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Project Coordinator: GHHI Denver
Job Description: Project Coordinator, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) Denver
National Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Summary Description
The GHHI Project Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the successful development and
implementation of the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative at the GHHI Denver site. The Project
Coordinator will work closely with lead organizations and other partner organizations and agencies to
formulate and implement GHHI goals, objectives, and strategies. The stakeholders typically involved in
GHHI sites are diverse and include municipal and state governments, local philanthropies, community
based organizations, healthcare providers, utilities, weatherization and lead remediation contractors,
academia, and others. The Coordinator will work to ensure that partners most effectively coordinate
and leverage their collective resources to ensure the success of the project.
Green and Healthy Homes Initiative Summary
The National Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning’s national Green and Healthy Homes Initiative
(GHHI) is designed to streamline programs that address health, safety, lead hazard reduction, energy
efficiency, and weatherization into an integrated, comprehensive “whole house” approach to better
serve low and moderate income populations at the local level. With strong support and endorsement
from the Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Council on Foundations, the
Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, the National Environmental Health
Association, and over fifteen local and national foundations, Green and Healthy Homes is creating a
national movement to improve the integrated delivery of housing interventions that create healthier,
more stable and cost effective housing.
The GHHI approach achieves multiple benefits, including healthier and more energy efficient homes,
higher quality green jobs, increased economic opportunities for low income communities, and better
health outcomes for children and families. These benefits are attained by leveraging the nation’s
investment in weatherization, energy efficiency, lead hazard reduction and Healthy Homes
interventions. In the short term, GHHI is seeking to develop and implement model interventions in 3,750
units across 15 different GHHI project sites around the country over the next two years. Over the long‐
term, GHHI seeks to build off of our initial success and learning to create a movement that will
substantially increase the stock of green, healthy, well maintained, and sustainable housing in low to
moderate income communities and to create substantially better health, environmental, and economic
outcomes for residents and their children. For more information, please visit www.ghhi.org.
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Duties include but are not limited to:
1) Project Management: Lead and manage the development, implementation, and execution of an
action plan that accurately forecasts resource needs and aligns GHHI goals with standards, practices,
and principles to meet overall GHHI objectives; coordinate GHHI stakeholders’ effort to produce 250
green and healthy homes interventions in Denver over the course of two years; and collect data and
prepare monthly reports and summaries for GHHI partners and funders.
2) Partnership Facilitation: Set agendas and facilitate meetings; maintain effective communication and
conduct follow up activities with GHHI leadership, partners and funders; lead and manage the creation
of a GHHI work group and ensure that roles and responsibilities for all team members are clear, reflect a
comprehensive approach, and focus sharply on re‐management to a GHHI systems change approach
that blends funding and efficiently coordinates activities on the ground; develop and implement
communication tools to inform external stakeholders about GHHI and its progress.
3) Capacity Building and Technical Assistance: Partner with local and national GHHI staff and leaders to
identify and create opportunities that support GHHI efforts; assess and address priority capacity needs
of partners; facilitate technical assistance from GHHI national team to local partner organizations on an
as needed basis; attend and facilitate training sessions around GHHI topics including energy efficiency
and weatherization, healthy homes, workforce training, and job creation; serve as a liaison to the
network of GHHI pilot sites to engage in the sharing of best practices; and aid in identifying training and
other support needs that the GHHI national team can address.
4) Development: Work closely with GHHI national staff and local partners to develop a funding plan that
leverages resources to support GHHI implementation in the site over the course of the two year pilot;
develop and advocate for avenues and resources to sustain the project over time; support national GHHI
team and Denver’s federal grantwriters in development of grant and funding proposals as needed;
coordinate with GHHI national team on grant review, training, and support; support national GHHI team
in building multi‐year philanthropic support for GHHI work.
Other Duties:
Serve as program liaison and local point person for National GHHI effort
Manage day to day program activities and coordinate partners at assigned pilot site
Identify, develop and maintain strong relationships with existing and new local partners
Ensure local fidelity to the GHHI model and approach and accurate and appropriate use of tools and
resources by local partners (database platform, GHHI related curriculum, materials, forms,
interventions, etc.)
Actively report monthly progress on implementation and status to the national GHHI team
Qualifications:
The successful applicant must possess:
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Degree in public policy, public health, business management, government, economics,
environmental science or other GHHI related field or equivalent experience
Proven project management and organizational skills with attention to detail
Experience building and leading large collaborative efforts and achieving results across multiple
partnerships and agendas
Experience having worked with partners from multiple sectors, including government, nonprofit,
and for‐profit entities
An ability to work independently and lead local efforts while serving as part of a national team
Cultural competency and strong interpersonal skills for interacting with colleagues and program
partners of all demographic and professional levels
A track record of open and effective internal and external communication and ability to
effectively engage diverse audiences and stakeholders orally and in writing
Strong presentation and public speaking skills
Strong writing skills
Flexiblity, initiative, and a collaborative spirit
High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Own vehicle for transportation
The ideal Project Coordinator will possess:
Extensive knowledge of and experience working with local organizations, governments and
partners
Good judgment and excellent analytical and strategic thinking capabilities
The capacity to help bring about systems and process change
The capacity to pay close attention to detail while juggling multiple tasks
The ability to work effectively independently as well as part of a team made up of people from
diverse backgrounds and in partnership with other organizations
Background in GHHI‐related fields, such as planning, public health, lead abatement, toxic
mitigation, community development, energy efficiency, weatherization, home
renovation/repair, workforce development
Understanding of and connection to local political environment
Familiarity with federal programs and funding streams that impact GHHI, including those
through HUD, EPA, DOE, CDC, and others
Strong understanding and commitment to addressing environmental and economic inequities
through solution‐based approaches
Experience in writing grant proposals and building relationships with foundations
Ability to travel for trainings, meetings, and conferences
Spanish speaking skills beneficial
The Project Coordinator is a grant funded, three year, full time position of the National Coalition to End
Childhood Lead Poisoning. Position is housed and supervised locally at the Denver Office of Strategic
Partnerships. Salary is $50,000 ‐ $60,000 dependent on experience. Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please submit resume and cover letter by 5:00 p.m. on March 11, 2011 to:
Dace West, Director
Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships
dace.west@denvergov.org
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The Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships (DOSP) was created in January 2004 to serve as a liaison
between the City of Denver and the nonprofit sector. DOSP serves as a catalyst to leverage the best of
Denver’s public and nonprofit sectors to engage in innovative and collaborative work. DOSP believes
that by working collectively, the public and nonprofit sectors can be even more efficient and effective in
strengthening Denver’s communities. Visit our website at www.denvergov.org/strategicpartnerships for
more information.
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