Resilience Specialist - Lakes Region

The Resilience Specialist position at Tellus Civic Science focuses on providing technical assistance for climate resilience projects in the Great Lakes region. The role involves engaging with local communities, assessing their needs, and offering expertise on resilience planning. Candidates should have knowledge of the local geography and culture. This position is remote but requires local travel within the coastal mid-west Great Lakes region.
Position: Resilience Specialist - Great Lakes Region Tellus Civic Science Corporation (Tellus) provides world‑class science, engineering, research, planning, and consulting solutions focused on resource conservation and restoration, climate resilience, and sustainability to strengthen communities, preserve our environment, and create a more equitable society for all. We are a team of environmental scientists, planners, engineers, policy experts, geospatial analysts, and data scientists with a passion to improve our local, national, and global environment. We seek highly motivated professionals to join our team who share this passion!NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) awarded 18 transformational Climate Resilience Regional Challenge (CRRC) grants to state, local, tribal, and community-based organizations to boost climate resilience in the United States and its territories. These projects increase resilience to extreme weather events, including hurricanes and storm surge, and address long‑term, chronic climate hazards, such as sea level rise, erosion, and heat stress. Regional collaboration and sustained capacity for reaching the national's coastal resilience goals represent important components of these efforts. The OCM website has more information on the CRRC and the funded projects. (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).#Given the complexity of addressing the impacts of extreme weather and climate change, NOAA recognizes that providing technical advice and assistance to grant recipients is critical to the success of the program. Technical assistance is defined as targeted, customized support to help CRRC projects build their knowledge, ability, and capacity to achieve specific goals and outcomes. Technical advice and assistance offerings include a range of services from identifying regional partners, advising on accessing and incorporating NOAA data and other tools, providing guidance on resilience planning and/or analytical tool use and/or development, and providing specific resilience subject‑matter expertise to the funded CRRC projects. NOAA provides the technical advice and assistance to the CRRC projects through one‑on‑one support via dedicated staff, as well as through national and regional offerings of trainings, meetings, and workshops. The technical advice and assistance supports communities on the ground and facilitates peer‑to‑peer knowledge transfer to extend benefits amongst and beyond the CRRC projects. The technical assistance is provided by both contractor and Federal staff, working together as a seamless team.The Tellus Resilience Specialist must be located in the coastal mid‑west Great Lakes region (MN, WI, MI, OH), 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.Core ResponsibilitiesBecome familiar with community resilience efforts in the regionAssist with assessing partners' needs, including training, data, tools and technical expertiseEngage regularly with Resilience Challenge partners and communities in the region, both in person and virtuallyDesign and facilitate collaborative meetings for meaningful engagement and peer‑to‑peer sharing using co‑development best practicesSupport and participate in national peer‑to‑peer sharing events for the Resilience ChallengeProvide support to convene partners for planning, design, and implementation of adaptation efforts, especially nature‑based solutions, and for sharing lessons learnedCoordinate with OCM's regional staff and with a network of fellows to provide technical support to the CRRC projectsDevelop and present outreach and educational materials around the CRRC projects' work to showcase success and amplify resilience storiesConnect partners in the region to enhance the efforts of the projectsRecommend and provide appropriate NOAA resources, services, and expertise to partnersConnect CRRC projects and…