Regional Sustainability Fellow — Lead Transformative Climate Programs

Green Umbrella; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Umbrella seeks a Senior Sustainability Fellow to manage and execute sustainability priorities for Hamilton County, engaging stakeholders, designing programs, and disseminating deliverables. The role advances the sustainability plan, ThriveTogether playbook, and Green Umbrella membership activities through collaborative, equitable engagement.

You will supervise an Early Career Sustainability Fellow, support grants, measure impact, and report outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree related to policy, environmental studies, public affairs, planning, or other related fields.
• Five (5) years of experience in the public sector, or nonprofit supporting governments, at least 1 of which was focused on sustainability.
• Possess exemplary interpersonal, oral, and writing skills.
• Strong ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver relevant, quality programs, events, and resources that help advance progress towards Hamilton County goals on sustainability.
• Engage local government and community leadership to envision transformative solutions to improve climate policy, planning, programs, and projects in Hamilton County.
• Develop, cultivate and maintain strong, supportive relationships with staff, partners, and community members to ensure ongoing, active participation.
• Celebrate the impact of the sustainability work through newsletters, reports, press releases, media interviews, etc (in collaboration with the communications staff).
• Measure and evaluate impact of programming and county activities to support metrics and storytelling.
• Research leading edge policy and action strategies that support the sustainability objectives of Hamilton County.
• Support grant concept development, programmatic grant reporting, and regranting to partner organizations as relevant.

Skills

Influencing skills

Results Orientation

Leading Others

Stakeholder engagement

Verbal/Written communication

Cultural Sensitivity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Green Umbrella seeks a Senior Sustainability Fellow to manage and execute sustainability priorities for Hamilton County, engaging stakeholders, designing programs, and disseminating deliverables. The role advances the sustainability plan, ThriveTogether playbook, and Green Umbrella membership activities through collaborative, equitable engagement.

You will supervise an Early Career Sustainability Fellow, support grants, measure impact, and report outcomes.