Missoula County Ecology & Extension just posted a cool job!
A new full-time job opening
Missoula County’s Ecology & Extension Department is seeking a CLIMATE RESILIENCY EDUCATOR to join their team. This position leads the Extension Service’s educational efforts to help the public adapt to climate change and works in the Rocky Mountain Gardens & Exploration Center to improve outreach and education efforts to improve sustainability, adaptation, and climate resiliency. This person will do all kinds of cool, impactful things, including working on Electrify Missoula and home weatherization via the *coming soon* One Stop Shop. Head here for the job listing (scroll down). (Closes May 17!)
Representative Examples of Work
Develops and implements climate adaptation strategies for the public by focusing on personally relevant and meaningful information and using active and engaging teaching methods. Develops strong working relationships with other County departments, University of Montana, Montana State University, Climate Smart Missoula, and other organizations that are engaged in programs, projects and plans related to sustainability and climate resilience. Organizes and leads community meetings and programs at the Rocky Mountain Gardens & Exploration Center to help people develop plans that support adaptation, mitigation, and resiliency to climate change in their homes and businesses. Organizes educational meetings with landowners and watershed groups on adapting to climate change. Develops, organizes, and leads youth projects and programs on climate change and sustainability. Coordinates with and serves as a resource for other counties who are developing projects or programs on sustainability. Serves as a subject matter expert and technical resource on issues related to climate adaptation. Updates program website, creates and manages social media and traditional media outreach. Identifies and pursues funding opportunities to support the implementation of climate resiliency and sustainability strategies. Tracks and evaluates progress on implementation of climate adaptation strategies; develops and presents progress reports on a regular basis. Reviews plans for needed updates and initiates plan updates as needed. Supports other goals and initiatives of the Missoula County Sustainability Program such as carbon neutrality, clean electricity, waste reduction, and related topics. Performs related work as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires a bachelor’s degree. Degrees best suited to this position are Agriculture, Horticulture, Natural Resources and Education.
- Course work in botany, plant ecology, climate science, communications and group dynamics is desired.
- Training in writing grant proposals is desired.
- Requires three years of experience working in science field which included experience in outreach or technology transfer.
- Experience in climate science application desirable. Experience writing grant proposals is desired. Experience in organizing groups is desired.
