Gulf Permit Tracker Coordinator

Job Opening: Gulf Permit Tracker Coordinator

Healthy Gulf is accepting applications for a Gulf Permit Tracker Coordinator in Louisiana. The Gulf Permit Tracker - Louisiana is a web application, based on the TX AirMail (https://aah-airmail.org/ ) permit tracker. The Coordinator will work with Healthy Gulf staff and community partners to implement the new Gulf Permit Tracker. This tool is currently in development, which offers an exciting opportunity to be involved with a new project from the ground up. We are looking for an individual passionate about utilizing technology to increase community power.

Job Description

The Gulf Permit Tracker Coordinator is a new Healthy Gulf position. They will be responsible for launching the new Gulf Permit Tracker web application, which will allow an easy way for the public to find and take action on environmental permits in their region of Louisiana. It will also allow community partners to utilize other mechanisms to let their neighbors know about polluting companies in the area. The Coordinator will work with partner organizations and staff to fully utilize the tracker, while engaging with the Senior Policy Director and contractors on how the tool is being used and how to improve it.

Responsibilities:

• Work with community and organizational partners to support their use of the Gulf Permit Tracker
• Learn and become an expert in the Gulf Permit Tracker
• Outreach to Healthy Gulf members and affected communities to mobilize them to submit comments, attend hearings or meetings, and act as standing witnesses
• Review environmental permits including air, water, wetland, and injection well permits in Louisiana
• Working with staff and partner organizations to troubleshoot any issues that might reveal themselves with the Gulf Permit Tracker
• Support other staff to use the Gulf Permit Tracker in their campaigns
• Work with contractors to address new functionality, bugs, and improvements to the Gulf Permit Tracker tool
• Work with staff and partners in order to transform web tools into community power
• Track how the Gulf Permit Tracker is being used and how it improved public participation in the public comment process in Louisiana
• Work with partners to organize trainings, convenings, and presentations
• Utilize our advocacy software, social media, and website to mobilize our grassroots supporters to take action, coordinated through the Communications Director
• Work with local partners to identify emerging coastal issues that need to be addressed
• Assist Healthy Gulf staff with fundraising efforts including, but not limited to grant applications, grant reports, and acting as a Healthy Gulf representative at fundraising events
• Participate with and contribute to Healthy Gulf’s continuing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice journey
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills

• Highly competitive candidates will have some combination of: **
• At least three years experience in the environmental/social justice field
• Demonstrated ability to work with community and organizational partners
• Experience managing relationships with diverse partners and stakeholders, with the ability to navigate difficult inter-personal situations
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and communicate about computer/web based applications (programming ability not required)
• Passion for bringing technology to communities that will help them fight polluters in their areas
• Experience working alongside diverse communities
• Ability to express patience when working with individuals that have difficulty using computer-based applications
• Experience working and living in Gulf Communities
• Knowledge and curiosity regarding different environmental issues impacting Louisiana and the Gulf States, including air pollution, water pollution, and wetland destruction
• Self-motivated, well organized, attentive to details, and focused
• Commitment to racial justice, anti-racism, and Healthy Gulf’s values
• Experience working in a team and with external partners to develop and implement joint strategies
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, Google Workplace, and Zoom
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Candidate must have a valid driver’s license
• **

Research shows that women and people of color disqualify themselves if they don't check every single box. If you are passionate about our mission and have the capacity to grow into this role, we still want to hear from you.

Position title: Gulf Permit Tracker Coordinator

Reports to: Senior Policy Director

Status: Full-time/Exempt

Location: This is a remote or hybrid position. The candidate must live or move to Louisiana. Local and regional travel is required. Our staff meets virtually every week, and quarterly in person. This job will require meeting with community and organizational partners in person and virtually. If the candidate lives in New Orleans, staff work from the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Salary and Benefits

$60,000 to $65,000, depending on qualifications and experience. Our generous benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short term disability insurance, SIMPLE IRA with up to 3% match, 12 days of paid sick leave annually, and 3 weeks paid vacation annually, and paid holidays.

To apply, submit the following to jobs@healthygulf.org with “Gulf Permit Tracker-LouisianaCoordinator” in the subject:

• A cover letter. Within your cover letter, answer the following question in no more than 2 paragraphs: Climate change disproportionately affects communities of color. In the Gulf South, how can we ensure equity and inclusion as we adapt to the changing physical landscape that climate change causes?
• A resume
• 3 references

About Healthy Gulf

Healthy Gulf’s purpose is to collaborate with and serve communities who love the Gulf of Mexico by providing the research, communications, and coalition-building tools needed to reverse the long pattern of over exploitation of the Gulf’s natural resources.

Our Core Values

The Gulf of Mexico region is only as strong as its communities that live there. These communities and the ecosystems they rely on are threatened by issues such as industrial pollution, wetland loss and destruction, water pollution, environmental racism, and the climate crisis. To guide our work, we rely on the following values:

• Environmental Health: We believe supporting the environmental health of the Gulf region is vital.
• Inclusion/Inclusiveness: We believe in the importance of embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion in deep and transformative ways.
• Dignity and Respect: We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and to be respected as a whole person.
• Independence: We believe that we must be a strong, independent organization in order to address major environmental problems in the Gulf region.
• Transparency: We believe that we have a responsibility to be transparent to our members, donors, and partners.
• Self Determination: We believe that communities and individuals have the power to make decisions.
• Responsiveness: We believe in the importance of responding to urgent issues that threaten our environment and communities
• Safety and Health: We believe that the health and safety of our staff, board, colleagues and communities is important.
• Collaboration: We believe in the value of working with others and achieving together what may not be possible alone.

Our generous benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short term disability insurance, SIMPLE IRA with up to 3% match, 12 days of paid sick leave annually, and 3 weeks paid vacation annually, and paid holidays.