Coastal Resiliency Specialist

In this position with Maine’s Coastal (Zone Management) Program, you will work collaboratively with state, federal, local, and regional governments, partners, and stakeholders to design, obtain funding for, oversee, and evaluate nature-based solutions for coastal climate adaptation coastwide including living shorelines, estuarine land conservation, salt marsh restoration and migration, and coastal carbon sequestration.
You will have the opportunity to advise MCP and DMR leadership on MCP coastal resiliency policy initiatives and implement Maine Won’t Wait, the State’s award-winning State Climate Action Plan through scientific research, design and management of pilot projects, and application of sound science into management policies and plans