Assistant Director of Engagement, Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (ICAR)

Title: Assistant Director of Engagement, Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (ICAR)

Agency: VP FOR RESEARCH

Location: Norfolk, VA

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range:

Full Time or Part Time:

Additional Detail

• Graduate degree in a field related to disaster and climate resilience and adaptation (e.g., science and risk communication, geosciences, atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, geography, planning, emergency management, landscape architecture, public policy, public health, coastal engineering, or another related field).
• Considerable knowledge of hazards and climate change and their impacts, including but not limited to erosion, coastal storms, sea level rise, nuisance flooding, and extreme heat.
• Considerable knowledge of planning and practices to reduce the risks of hazards and climate change and adapt to their impacts across social, economic, and environmental systems.
• Considerable knowledge of use-inspired research practices, including co-production of research with stakeholders.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, including skill in communicating science and/or technical information to non-scientists and skill in using a computer and virtual meeting technologies.
• Skill in building partnerships, networking, group facilitation, and collaboration.
• Skill in facilitating, conducting, and communicating applied research with communities.
• Skill in incorporating the diverse perspectives of multiple communities, including communities that have been historically marginalized and/or excluded, into resilience and adaptation projects and programs.
• Ability to work with academic faculty to synthesize and integrate research across disciplines and to assist academic faculty in incorporating applied community needs and input into innovative research.
• Ability to write interdisciplinary grant proposals and manage grant budgets.
• Ability to flex communication style to multiple cultural environments.
• Ability to collate financial paperwork and produce project progress reports.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.

• Ph.D related to disaster and climate resilience and adaptation (e.g., science and risk communication, geosciences, atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, geography, planning, emergency management, landscape architecture, public policy, public health, coastal engineering, or another related field).
• Considerable work experience that includes documented experience in public engagement, including engagement with historically marginalized, under-represented, and other vulnerable communities and people. This work experience could be in higher education, local or state government agencies, private sector resilience service contracting, nonprofits, and/or research center settings.
• Working experience in one or more of the following content areas: coastal resilience, climate resilience, science and risk communication, geosciences, atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, geography, planning, emergency management, disaster recovery and resilience, landscape architecture, public policy, public health, coastal engineering, or another related field.
• Working experience with grant applications and successful grant management.