The Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP), established through Senate Bill 246, is charged with developing a cohesive and holistic response to the impacts of climate change by coordinating state and local adaptation efforts. Through the enabling legislation, ICARP is centrally focused on efforts that advance climate equity and support integrated climate strategies, or those strategies that benefit both greenhouse gas reductions and adaptation. ICARP currently leads grant program efforts including Adaptation Planning, Regional Resilience and Extreme Heat and Community Resilience. This role supports technical assistance, policy development, programs and activities related to these grant programs and policy projects including SB 306 the Extreme Heat Action Plan.
Under the general direction of the ICARP Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant Program Manager, the Associate Resilience and Adaptation Planner will support implementation of the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant Program and the Extreme Heat Action Plan (SB 306), as part of OPR’s Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP). This position is a member of the ICARP Team, which works to integrate climate change into planning and investment decisions through the development of statewide plans, decision-support tools, actionable climate science, guidance, technical assistance, and grant programs while also advancing racial and social equity within state funding programs and programs related to climate change.
The Senior Adaptation and Resilience Planner is an interdisciplinary team member that participates in planning and project development of environmental and climate-related plans, programs and projects. The incumbent will be responsible for implementing the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program (EHCRP) and the Extreme Heat Action Plan to ensure that tribes, community-based organizations, and local jurisdictions have funding and resources to improve local heat planning and awareness and overall resilience to extreme heat through program implementation and infrastructure improvement. The incumbent will support policy development and interagency coordination on extreme heat planning, communications, and infrastructure development. This position requires the ability to build relationships with new or unfamiliar organizations or individuals, a strategic and/or analytic way of thinking about project implementation, the ability to balance action and risk effectively and efficiently, and the tenacity and persistence necessary to ensure a full understanding of environmental, climate and extreme heat conditions. The Staff Services Manager I acts as an in-house consultant performing the most difficult and complex work which is critical to LCI and ICARP’s mission and is of statewide significance.
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Working Conditions
Persons appointed to this position must be reasonably expected to exert up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects with or without reasonable accommodation.. Involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Occasional/overnight travel up to 15% may be required. This position may be eligible to participate in hybrid telework schedule. Participation in Telework is subject to LCI guidelines.