Junior Resilience Planner: Climate & Hazard Strategy

Dewberry; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Dewberry is seeking an Entry Level Resilience Planner for our Fairfax, VA office. You will join the Resilience Solutions Group at the intersection of planning, policy analysis, and technical work in hazard mitigation and climate adaptation.

Role involves supporting planning studies, public outreach, and technical analyses while applying social equity and environmental justice principles. Requires 0–2 years of related experience and familiarity with ArcGIS and data visualization tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Planning, Policy Analysis, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or related field.
• 0–2 years of related experience; BS/BA with 1–2 years or Master’s with 0–1 years preferred.
• Ability to communicate technical information on natural hazards and climate resilience.
• Knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS with practical application.
• Comfort with geospatial and quantitative data handling and analysis.
• Demonstrated visual communication skills (InDesign, Canva, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Prepare plans, studies, reports on climate resilience and hazard mitigation.
• Support programmatic improvements to increase resilience for federal, state, and local agencies.
• Assist public outreach for community resilience projects and meetings.
• Support technical studies and analytical processes for resilience strategy.
• Explain technical topics to diverse audiences in written, visual, and verbal formats.
• Apply social equity and environmental justice to projects.
• Contribute to diverse projects within the Resilience Solutions Group.

Skills

Communication skills

ArcGIS

Geospatial data handling

Visual communication tools

Initiative

Time management

Team collaboration

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Planning or related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

ArcGIS Online

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Dewberry is seeking an Entry Level Resilience Planner for our Fairfax, VA office. You will join the Resilience Solutions Group at the intersection of planning, policy analysis, and technical work in hazard mitigation and climate adaptation.

Role involves supporting planning studies, public outreach, and technical analyses while applying social equity and environmental justice principles. Requires 0–2 years of related experience and familiarity with ArcGIS and data visualization tools.