Location: Cook County Administration 69 W. Washington
Job Posting: Jun 14, 2023 Closing: Jul 5, 2023
Full-Time
Posting Salary: $85,237-$112,699/yearly
This organization is hiring for two identical positions with separate funding sources. The full posting and application instructions for each can be found here and here.
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree (or higher) is required
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- Six (6) years of full-time professional work experience in environment, sustainability or resilience planning is required.
- Valid driver's license is required.
- Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree (or higher) in Business; Real Estate; Urban Planning; Public Policy; Public Administration; Sciences; Architecture; Engineering; or Finance.
- Experience creating community-centered environmental or sustainability initiatives, climate or resiliency plans.
Understanding of environmental issues, climate change and its threats to communities, environmental justice, and equity. Knowledge of community-centered environmental or sustainability initiatives, climate or resiliency plans. Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local incentives and grant programs for environment, sustainability or climate resiliency and other funding opportunities. Knowledge of concepts, programs, tools, and trends in environmental and pollution regulations, energy efficiency, renewable energy sourcing and installation, green building techniques or standards, climate resiliency, green infrastructure (installation and maintenance), stormwater management and flood control, and/or nature-based sustainability and resilience solutions. Knowledge of marketing and outreach principles and procedures. Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning and resource allocation. Knowledge of the County's environmental programs, as well as its sustainability and resiliency goals and plans. Skill in effectively communicating both verbally and in writing to internal departments, external agencies, and constituencies as appropriate for the needs of the audience. Skill executing project management concepts including managing and monitoring scope, schedule, and budget. Skill collecting, analyzing and interpreting data and applying it to major plans/and project proposals. Ability aligning community and County's efforts/investments needs in suburban Cook County. Ability to analyze and provide a summary of program progress to the appropriate authorities for approval. Ability to set appropriate program and performance goals and facilitate goal accomplishment. Ability to effectively coordinate and collaborate with others internal and external to the County. Ability to prioritize and multi-task given overlapping deadlines and required data inputs at various levels. Ability to effectively manage multiple assignments/projects with overlapping deadlines. Ability to supervise employees or/and consultants.
Physical Requirements
Sedentary Work
Sedentary Work involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.
The duties listed are not set forth for purposes of limiting the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally to be performed under a job title or those to be performed temporarily outside an employee's normal line of work.