FLOOD ADAPTATION FACILITATOR
Position: Full Time contract position
Available: July 2024
Term: July 2024 - March 2027
Salary & Benefits:
- $70,000 per year
- Eligible for a comprehensive extended health & dental plan
- Employer RSP contribution
- Eligible for hybrid remote work/office model
- Wellness allowance and professional development opportunities
Scope: The Flood Adaptation Facilitator will assist municipalities to understand and adapt to flood hazards. The position will work with various cross-sector stakeholders including administrators, elected officials in local government, subject matter experts, and the provincial government to coordinate, package, and deliver resources related to flood mitigation. The Flood Adaptation Facilitator will play a lead role in building municipal capacity to respond to both inland and coastal flooding.
Qualifications:
- Ability to communicate effectively and engage with a broad range of stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple project outputs simultaneously
- Excellent interpersonal, research, and organizational skills
- Experience with zoning, by-law development and other aspects of land-use planning is an asset
- Experience working with municipal government
- Knowledge of sustainable development practices
- Proven ability in stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and consensus building
- Strong sense of team effort and willingness to work with other staff
Education: Post secondary degree in planning, sustainability, environmental science, engineering, or a related field
Hours of Work:
- 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
- Monday-Friday
- Some evening and weekend work required from time to time
To Apply: Submit a cover letter, resume, and list of three professional references to:
Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities
1809 Barrington Street, Suite #1304
Halifax NS B3J 3K8
Att: Selection Committee
E-mail: [email protected]
Apply by: June 12, 2024 @ 4:00 pm (Atlantic)
Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities values diversity and inclusiveness and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including Aboriginal/Indigenous persons, racially visible persons, persons with disabilities, and women. Any job applicant requiring accommodation in order to ensure equal access to employment, remuneration, promotion, and training is encouraged to make their accommodation needs known, to the extent that they are able.
We thank all applicants, however only those invited for an interview will be contacted.