Entrepreneur in Residence: Community Impact Coach (Contractor)

About Elemental

Elemental Impact is a nonprofit investment platform that invests in climate companies and projects with deep local impact. Elemental has a 15-year history of investing in real world solutions that make neighborhoods and homes cleaner, healthier, safer and more. We've invested in over 160 climate companies to date and successfully stewarded significant government and philanthropic resources, leveraging our expertise to de-risk technologies and attract additional investment. Core to our work supporting innovation and entrepreneurs, and essential to our five-year strategy, is the central role of social equity and community impact in the implementation of climate technologies.

We are a dedicated, passionate, and diverse team that thrives in a fast-paced environment driven by a shared desire to maximize impact. At Elemental, where we are constantly pushing the edge of innovation, we find ourselves at an exciting inflection point - with more federal funding into climate solutions and philanthropic engagement than ever before, we will be steadily growing our team to meet the moment. Join us at Elemental Impact and be part of the next phase of our journey.

About the role

Elemental is seeking an Entrepreneur in Residence: Community Impact Coach. This is a consulting position that could range from 10-20 hours per week depending on the consultant’s availability and the scope of activities. Work will be performed within a dynamic, innovative team environment with support from our organization and the broader ecosystem. We are looking for someone who is deeply knowledgeable about the experience of building a responsible community engagement practice in or for a climate tech company or similar context within corporate, and who can be a diligent partner for our entrepreneurs!

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Mentor and coach climate tech companies in our portfolio to achieve community benefit, workforce, and other impact outcomes prioritized in their investments and project plans
• Identify successes and lessons learned from coaching engagements that support the Elemental team to develop and design tools, resource guides and processes related to community engagement, community benefit, and workforce plans
• Design and host interactive calls, workshops, peer learning sessions as needed for portfolio companies to grow their knowledge of these key strategies required to deliver project impact
• Establish relationships for Elemental and our portfolio with place-based partners as needed in support of community engagement, community benefits, and workforce development plans
• Track and share portfolio progress and insights with the internal team, including creating a set of specific case studies at the close of coaching engagements
• Guide companies through the development and execution of community-focused events, such as launches, ribbon-cuttings, and open houses
• Provide as needed support to respond to opportunities and gaps in the market identified by the team, such as research, landscape analysis, summaries, and other activities

About You

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about helping climate tech hardware and software companies scale. You could be a great fit for this role if you have been able to effectively guide the creation and growth of a community outreach and engagement, external affairs, policy, or other similar practice/team within or with startups or corporate environments. Additionally, you’ll bring expertise helping companies implement climate technology projects in partnership with local communities, workforce development organizations, and other partners.

Qualifications (even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications, we still encourage you to apply!)

Desired skills:

• Proven track record developing policy, community engagement, and other similar strategies, processes, and procedures within a U.S. startup environment
• Ability to engage network to support Elemental portfolio companies and broader ecosystem
• Excellent project management and communication competencies
• Flexible, creative, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment
• High emotional intelligence and ability to build interpersonal relationships
• Experience or passion for consulting, coaching, and/or teaching
• Excellent written and oral communication and stakeholder management skills

Standout skills:

• Worked in climate and sustainability
• Eagerness to share connections and network, past experiences, guidance and other assets that benefit company leaders’ and project team’s success
• Experience coaching or providing consulting services
• Experience building and managing a community engagement, project management, policy or other similar team within a startup or corporate
• Experience building partnerships with nonprofits and/or community-based organizations
• Relationships with lobbyists, public affairs, partnership, community and other consultants

Compensation and Location:

• Elemental offers an hourly rate of $150 per hour, which is based on market data and the organization’s compensation philosophy.
• This position will be remote and candidates can be based anywhere in the United States.
• Continuation of employment is dependent upon program/operational needs, satisfactory work performance, availability of funds, and compliance with applicable Federal/State laws.

Other Application Details:

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Continuation of employment is dependent upon program/operational needs, satisfactory work performance, availability of funds, and compliance with applicable Federal/State laws.

We will accept and review applications on a rolling basis. Although all applications will be considered, we may be unable to respond to all inquiries. Please note that we do read cover letters, so we advise spending adequate time on them to share your relevant stories and experiences with us. We also ask that you refrain from using tools like Chat GPT and keep the cover letter to 1-2 pages long. We try to keep applications open for at least 2 weeks, but if we receive a high volume of applications early on, we may close the position.

Elemental is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including but not limited to: Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC); members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities; people who have disabilities; veterans, and people from low-income backgrounds.

Elemental is also committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws.