Project Management and Administrative Support
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Project Management and Administrative Support Job Locations
US-NC-Research Triangle Park
Overview The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full time Project Management and Administrative Support position with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the EPA supports high-quality research to improve the scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues and helps EPA achieve its environmental goals. The Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) within ORD is a leader in the science of human health and ecological risk assessment, a process used to determine how pollutants or other stressors may impact human health and the environment. CPHEA conducts research to understand the impact of environmental exposures to pollutants, in conjunction with other stressors such as impacts from climate change and climate-related extreme events, on individuals, populations, and ecosystems, emphasizing the people and ecosystems most susceptible to the adverse effects of such exposures and stresses. The Center occupies a critical position at the nexus of science and policy, between researchers, both within and outside of EPA, who are generating new data and findings, and the regulators in EPA's program and regional offices who must make regulatory, enforcement, and remedial action decisions. What the EPA project is about CPHEA's Integrated Climate Sciences Division (ICSD) provides research, scientific assessments, technical support, and capacity building in response to the climate priorities expressed by EPA program, regional, state, and tribal partners. ICSD conducts cutting-edge research to develop innovative climate assessment methods and tools, including advancing the integration of the social sciences with the physical, ecological, and health sciences and engineering to develop research and assessment products and providing programmatic and regional support for the translation of these products to inform policy outcomes. ICSD research and assessment products are widely recognized as authoritative within the United States as well as internationally. Furthermore, ICSD plays a leadership role in shaping ORD's research agenda on climate change. As climate change is increasingly causing substantial adverse impacts, damages, and losses across individuals, populations, communities, species, and ecosystems, and as these impacts are occurring in combination with other man-made chemical and non-chemical stressors that are themselves being altered with the changing climate, there is a clear and pressing need for EPA's mission to understand the potential cumulative and interactive effects of climate change and chemical exposures on health and ecological endpoints, placing these issues at the center of ICSD's work. ICSD leads a Regional Climate Assistance Network (RCAN) to support EPA's ten regional offices in their work to address climate change in their mission-focused environmental program areas, acting as a center of gravity for connecting ORD climate research and expertise to regional needs. RCAN delivers regionally relevant assessments, technical assistance, and capacity building in support of climate adaptation, resilience, and mitigation efforts, especially for communities most vulnerable to climate change impacts or disproportionate environmental burdens. It depends upon building and fostering relationships with EPA program and regional office partners who are working to better integrate climate information into their regular work activities, spanning environmental media. Through its network function, RCAN seeks to leverage program and regional office expertise, build capacity, and develop a holistic understanding of the priority climate needs across Regions. RCAN provides access to a network of experts within ICSD and across ORD, EPA, and other federal agencies. Through both ongoing research activities and technical support for regional requests, RCAN is building a library of climate information and services. RCAN work products are often tailored to specific regional needs but can also be used to build capacity and inform future activities. For instance, RCAN place-based, community-engaged research efforts inform local responses to climate change and environmental justice issues and can later be exported to inform responses in other areas. Organizationally, RCAN is an initiative that spans multiple branches within the ICSD, including the Regional Climate Assistance Branch (RCAB) and the Integration and Evaluation Branch (IEB). Responsibilities As a team member, you will support the ICSD RCAN Program Lead, and staff within the ICSD, on a wide range of program and project management assignments, administrative support services, and communication tasks to support RCAN projects and processes. In particular, the team member will support RCAN's request and response system for managing regional requests for climate-related technical information and services including curated climate information tailored to regional needs; access to a network of subject-matter experts spanning scientific disciplines; facilitation of connections among stakeholders through workshops; and training on ORD research, climate assessments, tools, and other resources. The team member will also support the tracking of climate-related technical support; communication and synthesis products to highlight RCAN activities; ongoing outreach and engagement activities to build and maintain relationships with EPA Regions; and integration and evaluation efforts to support RCAN. The team member will report to an RCAN project manager in the ICSD IEB. Project Management Support will include:
Reading EPA regional climate adaptation plans to determine relevance and provide input to program building activities
General Project Management Support will include:
Administrative Support and Communications will include:
Required Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education
Desired Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education
Salary: Selected applicant will become a temporary employee of ORAU and will receive an hourly wage of $23.84 for hours worked. Hours: Full-time. Travel: No travel will be required. Expected start date: The position is full time and expected to begin December 2024. The selected applicant will become a temporary employee of ORAU working as a contractor to EPA. For more information, contact EPANSSC@orau.org. Do not contact EPA directly. Qualifications
EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program. Need help finding the right job? We can recommend jobs specifically for you!
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