Populus, LLC/Los Angeles, CA
Do you have energy efficiency technical expertise, customer service skills, and sales experience?
Are you passionate about helping people reduce their energy consumption?
If so, please read on.
About Populus:
Populus, LLC is a residential energy efficiency and climate adaptation program implementer with offices in Boulder, Colorado and San Mateo, California. Founded in 2006, our core area of specialization and expertise is the implementation of residential demand-side management and community climate change programs that engage homeowners to make investments in energy efficiency upgrades. Leveraging our People First, Buildings Second™ approach, Populus has gained national recognition for our success at converting program participants to making investments in energy efficiency upgrades. For example, Populus energy advisors have a combined success rate of 72% for converting single-family customers in our EnergySmart program to make investments in energy upgrades. Populus is a company with one centralized mission: to take on the challenges of our clients as if they were our own. We focus on finding simple solutions to empower our clients to meet their programmatic energy efficiency goals. Our dedicated team of energy efficiency experts is driven to be the most successful residential energy efficiency program administrator in the country.
About the position:
Populus is expanding and looking for a new full-time team member in the Los Angeles area with both energy and outreach experience to provide both energy advising and real estate professional engagement services. This Energy Advisor will conduct outreach to real estate professionals through a variety of channels, conduct presentations and trainings to help real estate professionals understand and communicate the value and benefits of energy efficiency measures from both buyers' and sellers' perspectives, and encourage real estate professionals to refer customers to the advising service. The Energy Advisor will provide ongoing and individualized assistance to homeowners, contractors, and real estate professionals interested in green building and work to identify and remove barriers to participation in the Energy Upgrade California™ Home Upgrade and Advanced Home Upgrade rebate programs. The Energy Advisor will be an expert on-demand via a dedicated toll-free number, ready to help callers with program eligibility, building science, contractor selection, rebates, financing, relevant resources, and customer service.
Required qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Knowledge of building science concepts and applications
Exemplary customer service skills
Effective sales skills
Strong listening, oral, and written communication skills
Consistently friendly, positive, and professional communications, even under pressure
Ability to explain technical data in easy to understand terms
Ability to present comfortably to large audiences
Ability to plan and conduct training events
Expertise with or ability to quickly learn web-based software such as Salesforce, Google Mail, and Dropbox
Strong work ethic
Goal-oriented attitude demonstrated through words and actions
Ability to effectively utilize available resources to achieve goals
Ability to efficiently handle multiple tasks at one time
Ability to learn new information quickly
Desirable qualifications:
Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst or similar certification
Contacts in the real estate community
Multilingual
Knowledge of sustainability and environmental issues
How to apply:
After familiarizing yourself with our company at http://www.populusllc.com, please submit a brief cover letter and resume. In your cover letter, please highlight your most relevant experience and why you believe you would be a good fit for this position.
Due to the high volume of applicants anticipated, we apologize in advance that we will not respond to confirm receipt of your cover letter and resume. Thank you for your interest.
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