Extension Educator - Climate Adaptation and Resilience

We are seeking an individual who can connect and engage with the diverse range of community leaders and other community members from the Lake Superior coastal area, and collaborate with a statewide team of MCAP applied research and Extension Educators and faculty to bring in-depth climate change and adaptation science to assist these audiences in understanding and responding to the impacts of a changing climate. This will include serving as a trusted resource and educator capable of translating global, regional, and local climate information to be both useful and used by coastal communities to understand climate-related threats and engaged in developing regional resilience plans and collaboration-building strategies to reduce their climate-related risks and increase community resilience. 

This position will work closely on a NOAA-funded Regional Resilience planning project with a variety of partners including Saint Louis County, Arrowhead Regional Development Commission, 1854 Treaty Authority, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, Carlton County, City of Duluth, Cook County, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lake County, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program, Minnesota Sea Grant, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and others.