Living Community Challenge and Policy Director
International Living Future Institute
Seattle, WA
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) seeks a Living Community Challenge and Policy Director to join our staff and grow our community and city scale programs. The Living Community Challenge and Policy Director will be responsible for leading work with neighborhoods, cities and communities nationally and internationally and for growing the Living Community Challenge program as well as our national policy initiative.
The Living Community Challenge is the world's most stringent standard for the creation and evolution of new and existing restorative communities; as such it brings policy barriers to the surface. The successful candidate should have experience engaging with communities and neighborhoods on visionary sustainable initiatives and policy barriers/solutions. The successful applicant must be a multi-tasking self-starter, with a passion for ILFI's mission, strong community development skills, and excellent interpersonal, project management, and writing skills.
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated urban design, architecture, ecological design, policy and/or community planning/engagement experience and should have a passion for taking the Living Building framework to the city and community scale. The position will be filled in Seattle, Washington and will involve frequent travel across North America and beyond. ILFI also has staff and programs in Portland, OR; Chicago; San Francisco; and Boston. ILFI offers a collaborative, team-oriented workplace that treats employees as responsible professionals. While the work is demanding, the hours are often flexible, benefits are generous, and good times are frequent.
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES
- Direct the Living Community Challenge program nationally and internationally including direct engagement and outreach with projects, overseeing the development of program resources and staff, and managing improvements to the program.
- Develop relationships with other partners and initiatives that are engaged with restorative, biophilic, resilient and sustainable city and neighborhood programs.
- Engage with leading cities and regional governments to catalyze engagement with Living Future principles.
- Lead the Institute's Policy program to identify initiatives that can make the Living Community and Building Challenge programs possible for all. Work with Living Building and Community projects to identify policy barriers and provide resources, toolkits education, and advocacy to remove them.
- Work with the Living Future Congresses to lead their regional policy efforts and engage in new partnerships that can transform policy and programs on a global scale.
- Consult with design teams on master plans, including assessing their capacity to achieve net zero energy, net zero water, biophilic design and urban agriculture.
- Oversee the Living Community Challenge education program and present nationally on the Living Community Challenge and policy initiatives.
- Collaborate with the Living Building Challenge, Net Zero Energy and Living Product Challenge teams to align and integrate findings across project scales and programs.
QUALIFICATIONSRequired:
- Bachelor's and/or Masters degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Community Development, Policy or field related to the Living Community Challenge
- At least 10 years professional experience working with community/city scale development programs nationally or internationally and with implementing policy initiatives.
- Exemplary verbal and written presentation skills with demonstrated experience with public speaking on a national scale.
- Excellent demonstrated project management skills and the ability to engage a diverse group of players to a common vision.
- Multi-tasking skills including ability to jump from one project to another
- Friendly, outgoing nature. An ability to go with the flow in a fast paced, high-energy organization is a key to success in this job.
- Demonstrated commitment to ILFI's mission.
Desired:
- Strong graphic skills using Powerpoint, In-Design and other Mac based graphics programs.
- Familiarity with Salesforce, Sketch-up, GIS mapping and other related software.
ILFI IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION / EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
We believe that our staff should reflect the diversity of the communities in which we live in order to achieve a living future that is socially just, cultural rich and ecologically restorative. We are committed to hiring and advancing staff that represent voices from traditionally underrepresented populations.
HOW TO APPLY
To Apply: Submit a resume and cover letter to
employment@living-future.org. Please use the subject line: "Last Name, First Name – LCC Director".
Applications will close Monday, March 14th, 2016
1501 E Madison St, Suite 150
Seattle, WA, 98122, US
Details
Application deadlineMarch 14, 2016Education requirements
Generous benefits package includes health, vision, dental insurance, Employee Life Insurance, 403(b) retirement matching, three weeks of paid annual leave and 12 days annual sick leave.
