Climate and Resilience Technical Support

This position supports the 18-24 month Applied Sciences Climate & Resilience project within the Earth Science Division at NASA GSFC.

 

Date posted

Mar. 2, 2023 11:15 am

Application deadline

May 31, 2023 5:00 pm

Organization

ESSIC at the University of Maryland

Location

  • United States

Job description

Duties:

This position supports the 18-24 month Applied Sciences Climate & Resilience project within the Earth Science Division at NASA GSFC.

• Establish regular, dedicated engagement with local planning entities throughout Prince George’s County and engage city planners to help them quantify their risk by neighborhood
• Survey climate preparedness, e.g. around flood risk, and the information needed to build infrastructure resilience through a market survey or needs assessment
• Report on findings from surveying local communities
• Interface with local decision-makers to prioritize infrastructure planning decisions that require climate information and work with them to co-produce a solution
• Interface with applied sciences researchers and data systems to deliver the best-fit NASA product or product resulting from collaboration with First Street Foundation
• Engage relevant partners, e.g. green energy transition by State of Maryland and UMD Maryland Mesonet
• Track similar activities by other agencies to ensure that we share resources and best practices and do not duplicate effort
• Report on solutions co-produced with local communities
 
Qualifications:
 
The successful candidate will have experience in climate adaptation, especially relevant to hydrology, excellent communication skills, and an interest in informing sustainable infrastructure decisions.

To Apply: Interested candidates should send a CV with a list of at least 3 professional references and a cover letter explaining how your qualifications meet the posted requirements to anegri@umd.edu.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
 

For more details

https://essic.umd.edu/joom2/index.php/employment/3126-climate-a-resilience-technical-support