Social Environmental Entrepreneur

Are you an experienced entrepreneur with expertise in marketing, the Web, transport, and people? Post Carbon Institute is looking for an energetic and dynamic individual who has strong interpersonal and organizational skills. We need a person to develop the Solar Car Share business who is both creative and logical, and not afraid to roll up their sleeves and take care of details. We balance a Web 2.0 interface with on-the-ground community action. The aim of the Solar Car Share is to share vehicles which are fuelled with local solar energy, thus dramatically reducing both dependence on fossil fuels and carbon emissions.

Potential job duties include but are not limited to:

• Develop the Solar Car Sharing Program, which currently consists of six electric vehicles and one hybrid in Sebastopol
• Initiate and execute a creative marketing program to develop this first-of-its-kind car share program, including brand building, memberships, website development, and local government promotions
• Experiment with different price plans
• Develop and execute a maintenance plan for the vehicles
• Develop requirements for online project and task management for the Solar Car Share (the software will be written by our software department)
• Find prospective charging sites and negotiate with property owners for their installation
• Create partnerships with Solar PV manufacturers to supply panels for solar charging stations
• Identify and secure car share members
• Community outreach through the media, including press releases, etc. and distribution of promotional materials
• Oversee content update and improvement of website and provide leadership regarding e-marketing strategies
• Write copy and oversee creation of case statements, brochures, newsletters, and program promotional materials
• Help respond to media inquiries
• Develop a system for 24 hour emergency call-outs
• Be available for 24 hour for emergency on-call assignments (until above call-out system is developed)
• Develop good relationships with other Post Carbon Institute program managers and staff
• Understand the implications of a Post Carbon world and help build a culture of reduced consumption and local production

Qualifications and experience:

• Proven track record of getting a complex business started
• Must be experienced with web 2.0 Internet usage & using normal office computers
• Project Management (including online experience)
• Developing business systems
• Experience with business development
• Experience with organization development
• Some knowledge of scientific principles
• Ability to think logically and coordinate complex logistical tasks
• Must have excellent written & verbal communication skills, and a good memory
• Some knowledge of electric vehicles, car sharing and fleet management
• You need to self-manage, have excellent follow-through, and multi-tasking abilities, have a good sense of humor and adventure, and maintain a positive attitude
• Desire to get things done well, on time and on budget
• Common sense!

Post Carbon Institute is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers strategic and pragmatic responses to global energy depletion and climate change. Our focus is on providing the research, information, demonstrations and tools to implement proactive strategies for reducing energy consumption, restoring local production, and helping communities get off fossil fuels fast.
Post Carbon Institute is an international organization headquartered in Sebastopol with offices in Portland OR, Vancouver BC and Bristol, England.
See our web site at www.postcarbon.org.

We offer health insurance to employees and their families.

To Apply:

PLEASE NOTE: Paste your resume and cover letter into the body of an email. Please send the application to jobs@postcarbon.org.

Please also attach a well formatted PDF to the email in case we need to print out your resume (since formatting can be spoiled by HTML email).

Please indicate your salary expectations, and write Entrepreneur in the subject line of the email and on the resume. We appreciate your interest in Post Carbon Institute, and regret that we are only able to respond personally to applicants called to interview.

For more information about work and our sites: please see our website at www.postcarbon.org.

Closing date: Position open until filled