Chief Operating Officer - Mission-Driven Energy Leader

Central Coast Community Energy; Monterey (CA); Hybrid; USD 350,000 - 375,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

PTO 180 hours annually

Health insurance

Retirement PARS

Cell phone allowance

Job summary

Central Coast Community Energy seeks an innovative, collaborative, strategic executive to help lead our internal operations in support of 3CE’s mission to provide reliable and affordable clean electricity and electrification programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen our local economies.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) reports to the CEO and leads multiple departments, oversees a Director-level team, and ensures operations run smoothly across a growing public agency in

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to develop staff, including giving timely, specific feedback.
• Ability to manage managers: setting clear expectations, supporting their development, and intervening appropriately when they or their teams need help.
• Skill in managing conflict without taking sides prematurely and without allowing problems to fester.
• Ability to draw out candid input from staff, including staff who are reluctant to speak up.
• Comfort holding staff accountable, including having direct conversations around performance strengths and weaknesses.
• Genuine interest in the wellbeing of staff, including work-life balance and professional growth.
• Ability to engender a strong sense of teamwork and shared purpose among senior staff that permeates throughout the organization.
• Adhere to 3CE’s personnel rules and policies.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise the Director-level team, including setting clear expectations, giving timely feedback, conducting performance reviews, supporting professional development, and making staffing decisions as needed.
• Translate the CEO's strategic direction into operational execution across 3CE’s departments, setting metrics and monitoring progress.
• Coordinate closely with the senior-executive team to identify and resolve cross-departmental issues and ensure alignment among Directors and their teams.
• Actively raise the performance bar across the organization by developing talent, setting high standards, and building teams where excellence is the norm.
• Designs and fosters functional and engaging workplaces that incorporate technology to promote high performing workplaces and support employees seamlessly across our multi-office footprint.
• Leads strategy and governance for enterprise systems, data management, and cybersecurity programs, keeping 3CE's technology and information assets secure, compliant, and aligned with organizational goals.
• Attend and present at regularly scheduled Board and Committee meetings as requested by the CEO, and prepare Director-level staff to do the same.
• COO is responsible, in coordination with the Treasurer and senior-executive team, to develop and implement long-term financial goals, annual budgets, and operational efficiency improvements.
• Ensure 3CE’s operations run smoothly, efficiently, and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
• Sustain a culture of public entrepreneurship in which staff raise problems early, provide candid input on draft decisions, and pursue creative solutions.
• Model civic engagement by representing 3CE at community events and, as appropriate, serving on boards of local non-profit or industry organizations.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the CEO, CCO, CPO, General Counsel, Boards of Directors, Community Advisory Committee, staff, regulatory agencies, and community partners.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

Job description

Central Coast Community Energy seeks an innovative, collaborative, strategic executive to help lead our internal operations in support of 3CE’s mission to provide reliable and affordable clean electricity and electrification programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen our local economies.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) reports to the CEO and leads multiple departments, oversees a Director-level team, and ensures operations run smoothly across a growing public agency in