Community Resilience Specialist

City of Ann Arbor•Ann Arbor, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position in the Office of Sustainability and Innovations, working closely with the Office of Emergency Management, assists in the development, coordination, and execution of community resilience initiatives. With an understanding of community resilience, climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, risk assessment, nature-based solutions, social equity, decision support tools, risk communication, and stakeholder engagement, this professional will build upon and move forward the City of Ann Arbor’s community resilience work. The position requires strong technical and communication skills as well as knowledge of climate change and impacts, emergency preparedness, and resilience and adaptation planning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with course work in marketing, sociology, communications, psychology, business or public administration, management, operations research, organizational behavior, public safety, human resources development, political science, or a closely related field
Experience in GIS
Valid MI driver’s license
Understanding of community resilience, climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, risk assessment, nature-based solutions, social equity, decision support tools, risk communication, and stakeholder engagement
Strong technical and communication skills
Knowledge of climate change and impacts, emergency preparedness, and resilience and adaptation planning