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Dewberry · 1 month ago

Resilience Planning Team Lead

US-VA-Fairfax

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Dewberry is a leading professional services firm seeking an experienced Resilience Planning Team Lead to join their team. This role involves leading a team in resilience planning projects, collaborating with various stakeholders, and contributing to business development efforts.

ConsultingInformation Technology

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead a team of resilience planners in the execution of inter-disciplinary resilience projects for diverse clients

Coordinate with project managers and technical team members to ensure project staffing needs are met across the portfolio of resilience planning-related projects

Support the monitoring of project progress against project scope, schedule, budget, and quality; allocate resources as required to meet milestones

Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including engineering, GIS, data scientists, coastal and climate scientists, and others to support resourcing and teamwork

Represent Dewberry in meetings with clients and other external stakeholders to resolve complex issues and to plan and coordinate work

Oversee professional development, technical coaching, and career advancement of staff

Promote an environment that works effectively with a geographically distributed team

Manage personnel actions and performance of resilience planning team staff

Lead the recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of new resilience planning team staff

Serve in a technical leadership, task management, or project management role on resilience-related projects, supporting all stages of project planning and execution

Contribute to business development, proposal writing, and client management

Qualification

Vulnerability assessmentHazard mitigationClimate adaptationTeam managementProject managementCoachingStakeholder outreachMentoringTime management

Required

Bachelor's in Planning, Environmental Studies, Public Policy, or related fields

Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience

Interest and aptitude in leading and managing teams and projects

Passionate about helping staff reach their full potential through coaching, mentoring, motivating and development via technical project work and formal/informal conversations

Experience leading tasks or projects for vulnerability/risk assessments, hazard mitigation/climate adaptation strategies, outreach programs, or related natural hazard resilience work

Well-developed time management skills, especially the ability to handle competing priorities and complete high-quality, detail-oriented deliverables on tight timelines within a diverse work group

Ability to perform an expanded array of tasks and continue to broaden experience and familiarization with methods, practices, and programs applicable to the department

Ability to exercise initiative, resourcefulness, and tact in obtaining and analyzing information related to team management and resilience planning

Ability to collaborate and work effectively with coworkers, clients, and our clients' stakeholders

Ability to provide feedback, facilitate open discourse, and seek fair and equitable solutions to conflicts

Must have a valid driver's license, good driving record and ability to pass a driving record background check