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Position: Texas Community Support Director, Full-Time; Based in Austin, Texas

Job Summary

WFX is seeking a Texas Community Support Director to lead organizational priorities in Texas, including supporting communities in the state that are working to implement sustainable infrastructure solutions, advancing innovative financing solutions, supporting regional strategies to address shared water management challenges, and working with local partners to support colonias, small, rural, and underserved communities throughout Texas.

This staffing position would work directly with WFX’s leadership, Senior Advisor team, and its existing partners in various regions of Texas to build its project pipeline, analyze, and conduct due diligence on technical assistance needs within target communities. In addition, the Community Support Director will support efforts in Texas to develop and implement regional solutions for appropriate communities to achieve economies of scale solutions for water and wastewater services.

This position will lead a team in Texas that manages community referrals, scopes technical assistance activities, and engages willing partners to support community needs. This position will report directly to WFX’s Senior Vice President of Technical Assistance.

This position is responsible for communicating with communities and leaders, conducting outreach with partner organizations, and providing direct technical assistance and support to communities in partnership with WFX’s internal team. This can include coordination with WFX’s Community Financial Services team to deploy funding products for community clients and collaboration with WFX’s Policy, Research, Fundraising and Communications teams to advance WFX’s objectives in Texas. The Texas Community Support Director plays a vital role in leading day-to-day activities, facilitating collaboration, and contributing to the overall efficiency of the Texas team and other responsibilities, as needed.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include the following:

  • Lead outreach efforts to communities, State agencies, and NGO partners in Texas to market WFX’s technical assistance and pre-development services. Serve as the main point of contact for engaged communities.
  • Coordinate with WFX internal staff to align Texas activities and deliverables with WFX’s strategic vision and mission.
  • Serve as technical assistance support, coordinating services for communities and working with WFX team and its partners to provide expertise.
  • Build and maintain trust and relationships at various levels within the community, including with community members, city staff, political leaders, utility managers, and engineers.
  • Assist in the development, maintenance, and enhancement of screening processes, decision-making procedures, and tools.

Please find below the requested information for the Application. For any questions, please contact Josh Clement, WFX’s Director of Programs and Development, at Jclement@waterfx.org

For the application questions below, please respond to each individual question with the requested information and provide your Resume and Cover Letter. The second part of this form will ask for short answer questions in response to the prompt provided.

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