Senior Brownfield Finance Consultant 

Issue Date: 2025 Rolling Applicant Review

Senior Brownfield Financing Specialist Flexible hours/remote

About the Organization

The Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) is the oldest national non-profit organization pioneering infill development and land reuse to promote human and environmental health and economic revitalization. Our mission is to advance communities’ sustainable and equitable reuse of underutilized and environmentally-impacted, or brownfield, properties.

Through training and technical assistance CCLR offers communities the tools needed to turn blighted properties into community assets including housing, open spaces, and commercial properties, thereby creating jobs and local tax revenues. CCLR engages stakeholders from all sectors and disciplines in creative partnerships that promote collaboration and innovation in sustainable development.

CCLR is a national organization. This position will join CCLR’s program team serving EPA Regions 9

and 10, including Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and tribal nations.

Senior Brownfield Financing Specialist (SBFS)

This position will report to the Executive Director or her designee and support the delivery of technical services to communities working to assess, clean up and redevelop underutilized and potentially contaminated brownfield properties. This position fills a critical role in the organization and the SBFS must be able to juggle multiple tasks and deadlines, work independently, exercise good judgment, and be flexible with shifting work flows depending on program priorities.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Brownfield Financing Specialist will perform a range of technical support activities in keeping with their qualifications, which could include:

Technical Assistance Support: Provide one on one technical support to public sector and community groups seeking information on how to fund specific brownfield redevelopment tasks. This includes sequencing and stacking funding options.

Research and drafting of Resource Roadmaps and Funding Matrices spotlighting funding for infrastructure development, environmental assessment/investigation, cleanup, park development, adaptation, placemaking, etc. from such varied sources as:

1. Federal agencies: EPA, HUD, USDA, Army Corps, DOT, regional commission (ARC, Delta Regional Authority, Northern Border Regional Commission, Southwest Border Regional Commission, Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, Denali Commission, etc).
2. State agencies
3. Philanthropic foundations
4. Community Development Finance/ Tax incentives and Credits, Local financing, and special financing including New Market Tax Credits, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits, DOE grants and tax credits for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Affordable Housing and Community Investment Programs, Tax Increment Financing (TIF), US DOT TIFIA, US EPA WIFIA, etc.

Financial Modeling: Helping communities analyze the economic viability or market potential of their land reuse visions through ROI modeling, development, operating, and income property proformas, and market analyses.

Training: Develop content for and execute in-person and/or virtual workshops and webinars in EPA regions 9 and 10. Event topics could include, but are not limited to: reuse financing, capital stacks, developer engagement.

Case Study Development: Work with CCLR’s communications team to develop and disseminate case studies (blogs, infographics, short videos, etc.) that spotlight redevelopment financing and reuse champions.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in urban design or planning, landscape architecture, or engineering field.
• A minimum of eight years of experience in working with public and private sector stakeholders in
• land reuse or environmental planning and/or brownfield redevelopment.
• Experience with a broad set of financial tools and options
• Expertise in federal, state and philanthropic funding for stacking and sequencing project financing.
• Experience in developing and delivering training and presentations.
• Exceptional organizational, written, and oral communications skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Willingness and ability to travel across the country as needed, some weekends and evenings
• required.
• Preference for candidate being located in EPA Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and tribal nations)
• The candidate must meet the criteria of an independent consultant, including a business license, insurance and a diverse client base.

Compensation and Benefits

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The candidate will work remotely. The position offers flexible hours and availability will be matched with work assignments to be performed under a scope of work. CCLR is an equal opportunity employer that highly values diversity. We seek talented and qualified individuals regardless of age, ancestry, color, creed, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, military obligations, national origins, physical abilities, race, religion, socio-economic status, sexual orientation and veteran status.

To learn more about CCLR, visit www.cclr.org. To apply, please send a cover letter and resume using the subject line “SBFS Application” to careers@cclr.org.