Climate Change, Resilience, Adaptation & Action

Position: Municipal Climate Resilience Coordinator
Organization: CLIMAtlantic
Location: Virtual, anywhere in Atlantic Canada (must be already residing in Atlantic Canada, or be located in Atlantic Canada at the beginning of employment)

• Pay: $57,000 to $68,000
• Benefits plan: Competitive; health, dental
• Hours: based on 37.5 hours/ week, 2 year contract, to December 2026

Job Description

If you are interested in climate change, strategic action, relationship building, and creative solution building with municipalities that have very low capacity in Atlantic Canada, then this position may be for you! As Municipal Climate Resilience Coordinator will work in a highly dynamic and fast-paced virtual setting, will be supporting our values and guiding principles, and reflect our innovative and responsive approach to meeting the needs of people in our region. Work is mostly remote, so being able to operate independently and grow connections virtually are important. Travel throughout Atlantic Canada will be required.

The Municipal Climate Resilience Coordinator will coordinate a two-year project across Atlantic Canada to increase low-capacity municipalities’ ability to adapt. They will be responsible for developing and coordinating training to project participants that work with or for municipalities on incorporating climate change into their work. They will work with the CLIMAtlantic team, external partners and collaborators to offer in-depth training and learning supports, and tailor training and supports to meet communities’ capacities, learning goals, and adaptation needs. They will also ensure that the project components are delivered on time and within budget.

Experience:

• Must have 3-5 years working as a part of or in deep partnership with municipalities, non-Indigenous communities, or Indigenous communities
• Must have project management experience (e.g., budgeting, staff management, priority setting, time management and work planning)
• Must have experience working on climate change issues in the municipal or Indigenous community space (can be through an NGO)
• Should have a good understanding of conventional adaptation concepts (e.g., community needs regarding climate change, risk assessment, adaptation planning), different perspectives on adaptation gaps and needs, community-based adaptation, as well as climate change issues in Atlantic Canada (e.g., flooding, coastal issues, erosion, wildfire risk, etc.)
• Must have experience engaging with a variety of people, rightsholders, and stakeholders, facilitating discussions and workshops, and establishing meaningful external relationships
• Must have familiarity with the municipal context (e.g., governance structure, processes, roles, challenges, by-law and zoning) and understand the broad concepts of land-use planning, asset management, and nature-based approaches

Other Assets:

• Bilingualism (English, French) is an asset
• Knowledge and understanding of climate data & projections an asset
• Experience bringing (or ability to bring) different perspectives and ways of knowing to engagement, knowledge sharing, and solution-building
• Experience integrating (or ability to integrate) equity and justice principles to engagement, knowledge sharing, and solution-building
• Experience innovating, multi-solving, or community building (or ability to multi-solve and build community) in resilience work

Background

Climate change is one of the greatest long-term challenges facing the world today. The science is clear and unambiguous: climate change is happening. Climate change and other associated environmental effects are impacting human and ecosystem health, as well as sectors with obvious climate sensitivities such as forestry, agriculture, fisheries, hydroelectricity, transportation, tourism, insurance, and trade. Geographic location, socio-economic circumstance, and reliance on foods and the health of lands and waters, converge with climate change to create unique pressures for Indigenous, northern, remote and coastal communities in Canada.

CLIMAtlantic is a non-profit organization that is part of a national network of climate services centres (see the Canadian Centre for Climate Services). CLIMAtlantic works with regional and local actors to ensure the creation of a strong network where collaboration is supported, data and tools are easily accessible, and services are provided by local and regional partners as much as possible.

Apply

Deadline: January 16, 2025, 5pm AST

To apply for theMunicipal Climate Resilience Coordinator position please send a cover letter, your resumé and where you saw this posting (GoodWork.ca) to: info@climatlantic.ca .

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Don’t meet every single requirement? At CLIMAtlantic we strive to build a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

CLIMAtlantic is committed to providing support and capacity building opportunities to the communities we work with, and we highly value lived experiences which bring diverse perspectives to our team. We encourage Indigenous applicants to apply.