2025-08-21
Ava Community Energy
Other
/yr
employee
contract
Oakland
California
94612
United States
About Ava Community Energy
Ava Community Energy (Ava) is a Joint Powers Authority comprising Alameda County and its incorporated areas, and the cities of Lathrop, Stockton, and Tracy. Ava's charter is to provide its customers with low carbon, cost-effective electricity that integrates innovative energy products and maximizes local benefits through the development of local solutions, ranging from increasing access to rooftop solar to supporting the adoption of electric vehicles.
Culture and Commitment to Diversity
Ava believes in a vibrant culture that supports and nurtures a workplace that offers every individual the opportunity to attain professional goals and contribute to accomplishing our mission. We foster a culture of open communication, responsibility, curiosity, accountability, and teamwork. We want creative problem solvers that are excited to work in an entrepreneurial environment and grow our organization!
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that is reflective of our service area's rich culture and communities. We welcome a diversity of experiences, perspectives, and skills.
We strongly encourage people of all characteristics to apply and prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type based on age, religion, color, gender identity or expression, race, ancestry, or national origin, religion or creed, marital status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or characteristics, and those with a disability as protected by federal, state and local laws.
Position Summary
Ava is seeking to hire a full-time Power Resources Analyst, reporting to Director of Originations, Power Resources. The Power Resources Analyst will play an important role in Ava's objective of bringing clean, affordable power to its customers by assisting in managing Ava's different commodity product portfolios. The Power Resources Originations team is responsible for managing Ava's positions on three commodity products: Resource Adequacy (RA), Renewable Energy Credits (REC) and Carbon Free/emissions (CF). The team enters into short-term, medium-term, and long-term transactions for these commodity products and manages the commodity portfolios to stay within defined tolerance bands for each commodity.
The Power Resources Analyst role will support management of one or more commodity products and will learn the compliance obligations related to that product, eventually taking the lead on regular compliance filings. After developing mastery of one commodity portfolio, the successful candidate may have the opportunity in the future to learn other commodity portfolios.
This role is ideal for an individual who has had exposure to the energy sector and wants to move into a more transactional and analytical role, or an individual who has spent time in a transactional/business/analytical role and wants a role in energy.
Position Details
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Minimum Requirements:
Compensation and Benefits
The annual salary for this position is $106,094, with a Total Compensation of up to $112,459 annually based on performance.
Ava offers a generous benefits package which includes:
Location and Working Conditions
This position will be based in Ava headquarters in Oakland, near BART. Ava's team has a hybrid approach inclusive of in-office and remote work. This role is expected to go into the office Tuesdays, Thursdays and the first Wednesday of the month.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Ava is dedicated to reasonably accommodate an applicant for known physical or mental disabilities so that the applicant may participate in the application process. We will engage in a timely, good-faith interactive process with any employee with a known physical or mental disability to identify potential reasonable accommodations, if any, to enable the employee to perform the essential functions of their position.
Licenses/Certificates
Possession and continued maintenance of a valid class C California driver's license or the ability to provide alternate transportation and a safe driving record.
Working at Ava Community Energy
Ava is committed to complying with applicable laws, including the Americans with Disability Act and Fair Employment and Housing Act, ensuring equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. Ava prohibits unlawful discrimination based on age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), genetic information or characteristics, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, marital status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, or on any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local laws. Ava strives to maintain a COVID-free workplace, being fully vaccinated is a condition of employment (exemptions will be evaluated by legal counsel).
The information contained herein has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The information also does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract, and these provisions are subject to change.
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