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Program Specialist for Climate Resilience, Ecology Action

Position/Title/Fund: Program Specialist for Climate Resilience, Ecology Action

Type/Term: Full-time

Salary: $27.72 - $34.66 per hour

Description:

We are looking for a passionate Program Specialist to join our Resilient Cental Coast (RCC) team and help us foster climate action across a six-county collaborative initiative!

The Climate Resilience Program Specialist plays a strategic leadership role in advancing equitable climate action and community engagement across the Monterey Bay Area Climate Justice Collaborative (CJC) and the 6-county collaborative, Resilient Central Coast (RCC) initiative, with a focus on the tri-county region of Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey.

Across the program areas, the Climate Resilience Specialist's primary function is to lead, organize and coordinate staff and partner teams to engage on equitable climate and disaster response initiatives. The Climate Resilience Program Specialist will also serve as the lead educator and organizer for the RCC program, providing leadership in mobilizing high school and college-age youth, strengthening partnerships with grassroots and regional stakeholders, and expanding participation in the RCC online platform.

Responsibilities :

Project, Partner, and Contract Management

• Managing partners and subcontractors participating in RCC and CJC projects, helping set scopes of work and then ensuring ongoing performance management, invoicing, task completion and reporting occurring on schedule.
• Providing technical assistance to community-based organizations to enable successful participation in CJC activities and initiatives, including interpretation, translation, and capacity development support.

Community Engagement Strategy & Oversight

• Leading strategy and execution of the RCC Youth Climate Action Program, including recruitment, curriculum, and engagement of high school and college-age participants.
• Building and managing partnerships with civic, faith-based, youth, and community organizations to deepen engagement and support local leadership development.
• Coordinating with frontline-serving organizations to expand equitable access to RCC resources and integrate partners into program design, strategy, and funding roles.
• Designing and implementing RCC platform engagement strategies that align with regional climate goals and drive community participation.
• Supporting leadership teams in facilitating effective climate action meetings by providing tools, agendas, and strategic guidance.
• Identifying opportunities to integrate RCC into local events and civic spaces, managing teams to boost public engagement and visibility.
• Overseeing outreach calendar and supervising tasks led by two RCC Youth Fellows.

Platform Strategy, Oversight & Reporting

• Monitoring RCC platform performance and user engagement, using data to guide strategy and improvements.
• Developing and managing systems to track participation, user activity, and impact, with regular reporting to stakeholders.
• Overseeing content updates to ensure accurate, up-to-date incentives, rebates, and educational resources in collaboration with partners.
• Coordinating cross-functional efforts to ensure platform usability, accessibility, and alignment with community engagement goals.

Budget Management

• Helping set and manage program budget and resourcing.
• Collaborating with leadership team, partners and Budget Analyst team to create and manage initiative-level budgets and resourcing plans annually.
• Ensuring appropriate expenditure and accurate budget accounting (including timesheet reporting) by staff billable to Collaborative projects.

Qualifications :

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in project coordination
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in community climate programming, community organizing, environmental education, government funded environmental programs or related fields
• Experience coordinating multiple partners and maintaining high functioning, collaborative relationships with both government and nonprofit staff and community members
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be qualifying

Preferred:

• Experience community organizing in Monterey Bay Area.
• Experience with the BrightAction platform and engagement program model.
• Experience with community engagement programs in active transportation, youth bike and walk programs, electric vehicle market transformation, water conservation or food waste.
• Experience working with BIPOC, farm working and vulnerable communities.
• Ability to develop program strategies and solutions and present them for team consideration.
• Ability to work alone and be self-motivated
• Diplomatic and creative problem solver
• Bilingual Preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and translation abilities in English and Spanish languages
• Familiarity with and/or training in climate justice, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices.
• Proficient in MS office products: Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint as well as collaborative workspaces including Asana and Teams
• High level of competency with MS Excel
• Strongly committed to equitable climate change action with a focus on activating individual and community engagement in solutions for a thriving people and planet.
• Superb time management and organization
• Familiarity or experience working with public agencies, nonprofits and community groups, ideally in Monterey Bay Area.
• Demonstrated experience leading and organizing teams or groups to make decisions, track action steps and move initiatives forward.
• Ability to collaborate and lead with respect and inclusiveness in a cross-functional, matrixed work environment
• Valid Driver License and proof of insurance

Apply online. Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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