Resilience Manager, Marin County

Greenbelt Alliance is looking for a collaborative, and community-focused leader to join our team as the Resilience Manager for Marin County. This role will primarily focus on bringing together housing, climate, and environmental advocates to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the County: rising housing costs, climate-related risks like flooding and wildfires, and outdated land use policies that make both problems worse.

The Resilience Manager will work directly with community partners, local advocates, and public agencies to educate and empower local residents and strengthen community infrastructure. This work will focus on accelerating existing efforts in Marin County to work together on a proactive vision for the future to increase housing affordability while maintaining protections for Marin’s incredible natural areas, and investing in nature-based infrastructure to reduce risks from climate related hazards.

We are looking for someone familiar with Marin County and passionate about effective communications, housing access and affordability, climate resilience and a vision for growth that centers people and nature. While experience and familiarity with these topics as well as land use planning, advocacy, and community engagement are desired, we encourage interested applicants to apply even if they don’t have existing expertise in all of these areas.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS ROLE INCLUDE:

• Leading advocacy efforts with robust stakeholder involvement that results in integrating equity, climate and housing considerations into land-use policies, development proposals, policy campaigns, and other relevant efforts.
• Design and implement education and outreach strategies that reach diverse communities on the connections between housing affordability, climate risks and environmental protections and innovative solutions that help address these multiple challenges
• Build and strengthen partnerships across the county with cross-sectoral stakeholders including community-based organizations, residents, local leaders, and agency partners 

• Bring a passion for solving complex problems, forging partnerships, and collaborating on finding solutions, with a commitment to community, the environment, and equity.

YOU’LL BE A GREAT FIT FOR THE ROLE IF YOU:

• 3-4 years of experience in any of the following: advocacy, community-based projects, housing policy, conservation, environmental science, climate change, land use,  planning, or related fields.
• Knowledge, experience and/or interest in politics and/or policy advocacy, a plus.
• Knowledge of Marin County.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, forging working partnerships, navigating political landscapes with diplomacy, and cultivating new audiences.
• Excellent communications and critical thinking skills.
• Enjoy collaborating with a talented, fast-paced, and supportive team.
• Pride yourself on having great attention to detail.
• Bring a passion for supporting organizational excellence in our mission to ensure the Bay Area is resilient to a changing climate.

HOW TO APPLY:

Applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis; however, priority consideration will be given to applications submitted by August 13. Please allow several weeks for a response as we are reviewing applications. Be sure to attach both a cover letter and a professional resume as PDF documents to your application.

This is a full time, exempt position. The position is primarily remote with significant in person events and activities in Marin County and occasional days in the Greenbelt Alliance office in Oakland. Salary range is $78,000 – $86,000 depending on experience.

Benefits:

• 100% Employer-Paid Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance policies. Life insurance policy also provided.
• 50% Employer-Paid Insurance policies for dependents.
• Generous Paid Time-Off package, including Vacation Days, Sick Days, and Floating Holidays. As many as 14 paid holidays off, including Winter Break.
• Professional development and training opportunities.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

At this time, Greenbelt Alliance is unable to offer assistance to noncitizens or nonresidents in obtaining employer-sponsored work visas. All employees must have existing authorization from the federal government to work lawfully in the United States of America. Authorization would include US citizenship, US permanent residency (“green card”), or any other type of unexpired work authorization visa issued by the federal government.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

Greenbelt Alliance is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, disability, sex, gender expression, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other category. We strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQIA+ persons, people of different levels of physical ability, people with diverse national and class origins, and all qualified persons to apply for this position. Learn more about our nondiscrimination policy here.

Greenbelt Alliance encourages candidates of all abilities to apply to this position! In the case you may require any kind of special accommodation in order to complete the application or hiring process, please contact us at [email protected].

ABOUT GREENBELT ALLIANCE

Greenbelt Alliance’s mission is to educate, collaborate, and advocate to ensure the Bay Area is resilient to a changing climate. We envision a region of healthy, thriving communities made up of lands and people that are safe during climate disasters, and where everyone is living with nature in new and powerful ways for generations to come. Together, we are working toward a future where people and nature don’t merely survive, but thrive. We focus on data-driven and innovative policy solutions fostering much-needed regional collaboration to plan and invest in resilient communities, leveraging our expertise to realize a climate-resilient Bay Area.