The Business Network will be posting open positions on a rolling basis. Open positions:
The Business Network provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, the Business Network for Offshore Wind complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we employ staff. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Cover letters and resumes should be sent via email to careers@offshorewindus.org.
Communications Associate
Reports To: Vice President of Public Affairs
Type: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/MD
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
The Business Network for Offshore Wind (The Network) is a nonprofit, educational organization with a mission to develop the offshore wind renewable energy industry and its supply chain. The Network partners with industry and government to build an innovative supply chain that will create and sustain jobs, benefiting local economies and ensuring a cost-effective clean energy portfolio. We advance this through collaboration, education, and innovation, bringing together global developers, policymakers, academia, and leading experts to grow this new and vital offshore wind industry that provides a practical solution to climate change and creates well-paying jobs.
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Vice President of Public Affairs, the Communications Associate will support the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s communications efforts, including drafting copy for outreach, the Network website, events and education promotion, and podcast production. This role will focus on telling stories, sharing the Network’s valuable work, and promoting the importance of offshore wind within the growing renewable energy sector.
The associate will keep abreast of new communications and marketing tools and platforms, identify the latest trends and ideas, and help create dynamic content that will help broaden awareness of the Network among members and the public. Ideal candidates will have excellent writing and editing skills and must have a keen interest in renewable energy.
POSITION FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Content creation for webpages, press releases and advisories, newsletters, email promotions, and print materials to support Network events, products, and member/industry outreach
- Monitor social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. This includes breaking news, engaging with members, and monitoring industry news
- Works with the Communications team to develop and produce monthly podcast
- Point-person for the Network’s media partnership fulfillment, including communicating with media partners on digital media, print advertisements, email deployment and more
- Responsible for regular posting and updates to the Network’s website
- Coordinate with team to manage Network speaking engagement requests and preparation
- Other job-related duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- BA in Communications, English preferred
- 2 years equivalent work experience
- Strong writer with knowledge of AP Style
- Experience using WordPress, HeyOrca (or other social media management platform), Google Analytics, and Photoshop
- Knowledge of digital and social media platform(s) marketing
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, both written and oral
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Familiarity with photography/videography and Adobe Suites, including Adobe Premiere Pro, preferred
- Ability to work effectively both as a team member and independently, with a high-level of self-motivation and ability to set and meet goals and deadlines.
How to apply
Send the following to jen@offshorewindus.org:
- A cover letter with an emphasis on why you believe renewable energy is important
- A resume
- A professional writing sample
BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION:
The salary range for this position is commensurable with experience. For full-time, benefit eligible employees, the Network offers an excellent range of benefits including:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental and Vision Benefits
- Employee Life Insurance
- Employee Short & Long Term Disability
- Paid Vacation
- Generous paid leave
- 401K Plan
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Work is in an office environment
The Business Network for Offshore Wind provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, the Business Network for Offshore Wind complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we employ staff. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Senior Support Assistant
Reports To: Chief of Staff
Type: Exempt
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
The Business Network for Offshore Wind (The Network) is a nonprofit, educational organization with a mission to develop the offshore wind renewable energy industry and its supply chain. The Network partners with industry and government to build an innovative supply chain that will create and sustain jobs, benefiting local economies and ensuring a cost-effective clean energy portfolio. We advance this through collaboration, education, and innovation, bringing together global developers, policymakers, academia, and leading experts to grow this new and vital offshore wind industry that provides a practical solution to climate change and creates well-paying jobs.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Network is searching for a Senior Support Assistant who reports directly to the Chief of Staff. The Senior Support Assistant is responsible for managing the day-to-day calendar and provides executive-level administrative support for the Executive Office team and Chief of Staff.
The assistant must be highly organized, diligent, proactive, and enjoy working within an entrepreneurial environment that is mission focused, results driven, and community oriented. This individual will have responsibility for providing a full-range of executive level administrative support and project management to the President and CEO, and executive staff, including work of a highly confidential and complex nature that requires considerable discretion, judgment, flexibility, decision-making, and attention to detail. The Senior Support Assistant works closely with the Chief of Staff, CEO and Executive team to coordinate, execute and manage the administrative functions of the Executive Office.
This person must have the ability to exercise professionalism, discretion, and good judgment in a variety of in/formal and non/public situations with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain balance among multiple and competing priorities.
This position will be required to be able to work onsite at the Network office daily.
POSITION FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee scheduling and calendar management of Executive Office (CEO, Sr. VPs) including scheduling internal and external meetings, travel, external events and speaking engagements by engaging with both internal and external stakeholders in multiple U.S. and global time zones
- Working with the Chief of Staff by vetting scheduling requests (internally and externally) against organizational priorities and Executive office leadership roles to better organize the Executive Office team member’s calendar and responsibilities, make judgements and recommendations before scheduling, prioritize inquiries and requests while troubleshooting conflicts; consult on changes
- Provide contact and follow-up with external offices/requests to schedule and confirm appointments
- Stay ahead of all organization events and the Executive team meetings and appointments to quickly respond and adjust to changes in schedules.
- Collaborating with Chief of Staff to keep the Executive Office team well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, and follow up appropriately
- Working with COS determine staff who should be included in meetings
- Prepare daily calendar along with nightly briefing packet to the Executive Office team
- Coordinates and manage all logistics for complex and continually changing domestic and international travel; maintains reward travel program information for all Executive Office team and Chief of Staff
- Prepare logistics memos for out-of-office appointments including meetings, events, speaking engagements and international and domestic travel; updates and communicates changes to schedule for Executive Office team
- Maintain up-to-date board member information
- Schedules quarterly BOD meetings with direction from Chief of Staff
- Coordinate all aspects of the quarterly Board of Directors (BOD) meetings including ensure any technical requirements for meetings are met
- Schedule BOD committee meetings as needed, be they virtual or in-person. Assist BOD with travel arrangements and lodging, as needed.
- Assemble board packets and board binders for new Director members
- Schedule Board of Director applicant interviews and board orientation, collect applications.
- Provide Executive support of a complex, time-sensitive, detailed and confidential nature
- Follow up on contacts made by the Executive team that supports the cultivation of ongoing relationships – scheduling follow-up meetings and phone calls, emailing and mailing materials.
- Responsible for all executive level data entry and maintaining accurate contact information in the Network database
- Complete a broad variety of administrative tasks that facilitate the Executive Office’s ability to effectively lead the organization, including assisting with special projects; designing and producing complex documents, reports, and presentations; collecting and preparing information for meetings with staff and outside parties; composing and preparing correspondence; maintaining contact lists; making travel arrangements; and completing expense and mileage reports.
- Respond promptly to managers’ queries and assist with requests from senior management for notes, documents, and meeting information as needed
- Assist VP Technology with document management system
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Strong work tenure:3 to 5 years of experience supporting C-Level Executives, preferably in a non-profit organization or government role
- Experience in foundations, nonprofits, or the public sector, highly desirable
- Proven track record of project management and research and skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams) Asana and adobe acrobat. Experience using Salesforce preferred
- Ability to handle multiple tasks under time-sensitive deadlines
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and handle confidential matter with discretion
- Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple and competing tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail. Ability to promote a team culture of accountability and results
- Demonstrated ability to work individually and collaboratively
- Flexibility and tolerance for ambiguity. Willingness to handle complex and mundane matters
- Experience in domestic and international travel arrangements
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally
BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION:
The salary range for this position is commensurable with experience. For full-time, benefit eligible employees, the Network offers an excellent range of benefits including:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental and Vision Benefits
- Employee Life Insurance
- Employee Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Paid Vacation
- Generous paid leave
- 401K Plan
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Work is in an office environment
The Business Network for Offshore Wind provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, the Business Network for Offshore Wind complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we employ staff. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Sr. Vice President of Technology
Position: Senior VP Technology
Reports To: COO
Type: Exempt
Location: Baltimore MD/ Remote Possible
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
The Business Network for Offshore Wind (The Network) is a nonprofit, educational organization with a mission to develop the offshore wind renewable energy industry and its supply chain. The Network partners with industry and government to build an innovative supply chain that will create and sustain jobs, benefiting local economies and ensuring a cost-effective clean energy portfolio. We advance this through collaboration, education, and innovation, bringing together global developers, policymakers, academia, and leading experts to grow this new and vital offshore wind industry that provides a practical solution to climate change and creates well-paying jobs.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Sr. Vice President for Technology is responsible for the implementation, evaluation, improvement and security of the IT infrastructure and digital offerings across the Business Network for Offshore Wind. This position requires the ability to takes a long- term focus, while considering short-term objectives. As a collaborative leader, this position will support all functional areas of the organization with the use of technology and digital services ensuring area alignment to strategic vision and goals of the organization. This position serves as the organization’s primary IT resource and reports to the Chief Operating Officer.
POSITION FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for establishing and implementing the overall technology strategy and operations including alignment across IT systems and software platforms
- Updates and reports on initiatives from the Technology Alignment portfolio, a list of technology projects that are designed to align technology to the business needs of the Business Network.
- Identify, evaluate and recommend appropriate technology platforms for delivering the Network’s program and services including digital workplace, event registration, member portal, and accounting etc.
- Leads technology infrastructure operational planning and budgeting.
- Leads the Network’s IT steering committee.
- Defines and communicates standards for acquiring or developing IT systems, equipment, or software within the organization.
- Ensure all technology and infrastructure procedures and practices comply with best practices and address areas of review during the organization’s annual audit (data center and network operations, system software acquisition, change and maintenance, access security, and IT controls).
- Responsible for the deployment and implementation of digital workplace strategies, systems, digital workplace competencies training, implementation of standards.
- Using Salesforce Communities to manage the creation of a robust community platform for customers to engage, collaborate, renew membership, and so on.
- Deliver a collaborative membership experience across mediums (i.e. web and mobile).
- Responsible for the management of infrastructure/end-point management and support.
- Supervise the Director of Technology and Business Applications.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.
- Identifies technology trends and evolving behavior that may support or impede the Network’s success.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- A Bachelor’s degree in an IT or IT-related field of study.
- 10+ years of experience in the IT operations field with increasing responsibilities and management experience
- Non-profit association experience a plus
- Experience managing technology implementation or upgrade projects
- Experience working with networks cloud-based or hybrid network infrastructures
- Experience with the Microsoft 365 suite of products, Salesforce and Asana
- Experience developing technology investment plans and related budgets
- Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
- Exceptional customer service orientation
- Proven track records of achieving results.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to uses data and analysis to make informed decisions
- Ability to work independently on to follow up on work tasks and deliver as promised
- Takes initiative to suggest improvements, seek additional responsibility, and solve problems
- Initiates discussions with chain of command and co-workers to improve work processes, quality, interpersonal relations, and work outcomes
- Presents innovative ideas to improve the organization and work results
- Produces quality work products that are complete, thorough, clear, and accurate