Clean Energy Fund, Program Information Strategy Manager (Analyst III)

City of Portland•Portland, OR

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF), within the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, is hiring a Program Information Strategy Manager (Analyst III) to lead the program-wide function for organizing and synthesizing information about PCEF investments, grantee outcomes, stories, and other program activity. The position strengthens public trust, elevates program impact, and helps ensure PCEF’s work is accurately represented and aligned with City goals. The manager designs and administers systems and processes for gathering and organizing information about investments and implementation milestones across PCEF’s portfolio. Working with PCEF staff, grantees, contractors, and community partners, the role identifies information gaps, sets contributor expectations, and oversees accurate, timely, and relevant materials. The manager represents PCEF in its shared-services relationship with central City communications staff, leads PCEF’s internal response to requests, and ensures communications staff receive timely information and appropriate review. Central communications retains responsibility for communications strategy, media relations, channel management, editorial priorities, timing, and final publication decisions. In collaboration with PCEF’s Reporting, Oversight, Outcomes, & Technology Team and Program Implementation Team, the manager identifies cross-program information needs and emerging risks, advises on complex issues, and coordinates responses. The position oversees public reports, briefings, tracking systems, and accountability tools that support organizational awareness, informed decisions, and documentation of commitments and progress. The role supervises one staff member and uses an equity-centered, community-informed approach to representing PCEF’s work. The position is full-time and regular, with a Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. schedule; alternate schedules may be available. It is hybrid and reports to the Vanport Building in Portland. Remote work must be performed within Oregon or Washington. The position is non-represented. Starting pay is determined based on experience directly related and equivalent to the position; no salary range is specified.

Requirements

Experience developing and implementing strategic plans in public affairs, external affairs, public information, or program accountability.
Experience collaborating with technical, policy, and program staff to gather and evaluate information, identify business and program needs, resolve information gaps, and coordinate work supporting public-facing materials, reports, or implementation plans.
Experience interpreting complex policy, technical, financial, performance, and program information and producing clear, accurate, actionable reports, recommendations, briefings, or other materials for leaders, stakeholders, and the public.
Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, verbally and in writing, and prepare concise, comprehensive reports, correspondence, presentations, and briefing materials for diverse audiences.
Ability to lead complex projects and cross-functional initiatives by setting priorities, coordinating work, guiding staff, identifying risks or implementation challenges, and supporting continuous improvement and accountability.
Commitment to advancing systemic changes addressing historic and current discrimination; experience evaluating program design through an equity lens and creating offerings and solutions that remove barriers and deliver more equitable outcomes.

Nice To Haves

At least six years of progressively responsible experience.
Experience working in or with a public agency, including knowledge of government processes, public accountability requirements, policy implementation, and media or stakeholder relations.
Supervisory or management experience in a public-sector or policy-driven environment.
Fluency in more than one language is encouraged but not required.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and administration of PCEF-wide systems and processes for gathering, organizing, maintaining, and sharing information about investments, implementation milestones, and related program information.
Establish priorities and standards for accurate, timely, and consistent information about PCEF investments, implementation, priorities, and outcomes.
Oversee reports, briefings, tracking systems, and other tools that support accountability, documentation, and informed decision-making.
Identify opportunities to improve processes, information flow, transparency, and consistency across PCEF’s portfolio.
Partner with the PCEF Data & Fund Performance Manager to align or build upon data strategy, tools, and products.
Direct development of briefings, reports, presentations, talking points, responses, and other materials representing PCEF’s progress, investments, and outcomes.
Identify cross-program trends and insights demonstrating impact, equity-centered outcomes, and responsible stewardship of public funds.
Maintain a balanced inventory of potential program examples and prioritize examples reflecting PCEF communities, funding areas, project types, implementation stages, challenges, and lessons learned.
Ensure public-facing information is accurate, appropriately contextualized, and aligned with PCEF priorities and commitments.
Help analyze and synthesize complex program, policy, financial, and technical information in coordination with content leads and analysts.
Oversee development of program summaries, background materials, executive briefings, key facts, and recommendations.
Advise leadership on information gaps, emerging issues, stakeholder dynamics, and opportunities that may affect public understanding.
Prepare PCEF subject-matter experts for public meetings, presentations, interviews, and other external-facing opportunities, coordinating with City communications staff when appropriate.
Supervise one employee, including assigning work, setting expectations, reviewing work products, coaching and developing the employee, and completing performance evaluations.
Coordinate with City communications staff by clarifying roles and priorities and negotiating workable timelines and resource expectations.
Lead PCEF’s internal response to communications requests by directing fact-finding, assigning program contributors, resolving conflicting information, and ensuring appropriate leadership and subject-matter review.
Provide strategic program advice, verified facts, community context, and draft source materials to central communications staff while deferring communications strategy and publication decisions to them.