Job Summary
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- $91,650 per annum pro-rata plus 11% superannuation.
- Applications close:
- Job posted on: 26th Mar 2024
- Sydney > CBD, Inner West & Eastern Suburbs Sydney
Remote / Work from Home
Community Power Agency (CPA) is seeking a dedicated Project Manager with a focus on community development to spearhead initiatives, manage projects, and foster community engagement in the renewable energy sector.
This role requires exceptional project management skills, experience in stakeholder organising, and a passion for driving positive change through partnership and collaboration. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in empowering communities to participate in and benefit from the transition to clean energy while ensuring the successful execution of CPA's mission.
Established in 2011, Community Power Agency (CPA) is a leading organisation supporting communities to engage in and benefit from the transition to renewable energy. We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to drive a faster and fairer transition to clean energy. We believe all Australians, regardless of where they live or what they earn, should have the right and the opportunity to participate in the clean energy transition, and by involving them we build the strong groundswell of support needed to facilitate a rapid transition to a clean energy future. CPA is a registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient status.
Our small dynamic team delivers advocacy, innovation, advice and capacity building to achieve our mission. We are a radically different organisation as a workers co-operative with both advocacy and fee-for-service work streams. We specialise in supporting communities to navigate the complex process of developing their own clean energy projects and focus on building capacity within communities, industry and government while fostering collaboration. We also work to address the systemic barriers facing the sector as a whole and play an active role in bringing socially-responsible, community beneficial business models into the Australian renewable energy market.
Position: Project Manager - Community Development
Salary (FTE): $91,650 per annum pro-rata plus 11% superannuation.
Location: Strong preference for proximity to Sydney or Melbourne, however Community Power Agency has a flexible approach to working, with all staff working remotely and for the right candidate we will consider outside of this area if able to travel to major cities when required.
Time Commitment: 3-5 days/week upon negotiation (22.5-37.5hrs/week). Must be able to work flexible hours including occasional evenings and weekends for community engagement events.
Contract Period: 12-month position, with the possibility of extension pending funding.
Travel: Regular domestic travel required, primarily within NSW and Vic.
Community Power Agency is a workers cooperative – a business entity that is owned and controlled by the workers. Employees of the cooperative actively contribute to the direction the business takes. The work we choose to do and why, is directed by the employees – their shared values, hopes and visions – as well as by a mutual responsibility and care for the cooperative.
We strive for egalitarianism and share leadership within the organisation. As such, we all take responsibility for holding ourselves and each other to account. A key part of this commitment is our policy of pay equity. We believe that people are inherently of equal value, so instead of paying some people more, we have sought to share/redistribute responsibility, power and knowledge. Instead of a typical line of management we build people’s capacity, skills and confidence through mentoring, working collaboratively, and opening up opportunities for passionate people to ‘give it a go’.
CPA recognises that the way we make change is as important as the outcomes. We are supportive, honest and transparent in the way we work internally and externally. We offer flexible and remote working options, and pro-rata public holiday leave (so regardless of whether your normal work day falls on a public holiday you receive the pro-rata additional leave). As a nimble, dynamic and dispersed team, we put energy into remaining connected. We invest in getting together face-to-face twice a year to evaluate, strategise and connect as a team. We are continuously improving our way of operating to remain adaptable in a rapidly evolving sector.
The following criteria will be used to assess applicants that make it to the interview stage of our recruitment process.
Desirable
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have 100% of the selection criteria characteristics. A passion for the work and an eagerness to learn are the most important things.
Please submit your application by clicking Apply Now below.
Note: We are also recruiting for an Advocacy and Fundraising Coordinator and Organisation Development Coordinator, so please check out our other ads.
We encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQ individuals.
To be considered for this position, applicants should have current working rights for Australia and a Class C Drivers Licence.
We respectfully request that recruitment agencies do not submit applications for this position.
Want to have a chat before you click submit? You can contact Elizabeth Noble, Director on [email protected], using the subject line: Project Manager - Community Development enquiry via EthicalJobs.
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