Climate Resilience Technical Specialist; Lakes Region

Jan 14
Written By Liz Tarquin

Location: Great Lakes Region - MUST be located in Cleveland, Duluth, Milwaukee, or Detroit metro areas

Type: Full-time

CASE Consultants International is seeking experienced Climate Resilience Technical Advisors to support NOAA’s Climate Resilience Regional Challenge (CRRC). This role involves providing technical advice and assistance to regional collaboratives and projects funded by the CRRC. The goal is to enhance the resilience of coastal communities to extreme weather and climate change impacts through capacity building, regional collaboration, and the implementation of on-the-ground projects.

This full time position will be remotely located in the coastal mid-west Great Lakes region (MN, WI, MI, OH), ideally within easy commuting distance to Cleveland, OH, northern Wisconsin or Duluth, MN (fully remote) and will provide technical assistance to three grantee recipients located in the region. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of, and experience in, the local geography, culture, and coastal issues relevant to the region.

Local, regional, and national travel will be required for this position.

• Become familiar with community resilience efforts in the region
• Assist with assessing partners’ needs, including training, data, tools and technical expertise
• Engage regularly with Resilience Challenge partners and communities in the region, both in person and virtually
• Design and facilitate collaborative meetings for meaningful engagement and peer-to-peer sharing using co-development best practices
• Support and participate in national peer-to-peer sharing events for the Resilience Challenge
• Provide support to convene partners for planning, design, and implementation of adaptation efforts, especially nature-based solutions, and for sharing lessons learned
• Coordinate with OCM’s regional staff and with a network of fellows to provide technical support to the CRRC projects
• Develop and present outreach and educational materials around the CRRC projects’ work to showcase success and amplify resilience stories
• Connect partners in the region to enhance the efforts of the projects
• Recommend and provide appropriate NOAA resources, services, and expertise to partners
• Connect CRRC projects and assistance provided (e.g., resource development, relevant training, etc) to other resilience activities that OCM is involved in
• Liaise between OCM, CRRC external collaborators and Great Lakes experts to tailor technical support for CRRC partners.
• Assist with documenting and communicating Resilience Challenge accomplishments and performance measures
• Provide assistance in management and administration of cooperative agreements and grants
• Provide assistance with risk and vulnerability assessments
• Assist in the gathering, analysis, and communication of socio-economic data

• Masters and 2 years experience OR Bachelors and 6 years of related experience
• Experience engaging at the community-level around climate resilience, planning, and adaptation
• Experience convening partners, facilitating meetings and groups, and organizing events to ensure meaningful engagement
• Experience applying social science methods to coastal management and resilience challenges, including working with scientific and socio-economic data
• Subject-matter expertise on climate adaptation, especially resilience planning, natural floodplain management, nature-based solutions approaches and effectiveness
• Strong communication and organizational skills and excellent interpersonal, diplomatic skills
• Ability to problem-solve
• Self-starter with ability to work in a small team environment or independently without direct day-to-day supervision
• Ability to follow standard operating procedures and guidance documentation
• Ability to pass a National Agency Check (NACI)

• Experience in facilitating strategic planning
• Subject-matter expertise in engaging and capacity-building strategies for Tribal and indigenous communities, ideally in the Great Lakes region
• Experience engaging urban communities in the Great Lakes region
• Experience in training development and/or delivery
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