Resilience Planner - Public Service Coordinator II

The State of Maine is hiring a Resilience Planner for the Office of Community Affairs in Augusta, GA. This role involves coordinating the state resilience plan and supporting climate resilience activities, including managing consultants and engaging with stakeholders. The position is grant-funded for five years and requires strong analytical and communication skills. It is a hybrid position, requiring some travel within the state.
MAINE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

RESILIENCE PLANNER

LIMITED PERIOD

Opening Date: March 21 2025
Closing Date: April 14 2025

Job Class Code: CA30
Grade: 30
Salary: $71843.20 $101587.20/Annually

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Position Description

The Resilience Planner in the Maine Office of Community Affairs will coordinate the state resilience plan and support activities in the new State Resilience Office established to provide leadership and coordination of state resilience policies and activities. This role offers a unique opportunity to improve Maines resilience to flooding storm events and other natural hazards through planning technical assistance and financial support in collaboration with tribal governments and state agencies municipalities regional councils and other stakeholders.

BRIEF AGENCY DESCRIPTION: The new State Resilience Office is established within the Maine Office of Community Affairs (MOCA). MOCA is a new standalone State office that partners with Maine communities to strengthen planning and implementation at the local level. The State Resilience Office will provide leadership and coordination of state resilience policies and activities including leading the implementation of activities of a major $69 million climate resilience grant funded through the NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge. Over the next five years Maine will implement three integrated climate resiliencebuilding strategies that advance the recommendations outlined in Maine Wont Wait. Strategies include: build enduring community resilience reduce climate impacts through naturebased solutions and investments in green infrastructure and strengthen the resilience of working waterfronts.

BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Resilience Planner will support state resilience policies and activities including supporting the implementation of activities funded by a NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge grant and coordinating the development and implementation of a state resilience plan. This may include managing consultant(s) and the agency steering committee. The position will also support agency coordination and collaboration on climate resilience including making policy and other recommendations. A key component of carrying out these activities is coordination with stakeholders and conducting public engagement.

This is a fiveyear grant funded position reporting to the Resilience Director of the State Resilience Office within the Maine Office of Community Affairs. This position will be a hybrid position headquartered in Augusta Maine with travel through the state as necessary and appropriate.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong organizational skills including project and task management and the ability to multitask and prioritize.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to make complex ideas accessible
• Knowledge of the principles of planning for community resilience
• At least four years of professional work experience or equivalent education in resilience or planning.

The background of wellqualified candidates will demonstrate the following competencies
• Ability to navigate complex organizations develop trust with senior leaders and build trusted relationships among diverse groups of colleagues and stakeholders
• Graduatelevel training in planning public policy climate resilience hazard mitigation or related fields
• Demonstrated ability to engage a variety of sizes and types of communities in constructive planning processes.

Preference will be given to those who submit a cover letter and resume for consideration.

Benefits of working for the State of Maine:

No matter where you work across Maine state government you find employees who embody our state mottoDirigo or I leadas they provide essential services to Mainers every day. We believe in supporting our workforces health and wellbeing with a valuable total compensation package including:
• WorkLife Fit Rest is essential. Take time for yourself using 13 paid holidays 12 days of sick leave and 3 weeks of vacation leave annually. Vacation leave accrual increases with years of service and overtimeexempt employees receive personal leave.
• Health Insurance Coverage The State of Maine pays 8595 of employeeonly premiums $11196.96 $12514.32 annual value) depending on salary. Use this chart to find the premium costs for you and your family including the percentage of dependent coverage paid by the State.
• Dental Insurance The State of Maine pays 100 of employeeonly dental premiums $387.92 annual value).
• Retirement Plan The State contributes the equivalent of 18.09 of the employees pay towards the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS).

State employees are eligible for an extensive and highly competitive benefits package covering many aspects of wellness. Learn about additional wellness benefits for State employees from the Office of Employee Health and Wellness.

Note: Benefits may vary somewhat according to specific collective bargaining agreements and are prorated for anything less than fulltime.

Theres a job and then theres purposeful transformative work. Our aim is to create a workplace where you can learn grow and continuously refine your skills. Applicants demonstrate job requirements in differing ways and we appreciate that many skills and backgrounds can make people successful in this role.

As an Equal Opportunity employer Maine State Government embraces a culture of respect and awareness. We are committed to creating a strong sense of belonging for all team members and our process ensures an inclusive environment to applicants of all backgrounds including diverse race color sex sexual orientation or gender identity physical or mental disability religion age ancestry national origin familial status or genetics.

If youre looking for a great next step and want to feel good about what you do wed love to hear from you. Please note reasonable accommodations are provided to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

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