Senior Director of Technical Assistance
Environmental Protection Network (EPN)•Washington, DC
•Remote
About The Position
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Senior Director of Technical Assistance leads a Technical Assistance Team of (up to) 11 staff members, including managers, senior associates, and associates of Community Outreach. This leader serves as a trusted advisor to and a member of EPN's senior leadership team. They will leverage exemplary team management skills combined with environmental justice and/or social justice expertise to meet the evolving needs of a robust team. The core focus of this role is to create an inclusive culture by establishing operational systems and structures to manage the execution of 11+ staff members.
Requirements
- Commitment to Environmental Protection Network’s mission and values
- Bachelor’s degree
- Progressive experience in the environmental justice/energy justice/social justice sector
- Minimum of 10 years in a leadership role, managing teams, and at least 5 years of directly managing staff
- Exceptional people management skills, with the ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment
- Experience working with an executive leadership team
- Experience with leading and guiding teams through change
- Experience overseeing contracted services
- A strategic and systems-thinking approach
- Excellent communication and relational skills to lead and develop diverse teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with Canva and/or other presentation tools
- Familiarity with Google Docs Editors Suite (Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.)
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual abilities in English and Spanish a plus
Responsibilities
- Drives a comprehensive national Technical Assistance strategy
- Serves as a member of the executive leadership team to advance the mission of EPN through our critical Technical Assistance work
- Manages the Technical Assistance team of 11 full-time remote staff members
- Ongoing check-ins
- Formal Performance Management (twice annually)
- Ongoing Coaching and Development
- Supports team-wide meetings and spaces
- Develops an annual strategic operational plan for Technical Assistance at EPN (inclusive of systems to track and monitor priorities, goals, and metrics across the team)
- Identifies and delegates special projects to senior associates and managers as relevant
- Monitors and supports managers of technical assistance with staff hiring, onboarding, and training
- Supports the team through changes in expectations, structure, or protocol when necessary
- Manages the daily operations of the Technical Assistance team, including 11 full-time remote staff members
- Manages Technical Assistance contracts
- Leads continuous improvement for Technical Assistance at EPN, including systematizing internal communication, volunteer management, database management, and utilization, etc.
- Leads database collaboration
- Supports key external coalitions/relationships across our Technical Assistance work
- Represents EPN at conferences and events
Benefits
- Competitive market-based salary
- Annual tenure bonus (determined annually, where funds are available)
- Performance-based bonuses where applicable
- 401K Retirement Plan, 4% company match
- 90% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance, 50% employer-paid family
- 100% employer-paid life (50K), opportunity to purchase additional life coverage is available for employee and spouse
- 100% employer-paid short and long-term disability insurance
- Access to employee-paid FSA, HSA, and commuter benefits
- Up to 6 weeks of paid leave upon the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child
- Up to $500/year for professional development-related expenses
- Ongoing access to internal professional development training
- $150 monthly cell phone plan and home internet reimbursement
- Up to $2,000/year for the purchase of phones, computers, headsets, software, or other equipment used consistently to carry out staff responsibilities
- Applicable travel expenses will be reimbursed, including travel time outside of your local area
- Flexible work schedule
- 11 paid Federal Holidays and other paid days when the office is closed
- Organization-wide non-meeting days on all major holidays that fall outside of the federal calendar
- 3 weeks (120 hours) of paid time off (inclusive of sick, personal days, and vacation)
- 5 days of annual disaster relief time off
- 5 days of annual bereavement
- 3 annual “EPN” days to be used for any purpose across the year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
