Technical Writer in Honolulu (Some Remote)

This is a grant writer position and will report directly to Hawaii Energy staff:

• Identify third-party funding sources that fund energy efficiency projects for the public and private sector customers (e.g., businesses and other for-profit and non-profit entities) who lack the upfront capital to fully fund energy efficiency implementation
• Including family foundations, bank and credit union foundations, local/state/federal grant opportunities, loan and microloan agencies, crowdsourcing opportunities (e.g., Kickstarter, IndieGogo, Kiva, Slow Money, etc.)
• Understand focus areas for grantors, develop relationship with grantor’s program manager
• Catalog grant sources, deadlines, requirements, etc. and create a schedule of rolling deadlines
• Work with Hawaii Energy staff to identify, recruit and engage potential customers to match and work with potential grant sources
• Establish matching criteria and process to match customers to appropriate grant sources
• Hawaii Energy Incentive Plus
• Empower
• Strategic Energy Management (SEM)
• Prepare proposal by working with Hawaii Energy staff and the customer to determine the financial need, gather and format information to grant requirements, writing grant proposal drafts, and obtain Hawai?i Energy and customer approvals, as needed.
• Meet proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, approval, and transmittal.
• Submit, administer and manage/monitor/track grants for customers seeking funding for energy efficiency projects, including all reporting requirements
• Work from a home office during COVID-19 restrictions but have a workspace at Hawaii Energy’s office upon the location’s opening (report to the office unless office not open due to COVID)

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of 3 years experience in grant writing, prospect research, and grant management or general fundraising experience; or a minimum of 3 years comparable and transferable skills acquired in a professional setting
• Detail-oriented
• Customer-oriented
• Preferred skills: presenting and interacting with public