Remote Program Specialist, Energy-Efficient Homes

ICF Olson; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work options

Tuition assistance

Professional certifications

Health and retirement benefits

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase opportunities

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Program Specialist to support residential new construction programs across Minnesota. You will work with builders, HERS raters, trade allies, and internal teams to implement, report, and improve program delivery while advancing energy efficiency and sustainable housing practices.

The role offers remote Minnesota work options, cross-team collaboration, and opportunities for growth in energy and sustainability projects within ICF's practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Energy, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Construction Management, Engineering, Business Administration or a related field (or substitute one year of related experience for one year of education)
• 2+ years of experience supporting energy-efficiency programs, residential construction programs, project coordination, program operations and/or related

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day program implementation, administration, and delivery across assigned residential new construction programs.
• Coordinate meetings, communications, presentations, action items, and stakeholder follow-up activities.
• Track and support program performance metrics, including participation, energy savings, incentive activity, budgets, and other program goals.
• Assist with reporting activities, including data collection, quality checks, analysis, and preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc reports.
• Support forecasting, planning, budgeting, and financial tracking activities through data gathering, analysis, and monitoring of program expenditures.
• Coordinate application intake, eligibility reviews, incentive processing, invoicing, payment tracking, reconciliation, and issue resolution.
• Review program documentation and assist with participant, builder, trade ally, and stakeholder questions related to program requirements and incentive pathways.
• Support quality assurance reviews, documentation management, process improvements, and corrective action activities.
• Maintain program systems, databases, reporting tools, tracking resources, and program documentation.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Energy, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Construction Management, Engineering, Business Administration or related field

Tools

Ekotrope

Sightline

Salesforce

Power BI

Jira

FocusPoint

Job description

ICF is seeking a Program Specialist to support residential new construction programs across Minnesota. You will work with builders, HERS raters, trade allies, and internal teams to implement, report, and improve program delivery while advancing energy efficiency and sustainable housing practices.

The role offers remote Minnesota work options, cross-team collaboration, and opportunities for growth in energy and sustainability projects within ICF's practice.