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     <p><b>Position Title: </b>Project Coordinator</p><br>
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     <p><b>Host Site: </b>Wayne County - Sustainability & Innovation<br></p>
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     <p><b>Position Type: </b>On-site</p><br>
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     <p><b>Site Supervisor:</b> Erin Kelly</p><br>
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     <p><b>Slot Type: </b>Full term (11 months)</p><br>
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     <p><b>Hours: </b>Full-time placement (40 hours/week)</p><br>
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     <p><b>Dates of Service:</b> November 13th, 2024 - October 17th, 2025</p><br>
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     <p><b>Stipend: </b>$35,200</p><br>
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     <p><b>Location: </b>Wayne, MI</p><br>
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 <h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>MI Healthy Climate Corps:</b></h1>
 <p>Join the MI Healthy Climate Corps (MHC Corps) and make a lasting impact on Michigan's carbon-neutral future! The MHC Corps accelerates Michigan's climate action through capacity building and leadership development. Members serve across the state to advance the MI Healthy Climate Plan's (MHCP) goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The plan, unveiled by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in April 2022, aims to avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis; create good-paying jobs; position Michigan as a climate action leader; and build a healthier and more prosperous, equitable, and sustainable Michigan for all Michiganders.</p>
 <h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>About the Host Partner:</b></h1>
 <p>Wayne County's Sustainability & Innovation division is working to: Improve resource eciency; align the County and its 43 communities with existing regional and state sustainability goals; and support the County's most vulnerable communities. We lead with the County's values: Integrity, Excellence, Transparency, Accountability, Empowerment, and Diversity.</p>
 <h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>MHC Corps Member Role and Responsibilities:</b></h1>
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  <li>The member will contribute to the County's new Resilience Hub Network Program. This program will establish a countywide network of resilience hubs. The County seeks to establish this network of hubs to respond to disruptions arising from extreme weather events. The County also sees this Resilience Hub Network as an opportunity to connect existing County programs and services to the County's more vulnerable residents, who may not be aware that these resources even exist.</li>
  <li>The member will also support work with the rst Resilience Hub cohort members11 organizations serving the County's Justice 40 communities. They will work between the County's consultants (Elevate Energy) and the cohort members to ensure that the County's ARPA funds are re-granted to these 11 organizations to realize increased facility resilience, striving to create a path to decarbonization for each cohort member.</li>
  <li>The member will structure and facilitate an internal proposal process where each of the 11 organizations will apply for up to $100K per organization to implement the Building Decarbonization plan that Elevate develops and braid resources, where possible, to mobilize existing weatherization, DTE reimbursements etc.</li>
  <li>The member will also support a parallel community outreach and listening series. The County is proactively organizing a roundtable with participation from our J40 communities to build relationships, listen, and then recalibrate this program based on stated needs, ahead of the launch for applicants in the second cohort. Member activities include:
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    <li>Support the logistics of reaching, convening, and following up with this Roundtable.</li>
    <li>Supporting the logistics that allows for relationship building is the top deliverable related to this work.</li>
    <li>Summarize and reect back to participants what the County has learned from the listening sessions, identify possible paths forward, and culminate in a revised recruitment approach and application for the second Resilience Hub Network program.</li>
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  <li>Empower the community to access federal and state climate resources by planning meetings, educational programs, and/or other activities to consistently share information.</li>
  <li>Participate in MHC Corps member development shared learning and collaboration activities including four MHC Corps in-person convenings, MHC Corps monthly virtual trainings (refer to calendar attachment), and Michigan's AmeriCorps activities.</li>
  <li>Members will host a community input session with their host site to collect community feedback and advance the goals of the MI Healthy Climate Plan.</li>
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 <h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Evaluation and Reporting:</b></h1>
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  <li>Members will complete a Mid-year Performance Evaluation during the term.</li>
  <li>Other reporting requirements (bi-weekly timesheets, monthly data reports, quarterly narrative reports).</li>
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 <h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Preferred Qualications:</b></h1>
 <p>The appropriate candidate will have a strong interest and/or background in environmental issues, coalition building and/or community organizing, and communications or a combination of such interests. The appropriate candidate must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent attention to detail, the ability to work within a team or as an individual and be familiar with the Microsoft Oce suite and Google Applications. Members are required to work the standard oce hours of their host communities.</p>
 <p><b><i>No specic background or education is required to join the MHC Corps!</i></b> <br> But a minimum of 2 years of experience in these types of situations is essential for success:</p>
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  <li>Experience facilitating a meeting with people who have more experience than them</li>
  <li>Complete their work independently and without constant supervision</li>
  <li>Experience overcoming obstacles in work situations in the past</li>
  <li>Experience managing multiple professional relationships</li>
  <li>Comfortable working outside of the typical 9 am - 5 pm to attend community events</li>
  <li>Ability to use or teach oneself new software in a fast-paced role with little oversight</li>
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 <h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Minimum Qualications:</b></h1>
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  <li>Live in Michigan</li>
  <li>Ability to travel to four in-person MHC Corps convenings around the state. Carpools will be available and encouraged.</li>
  <li>Be at least 18 years of age. Applicants must have a high school diploma, GED, or be working toward the completion of one.</li>
  <li>U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident of the U.S.</li>
  <li>Pass the following National Service Criminal History Checks: State of Michigan background check, State of residency (if not Michigan), FBI Fingerprinting, and National Sex Offender Registry</li>
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 <h1 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Compensation:</b></h1>
 <p>Members will receive a living allowance of $35,200 distributed in even increments, bi-weekly. Members will receive student loan forbearance for qualied loans, health care benets, child care assistance upon eligibility, and continual professional development. Upon successful completion of service, an education award in the amount of $7,395 will be issued. Members will serve approximately 40 hours per week (a total of 1,700 hours during the service term).</p>
 <p>The MI Healthy Climate Corps Program is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations will be made for interviews and service as needed.</p>
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