What you'll do:- Support/lead client development and business development activities, with a focus on local, state, and federal government clients
- Manage projects and tasks in support of the development of climate resilience plans at a range of scales, from site specific adaptation projects to regional resiliency action plans.
- Coordinate across technical teams to deliver a range of technical deliverables including risk and vulnerability assessments, solution development and evaluation, and implementation planning.
- Support public outreach and engagement initiatives including experience with building partnerships, consensus building, and/or dispute resolution
- Facilitate project team meetings and track progress and budgets
- Participate in client and project development opportunities, identify client needs, and assist with proposals and marketing materials
- Complete other research and writing tasks, as necessary, to support a wide range of mitigation and resilience planning tasks and overall plan development
- Familiarity with best practices of climate resilience planning, including the use of flood hazard data and risk mitigation strategies for inland flooding, coastal flooding, and precipitation including working knowledge of federal hazard mitigation programs
- Mentoring, coaching and team building
- MUST BE passionate about climate resilience and sustainability projects.
What you will bring: - 8-15 years of professional experience with resiliency, planning, coastal management, engineering, or public engagement
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Planning, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Architecture, Geology, Climate Science, Environmental Studies, or related field
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment across multiple technical teams and regions.
- Experience with public speaking and ability to represent our company at public hearings, workshops, and seminars.
- Ability to handle flexible workload, diverse project files, and working well with multiple staff members.
- Prior experience with project, financial and client management as well as project and resource allocation scheduling and meeting facilitation.
Salary range: $130,000 - $180,000 based on experience
A note to third-party recruiters: Weston & Sampson manages all recruiting directly. We do not accept unsolicited resumes without a signed agreement in place. Any unsolicited submissions will be considered property of Weston & Sampson, and we are not responsible for associated fees.
