Job Opening: Great Lakes Resilience Specialist; Lockport, Albion, Watertown or Erie County, NY

Great Lakes Resilience Specialist

New York Sea Grant

Lockport, Albion, Watertown, or Erie County New York

New York Sea Grant is a cooperative program between the State University of New York and Cornell University. Established in 1971, Sea Grant implements educational problem-solving programs for coastal resource users, businesses, and agencies. Sea Grant supports research and provides extension education to coastal resource agencies, users, businesses, and residents and is patterned after the land-grand concept; programs include coastal zone management, tourism and small business development, coastal environmental quality, and seafood processing.

What You Will Do

Serve as a primary resource for New York’s Great Lakes area local governments, environmental justice communities, businesses, non-profit organizations, and agencies on natural phenomena that include community resilience and the management strategies and other best practices that can be implemented to increase resilience. Develop extension, outreach, educational materials, training programs to support a resilient coastal environment and communities, and a related research plan for New York State. Other responsibilities include:

· Providing coastal resilience planning, management, and policy programming initiatives based on clientele needs.

· Facilitating information exchange and collaboration among stakeholder groups and researchers to promote resilience through planning and other management practices.

· Developing networks of volunteers to assist in extension outreach program development.

· Developing significant new subject matter materials such as curricula and extension education publications.

· Planning and conducting extension education programs.

· Collaborating on the design, execution, and analysis of extension/outreach program evaluations.

· Disseminating and translating science-based research generated about resilience practices.

· Actively pursue outside grants and contracts to support the program area.

What We Need

We are looking for an individual who excels at building relationships with multiple stakeholders, businesses, non-profit organizations, and environmental justice communities. We need someone who is self-motivated and has strong customer service skills with a focus on excellence. Additionally, we need someone who has:

· Master’s degree in planning, watershed management, natural resource management, sustainability management, environmental policy, or other related fields.

· 2+ years of experience conducting extension or outreach or similar public education programming.

· Knowledge of principles, theory, research, extension methods, and educational materials in the subject matter field related to coastal resilience and/or planning.

· Computer skills and the ability to use a computer and long-distance education technologies in this area of extension programming expertise.

· Demonstrated ability to develop adult education programs.

· Effectively participate in professional team efforts.

· Communicate effectively through oral, written, and visual channels.

· Ability to work effectively independently or within groups.

· Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.

· Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the position and have reliable transportation as well as have and maintain a valid and unrestricted New York State driver’s license.

If you possess these experiences and skills, this may be the role for you!  There are a few other qualifications that we would view as incredibly helpful in this role, including:

· Experience bringing successful educational programs to underserved or marginalized communities.

· American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) or Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Certification.

· Experience in applying for external resources to support applied research and outreach programming.

This position is full-time and will be located in Lockport, Albion, Watertown, or Erie County New York. There is the opportunity to work remotely within New York State two days a week; an on-site presence is required three days a week.

This is a three-year appointment with possible extension depending on funding and performance.

Rewards and Benefits

We hope you appreciate great benefits. Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, well-being, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.

· Salary is based upon experience/qualifications and is within the following range: $71,000.00 to $77,000.00.

· Cornell has a comprehensive total rewards program that offers several benefits options to meet your needs. More information on our wonderful programs can be found at https://hr.cornell.edu/jobs/your-total-rewards.

To apply:

Please apply via Academic Jobs Online (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26857).

Qualified candidates should submit a short cover letter, curriculum vitae, contact information for three references, and a statement supporting diverse communities (this can be a stand-alone document (preferred) or the information can be embedded in other parts of the application materials) outlining how, through research, teaching, service, mentoring, extension, and/or outreach, the candidate has and will contribute to support Cornell’s historical mission of “any person … any study,” via the website. 

Applications must be submitted by January 15, 2024.

For a full position description, go to https://seagrant.sunysb.edu/articles/r/23703 or contact Norma Gunn (nlg43@cornell.edu or 607-255-2832).