Director, Multifamily Outreach

Enterprise is a national nonprofit that exists to make a good home possible for the millions of families without one. We support community development organizations on the ground, aggregate and invest capital for impact, advance housing policy at every level of government, and build and manage communities ourselves. Since 1982, we have invested $72 billion and created 1 million homes across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands – all to make home and community places of pride, power and belonging.

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Working at Enterprise

At Enterprise, you’ll be part of a diverse, committed team making a difference every day. You will collaborate with some of the smartest minds and biggest hearts in our field. You’ll be empowered to drive systems change and take bold steps to advance racial equity. And you will find a career home where you’re valued and supported in your growth journey.

Enterprise offers career opportunities in our offices across the country with an exceptional benefits package.

Job Description Summary

Enterprise co-founded Power Forward Communities (PFC), a landmark coalition with some of the country’s most trusted community development, climate, and housing organizations. It is purpose-built to decarbonize America’s homes and drive a market transformation that cuts costs, benefits renters and homeowners, and focuses on low-income communities nationwide. The EPA has awarded the coalition a $2 billion National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF) grant. Together with our coalition partners — Rewiring America, Habitat for Humanity International, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and United Way Worldwide — Enterprise will use this award to deploy a powerful combination of financing, market building, and community engagement to create healthier, safer, and more affordable homes.

The National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF), part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), represents one of the most profound public investments in climate resilience in our nation’s history. With this award, Enterprise has been entrusted to help turn the nation’s most critical climate legislation into transformational housing legislation by ensuring hundreds of thousands of affordable homes are built or preserved.

The Director, Multifamily Outreach will be a leader within the market-building platform designed to build the capacity of owners and operators of multifamily affordable rental housing properties to prioritize beneficial decarbonization as they build, retrofit, and operate their properties. This position will develop, launch, and manage the outreach and education components of this program – a national program with local nuance. Ultimately, this is a tremendous opportunity to shape equitable affordable housing decarbonization.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, creative, and effective leader eager to support their colleagues, Power Forward Communities coalition members, and external partners in preparing for a changing climate. They will build and cultivate a team to deliver this work, collaborate frequently, and keep a keen eye on the big picture goal while iterating with effective delivery strategies. The position requires developing responsive outreach strategies, following through, tracking success, and adjusting strategies accordingly. Key success measures will include creating a comprehensive and meaningful outreach strategy across all national Enterprise equitable decarbonization activities, creating a distinctive approach for Enterprise all the while coordinating with PFC coalition members and other GGRF grantees, and ultimately achieving increased interest and ability for equitable decarbonization on the part of affordable housing owners. This position will require a strong candidate to create our own distinguishable outreach and education program, with nimble responsiveness to community needs and rapidly shifting market conditions.

The Director will report to the Senior Director, Building Resilient Futures.

This position may be based in any of the following locations: Washington, DC; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Atlanta, GA; Cleveland, OH; New Orleans, LA; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Denver, CO; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; greater Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop, launch, and manage an outreach and education strategy for affordable housing stakeholders in alignment with established equitable decarbonization goals. Ultimately, achieve increased awareness, interest, and capacity from multifamily affordable housing owner/operators to equitably decarbonize homes.
• Represent PFC externally, with frequent speaking engagements.
• Establish and maintain strong partner relationships within Enterprise, with PFC coalition members, external stakeholders, and other GGRF awardees to achieve reasonable alignment across multifamily market building activities.
• Develop community-led processes to guide outreach and education strategies.
• Provide oversight for deploying a series of regional education events modeled after Enterprise’s Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute.
• Leverage constructive relationships across disciplines and functions; lead multidisciplinary teams to accomplish objectives.
• In coordination with Impact & Evaluation team and PFC, evaluate and adjust outreach and education activities.
• Lead and manage staff to cultivate talent, foster teamwork, and maximize impact.
• Actively participate in other team initiatives, helping to achieve an impactful, fun, cross-functional approach to Building Resilient Futures.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will bring a range of experience and attributes to Enterprise:

• Demonstrated commitment to racial equity and social justice.
• Minimum of ten years of experience designing and/or delivering community-based outreach programs, preferably national programs with nuance for local implementation.
• Experience and successful track record designing and delivering education and capacity building programs, preferably related to multifamily rental affordable housing decarbonization.
• Familiarity with affordable housing and/or community development.
• Familiarity with building decarbonization, energy efficiency, climate resilience, and/or healthy housing.
• High level of competency managing highly complex programs.
• Superior ability to influence and innovate across locations.
• Leverage constructive relationships across disciplines and functions; lead multidisciplinary teams to accomplish objectives.
• Exercise foresight and judgment in initiating, planning, organizing, and guiding highly complex projects.
• Proven ability to lead and manage staff members through effective planning and organizing, decision making, motivating, supervising, and evaluating.
• Strong ability to foster teamwork and develop staff, leverage talent, and partner with colleagues to meet our mission.
• Demonstrated experience in managing budgets and the efficient use of financial resources. Experience with federal contracts preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to coordinate complex activities, prioritize conflicting demands, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated professionalism, diplomacy, composure, flexibility and ability to adapt to a variety of situations.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to clearly express ideas, thoughts, and concepts verbally and in writing.
• Ability to travel.
• Undergraduate degree preferred or combination of education and experience.

Total Rewards at Enterprise:

You will be working with a group of talented professionals who are motivated by serving the community and addressing the need for affordable housing.

Enterprise offers a comprehensive total rewards package for you and your family.

The base salary for this role is $115,000 to $125,000, depending on level of skills and experience.

The salary range for this position is represented by the low and high end of the range for the amount to be paid for the position. Salaries paid at Enterprise will vary based on factors that may include skills, education, location, experience, and performance. The salary range is just a part of the total rewards package provided to employees at Enterprise, and other rewards may include annual performance bonuses and generous paid leave programs.

At Enterprise, our benefits form a major component of our total rewards package. Benefits include dental, health, and vision care plans, as well as family-building benefits, such as fertility, adoption, surrogacy support, and gender-affirming care. Enterprise allows flexible work arrangements to promote a better work-life balance. We offer health advocacy, EAP, and mental health benefits. We round out our total rewards package by offering financial education, wellness programs, and auto-enrollment in the company's 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions. Finally, you will have learning and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement for job-related courses and certifications. Thank you for your interest in joining the Enterprise team in our effort and commitment to serve others.