What are the responsibilities and job description for the Equity and Environmental Justice Coordinator position at IBSS?
Job Title: Equity and Environmental Justice Coordinator
Location: Seattle, Washington, or Juneau, Alaska/ Hybrid
Clearance Required: Public Trust Eligible
Description
IBSS is seeking a Full-Time Equity and Environmental Justice Coordinator to coordinate, facilitate, and provide logistical support for EEJ Working Group meetings and conference calls with constituents, EEJ communications, and outreach support, assisting in organizing and coordinating EEJ activities and tracking EEJ activities.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) mission in the Arctic is to provide reliable, world-class, scientific information on the coupled ecological and social systems pertaining to fisheries and protected resources unique to the Arctic, with the focused goal of facilitating climate-informed ecosystem-based management.
In 2023, NOAA Fisheries released its first-ever national Equity and Environmental Justice (EEJ) Strategy to guide the agency in its focus on serving all communities more equitably and effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
Since 1992, IBSS, a woman-owned small business, has provided transformational consulting services to the Federal defense, civilian, and commercial sectors. Our services include cybersecurity and enterprise information technology, environmental science and engineering (including oceans, coasts, climate, and weather), and professional management services.
Our approach is to serve our employees by investing in their growth and development. As a result, our employees bring greater capabilities and provide exceptional service to our clients. In addition to creating career development opportunities for our employees, IBSS is passionate about giving back to the community and serving the environment. We strive to leave something better behind for the next generation.
We measure our success by the positive impact we have on our employees, clients, partners, and the communities we serve. Our tagline, Powered by Excellence, is a recognition of the employees that make up IBSS and ensures we deliver results with quality, applying industry best practices and certifications.
IBSS offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage with a company-paid deductible, paid time off, federal holidays, a matching 401K plan, tuition/professional development reimbursement, and Flex-Spending (FSA)/Dependent Care Account (DCA) options.
IBSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Click https://www.eeoc.gov/poster to see that the EEO is the law. Please direct any inquiries to the HR Department email at HR@ibsscorp.com.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to the Talent Acquisition department at Recruiting@ibsscorp.com
Location: Seattle, Washington, or Juneau, Alaska/ Hybrid
Clearance Required: Public Trust Eligible
Description
IBSS is seeking a Full-Time Equity and Environmental Justice Coordinator to coordinate, facilitate, and provide logistical support for EEJ Working Group meetings and conference calls with constituents, EEJ communications, and outreach support, assisting in organizing and coordinating EEJ activities and tracking EEJ activities.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) mission in the Arctic is to provide reliable, world-class, scientific information on the coupled ecological and social systems pertaining to fisheries and protected resources unique to the Arctic, with the focused goal of facilitating climate-informed ecosystem-based management.
In 2023, NOAA Fisheries released its first-ever national Equity and Environmental Justice (EEJ) Strategy to guide the agency in its focus on serving all communities more equitably and effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate planning and logistics of EEJ Working Group meetings and develop draft agendas, meeting minutes, recordings, secure meeting space, presentations, or other materials as required.
- Facilitate EEJ Working Group meetings and conference calls as needed.
- Document results of EEJ Working Group meetings and conference calls.
- Prepare a monthly progress report that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
- Accomplishments, upcoming activities, issues encountered, travel (including purpose, significant outcomes, and action items), recommendations, status of tasks, deliverables, and milestones, if applicable.
- Prepare annual progress report on the execution of the Alaska EEJ Implementation Plan
- Coordinate and develop resources to support community engagement activities, including guides for staff visiting Alaska rural communities, cultural competency training, etc.
- Support REFM Social Scientists, AFSC Tribal Research Coordinator, and AFSC Communications Team by identifying opportunities to collaborate on and co-design research.
- This includes seeking interested communities and incorporating their input at every research stage, developing, collecting, analyzing, interpreting, co-authoring, writing, and sharing results.
- Collaborate with community experts before starting new research projects better to understand community perspectives, interests, and concerns.
- Have discussions at key junctures during the projects, including planning, logistics support, facilitation, and results-sharing phases to support the AFSC Communications Team, Tribal Research Coordinator, and Researchers.
- Organize and conduct biannual presentations to AFSC supervisors to discuss EEJ efforts.
- Organize and coordinate a session during the quarterly AFSC Board of Directors retreat to discuss the EEJ Implementation Plan, metrics, and areas for improvement.
- Coordinate, develop, and facilitate EEJ-related IRA presentations.
- Develop and maintain up-to-date resources on the intranet for AFSC staff.
- Coordinate with AFSC to develop and implement a tracking tool for EEJ activities.
- Review of AFSC research activity plans and external grant proposals to track the inclusion of EEJ-specific language and activities and recommend changes for inclusion of specific language.
- Coordinate and support AFSC Principal Investigators (PIs) when developing Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs).
- Serve as the Point of Contact (POC) for PIs.
- Masters in environmental policy, science, or related field
- Program planning and management in a team environment [marine research environment- office work only, no field work]
- Developing performance metrics and milestones
- Meeting planning and facilitation skills
- Working with diverse interagency teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Current MS Office skills
- At least 5-years working with marine fisheries information programs or other science-based programs
- Experience working with Alaska Native communities and Alaska underserved communities
Since 1992, IBSS, a woman-owned small business, has provided transformational consulting services to the Federal defense, civilian, and commercial sectors. Our services include cybersecurity and enterprise information technology, environmental science and engineering (including oceans, coasts, climate, and weather), and professional management services.
Our approach is to serve our employees by investing in their growth and development. As a result, our employees bring greater capabilities and provide exceptional service to our clients. In addition to creating career development opportunities for our employees, IBSS is passionate about giving back to the community and serving the environment. We strive to leave something better behind for the next generation.
We measure our success by the positive impact we have on our employees, clients, partners, and the communities we serve. Our tagline, Powered by Excellence, is a recognition of the employees that make up IBSS and ensures we deliver results with quality, applying industry best practices and certifications.
IBSS offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage with a company-paid deductible, paid time off, federal holidays, a matching 401K plan, tuition/professional development reimbursement, and Flex-Spending (FSA)/Dependent Care Account (DCA) options.
IBSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Click https://www.eeoc.gov/poster to see that the EEO is the law. Please direct any inquiries to the HR Department email at HR@ibsscorp.com.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to the Talent Acquisition department at Recruiting@ibsscorp.com
