborate and engage with stakeholders

• Collaborate with others in the organization to share best practices and support each others work
• Lead communications and relationship development with advisory committees working groups policy teams and other ad hoc committees
• Lead convenings and education of clean energy customers and other stakeholders on the benefits of welldesigned markets in the West
• Participate in industry conferences convenings etc. and be capable of speaking to the organizations strategic vision
• Support large energy customer participation in high level meetings such as with Governors Lt. Governors legislatures state energy offices and/or Commissions that highlight how economic development affordability reliability and resiliency can be maximized through welldesigned electricity markets and transmission

Qualifications:

Required:

• 17 years experience if no higher education or
• 12 years experience and Bachelors degree or
• 8 years experience and Masters Degree

Additional:

• Experience working in Western states on issues related to clean energy policy development or procurement required
• Knowledge related to corporate industrial and institutional clean energy procurement preferred
• Estimated 3040 travel is required in this role (will vary based on location of successful candidate)
• Direct experience with public utility commission rulemaking and state and federal policy issues regarding wholesale markets
• Experience with multistakeholder consultation processes coalitions and initiatives
• A commitment to CEBAs core values of respect integrity service and excellence
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or professional experience with wholesale energy markets and/or clean energy policy in Western states
• Demonstrated effective communication (verbal and written)

Physical Demands:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Communicate verbally and in written form with great facility

To Apply:

To be considered for this opportunity please provide a rsum and apply at .

OurSalary andBenefits:We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that aims to develop a worldclass team by holistically supporting the individual. CEBA also offers eligibility to participate in our annual bonus/ incentive plan based on both organizational and individual performance. CEBA believes that supporting all employees to have a full life inside and outside of work results in a team that feels personally engaged in CEBAs success.

Compensation

• $155000$170000
• Generous discretionary bonus package

At CEBA You Belong:

Our members come from all walks of life and so do we. Our commitment to a zerocarbon energy system is for everyone and so too is our workplace.

CEBA is committed to maintaining a workplace where all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills experience and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at CEBA and is an important principle of sound business management.

Inclusion goes beyond diversity. All CEBA staff shall be committed to accepting and encouraging different perspectives. Creative solutions to tough problems are fostered by respectful challenges of one anothers thoughts and assumptions. CEBA is committed to being open to a variety of cultural practices and norms.

Achieving CEBAs vision of a resilient zerocarbon energy system requires creative problemsolving and a wide range of perspectives; CEBA knows that diversity not only makes our organization stronger but also is foundational to our mission success.

About the Organizations

Together the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) and the Clean Energy Buyers Institute (CEBI) share a collective vision of customerdriven clean energy for all. These organizations form an inclusive community of energy customers clean energy providers service providers NGOs philanthropies and clean energy thoughtleaders. Our aspiration is to achieve a 90 carbonfree U.S. electricity system by 2030 and to cultivate a global community of energy customers driving clean energy.

The Clean Energy Buyers Association is a business association with a mission to activate a community of energy customers and partners to deploy market and policy solutions for a carbonfree energy system. The Clean Energy Buyers Institute is a public benefit charity with a mission dedicated to solving the toughest market and policy barriers to achieving a carbonfree energy system.

Our guiding values and tenets are: we value respect in our treatment of people and the planet; integrity in how we conduct ourselves; service to our mission stakeholders and colleagues; and excellence in our programs and work. The core tenets that CEBA strives to foster include: Mission oriented grounded by strategy a spirit of partnership inside and outside of CEBA and innovation and entrepreneurship through healthy and respectful discord. We know that diversity is critical to realizing our vision of customerdriven clean energy for all because innovative solutions come from great minds who do not think alike.

CEBA provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race color ancestry national origin gender pregnancy sexual orientation marital status religion age disability gender identity gender expression results of genetic testing caregiver status and pastpresentor prospective service in the military in addition to any other protected categories required by state federal or local regulations. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment including hiring placement discipline promotion termination layoff recall transfer leave of absence compensationbenefitsand your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.