Climate Resilience Manager
Climate Resilience Manager
Groundwork Southcoast
New Bedford, MA
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Climate Resilience Manager 2024-2025 Job Description
Groundwork Southcoast (GWSC) is an environmental justice organization. We work at the intersection of environment and
community by investing in youth leadership. In collaboration with the Impact Director, The Climate Resilience Manager will lead
land, water, and food stewardship and climate resilience at GWSC.
Environmental Stewardship and Climate Resilience (65% of work):
1. Grow Food: urban garden- focus on poundage increases, culturally relevant crops, year round and vertical growing
2. Beautification: to increasingly beautify parks, streetscapes, trails and other urban spaces
3. Climate Resilience: addressing heat islands and stormwater through nature based solutions
4. Develop plans for management and maintenance; and the associated trainings for workforce and program teams
5. Site expansion: identify current site improvements and potential new sites; develop plans and feasibility studies
6. Foster and maintain stewardship cross-sector partner relationships to maintain existing and secure new sites
7. Attain and maintain all needed certifications such as Green Infrastructure and Arborist certifications
Groundwork Southcoast Coordination (35%):
1. Organize and maintain physical assets: currently office and van- organization, inventory, and cleanliness management
2. Provide technical support for grant writing and reporting as required
3. Attend all required meetings, foster team coordination, and complete all daily tracking such as CRM, timesheets, etc.
4. Be a part of growing our organization including being willing to do other duties as needed
5. Ensure all staff, youth, community, and allies understand how to access and steward our spaces
Qualifications: Even if some of this sounds like it isn’t a perfect fit- please apply!
● Living in/ or having experience in an environmental justice neighborhood
● Technical environmental stewardship experience: land, water, and food; comfortable lifting 40lbs repeatedly
● GIS mapping and technical design experience and comfortable with Zoom, online software, and Google Drive
● Acceptable CORI & SORI and clean driving record
Compensation: Annual salary of $55,000-$58,000 This is a grant funded annual position currently reporting directly to the Impact
Director. Employee benefits include employer payment of 75% of health and dental insurance , HRA reimbursement benefits tied
to the health insurance, access to voluntarily participate in a FSA, an employer-matched 403B retirement plan, and paid-time off.
This is an exempt, full-time position requiring some evening and weekend hours, and very occasional overnights (once it is safe to
travel again we spend one week with youth at a National Park and/or 4-5 days at a National Summit each year).
Hiring Policy: City of New Bedford and Fall River residents are strongly encouraged to apply. GWSC is an equal opportunity employer, committed to maintaining and growing a team that reflects the environmental justice communities we serve with a particular focus on: centering the cultures in our community, People of Color, immigrants, low-income, women, gender non-binary, and neuroatypical folks.
To apply: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit an application and resume to: Groundwork
- Southcoast: jobs@groundworksouthcoast.org AND fill out this application: https://forms.gle/yaEQEg7JwJo4muXv9,
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Employment type
Full-time
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