Adaptation Specialist

Overview

About Clean Foundation. Clean Foundation brings specialized teams together to work on complex problems, delivering many climate action and capacity building projects and initiatives around Nova Scotia, PEI and the Atlantic region. Learn more : cleanfoundation.ca

What You'll Be Doing

In this role you’ll work within a team of climate specialists to help develop and deliver the Community Climate Capacity initiative with communities across the Province of Nova Scotia. As the Adaptation Specialist, you will work directly with Climate Leads & Navigators and their partner communities to build their internal capacity for climate action and adaptation initiatives. You will support funding applications, community outreach and engagement, guide local level climate work, and visit communities around the province. This role is highly innovative and collaborative, working alongside the Community Climate Capacity team, our partner communities and organizations, and other departments within Clean. You will provide technical expertise and support for the Community Climate Capacity team through data gathering and analysis, risk assessments, reporting, adaptation planning, and project implementation. You are an enthusiastic, creative, and motivated individual who can work effectively with colleagues across disciplines to implement meaningful local climate change action.

Job Requirements

• Graduate of a university or community college diploma program in geography, sustainability, environmental engineering, technology, sciences or studies, urban planning, energy, or equivalent.
• Two to Four years of experience in climate change, adaptation and or resilience work.
• Strong organizational, teamwork and / or project management skills and relevant subject-matter knowledge, as appropriate for the role. Mid-level analytical, strategic thinking, team leadership, problem-solving and financial skills.
• Demonstrable understanding and application of the principles of sustainability, climate risk, climate change adaptation, mitigation, community resilience, and building and infrastructure sciences.
• Must be familiar with climate change impacts in Nova Scotia and the existing environmental policies and regulations.
• Understanding and experience working with Geographic Information Systems for analysis, monitoring, asset management, climate and flood data interpretation

Job Responsibilities

Job Benefits

$65,000 – $72,500

A successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on various factors such as skills, experience, training and credentials, as well as other business purposes or needs.

Perks & Benefits

Employment Equity

Clean is committed to Employment Equity and our goal is to have a diverse workforce that is representative at all job levels. Qualified self-identifying First Nations, Metis and Inuit, Visible Minority Groups, Persons with Disabilities and LGBTQ2+ applicants will be strongly considered for this position. If you are a member of one of the equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your application. All self-identification data is confidential and stored privately.

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