Sr. Program Officer, Grants

Enterprise is a national nonprofit that exists to make a good home possible for the millions of families without one.
We support community development organizations on the ground, aggregate and invest capital for impact, advance housing policy at every level of government, and build and manage communities ourselves.
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Summary At Enterprise, we're transforming affordable housing development practices to prioritize climate resilience and lead the transition to a low-carbon economy.
The Senior Program Officer, Predevelopment Grants will help design and manage Power Forward Communities' multifamily market building and predevelopment grants program and support related technical assistance activities.
This staff member will serve as a thought partner and do-er as we build new ways to support owners and operators of multifamily affordable housing properties reach zero emissions across their portfolios.
Predevelopment grant funding will be strategically deployed to build capacity of the sector to equitably decarbonize.
This work will occur in collaboration with our deployment of financial assistance, trainings, and technical assistance.
The Senior Program Officer will have direct contact with owners, operators, and developers of affordable housing as well as many staff members across the Power Forward Communities coalition.
Key success factors for this position are excellent project management skills to ensure a transparent, collaborative, impact-focused, compliant grant program as well as excellence in relationship management and proactive anticipation of needs of the field related to equitable affordable housing decarbonization and climate resilience.
The Senior Program Officer should have technical expertise in decarbonization, climate resilience, community engagement, or sustainability and a proven ability to apply this with affordable housing.
The Senior Program Officer, Grants will report to the Senior Program Director, Energy Justice.
Location:
Washington, DC preferred.
This position may be based in any of the following locations:
Washington, DC; Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Atlanta, GA; Cleveland, OH; New Orleans, LA; Chicago, IL; Detroit, MI; Denver, CO.
Occasional travel will be required to participate in team events and conferences.
Job Responsibilities:
Design and manage RFPs and selection processes for capacity-building grant programs.
Create RFPs and processes for grant selection that are supportive of the Power Forward Communities multifamily program at large and in compliance with federal requirements.
Achieve transparent, community-supporting, capacity-building grant program processes that meaningfully advance Power Forward Communities' ability to exceed our Justice40 commitments.
Oversee and track grantee's performance to achieve successful grant outcomes.
Includes proactive and responsive coordination with grantees, ensuring compliance with program objectives.
Coordinate with operations team, evaluation team, and other stakeholders to ensure grant program success.
Ensure compliance with grantmaking processes and federal requirements while also iterating on