Coastal Program Manager

California Coastal Commission

California Coastal Commission

Operations
United States
Posted 6+ months ago

Job Description and Duties

The Statewide Coastal Resilience Manager works under the direction of the Deputy Director, Statewide Planning Unit and is responsible for the development of statewide climate change planning and adaptation programs and activities, with a primary focus on Local Coastal Program (LCP) planning and policy development. The Statewide Coastal Resilience Manager has broad responsibilities for supervision and personnel oversight, managing the sea level rise and climate change functions of the Statewide Planning Unit and coordinating with Districts and other units to ensure that the agency’s climate change-related LCP and regulatory work is being carried out efficiently and effectively statewide.

To manage the Commission’s coastal resilience program effectively requires understanding of the relationships among the Commission divisions, including LCP planning and regulatory permitting, enforcement, energy, ocean resources, federal consistency, legal, water quality, and technical services. The incumbent plans, organizes, directs, and is accountable for some highly complex and sensitive statewide climate change issues, activities, and coordination with a minimum level of supervision from the Deputy Director, Statewide Planning Unit.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.