Over Greenbelt Alliance’s 65-year history, we have stewarded this region’s beautiful natural landscapes while promoting the growth needed for thriving communities for generations to come. As a result, today, almost 3.3 million acres of the Bay Area’s nine counties are protected open spaces. Now, the Bay Area’s people, cities, and lands need critical help as our climate dramatically changes. Join our team to help us realize a climate-resilient region.
Open Positions
South Bay Resilience Manager
Greenbelt Alliance is hiring for a Santa Clara County-based Resilience Manager to lead our efforts in forging a collective vision for community resilience that integrates equity, conservation, and housing. This role will be primarily focused in San Jose, Newark and Gilroy – engaging diverse leaders from communities typically underrepresented in land-use decision-making, identifying and overcoming barriers to infill housing development, and advocating for nature-based solutions to climate change. If you share this vision and urgency, this could be the role for you!
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This is a full-time, non-exempt position (37.5 hours/week). The salary range for this position is $68,000 – $82,000, based on experience. We offer the following benefits: Paid vacation and sick leave; full coverage for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policies. The position is open until filled.
North Bay Resilience Manager
Are you familiar with Sonoma County or the North Bay region and eager to build relationships and engage communities around topics of climate resilience, equitable planning and policy, and wildfire? Greenbelt Alliance is hiring for a Resilience Manager work experience, ideally based in Sonoma County or nearby who can work with multiple partners and jurisdictions in the North Bay to forge a collective vision for resilience that integrates equity, conservation, and housing.
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This is a full-time, non-exempt position (37.5 hours/week). The salary range for this position is $68,000 – $82,000, based on experience. We offer the following benefits: Paid vacation and sick leave; full coverage for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policies. The position is open until filled.
Fundraising & Events Summer Fellowship
Are you ready to get hands-on experience in the field of philanthropic fundraising for an environmental nonprofit? The Fundraising & Events Summer Fellow will play a key role in supporting the Development Team as they plan and execute two major fundraising events this summer. The Fellow will also gain broad experience in the field of fundraising by supporting the team’s day-to-day operations and administrative needs, assisting with the distribution of solicitation and stewardship materials, and leading special research projects!
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This is a part-time, non-exempt, 10 hours per week position (unless specified). The hourly range for this position is $20.00 per hour, based on experience. We offer the following benefits to fellows: limited sick leave; 403(b) retirement plan. The fellowship program will be three months in duration, beginning in July and ending in September.
Resilience Fellow: Housing and Extreme Heat
Are you an emerging climate leader who wants to work with communities on resilience initiatives? Are you familiar with the city of Gilroy? Join Greenbelt Alliance’s Resilience Fellowship program and help us build a more climate resilient and equitable region!
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This is a part-time, non-exempt, 15-20 hours per week position (unless specified). The hourly range for this position is $20.00 per hour, based on experience. We offer the following benefits to fellows: limited sick leave; 403(b) retirement plan. The fellowship program will be six months in duration, beginning in October and ending in April.
OUR VALUES
Just as Greenbelt Alliance works to create a better Bay Area, we also strive to better ourselves as an organization. To guide that continued improvement, our staff and Board of Directors have identified and adopted the following values. They reflect who we are as an organization, what we foster in our team members, and the internal standard we use to measure our work.
GROW TOGETHER
BE BOLD
COMMUNICATE WITH DEPTH & POSITIVITY
PRACTICE COMPASSION
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY
ADVANCE JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
HAVE FUN
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