The UW Climate Impacts Group is now hiring for two positions focusing on climate justice and working alongside frontline communities. These positions will help to lead, launch and sustain a new climate justice-focused collaborative at the Climate Impacts Group.

The Frontline Community Climate Resilience Scientist will have a unique opportunity to advance the theory and practice of climate services provision to frontline communities while working collaboratively with Native American tribes, rural communities and communities of color. This position will involve leading and supporting research projects in climate resilience and climate justice; participating in strategic planning; coordinating and communicating across leadership and our partner organizations; among other responsibilities. Our partner organizations include community-facing partners; non-profits, and academic researchers across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

We will start reviewing applications for this position on September 3. Learn more and apply.

The Climate Justice Research Program Integration Specialist will act as the primary point of contact between our partner organizations, which include community-facing partners, non-profits and academic researchers across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. The main responsibilities of this position are project management and integration. This includes making connections across different projects and portfolios of work related to building tribal coastal resilience; building rural resilience and scaling resilience efforts across different communities and scales. This may include, among other activities, engaging with knowledge-to-action networks, organizing and executing “train the trainer” activities and assisting in curriculum development for a Climate Action Corps. The Specialist will also support communications, grant administration and reporting.

We will start reviewing applications for this position on September 15. Learn more and apply.