Chief Operating Officer

• 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.

• Demonstrated ability to develop staff, including giving timely, specific, and kind 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.

• Calm demeanor under pressure, including in politically visible or emotionally charged situations.
• Takes responsibility for outcomes, including mistakes, without deflecting.
• Honest communication, including willingness to say “I don't know” or “I was wrong.”
• Respect and tact when working with elected officials, Board members, staff, and the public.
• Confidence in addressing conflict swiftly, resolutely, kindly, and confidentially.

• Demonstrated experience designing and scaling operational and management systems that promote operational excellence as an organization grows in size and complexity.
• Strong budget and financial management skills, including the ability to evaluate public financing opportunities, read and use balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
• Ability to draft staff reports that recommend rate changes or other significant actions, and to defend them in public meetings.
• Strong project and time management skills; ability to prioritize and adapt quickly in a changing environment.
• Creative problem-solving, including the ability to develop novel solutions to organizational or personnel problems.

• High-quality writing, including for Board packets, staff reports, and public communications.
• Clear and persuasive oral communication, including in public meetings.
• Ability to present and interact effectively with regulatory agencies, executive colleagues, Board members, staff, and the public.
• Comfort operating under California's Brown Act and related public meeting and public records requirements.

• California energy markets, products, and regulatory structure.
• Community Choice Aggregation governance, financing, and operations.
• Public agency operations, including Joint Powers Authorities, the Brown Act, and the Public Records Act.
• Public Works projects and the California Contracting Code.
• Power procurement, hedging, and portfolio risk management.
• Utility rate design and cost-of-service analysis.

3CE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS RECRUITMENT AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS.

HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE AS DESIGNATED BY CEO: Current remote workdays are scheduled on Mondays and Thursdays OR Employee may elect to work a 9/80 work schedule with alternating Fridays or Mondays off.

BENEFITS: 3CE offers a competitive benefits structure to its full-time employees.

RETIREMENT: Employees contribute 10% of their salary on a pre-tax basis towards the PARS retirement system, and the employer contributes 10% towards PARS. 

HEALTH INSURANCE: 3CE pays 90% employer paid coverage for employee plus family coverage. 100% employer paid for single coverage towards medical, dental, and vision. 3CE contributes up to $2400 annually towards flexible spending benefits and $3600.00 towards HRA.

HEALTH & WELLNESS: 3CE contributes $1,000 per fiscal year for health, wellness, or EV reimbursement.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION: 3CE offers 457 deferred compensations. 

PTO: 180 hours annually on an accrual basis per pay period. 

CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE: This position is eligible for a cell phone allowance of $50.00 monthly. 

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS: 

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please submit a cover letter and resume via www.governmentjobs.com. Candidates who fail to submit a complete application packet will not be considered or move forward in the selection process. 3CE is not responsible for the failure of internet forms and/or email transmission in submitting your application packet.