Coastal Hazards and Resilience Coordinator

Washington State University • Puyallup, WA

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About The Position

As the Coastal Hazards and Resilience Coordinator, you will serve as the Coastal Hazards Organizational Resilience Team (COHORT) Liaison for Washington State University (WSU) Extension. In this role, you will work in partnership with representatives from other COHORT agencies, including the Washington Department of Ecology, Washington Sea Grant, and the Washington Emergency Management Division, to advance COHORT’s strategic initiatives as outlined in the 2025 COHORT Strategic Plan. COHORT is a multi agency partnership established through legislative direction under Washington Public Law 5187 S.PL. You will contribute to COHORT’s mission to strengthen long term social, economic, and organizational resilience across Washington’s 15 coastal counties by improving cross agency coordination, supporting community driven project development, and advancing preparedness, adaptation, and recovery efforts related to coastal hazards such as flooding, erosion, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, and climate driven changes. In your role as Liaison, you will collaborate across multiple agencies and WSU Extension county offices within your assigned region. You will ensure alignment with WSU Extension’s mission, vision, and goals, build and maintain strong partnerships with local and tribal governments and stakeholders, and support a cohesive and effective team of COHORT professionals.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant extension program discipline and three (3) years of related program experience.
• A Masters degree in a related field may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience.
• Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Must have, or be able to obtain by time of hire, a valid driver’s license and meet requirements in accordance with SPPM 7.10 and departmental driving standards.
• Ability to work a flexible, yet structured schedule with occasional night and weekend shifts to meet the needs of program partners and grant requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Two or more years of experience in two or more of the following:
• Development, facilitation, and/or delivery of technical programmatic information to a wide variety of professional audiences and subject-matter experts.
• Working in an environment requiring strong customer relations, negotiations and problem resolution skills.
• Conducting community outreach and engagement, building and strengthening relationships.
• Explaining complex or technical information regarding rules, rights, regulations, policies, procedures, programs, or services to answer questions, resolve problems, and communicate decisions or actions.
• Monitoring and evaluating administrative and construction grants for grant compliance for federal, state, local governments, or private entities.
• Developing, negotiating, monitoring, and administering contracts and procurement with public and private nonprofit entities.
• Developing, preparing, monitoring, briefing, and evaluating grants and contract budgets including evaluation of progress versus project expenditures.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and interact effectively, with persons of varying levels of responsibility and experience, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel and Workday.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Coastal Hazards Organizational Resilience Team (COHORT) Liaison for Washington State University (WSU) Extension.
• Work in partnership with representatives from other COHORT agencies, including the Washington Department of Ecology, Washington Sea Grant, and the Washington Emergency Management Division, to advance COHORT’s strategic initiatives as outlined in the 2025 COHORT Strategic Plan.
• Contribute to COHORT’s mission to strengthen long term social, economic, and organizational resilience across Washington’s 15 coastal counties by improving cross agency coordination, supporting community driven project development, and advancing preparedness, adaptation, and recovery efforts related to coastal hazards such as flooding, erosion, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, and climate driven changes.
• Collaborate across multiple agencies and WSU Extension county offices within your assigned region.
• Ensure alignment with WSU Extension’s mission, vision, and goals, build and maintain strong partnerships with local and tribal governments and stakeholders, and support a cohesive and effective team of COHORT professionals.

Benefits

• WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level