Associate, Codes and Standards

This is a 100% remote role, however, applicants must reside in one of NEEP's 13 states/jurisdictions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia).

About NEEP

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) is a regional nonprofit that works to accelerate energy efficiency, electrification, and grid-flexibility across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states as a core strategy to reduce climate pollution and build an affordable, sustainable, just, and resilient energy future. NEEP focuses on the components key to rapid, equitable decarbonization of the regional buildings sector - strong policies and regulations to address building emissions and lower energy bills, market transformation for electric building technologies, community-led solutions, and a diverse and experienced workforce. NEEP supports collaboration among government, industry, community groups, academia, and advocates to drive long-term regional change. Learn more about NEEP at www.neep.org.

Our Culture: Why work with us? Our team is our most valuable resource. We represent a diverse mosaic of backgrounds, ideas, perspectives, and life experiences. The thing that unites us is our common mission to accelerate energy efficiency, electrification, and grid-flexibility across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states as a core strategy to reduce climate pollution and build an affordable, sustainable, just, and resilient energy future. We've nurtured an environment that values creative thinking and well-informed decision-making, embracing diversity and inclusivity. Our leadership places a strong emphasis on transparency, accessibility, authenticity, and the growth of our employees.

What's In It For You:

NEEP is based in Massachusetts, with staff in locations around the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. We are a remote-first organization, which allows our employees to work in any of NEEP's 13 states/jurisdictions in the region. If you are someone who can dive in, research, and analyze topics relating to building energy efficiency and decarbonization, provide technical assistance to state and local governments, and serve as a resource to NEEP's stakeholders, then please keep reading.

The Associate, Codes and Standards is responsible for keeping up to date with the latest developments in building energy code development across our region and tracking relevant programs, technologies, policies, and market developments. If you possess a knack for both independent work and team coordination, you might be just who we're looking for. If you also have a deep interest in nonprofit work and the passion to champion mission-driven vision and values, we'd love to hear from you. You will thrive in NEEP's collaborative and fast-paced work environment and will respect and uphold our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

A Day In The Life Of This Role:

In this role, you will promote energy efficiency by working with building energy codes, building performance standards, and appliance standards.

Research, Analysis, and Report Development

• You'll conduct research, data collection, and analysis to support strategy development. You'll work with other team members in the development of written resources. You'll assist in managing existing NEEP tools, making improvements to them, as well as contributing to the development of new tools and resources.
• You'll assist in the preparation and editing of regular blogs and other NEEP web-based content.
• You'll prepare quarterly and annual progress reports and provide information as needed for internal and external communications.

Coordination

• Externally, you'll coordinate NEEP's project activities with other relevant national and regional efforts, including planning and participation in selected conferences and workshops. Internally, you'll coordinate project activities and materials with other NEEP teams and projects to advance energy efficiency.

Outreach and Facilitation

• You'll respond to requests for technical assistance.
• You'll engage with stakeholders with outreach methods that are appropriate to community needs and to ensure that additional voices are heard.

What We Need From You:

• Experience and Expertise: Minimum of 6 months of experience within climate action, clean energy, or building science.
  • Individuals with significant volunteer experience with energy efficiency, building decarbonization, or building electrification work are also encouraged to apply.
• Technical Acumen: Demonstrated ability to understand and effectively communicate technical concepts.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills with a talent for clear, concise presentation.
• Tech Savvy: Proficient in MS Office Suite; ArcGIS proficiency a plus.

• Independent and Collaborative: Ability to take direction, work independently, and coordinate with others.
• Passion and Alignment: Deep interest in energy efficiency and alignment with NEEP's mission and vision.

Salary Range: The salary for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience, offering a range of $55,000 to $65,000 annually.

The position is exempt and scheduled 40 hours per week although additional hours including evenings and weekends may be required.

NEEP is a remote office and offers employees a flexible schedule. Our generous benefits package includes health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage; a 401(k)-retirement plan with a generous match; a work from home stipend; accrued paid time off; and 12 paid holidays (four of which are floating holidays - take them whenever you'd like!).

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about this job opportunity. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways - not just candidates who check all the boxes. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

NEEP is committed to an organizational culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. We are committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, and physical or mental disability. We apply this policy to assure non-discriminatory practices in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and all other activities. This also supports our capacity to achieve our mission on a regional scale.

Salary : $55,000 - $65,000