Community Manager

JOB OPENING: Community Manager

About Clean Energy Ventures

Clean Energy Ventures is an international, multi-fund, diverse venture capital team.  And, now more than ever, we are focused on beating back climate change through innovation.  

We’re a different kind of climate tech VC firm: we lean into complex technologies, we transform strong technical teams into strong commercial teams, and we have a 20-year track record of successful investments. We invest in multifaceted — often hardtech — solutions that will enable decarbonization at massive scale, then provide hands-on guidance to guide our startups’ successes.   

Our team is transparent, growth-oriented, and inclusive. We believe in the work we’re doing to help human civilization thrive sustainably, and in the power of the technologies and people we invest in.     

Position Description

We’re looking for a Community Manager who can ensure the smooth-running of our team and office and build a vibrant community in the clean tech ecosystem. The Community Manager is a member of our operations team and works closely with both internal team members and external stakeholders such as portfolio companies, limited partners, and co-investors. The Community Manager creates space for connection and innovation by leading events, coordinating external relations efforts, and overseeing special projects.

The candidate will be creative and enjoy working within an entrepreneurial environment. The ability to exercise good judgment in a diversity of situations, exhibit strong administrative and organizational skills, leverage a high EQ, and critically assess how to balance multiple priorities are keys to success in this position.

Ultimately, you’ll contribute to the success of our business by providing support to all team members and creating programming and spaces for the team to grow and connect. 

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• You will work with the COO to drive our internal culture plans to best serve our vibrant remote team, which includes coordinating quarterly offsite retreats, in-person and virtual meetings and events, and team social gatherings

• You will improve CEV’s climate tech ecosystem relations by planning and hosting events in North America and in Europe, and by creating opportunities for engagement with LPs and co-investors in the climate tech space
• You will be the first stop for general inbound inquiries, understanding and directing all communications and filtering email inboxes of our Managing Partners as needed.
• You will work with our Manager of Impact Measurement and Management to support portfolio companies with ESG interventions and developing inclusive cultures in our portfolio companies

• You will foster a diverse and inclusive culture at CEV

• You will make and manage travel and meal arrangements for the team around special events

• You will own a variety of vendor relationships, including our co-working space provider, software providers, and executive assistant services, who oversee team-wide meeting cadences

• You will keep our team organized, for everything from file management to Slack etiquette

• You will manage our meeting and calendar technologies, including controlling video conferencing software during meetings, booking conference rooms, and owning our company vacation and "out of office" calendar

• You will provide support to our sister organization, Clean Energy Venture Group, as sometimes needed and instructed by their Executive Managing Director

• You will be our pinch hitter, stepping in and stepping up when new needs arrive to drive effective and timely operation of our team and business

Qualifications & Experience Required

Qualified candidates will possess a strong combination of the following:

• You have extremely high integrity with a strong reputation as honest, transparent, reliable, diligent, and trustworthy

• You are tremendously well-organized, to the point of being able to help those around you to become well organized

• You are a reliable, proactive teammate with high emotional intelligence, especially in contexts requiring teamwork

• You have experience managing many projects and tasks simultaneously, and determining importance amongst competing priorities

• You have strong ability to understand tone of communications necessary for appropriate communications within the team, and with our investors, portfolio companies and other stakeholders

• You have supported or organized events ranging from team-wide meetings to networking receptions or annual conferences

• You have professional experience as an administrative assistant, event manager, chief of staff, or similar organization- and coordination-oriented role

• You have very strong written and oral communication skills

When in doubt if you meet all these requirements, please apply.

Compensation & Benefits

We provide competitive and holistic compensation to all our team members, including:

• Competitive salary

• Carried interest (i.e., a share in the profits from Fund performance)

• 401(k) and additional retirement plan benefits

• Healthcare coverage or healthcare coverage subsidy

• Unlimited vacation policy, mental health personal days, generous sick leave, plus a week-long winter break at the end of December

• Paid parental leave and medical leave of up to 20 weeks; short and long term disability

• Work from home office stipend and cell phone stipend

Clean Energy Ventures operates in a hybrid work environment. You will be expected to attend some meetings weekly in our Boston office as well as have the opportunity to work from home as needed.

Closing Statement

At Clean Energy Ventures we aim to improve the diversity of our team. We also aim to enhance our team’s understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to identify and manage our own unconscious biases in the hiring process and otherwise. We encourage all qualified applicants from any background to apply for this role.

Above and beyond discrimination/harassment based on “protected categories,” Clean Energy Ventures also strives to prevent other, subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (e.g., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our team. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Clean Energy Ventures.

Clean Energy Ventures is an equal opportunity employer, and will not discriminate in terms of recruitment, progression and terms and conditions of work on the basis of personal characteristics unrelated to inherent job requirements including gender, race, color, disability, political opinion, sexual orientation, age, religion, origin, and marital status.

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