Energy and Resilience Strategist

Hagerty Consulting, Inc. (Hagerty) is the nation''s leading emergency management and homeland security consulting firm. Known for its public spirit, innovative thinking, problem-solving, and exceptional people, Hagerty is sought after to work on some of the largest and most complex crisis and emergency management issues. We serve our clients across the nation to enhance their preparedness programs; create more resilient and sustainable communities; provide innovative solutions to enhance their response; and obtain and manage grants and loans to support their recovery.

Position Summary:

The Energy and Resilience Strategist will contribute to helping our clients navigate community energy resilience priorities and projects and how federal, state, and other grant funds may be used to fund priorities and projects. A successful candidate will support complex client delivery teams of internal and external stakeholders at the intersection of energy, resilience, federal funding, and grant writing. This is a proposal-based contract position; engagement is contingent upon successful contract award. This position is open to Independent Contractors (1099) only at this time; as such, a valid Employer Identification Number (EIN) will be required in order to be considered for this opportunity. This opportunity is open to individuals living in Oregon, as the position is expected to be remotely based with client travel, within Oregon, involved as needed.

Responsibilities for the Energy and Resilience Strategist Include:

• Collaborate with clients to design and deliver solutions to achieve strategic priorities for resilience and climate initiatives.
• Conduct resilience and climate-related risk and opportunity assessments.
• Research and benchmark industry-wide resilience and climate programs and initiatives.
• Document community priorities, vulnerabilities, critical facilities, existing or potential energy resilience hubs, clean energy opportunities and recommended implementation pathways in an energy resilience plan or planning document.
• Support communities in identifying and prioritizing locations for potential microgrids, critical facility resilience projects and resilience hubs that improve community preparedness and resilience to natural disasters and long-term energy disruptions.
• Support and guide communities as they work to identify critical facilities and energy resilience hub sites, facilitate community discussions on site prioritization, support interpretation of relevant data and mapping tools, and translate insights into decisions about priority sites and projects.
• Assist clients in advancing prioritized energy resilience concepts into feasibility or other project-development activities.
• Coordinate and support communities through microgrid screenings, energy resilience hub concept development, utility considerations, site-readiness review, project-development sequencing and technical assistance.
• Facilitate discussions with community partners on technical analyses, project concepts, and key considerations to support informed decision-making and project advancement.

Qualifications for the Energy and Resilience Strategist Include:

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional consulting, government, and/or non-profit experience focused on resilience, sustainability, climate, and/or environmental management.
• Bachelors degree in public administration, public policy, environmental science, emergency management, engineering, energy, sustainability, or a related field; Master''s Degree is preferred.
• Experience supporting communities with the development of energy resilience plans, energy resilience strategies, microgrid projects, FEMA hazard mitigation plans, or other community resilience or planning initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience providing community planning, technical assistance, facilitation, or project development support for local governments, Tribal governments, emergency management personnel, community-based organizations, utilities, nonprofits, or other public-serving entities in the state of Oregon.
• Experience supporting energy resilience, clean energy, climate resilience, hazard mitigation, or infrastructure planning, grant development, or related initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and capacity to work directly with clients, managing relationships and providing advisory services.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Compensation for the Federal Grant Writer and Resilience Strategist Includes:

• Salary Range of $40-$85/hr. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skills, experience and training, licensure and certifications, internal equity, location, travel requirements, and other business and organizational needs.

Hagerty Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity/national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status, characteristic, or condition protected by local, state, or federal law. We promote equal opportunity in all our employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

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