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About the Role

Adamah NY seeks an experienced, dynamic, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven Climate Action & Resilience Manager to expand climate mitigation and resilience efforts across NY’s Jewish community institutions. This is a highly strategic, public-facing role for a relationship-builder passionate about climate action, climate resilience, and Jewish community engagement. The Manager will help launch a new Climate Security & Resilience program that assists communities in preparing for, withstanding, and recovering from climate-related disruptions.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and implementation of Adamah NY's Climate Security & Resilience program.
Build strategic partnerships with NYC and New York State agencies working on climate resilience, emergency preparedness, infrastructure, public health, utilities, and community resilience.
Serve as Adamah NY's primary liaison with organizations including emergency management agencies, resilience offices, climate adaptation experts, utilities, insurers, academic institutions, and nonprofit partners.
Design, coordinate, and deliver educational workshops, webinars, and resilience trainings for Jewish and other communal leaders, including one large multi-stakeholder conference yearly.
Coordinate a pilot resilience initiative with institutions in flood-prone communities.
Support participating institutions in developing preparedness protocols, continuity-of-operations plans, and resilience strategies.
Lead development of the Jewish Community Climate Resilience Playbook, including best practices, planning tools, funding opportunities, and government resources.
Identify funding opportunities and strategic partnerships to expand and sustain the resilience initiative beyond the initial grant period.
Track project milestones, deliverables, evaluation metrics, and reporting requirements for grant reporting.
Produce reports and recommendations documenting lessons learned and opportunities for expansion.
Recruit Jewish community organizations across the NY area to join Adamah’s Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition.
Support the development, implementation, and annual reporting of NY based members’ organizational Climate Action Plans.
Support the Climate Action Fund recruitment and application process.
Design, deliver, and coordinate local programming including learning sessions and strategic workshops on climate solutions (e.g., electrification, clean energy, energy efficiency, nature-based solutions), Climate Week NY, and Earth Day events.
Develop local programs and partnerships with NYC-based climate and sustainability experts, government programs, nonprofits, and private sector leaders to support members’ decarbonization goals, to advance the Hub’s visibility, relevance, and impact.
Develop materials and resource guides as needed.
Outreach to potential business partners (through Adamah’s Jewish Green Business Network and beyond) to create opportunities for Coalition members and for sponsorship.
Support Adamah NY’s broader mission and programs including in-person and outdoor events, retreats, and educational offerings.
Foster meaningful integration between climate and resilience portfolio and other Adamah NY offerings by connecting members to additional Hub programs.
Participate in internal meetings, including weekly check-ins with the Adamah NY Director, weekly Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition team virtual meetings, weekly Adamah NY team meetings, and monthly national Adamah staff meetings.
Maintain accurate records and progress tracking using shared data systems.
Participate in professional development opportunities.
Attend and contribute to regular Adamah NY team meetings, monthly all-staff meetings, and quarterly divisional meetings.
Collaborate with team members to support Adamah NY outreach, communications, and community building in the region.
Support set up for adjacent Adamah NY programming.
Support local engagement with the Jewish Youth Climate Movement or Adamah on Campus.
Provide marketing and communications support.
Provide development and fundraising support.
Maintain a professional demeanor and ability to adapt to changing situations.
Perform other tasks/duties as assigned.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience in one or more of the following fields: climate policy, sustainability, climate resilience, emergency management, environmental planning, public sector leadership, or nonprofit management.
Strong understanding of climate change, climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience planning.
Familiarity with emergency preparedness, continuity planning, and community resilience strategies.
Experience building cross-sector partnerships and facilitating collaborative initiatives involving nonprofit, government, philanthropic, private-sector, and community stakeholders.
Experience cultivating relationships and working effectively with institutional leaders, clergy, community members, and other key stakeholders.
Strong project management, organizational, and strategic planning skills.
Ability to translate technical concepts and data into practical guidance for diverse audiences.
Comfortable facilitating workshops, leading trainings, and presenting to both professional and community audiences.
Experience managing grant-funded initiatives, including reporting, evaluation, and compliance requirements.
Excellent organizational, time-management, and prioritization skills, with strong attention to detail.
Outstanding written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Comfortable using AI tools to support research, drafting, project management, and operational efficiency while exercising sound judgment and fact-checking.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while balancing strategic thinking with attention to execution.
Self-starter with a collaborative mindset, strong initiative, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Must maintain a professional demeanor and ability to adapt to changing situations.
All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

Skills

Climate policy
Sustainability
Climate resilience
Emergency management
Environmental planning
Public sector leadership
Nonprofit management
Climate change understanding
Climate mitigation
Climate adaptation
Resilience planning
Emergency preparedness
Continuity planning
Community resilience strategies
Cross-sector partnership building
Collaborative initiative facilitation
Relationship cultivation
Institutional leader engagement
Clergy engagement
Community member engagement
Project management
Organizational skills
Strategic planning
Technical concept translation
Data translation
Workshop facilitation
Training leadership
Presentation skills
Grant management
Reporting
Evaluation
Compliance
Organizational skills
Time-management
Prioritization skills
Attention to detail
Written communication
Verbal communication
Interpersonal communication
Microsoft Office proficiency
Salesforce or similar CRM platforms (preferred)
AI tool utilization
Research
Drafting
Project management
Operational efficiency
Judgment
Fact-checking
Managing multiple projects
Strategic thinking
Execution
Independent work
Teamwork

Location

NY downtown office
Metro New York area

Work Type

Full Time
Hybrid
Occasional travel
Evenings and weekend work required

Experience Level

5+ years of professional experience

Education Level

Advanced degree preferred (MA, MPA, MS, or equivalent) in environmental studies, environmental policy, sustainability, engineering, public policy, public administration, nonprofit management, or related fields.

Salary/Compensations

$90,000

Benefits

Benefits included

About the Company

Adamah is the leading Jewish environmental organization in North America.
At Adamah, we believe in the deep connection between people and planet, in Hebrew - adam and adamah.
Every day, we help people feel that connection, spark Jewish inspiration, and help build a more sustainable future for all.
Our mission is to create vibrant Jewish life in deep connection with the earth, catalyzing culture change and systemic change through immersive retreats, Jewish environmental education, leadership development, and climate action.
Adamah Community Impact Hubs are located in major Jewish communities across North America where anchor partners are deeply invested in our mission, values, and programming.
Adamah NY Community Impact Hub is driving transformative Jewish environmental education, youth empowerment, and climate action across New York City, Long Island, and Westchester (henceforth: NY Area).

Equal Opportunity

Adamah encourages you to break that statistic and apply.
Adamah is strongly committed to equal employment opportunities for all individuals.
We especially encourage people of color, women and nonbinary folks, LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, working class and low-income people, and those with other marginalized identities to apply.
Adamah is strongly committed to equal employment opportunities for all individuals.
Adamah will make all employment decisions for staff and applicants without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, color, national origin, gender identity and expression, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, alienage, citizenship or any other basis protected by law.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, compensation, training and development, benefits, promotion, demotion transfer, discipline or termination.
All Adamah staff, regardless of position, are expected to maintain and live up to the true meaning of nondiscrimination.
The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and its Agencies are equal opportunity employers, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, citizenship, veteran's status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit the performance of essential job functions (with or without reasonable accommodation) or any other basis protected by federal, or applicable, state or local law.