Clean Energy Fund, Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure PM (Coordinator II - CPPW)

City of Portland•Portland, OR

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) is seeking a Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure Project Manager (Coordinator II - CPPW) to support the implementation of PCEF-funded regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure grants, contracts, and strategic programs that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions, build climate resilience, strengthen local ecological and food systems, and advance social, economic, and environmental justice. Guided by the Climate Investment Plan, PCEF is investing more than $200 million annually in climate action and climate justice. Funding areas include clean energy, transportation decarbonization, green infrastructure, regenerative agriculture, and workforce and contractor development. This position will be part of the team responsible for turning those investments into successful, accountable, community-centered projects and programs. Regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure work at PCEF is broad and may include urban agriculture, support for culturally specific growing practices, food forests, fiber production, soil health, urban forestry, depaving, bioswales, habitat restoration, and other living-system approaches that sequester carbon, reduce climate impacts, and create community benefits. Many PCEF grantees and contractors come from communities that have historically had limited access to climate-sector funding, public decision-making processes, land stewardship resources, and environmental infrastructure investments. This role requires strong project management, relationship building, communication, and problem-solving skills to help grantees and contractors succeed while ensuring public funds are stewarded for maximum climate and community benefit.

Requirements

At least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience implementing urban agriculture, regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, green infrastructure, or land stewardship projects.
Experience managing projects, tracking budgets, and ensuring compliance with project or program requirements (e.g., permitting, reporting, other requirements).
Experience furthering an inclusive, respectful, and culturally responsive workplace and maintaining respectful working relationships with public agency officials, representatives of community-based organizations, contractors, grantees, or other partners.
Ability to apply relevant code, regulation, permitting requirements, administrative rules, and policies; exercise independent judgment, problem-solve, and take initiative within established procedures and guidelines.
Ability to help implement systems that reverse historic and current discrimination practices, or demonstration of a commitment to racial justice, diversity, equity, or inclusion, or lived or work experience supporting communities of color or historically marginalized communities.

Nice To Haves

Regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure knowledgeable: Experienced in one or more regenerative agriculture or green infrastructure areas, such as urban agriculture, food systems, culturally relevant growing practices, soil health, ecological restoration, urban forestry, stormwater management, depaving, community-based land stewardship, climate resilience, or natural resource programs.
Community-focused: hard working, flexible and committed to prioritizing frontline communities in addressing the causes and impacts of climate change.
Socially Intelligent: Motivated, passionate, team-oriented, and empathetic. You communicate in a way that creates ease and can effectively work with people in many different roles, organizations, and communities.
Collaborative and inclusive: Comfortable sharing power, partnering for collaborative outcomes, facilitating conflict, and working across community, public agency, nonprofit, and private-sector partners.
Equity-driven : Commitment to advancing systemic changes that address historic and current discrimination. Experience evaluating processes through an equity lens and creating offerings and solutions that remove barriers and deliver more equitable outcomes.
Analytical and adaptable: Able to understand systems and relationships, respond to varied and sometimes conflicting needs, identify practical solutions, and move foundational work forward without perfect information.
Project Management Professional (PMP), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), or other relevant certifications

Responsibilities

Support grants and contracts awarded for regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure projects and programs
Serve as the primary point of contact for an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts.
Work with grantees and contractors to define detailed scopes, budgets, deliverables, and metrics; monitor progress; process invoices; support compliance; and ensure quality assurance.
Support regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure strategic programs
Help implement and coordinate PCEF regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure strategic programs, which may include the Urban Ag Land Access, Street Tree Care, Equitable Tree Canopy, and other regenerative agriculture/green infrastructure-related programs.
Review project proposals
Participate as part of a team in reviewing and scoring project proposals, providing input on project feasibility, regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure outcomes, community benefits, budgets, implementation readiness, award recommendations, and management processes.
Participate in facilitated multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration
Work with grantees, contractors, subcontractors, public agency partners, professional associations, coalitions, community members, and other stakeholders to support collaboration, improve outcomes, develop best practices, and share lessons learned.
Assist with program analysis and continuous improvement
Work with other PCEF team members to identify implementation barriers, emerging needs, best practices, and opportunities to improve regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure grants, contracts, and strategic programs.