Regional Planner II, Climate Resilience Planner - Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation

Official Title: Regional Planner II

Primary Location: United States-Massachusetts-Boston-10 Park Plaza

Job: Planning

Agency: Department of Conservation & Recreation

Job Type: Full-time

Shift: Day

Job Posting: Feb 8, 2024, 7:17:37 PM

Number of Openings: 1

Salary: 73,432.58 - 98,762.04 Yearly

If you have Diversity, Affirmative Action or Equal Employment Opportunity questions or need a Reasonable Accommodation, please contact Diversity Officer / ADA Coordinator: Moneesha Dasgupta - 6176450358

Bargaining Unit: 09-MOSES - Engineers/Scientists

Confidential: No

Potentially Eligible for a Hybrid Work Schedule: Yes

Regional Planner II - Climate Resilience Planner - (240001LV)

Description

The Department of Conservation and Recreation seeks qualified applicants for the position of Regional Planner II - Climate Resilience Planner, located at 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA.  Please submit a cover letter and resume as part of the application process.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation is a dynamic agency responsible for the stewardship of close to 500,000 acres of parks, forests, water supply protection lands, beaches, lakes and ponds, cultural resources and a diverse array of recreational infrastructure to provide experiences for the benefit, enjoyment and well-being of all.  As the state's conservation agency, DCR is charges with protecting the natural, cultural and recreational resources under its stewardship and ensuring that operations, management plans and infrastructure design addresses projected climate changes and impacts through mitigation, avoidance and adaptation.

Full description and application are available here.

Climate Programs Specialist - Greenprint Partners

Location: Chicago, IL

Type: Full-time

Min. Experience: Some Experience

Salary: $64,000 to $90,000

Greenprint Partners is seeking a Climate Programs Specialist based in Chicago, IL to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to connect property owners across the country with green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) incentive programs, apply analytical techniques and tools to create solutions to complex climate resilience challenges, and work with a dynamic and growing interdisciplinary team. This position is part of Greenprint’s Equitable Planning team. The ideal candidate brings a passion for working collaboratively with community members and landowners to help define and achieve their stormwater goals, is a strategic thinker and self-starter who can cohere structure and action from ambiguity, and is experienced both with outreach and engagement strategies as well as data analysis and mapping tools.

 

Interested applicants can apply for the position by submitting a resume and cover letter. Your application should include a portfolio that illustrates your experience with GIS mapping and analysis. Apply online here.

Director, Urban Green Infrastructure Partnerships - Nature Conservancy - Arlington, VA

Director, Urban Green Infrastructure Partnerships
The Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is the leading conservation organization working to make a positive impact around the world in more than 30 countries, all 50 United States, and your backyard. Founded in 1951, the mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.One of our core values is our commitment to diversity. Therefore we are committed to a globally diverse and culturally competent workforce.

NatureVest is focused on deal generation, capital deployment and thought leadership in the environmental impact investing space.A collaborative effort between JPMorgan Chase and The Nature Conservancy, NatureVest brings together investors, conservation leaders, policymakers, and financing institutions to grow the field of environmental impact investing and enable more capital to be allocated to investing in nature.

With the goal of attracting $1 billion of private capital by 2020 for conservation projects that protect and restore the lands and waters upon which all life depends, NatureVest is focused on the following:

• Developing transactions to deploy capital through investment products that offer both conservation impact and financial return
• Organizing investors (institutional, private and philanthropic) who will participate in transactions and/or funds
• Establishing the nexus of thought leadership for natural capital investment by: producing new research, targeted convenings, and an interactive resource for practitioners and stakeholders

For more information, please visit: http:www.naturevest.tnc.org

Position Summary:
The Director, Urban Green Infrastructure Partnerships will act as NatureVest's primary point of contact with municipalities and private developers looking to incorporate green infrastructure into their programs and will be responsible for ensuring investment objectives are incorporated into implementation. Reporting to Director of Product Development,this key position is a unique and exciting opportunity for an entrepreneurial leader who is knowledgeable and passionate about leveraging financial markets to drive environmental impact and urban sustainability through urban green infrastructure investments.

Responsibilities & Scope:

• Working in collaboration with the Director of Product Development and the North America Urban Conservation Directors, engage U.S. municipalities through direct outreach to mayors' offices, utilities, and regulators to develop a pipeline of viable investment opportunities.
• Work with the Director of Product Development to set strategic direction for municipal and regional priorities and investment criteria.
• Work with Director of Product Development to evaluate and scope deals. Ensure preliminary conservation objectives are considered and incorporated into initial scope definition and assist with the development partner selection process.
• Work closely with TNC's Global and North American Cities Programs, and interested TNC Chapters to train staff and their municipal constituents to support evaluation of how cities can leverage impact capital and NatureVest to identify potential opportunities for investable green infrastructure and stormwater management initiatives.
• Establish working relationships with local and national enterprises, municipalities, and other NGOs to identify high-quality development partners, build sources of demand for green infrastructure investment, and establish partners in policy leadership and community engagement.
• Maintain international profile by producing original thought leadership pieces through written articles, conference appearances, and video work on policy and investment best practices.
• Significant US travel involved.

Desired Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• BA/BS degree and 12 years in municipal government or as a technical consultant to municipal government working on regulated water quality issues, sustainability-related initiatives, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience designing, implementing, and directing complex initiatives of strategic importance, including the management of budgets, the supervision of multidisciplinary professionals, and the coordination of the work of partners.
• Experience in partnership development (partners, community, government, etc.), working effectively with a broad array of stakeholders with divergent needs.
• Experience with current trends and practices in stormwater policy, regulation, and green infrastructure implementation.
• Successful experience facilitating complex negotiations with municipal, state, and/or federal governments, and/or private business.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Master's in Urban Planning, Public Policy, Public Administration or Business Administration, or other advanced degree with significant course work in policy, planning and public administration is preferred.
• Sense of urgency, with the ability to manage multiple work streams on time and on budget while meeting or exceeding goals.
• Demonstrated success as an inspirational leader who has successfully motivated staff and partners to achieve and sustain excellence.
• Demonstrated leadership and visionary qualities and ability to work effectively with and through others in a decentralized and geographically dispersed organization.
• Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural experience appreciated.
• Exceptional interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.

How to apply: 

For more information and to apply, please visit www.nature.org/careers and search for job ID#43991 in the keyword search. Deadline to apply is 11:59 PM EST3/24/16.The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply

Dean of the School of Architecture, University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA

Dean of the School of Architecture

University of Virginia

 

Location: 

Charlottesville, VA

DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Charlottesville, VA

The University of Virginia seeks an exceptional leader who will work with us to collectively explore how design education and research should be structured to best serve an increasingly interconnected and globalized society.  

Together we face complex societal challenges, including climate change, poverty reduction, equitable access to education and healthcare, and the creation of resilient and livable buildings, neighborhoods and cities. We seek an individual who understands and embraces the pivotal roles that designers, planners, and historians must play in addressing a host of difficult problems that have significant ramifications from local to global contexts.  

Our next dean is invited to lead a willing and able group to conceive new ideas to engage spatial design as an agent of social, technological, and environmental priorities facing the world.  We seek a dean who will inspire us and challenge us to discover new creative approaches to learning, teaching, practicing, and undertaking advanced research that serve our mission as a public university.
We seek a leader who is able to build upon the distinctive qualities of UVA’s School of Architecture: sustained investigation across the disciplines of Architectural History, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban and Environmental Planning; emergent collaborations across the University; deep and sustained engagement with sites around the world; a demonstrated commitment to exceptional undergraduate and graduate teaching; a growing culture of funded research, scholarship, and design competitions; recent fundraising efforts that have exceeded goals; and remarkably passionate and engaged students.

For more information about the search and committee, please visit: https://executivesearch.virginia.edu/search/architecturedean

Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, has been engaged to assist with this important search. Inquiries, nominations, and applications should be directed in confidence to: 
Jane Gruenebaum, Gail Gregory or Jon Miller
www.imsearch.com/5593
Isaacson, Miller
1300 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-682-1504, Fax: 202-296-7271

Urban Planning Faculty Positions, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation | Columbia University - New York, NY

Urban Planning Faculty Positions

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation | Columbia University

Professional Area: 

Academia

Website: 

http://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/urban-planning

Location: 

New York, NY

The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University invites applications for full-time, open-rank faculty positions in Urban Planning in the tenured, tenure-track and professor of practice categories.  The GSAPP is a school dedicated to designing and understanding the local and global built environment with programs in Architecture, Planning, Preservation, Real Estate Development, Urban Design, Curatorial Studies, and doctoral programs in Architecture and Planning. The Urban Planning program is one of the oldest in the nation and has approximately 100 Master’s and 25 Ph.D. students. The Program’s mission is to prepare our students to become leaders of the profession, who are technically capable, ethically informed and committed to the pursuit of equity and social justice in the betterment of the lives of urban people and urban places.

Open to candidates across all urban planning fields, GSAPP is particularly interested in candidates who teach and conduct research in physical planning, environmental issues (including the effects of climate change on cities), data analytics, community development, and global urbanization. Senior candidates should be able and willing to direct the Urban Planning Program.  We anticipate hiring two new faculty for a start date of July 1, 2016.

Responsibilities will include teaching, research, and administration.  Successful applicants will demonstrate a commitment to advancing the field through teaching, practice, and/or research. They will show clear evidence of expertise and have strong leadership and communications skills.  They must have demonstrated capacity for original work and show promise of significant continuing contributions.  A Master’s or Ph.D degree in Urban Planning or a closely related field is required. 

Senior positions require substantial teaching, research, and/or professional experience.  Qualifications for senior positions (tenured or tenure-track) include a strong record of refereed publications and a demonstrable record of outstanding scholarship. Applicants to junior positions must show evidence of great promise of teaching, research and/or professional excellence. Qualifications for junior positions (tenure-track) include emerging leadership in the candidate’s field and the potential to produce outstanding scholarship. Professors of Practice candidates should have significant experience in planning practice and a demonstrable record of excellence in their professional career. Faculty of the Urban Planning Program are expected to collaborate with colleagues across GSAPP on research, teaching studios and events.

GSAPP seeks faculty who can innovate their disciplines and can create an environment where students can not only be educated in current and past ideas and methods, but can also explore and test new ideas. Therefore, preference will generally be given to candidates who are able to teach and/or conduct research in both traditional fields and in an emergent specialization.

Qualified individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences are encouraged to apply. GSAPP enjoys a diverse faculty and is actively seeking to expand a core group of individuals who can bring new ideas and approaches by way of their own experiences and backgrounds.  Columbia University is committed to supporting the work-life balance of its faculty and is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.  We strongly encourage applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. 

For additional information and submission requirements please visit our online application site at:   https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=61648

Review of applications will begin immediately and will remain open until a candidate is chosen.

Faculty, Environmental Planning, University at Buffalo, State University of New York

University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Faculty Position:  

Environmental Planning 

The faculty of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning invites applicants for a ladder (tenure track) position as assistant professor in the field of Environmental Planning.  Our faculty is part of the School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.  The appointment is expected to commence in August 2016.

Applications will be accepted now and will continue until an appointment is made. We anticipate that we will identify a short list and invite candidates for interviews on campus starting in November.

We are searching for applicants whose research and teaching interests focus on environmental planning, in any combination of the following:

·         Climate change

·         Ecosystem restoration

·         Environmental issues in central-city regeneration

·         Land use planning

·         Natural environment systems

·         Sustainable development

·         Related fields

By the beginning of the appointment in August 2016, applicants must hold a Ph.D. in planning or a related field. They should have a promising research agenda and a broad appreciation of planning as a profession. They must have a good ability to communicate effectively with students and evaluate student papers in written English. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications.  

The selected candidate may be given teaching responsibilities in any or all of our department’s degree programs, described below. We are especially interested in candidates who will become closely involved in the “Environmental and Land Use Planning” specialization within the Master of Urban Planning Program.

The duties of a faculty member involve a combination of research, teaching, and service. The teaching load is two classes per semester, at the graduate or undergraduate level in the general curriculum as well as in his or her area of specialization.  Up to two course-relief opportunities may be available during the tenure-track period. There is an also expectation of service to the department, school, university, and community.

Our Department: With thirteen tenured or tenure-track faculty members, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning is one of two accredited departments in a professional school of about 700 full-time equivalent students.  The Department offers five degree programs: the B.A. in Environmental Design with about 90 students; the accredited Master’s of Urban Planning (M.U.P.) degree with about 90 students; joint master degrees with Architecture, Law, and soon Public Health; and a growing Ph.D. degree in Urban Planning currently with nine students.  The department also participates in administering master’s level studies in historic preservation and real estate development.  

  

The department is expected to re-enter its fully restored nineteenth-century building on the university’s historic urban campus, by the summer of 2016. We are served by a fine Architecture and Planning Library, and have excellent computing facilities, with a variety of high-performing systems available in labs and studios.

Interdisciplinary Opportunities: The person hired for this position will be encouraged to become involved with the new and expanding “RENEW” Institute at the University at Buffalo, which conducts research and education related to energy, environment, and water. The Institute is university-wide and interdisciplinary, focusing on complex energy and environmental issues, as well as the social and economic ramifications. It helps develop and coordinate innovative research, education and outreach programs. (http://www.buffalo.edu/renew.html).  He or she is also encouraged to collaborate with faculty members in our neighboring Department of Architecture, with which we have close collegial relations, as well as with colleagues in the natural and social sciences and engineering.

The University: With 30,000 students, the University at Buffalo is a Carnegie Class I research university and a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).  The university offers 90 Ph.D. and 135 master’s programs, and has outstanding supercomputing, library, and research facilities, including numerous interdisciplinary centers and institutes for faculty collaboration.

The Community: Near our campus is the University Heights neighborhood with coffee shops, eateries, bookstores, and a full array of commercial outlets and services.  The campus is highly accessible, situated on a subway and other transit lines.  Housing opportunities are abundant and affordable. 

With a combined population of 9.7 million, the binational Niagara region of Western New York and Southern Ontario offers a high quality of life and an exceptional setting for engaging planning issues.  The region spans an international border, and includes large cities, varied suburbs, dramatic landscapes, and quiet villages.  Our faculty has an outstanding history of engagement through research, studio teaching, and service with our region’s many communities.

Application: Inquiries and nominations are encouraged as soon as possible and may be submitted via email to ap-envplansearch@buffalo.edu.  Applications must be made via UBJobs at the following link:

www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=58410

The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Recruiter.  As such it does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin, creed or religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or marital or veteran status.  Candidates with a disability may request reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process.  Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

Community Resilience Associate, The Nature Conservancy - New Haven, CT

Community Resilience Associate

The Nature Conservancy

Professional Area: 

Community Development and Redevelopment

Experience: 

1-3 years

Website: 

https://careers.nature.org/psp/tnccareers/APPLICANT/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?P...

Location: 

New Haven, CT

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to make a positive impact around the world in more than 35 countries, all 50 United States, and your backyard. Founded in 1951, the mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

The Community Resilience Associate will help build a regional framework for resilience within and across coastal and inland municipalities through planning, policy, and projects that reduces risks from natural hazards and climate change.  The position will require extensive community-based engagement, partnership building, land use policy reviews, green/natural infrastructure project design, and on-call support for municipalities and regional organizations within New London County, Connecticut.  This position is a key addition to a highly effective team engaged with coastal resilience on local, state, national, and international platforms since 2007.  This is a one-year term position commencing upon hire date.  

Essential functions for this position include all of the following:

• Advances and strengthens working relationships with priority municipalities, Council of Governments, and a broad array of stakeholders on behalf of the Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience Network and North American Urban Program;
• Supports development of resilient practices, policy, and projects via community-driven workshops and design charrettes;
• Gathers and synthesizes geospatial data relating to watershed hazard risks/strengths and green/natural infrastructure projects;
• Reviews and develops local land use policy suggestions to improve resilience;
• Conducts field visits and site reviews with partners at the municipal and regional scale;
• Provides on-call services to priority municipalities on resiliency and hazard issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science-related field and 2 year related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with community outreach and workshops.
• Experience in local land use policy review and interpretation.
• Experience utilizing GIS software and data for geospatial analysis and product development for diversity audiences.
• Experience conducting field visits and site reviews of coastlines and waterways with engineers, designers, and planners.
• Experience managing databases and producing reports.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects and managing timeframes.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite software. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of coastal systems, freshwater ecology, and resource management concepts in the context of risk reduction, hazard mitigation, and resilience at the local to regional scales.
• Experience in municipal-based planning and innovative land use policy applications.
• Background in environmental/landscape design – particularly green/natural infrastructure projects.
• Solid GIS background and proven product development, including ability to utilize data and analytical tools and applications. Analyzing, manipulating, and interpreting data, including statistics.
• Database management skills including creation of map products and report production.
• Completing tasks independently with respect to timeline(s).
• Working knowledge of common software applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Web browsers) as well as project conceptual design software programs. 
• Communicating clearly via written, spoken, and graphical means in English and other relevant languages.
• Ability to understand program budget development and monitoring – successful grant writing background.
• Ability to interpret guidelines and evaluate information and adapt accordingly.
• Ability to work independently and/or with minimal supervision.
• Bi-lingual and multi-lingual candidates are welcome.

How to Apply:

To apply to position #43538, submit resume and cover letter as one document via the following link.https://careers.nature.org/psp/tnccareers/APPLICANT/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=43538&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1

You can also go the careers.nature.org page on The Nature Conservancy's website and search the job board for position #43538 - Community Resilience Associate.

All applications must be submitted in the system prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 23, 2015.  Click “submit” to apply for the position or “save for later” to create a draft application for future submission. Once submitted, applications cannot be revised or edited. Failure to complete required fields may result in your application being disqualified from consideration.

CivicSpark Americorp Member, Local Government Commission - Multiple cities in California

CivicSpark Americorp Member 

Local Government Commission

 

Professional Area: 

Community Development and Redevelopment

Economic Planning and Development

Environmental and Natural Resources Planning

Facilities and Infrastructure Planning

Land-Use Management and Code Enforcement

Parks and Recreation Planning

Urban Design

Experience: 

Entry level

Contact person: 

Kristen Wraith

Phone: 

9164481196

Email: 

kwraith@lgc.org

Website: 

http://civicspark.lgc.org

Location: 

Multiple Cites, CA

Launch Your Career in Sustainability While Making an Impact

Apply now to become a CivicSpark AmeriCorps member for the 2015-16 service year

www.civicspark.lgc.org

CivicSpark is a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program dedicated to building capacity for local governments to address climate change. CivicSpark is hiring 48 members for the 2015-16 service year (start date: October 19, 2015) to complete climate change mitigation and adaptation work throughout California. This is a unique opportunity for recent college graduates to gain valuable experience in the sustainability field, build professional and technical skills, and develop a strong network, while making a lasting impact.

CivicSpark members work on projects that support local governments in 8 regions throughout California: North Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles, and Southern California. While projects vary, members can expect to work on a range of tasks, including data collection and analysis, meeting facilitation, community outreach, report writing, and presentation of results. All members will complete their service year with a strong understanding of working within local governments, experienec working with key climate change mitigation and adaptation tools, ability to analyze data, and ability to work successfully in a team office environment. In addition to project work, members will have the opportunity to regularly attend trainings for technical knowledge and professional development, as well as work on volunteer services. Members will be organized into regional teams made up of 3-10 members and a half-time senior project manager.

A list of projects for the 2015-16 service year can be found online at: http://civicspark.lgc.org/2015-16-projects/ (check back often for new additions)

Benefits

AmeriCorps was created to address community need through service. AmeriCorps Members have the opportunity to make an impact in their community while gaining valuable career and life experience. In exchange for their service, each Member receives the following benefits:

• $14,000 Living Allowance (before taxes) spread evenly over 11 months
• Segal Education Award of $5,775 at the completion of service
• Forbearance on existing qualifying student loans and payment of interest accrued during service
• Health Insurance
• Childcare Assistance – (to qualifying members), paid to an eligible provider of your choice
• Significant professional development training
• Network development with regional and statewide contacts in the climate protection field

Qualifications

CivicSpark Members will have completed at least a 4-year degree and will have relevant experience in the sustainability field. An ideal candidate might have the following characteristics:

• Degree in environmental related field and one year of relevant experience
• Experience with California climate change policies and practices (mitigation and/or adaptation related)
• Experience with local government operations and structures, especially as they relate to climate protection
• Good communications and teamwork skills, some experience with outreach preferred
• Capability to work in a professional office setting
• Comfort with quantitative work, including data collection and analysis
• Solid analytic or technical writing ability
• Candidates must complete a DOJ, state, and NSOPR background check prior to service

This is an equal opportunity position and we prefer to place a candidate who already lives in the community being served.

Application Instructions

Apply online at www.civicspark.lgc.org/member-application. Priority deadline for applying is Friday, September 25th. Candidates selected for interviews will be contacted on a rolling basis.

Examples of project activities include:

• Energy Efficiency – benchmarking local building energy use, identifying solar ready sites, engaging local governments in a bulk solar purchasing program, greenhouse gas inventorying, building business or residential energy efficiency programs
  • San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Point of Permit Energy Audit and Education Program – conduct home energy assessments as a means to educate homeowners about energy efficiency and incorporate energy efficiency.
  • Ventura Climate Friendly Buildings – support the Ventura Better Business Challenge of reducing energy usage by 20% by the year 2020. 
• Climate change –localizing a Community Climate Action Plan template, tracking metrics to monitor and evaluate progress, updating and reviewing existing CAPs, implementing CAP initiatives
  • Climate Action Planning for the Sierra Region – support climate action planning and community climate research and risk analysis for local governments.
  • Cities of Fontana and Redlands – help prepare a localized climate action plan
• Sustainable Communities – completing vulnerability assessments, implementing adaptation strategies, analyzing ZEV infrastructure needs 
  • Sacramento Regional Climate Vulnerability Assessment – conduct a broad-level vulnerability assessment for the community and audit the community’s existing plans and policies that can contribute to community preparedness.
  • Resilient Shorelines in the Bay Area – support implementation of resilient shorelines project and develop regional analysis of shoreline vulnerabilities. 

Senior Associate - Content, Urban Land Institute - Washington, D.C.

Senior Associate, Content

Urban Land Institute

Experience: 

3-5 years

Location: 

Washington, DC

ULI is hiring for a position in the Content team, which will focus on infrastructure issues and policy  and support work related to ULI’s Building Healthy Places Initiative. Through its infrastructure work, ULI promotes more environmentally and economically sustainable infrastructure investment choices, and fosters an improved understanding of the links between infrastructure and land use. Infrastructure in this context refers to transportation, energy, water, and wastewater, among other topics. The Building Healthy Places Initiative leverages the power of ULI’s global networks to shape projects and places in ways that improve the health of people as well as communities.

The person hired for this position will undertake research and work on matters that cut across infrastructure and health—for example, air quality, water quality, active transportation, food, climate change, etc.—and will undertake projects that relate to and support work that spans the ULI centers. The person in this position will report to the Senior Vice President for Content.

This is a full-time exempt position located in Washington, D.C.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will:

• Support ULI publications related to infrastructure, including but not limited to transit-oriented development and active transportation.
• Track policy at the national, state, and local levels related to transportation, energy/climate change, water and wastewater, and health.
• Track and write about local and regional infrastructure innovations and related data, targeted to the ULI membership.
• Serve as an expert resource and adviser to ULI members, district councils, and staff on infrastructure and related issues.
• Support the ULI Healthy Corridors project.
• Interface and strategically engage with partner organizations on policy, health, and infrastructure issues. 
• Plan and execute forums, conferences, and other events.

Specific deliverables and projects include:

• Support to theActive Transportationreport (in FY16) and similar reports in the future.
• Prepare and conduct meetings with ULI members and outside experts to research and disseminate ideas, as they are relevant to ULI. This may include organizing forums; developing event programs; identifying speakers and participants; developing supporting materials; and implementing follow-up actions.
• Compiling infrastructure and health-related program ideas for district councils.
• Regular tracking and updating of Content group on policy areas discussed above, with exploration of potential impacts to the real estate industry.
• Paying attention to communications platforms including infrastructure and health portions of ULI’s website, e-newsletters, mailings, and more.
• Assisting in attracting sponsorship and foundation grant funds.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in real estate, sustainability, urban planning, engineering, or related degree.
• 3-5 years of experience in related work.
• Knowledge, experience, and expertise in a broad range of topics related to real estate.
• Experience in research, education, and outreach projects.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
• Experience in working as a team player in a variety of settings.
• Experience in finance, infrastructure, and land use development helpful.
• Experience in the working with and for nonprofit organizations.

To apply, please submit your letter of interest and résumé to jobs@uli.org, with the subject line “Senior Associate, Content” No phone calls, please. EOE/m/f/d/v