Environmental Sustainability Planner

Title:
Environmental Sustainability Planner

Department:
Center for Community Systems

Reports To:
Manager, Brownfields Redevelopment

Position Type:
Staff

Position Summary:
The Environmental
Sustainability Planner will provide technical assistance and guidance, create
tools and resources, and conduct educational and engagement forums to help
communities assess, cleanup, and redevelop former industrial and commercial
properties (brownfields), transforming them into productive reuse. The technical assistance provided to
communities will contribute to a greater quality of life by improving health
and safety; enhancing environmental quality; promoting use/reuse of existing
infrastructure; promoting economic development; making better connections to
jobs, education, and health care; creating and/or preserving open space; and
creating more sustainable and resilient communities

Essential Functions:
-Provides one-on-one technical assistance to government entities, community organizations, and non-profits throughout the US to strategize how to address their specific brownfield challenges.
-Assists communities in understanding basic brownfields redevelopment concepts, navigating the brownfields regulatory process, identifying funding sources, and understanding technical and scientific reports and data.
-Provides funding application critiques and guidance.
-Plans and conducts brownfield engagement and educational events (workshops, seminars, webinars, bootcamps, conference sessions).
-Identifies communities in need of brownfields redevelopment assistance services.
-Provides ideas and content for websites, newsletters, and educational tools on brownfields and brownfields-related topics (such as equitable development, environmental justice, climate change impacts, community resilience, etc.).
-Maintains a record of assistance activities for inclusion in required program progress reporting.
-Works collaborative with other staff to develop and implement strategies on effective ways to provide technical assistance and conduct community engagement activities.
-Performs other duties as requested.

Prerequisite Qualifications:
-Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree in environmental
or urban planning, environmental
science, geography, or other relevant discipline.

-Work Experience Requirements: 2 to 5 years of experience.

Technical Knowledge Requirements:
-Interest or knowledge of social, economic, and environmental elements of redevelopment.
-Familiarity with the challenges affecting redevelopment and revitalization projects.
-Knowledge and experience in community engagement for planning projects.
-Working understanding of sustainability and resilience planning practices and creativity in their application and implementation.
-Knowledge of Federal and/or state brownfield programs.
-Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
-Possesses strong public speaking and relationship building skills.
-Possesses strong time management and organizational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
-Familiarity with identifying and utilizing available brownfield related data sources (i.e., NJDEP DataMiner).
-Experience using GIS mapping techniques.
-Ability to present technical information to the public in plain language.
-Effective written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail and work quality.
-Excellent computer literacy, including Microsoft Office, and Adobe.

At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications:
-Fluency in Spanish is a plus.
-Experience in real estate and/or public health assessments is a plus.

Bargaining Unit:
PSA

Range/Band:
23

Salary Information:
In compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Law, the negotiated annual salary range for this position is $63,754.42-$119,012.58 (USD). NJIT considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses or other items.

To learn more about the comprehensive benefits NJIT offers for this position, please visit our benefits page: https://hr.njit.edu/health-benefits.

FLSA:
Exempt
Full-Time

Travel Demands:
-This
position requires frequent travel in the Northeast and Southeast.