NATURAL RESOURCES PLANNER III - DNR

Full-Time

The main purpose of this position is to advance the State’s climate mitigation efforts through nature-based solutions on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Department was awarded approximately $43 million through a multi-state application to EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program to support natural carbon sequestration through restoration and conservation. The Department will use the funding to support tree planting, marsh restoration, construction of living shorelines, tidal exchange restoration, and development and implementation of Coastal Resilience Management Plans.

• Providing grant management oversight and implementation, such as tracking budgets and deliverables
• Collaborating with and leading participating units to achieve proposed deliverables and ensure alignment with grant requirements
• Using Smartsheets and Google platforms to support tracking, budgeting, reporting, and online coordination
• Synthesizing grant reporting and invoicing from participating units and partners
• Coordinating with the Maryland Department of Environment on invoicing, reporting, and grant management
• Convening internal and external meetings to help advance deliverables
• Coordinating with appropriate technical and field personnel to understand site-level characteristics
• Assisting with implementation of community engagement in coordination with department units and the department’s Environmental Justice Officer   
• Managing contracts and relationships with community liaisons, including coordination with relevant department units
• Supporting and/or facilitating community engagement efforts
• Creating outreach materials to keep the public informed about planning, design, and implementation of proposed projects
• Creating opportunities for the public to provide input on designs
• Helping to identify relevant community groups
• Coordinating with the Department’s communication team to ensure outward storytelling about project initiatives and successes
• Engaging partner organizations around the mission and deliverables of this award
• Supporting the primary goals of the grant program, including addressing the climate crisis, reducing air pollution, advancing environmental justice, and accelerating America’s clean energy transition

• Grant management and implementation, including experience managing budgets and contracts
• Coordinating with and leading staff and/or partner organizations on completing deliverables

For education obtained outside the U.S., a copy of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service must be provided prior to hire.

Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents. As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits. You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.

Leave may be granted to a contractual employee at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.

Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be accepted. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing the application.

If you are having difficulty with your user account or have general questions about the online application system, please contact the MD Department of Budget and Management at Application.Help@maryland.gov ; ATTN: Recruitment and Examination Division. Please note, standard business hours for the help desk are 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Inquiries made after hours will be reviewed no earlier than the following business day. 

If you need to make adjustments to a submitted application or if you have general inquiries regarding this recruitment, please contact Emilee Knott at Emilee.Knott@maryland.gov. 

Supplemental materials and/or edits to your application will not be accepted once the announcement deadline has passed. Candidates will only be able to submit an application once, so it is extremely important that you are following the application instructions.