Senior Associate, DoD Energy Resilience
Converge Strategies
- Columbia, SC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Rapidly deploying clean energy technologies such as solar energy, wind energy, and battery storage to support critical infrastructure and disaster preparedness in states and cities.
- Scaling-up Department of Defense energy and climate resilience strategies for domestic and global missions.
- Supporting energy and climate partnerships between companies, governments, and the national security enterprise.
- Organize, direct and coordinate the planning and production of a new Army regulation for installation energy and water management.
- Demonstrate exemplary writing skills related to DoD and Army energy policy, including comporting with AR 25-50 writing requirements and style.
- Support high-profile clients to achieve their policy objectives and business goals, and be comfortable in a client facing role.
- Coordinate across multiple stakeholders within the Army installation management community, adjudicating comments and aligning to senior leader objectives.
- Develop high-quality project deliverables such as white papers, playbooks, and briefing decks.
- Demonstrate expertise in written and oral communication skills.
- Participate in proposal writing for new business capture by coordinating among CSL colleagues and external partners.
- Connect and leverage professional networks to create new opportunities for collaboration.
- Travel approximately 25% or as needed, based on safety restrictions.
- Expertise in DoD and Army energy resilience goals and mandates, mission assurance assessments, and public-private utility partnerships.
- Knowledge of DoD installation energy management data, policy, funding, and contracting.
- Experience with interpreting and/or translating public law, statute, and executive orders into executive or legislative branch Federal Agency policy is preferable.
- Technical knowledge of renewable energy, energy storage, energy finance, and/or advanced energy policy preferred. Including:
- Experience with electric transmission and/or distribution systems.
- Experience with power generation (microgrids, energy storage, engines/turbines, renewables, etc.).
- Operational experience with electric utilities, interconnection, demand response, etc.
- Experience working with the Department of Defense, such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense or the Military Departments.
- Experience writing and coordinating federal policies and supporting documentation.
- Ability to thrive within highly collaborative and dynamic teams.
- Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree in public policy, business, engineering or law (MA, MS, MBA, JD, PhD) or equivalent functional certifications preferred.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.