Solar Firm Associate- Washington, DC
Organization: Astrum Solar
Job Title: Associate
Location: Washington, DC
Hours and Compensation: low pay, chances to advance
Application Deadline: ASAP
Posted on: Dec 1
Organization Overview:
Astrum Solar (www.astrumsolar.com <http://www.astrumsolar.com/>
) is a funded high-growth early stage company whose goal is to spread
solar power to rooftops across the US, starting with the Eastern US
and targeting residential customers. We aim to innovate in the sales
and marketing of solar to consumers and make it easy and exciting for
homeowners to go solar. We are looking for energetic, intelligent, and
entrepreneurial individuals passionate about solar energy to join our
quickly growing team.
Description:
This position is a low-pay, high potential position for someone who
is interested in the following:
A career in the quickly growing solar industry
A company culture that values idealism and doing well by doing
good, but at the same time takes a realistic, for-profit approach to
scaling cleantech
Learning about how to start, grow, and scale a business by
participating in a sophisticated, well funded startup
A variety of experiences from sales to marketing to operations to
policy work
An opportunity to grow as the company grows
Drawbacks to the job:
Unstructured – you will have plenty of work and plenty of
interaction with others, but you need to be entrepreneurial. We are
also looking for ideas from you, if you come up with something, you
will be encouraged to pursue it.
Low pay If you are looking for a nice paycheck, this job is not
for you. However, the low pay is temporary (1-2 years). As the
company grows, your responsibilities and pay will also grow.
Menial tasks we are looking for highly intelligent folks who will
find some of the work quite menial (i.e. paperwork, or sitting at a
government office waiting for a permit). However, its a startup, so
everyone is doing that sort of work, and there will be a wide variety
of work, from menial to creative, from administrative to strategy. As
the company grows and you become more senior, the sophistication
level of the work will also increase. We are not looking for a
secretary or a clerical worker, although much of the work (especially
at first) will be clerical.
Qualifications/Skills:
This position is perfect for someone who recently finished a top-tier
institution, who is green minded and eager to learn, and who is
willing to trade salary for a rewarding experience and potential.
This is NOT an internship: we are hiring full-time employees who we
plan to invest into and who can grow with the company. We are looking
for promise and passion.
Previous Associates hail from Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, Duke, UVA,
Cornell, and Rice and are now managers at Astrum Solar or have moved
onto Business, Law, and Graduate School.
How to Apply:
If you are interested, please apply at
http://www.astrumsolar.com/jobs
In your cover letter, make sure to include your work preferences and
salary needs.
