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Climate Equity Planning & Policy Specialist
Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) / Sacramento, CA
Posted on: December 24, 2024
Application Deadline: 1/22/2025
Job Description
Under direction of the Planning and Land Use Manager, the Air Pollution Specialist (Climate Equity Planning and Policy Specialist) will be responsible for providing guidance and direction on matters related to climate and environmental justice, equitable and inclusive communities, safety from natural and manmade hazards, and community resilience. This position will work with government agencies, academics, community-based organizations, and other interested parties to effectuate planning and policy changes that center equity and create a resilient California for All.
The Land Use and Planning Team at LCI has several responsibilities, including:
- developing and maintaining technical guidelines and advisories on planning and land use topics;
- reviewing and analyzing proposed legislation on relevant topics;
- preparing legislative and policy proposals to assist with long-range planning and visioning;
- collaborating with academic institutions to undertake necessary research;
- conducting outreach to local and regional governments and community groups to inform our work.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Apply here.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
In addition to evaluating each candidate’s relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
Other desirable qualifications include:
- Demonstrated expertise in state and local government programs and policies related to land use and planning, regional planning, sustainability, and climate change.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience addressing and integrating equity considerations in the context of land use planning.
- Qualitative and quantitative research skills, including the ability to conduct key informant interviews, synthesize existing research, design data collection mechanisms, conduct literature review, and write reports.
- Experience analyzing or producing geospatial data.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to communicate to diverse audiences.
- Experience managing a deadline-driven, collaborative process with multiple partners.
- Excellent collaboration skills including experience facilitating consensus decision-making processes, navigating complex policy issues, and engaging a wide range of stakeholders.
- Ability to lead and inspire teamwork and collaboration by being accessible, supportive, and empathetic, and maintain constructive team relationships.
- Strong work ethic, detail oriented and organized.
- Collaborative, adaptable, and able to prioritize emergent and ongoing tasks.
- Good judgment and reasoning skills, including ability to navigate complex situations while considering a variety of factors including ethics, cultural differences, facts and assumptions, consequences and risks, and the needs of all parties.
- Proven commitment to creating a work environment that celebrates diverse backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences.
- Ability and flexibility to travel and effectively participate in public workshops, and meetings up to 20% of the time.
- Occasionally will need to work on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Bilingual in English and one of California’s most spoken languages (Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean)
Application Instructions
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