Under the direction of the Director of Corporate Services, and in conjunction with other County departments or external consultants, the incumbent will develop a climate mitigation plan for Big Lakes County. This will include the following tasks:
- Prepare for the planning process, including educating County employees and council on climate change issues.
- Create a vision for the planning process.
- Assess the current situation (e.g. create a GHG inventory and carbon emission baseline study, assessing the vulnerability of infrastructure to climate change impacts, etc.)
- Develop the action plan.
- Develop the measurement and monitoring protocols.
- Obtain council and senior management approvals.
- Implement the measurement and monitoring protocols.
Develop and promote the adoption of the County’s operational and institutional changes that will ensure the long-term success of the climate mitigation plan for the County.
- Research, propose, and implement operational and institutional changes required to implement recommendations from the climate adaptation plan and ensure long-term impacts for the County.
Conduct research and analysis for the purpose of implementing County climate adaptation initiatives.
- Assist with or lead public education programs.
- Help with the following: organize stakeholder consultations, coordinate policy research, develop technical plans or specifications to implement a capital project, etc.
In conjunction with other County departments, ensure that the municipality:
- Completes a self-assessment of the County’s performance and progress using the Climate Adaptation Maturity Scale at the beginning and end of the grant period.
- Prepares and submits a project progress report (after 12 months) and a project completion report (after 24 months). [Note: timing may change depending on when the County applies for Municipalities for Climate Innovation (MCIP) funding.]
- Requests disbursements from Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) at periodic intervals (after contract signature, 12 months, and 24 months). [Note: timing may change depending on when the municipality applies for MCIP funding.]