Climate Action Consultant: Adaptation Specialist
at Sustainability Solutions Group Workers Cooperative
Remote, British Columbia, Canada -
| Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate | 02 Feb, 2025 | USD 68700 Annual | 19 Jan, 2025 | 15 year(s) or above | Communication Skills,Information Systems,Cip,Spanish,Management Professional,Qgis,Languages,Planners,Vulnerability Assessment,Municipalities,Arcgis,Data Analysis,Social Justice,Schedules,Project Teams,Climate Action Planning,Gis | No | No |
Required Visa Status:
| Citizen | GC |
| US Citizen | Student Visa |
| H1B | CPT |
| OPT | H4 Spouse of H1B |
| GC Green Card |
Employment Type:
| Full Time | Part Time |
| Permanent | Independent - 1099 |
| Contract – W2 | C2H Independent |
| C2H W2 | Contract – Corp 2 Corp |
| Contract to Hire – Corp 2 Corp |
Description:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES:
- Passion for, and commitment to, climate action planning and social justice
- Collaborative, kind, and motivated self-starter with a problem-solving mindset
- Strong written, verbal, and analytical communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and contribute to project teams
- Comfort in a virtual, distributed work environment
- Flexibility to adapt to shifting workloads, priorities, and schedules
- Experience with community-level climate resilience/adaptation planning
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates must have at least one, and ideally multiple, of the following:
- Experience with Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA) frameworks such as ISO 31000 and 14091 standards, PIEVC, ICLEI BARC, Ouranos adaptation planning guide for municipalities, etc.
- Experience analyzing and integrating climate indicator data (e.g., PAVICS, climatedata.ca, etc.) into risk assessments
- Municipal government or consulting experience in the US
- Municipal government or consulting experience in Canada
- Project management experience with budgets exceeding $50,000
- Strong data analysis and visualization capabilities
- Background in financial or economic analysis of climate action scenarios
The following qualifications and attributes are considered assets but are not requirements for successful candidates:
- Familiarity with and/or enthusiasm for worker cooperatives
- Experience with city and regional planning
- Experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIS software such as QGIS or ArcGIS
- Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) or American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) designation
- Professional engineer (P. Eng.) designation
- Project management professional (PMP) designation
- Experience with municipal asset management planning
- Experience with energy utilities data
- Experience with corporate-scale energy analysis
- Experience with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, particularly in small organizations
- Familiarity with building decarbonization and transportation electrification
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Experience working with communities experiencing marginalization and disproportionate climate impacts, particularly lived experience
- Fluency or proficiency in other languages, particularly French, Spanish, and Indigenous languages of the Americas
Responsibilities:
Please refer the Job description for details
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:15.0Max:20.0 year(s)
Information Technology/IT
Information Technology
Graduate
Proficient
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Remote, Canada
