Electric Vehicle Access Program Coordinator
Since opening our doors in 1965, MAAC has focused on helping individuals and families create the lives they want and deserve. For more than five decades, MAAC has been a champion for underrepresented communities throughout San Diego County, providing families in need with resources to achieve self-sufficiency and improve their living conditions. While the organization first began in the southern region of San Diego, MAAC now operates 35 sites across the county, from San Ysidro to Fallbrook. With an annual operating budget of $60 million, MAAC employs nearly 500 staff who provide life-changing services to 70,000 individuals annually through programs in 5 core focus areas: Education, Economic Development, Health & Wellbeing, Housing, and Advocacy & Leadership Development. Through our wide array of programs, MAAC has grown to become one of the largest nonprofit social service organizations in the community. For more information, please visit: http://www.maacproject.org/
Since opening our doors in 1965, MAAC has focused on helping individuals and families create the lives they
Under direct supervision, this position will support and assist the MAAC Electric Vehicle Access Program, and program support staff, to identify, develop, and implement strategies to ensure moderate to low-income community members have equitable access to clean vehicle ownership. The incumbent will participate as a member of a transdisciplinary care and case coordination team and will engage in monitoring and offering support to help ensure successful implementation of the MAAC electric vehicle adoption model. Supportive interactions will include providing support for outreach efforts; applying for EV incentives and rebates to community members; providing education, coaching, and referrals to internal and external community resources; performing other related duties as assigned.
The Program Coordinator plays a vital role in implementing MAAC’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Access Program and environmental sustainability initiatives. Under general supervision, the Program Coordinator will assume responsibilities that include program implementation, leading outreach activities, providing EV education and related supports to program participants, processing applications, partner engagement, and overall coordination of program/contract requirements. The Program Coordinator must be organized, detail-oriented, and able to independently prioritize his or her workload schedules based on the needs of the program(s).
- Direct Service
- Provide EV education, support, and coaching to participants to prepare them for EV ownership, including navigating current incentives and rebates programs.
- Provide financial resources and coaching to participants by connecting them to other MAAC programs when in need of special financing or build/rebuild credit for EV ownership.
- Outreach and Education
- Coordinate online and in-person workshops, events and various grassroots marketing, education and outreach task, (working on evenings and weekends may be required).
- Steward and manage partnerships with other agencies to ensure successful promotion of the program.
- Program Coordination
- Participate in meetings with funders, local government, services agencies, and community-based organizations as requested.
- Provide overall operational support to the Economic Development program.
- Provide logistical and administrative oversight to ensure quality control. Enforce program requirements to meet contractual goals.
- Document efforts and outcomes in CRM.
- Prepare required programmatic reports
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge of:
- Standard office software packages (MS Office: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Ability to:
- Work effectively under deadlines.
- Apply complex concepts, procedures and policies.
- Email, scheduling, conference calls and other common office communications.
- Be attentive to detail, organized and problem-solving skills
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/CERTIFICATION;
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, environmental/energy policy, transportation planning, environmental planning, or environmental science or related field preferred, with at least 3 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, preferably in outreach coordination, partner engagement, community education and case management OR a minimum of 5 years of related experience
- Bilingual (Spanish preferred).
VALUE-BASED BEHAVIORS
Listens attentively to others. Asks clarifying questions to gain a better understanding of the other person’s views and underlying assumptions
Works effectively in a team environment and actively participates in joint problem solving; willingly cooperates with co-workers
Identifies and takes advantage of opportunities for personal and professional development
Attends work consistently and punctually. Arrives to meetings prepared and on time; honors work commitments; follows through on what was agreed upon; meets deadlines
Honors the private and confidential matters of co-workers. Protects the proprietary information of MAAC systems
Follows rules, regulations, and policies; positively contributes to implementing changes
Deals with issues directly, in a respectful and timely manner. Focuses on resolving the issue while not criticizing the person. Follows rules, regulations, and policies; positively contributes to implementing changes
HEALTH STATUS
Must have a physical examination, TB clearance and a drug screen by a doctor/clinic designated by MAAC as well as immunization records for influenza*, pertussis and measles as required by state and federal regulations prior to the first day of employment.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this class, an employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit, talk or hear both in person and by telephone, uses hands to finger, handle or feel objects or controls, reach with hands and arms. An employee also is regularly required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl, climb or balance and lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Mental Demands
While performing the duties of this class, the employee is regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret information; analyze and solve problems; observe and interpret people and situations; use basic math; learn and apply new information or skills; work under intensive deadlines and interact with MAAC management, administrators, staff, teachers, parents, family members, children and others encountered in the course of work.
BACKGROUND CLEARANCE
All positions are subject to a background/education check, DMV check, NSOR, exclusion and debarment checks prior to hire and periodically throughout employment as required by various funding sources.
Note: California Start law requires background criminal checks on anyone who works in a licensed childcare facility who is not a client. Must have or obtain a current criminal background check clearance, signed criminal record statement, and signed Acknowledgement to Report Child Abuse form prior to the first day of employment.
TRANSPORTATION
Must have and maintain a valid California Driver’s License, daily use of a personal, insured vehicle, and have and maintain a motor vehicle driving record acceptable to MAAC’s insurance carrier. Incumbents will be enrolled in the California DMV Pull Program.