About Sentinel Landscapes

The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership is a coalition of federal agencies, state and local governments, and private organizations that work with landowners and land managers to advance sustainable land use practices around military installations and ranges. The partnership aligns the objectives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, and Department of the Interior to strengthen military readiness, conserve natural resources, bolster agricultural and forestry economies, increase public access to outdoor recreation, and enhance landscape resilience. 

What You’ll Do

The Eastern North Carolina Sentinel Landscape (ENCSL) Resilience Specialist will collaborate with the Sentinel Landscape Coordinator, partners, and military installations to identify and accelerate resilience projects that strengthen military readiness, protect community infrastructure, and safeguard habitats. The Resilience Specialist will work with the Coordinator and partners to shape project proposals, identify funding opportunities, and ensure collaborative efforts move from planning to implementation.

The Eastern North Carolina Sentinel Landscape (ENCSL) Resilience Specialist role is integral to:

• Fostering trust, connectedness, relationships, strong networks, and partnerships across federal, state, local, and non-governmental organizations, as well as private landowners.
• Building resilience capacity and supporting conservation leadership development within the ENCSL Partnership steering committee and partner working groups.
• Holding space for authentic engagement and convening partners and community stakeholders to advance resilience objectives.
• Catalyzing collective action and investment in resilience priorities by translating goals into measurable strategies and actions.
• Leading storytelling and collaborative data sharing initiatives to assess and share the impact of resilience efforts, and enable science-informed decision making across the partnership.

Your Primary Responsibilities 

Collaborative Resilience Planning & Implementation 

• Support the ENCSL Partnership Coordinator and LegacyWorks Group (LWG) to advance resilience planning and actions, driving progress toward the Sentinel Landscape Implementation Plan goals
• Assess and record the state of resilience and weather-related adaptation planning, projects, and priorities of federal, state, and local government agencies, military installations, NGOs, and communities within the ENCSL boundary, ensuring high-quality, accurate results
• Identify, recommend, and pursue funding for partner actions that support the implementation plan
• Solicit project ideas and develop proposals for near-term resilience and adaptation projects along with potential landscape resilience-related scientific research needs ensuring belonging, access and opportunity for all stakeholders involved 
• Coordinate with and support the Coordinator in facilitating partners, working groups, and military installations to advance and synchronize resilience coordination, planning, and actions for the landscape, driving cycles of continuous improvement and evolution

Storytelling & Reporting

• Assist the Coordinator in developing reporting metrics and standards for the landscape, capturing outcomes and developing persuasive data for collective resilience impact
• Share the story of the ENCSL Partnership by weaving data and narratives that highlight successes, lessons learned, and collective impact, inspiring cultural change and broader participation
• Develop high-quality deliverables—including storymaps, graphics, reports, and presentations—that communicate impact and align with the landscapes goals and needs

Team & Culture Cultivation

• Practice active listening, follow through on commitments, and contribute to a culture of trust and accountability
• Share knowledge and ask questions openly, supporting team learning and collective problem-solving
• Approach challenges with curiosity and reflection, contributing to thoughtful and collaborative decision-making
• Foster belonging, access, and opportunity by treating colleagues with respect and ensuring all voices feel valued

Organizational Collaboration 

• Contribute to the evolution of LWG’s collaborative impact model and support initiatives centered around belonging, access and opportunity
• Participate actively in team meetings and organizational working groups to foster a cohesive team environment
• Comply with all LWG’s systems and policies including, but not limited to, time tracking, credits card expense reporting, reimbursement requests, and other organizational requirements

Who We’re Looking For 

We’re looking for someone who approaches work with curiosity, openness, and care—someone who notices possibilities others might miss and brings both courage and creativity to exploring them. You listen deeply and center the voices of others, embracing growth with honesty and vulnerability, seeing mistakes as part of the learning process. You move with intention, balancing clear direction with openness to surprise and change, and thrive in the space between steady progress and emerging possibility. Your core skills and experience include: 

• Advanced degrees or equivalent experiences in natural resource conservation, resilience and adaptation, or comparable field  
• Collaboratively facilitating groups through engaging, inclusive, and adaptable processes that drive progress toward shared goals
• Understanding military installation structures, operations, missions, readiness, and encroachment needs and plans
• Bringing vision to life by co-creating goals and driving disciplined, focused execution
• Communicating candidly and compassionately, keeping messages clear, timely, and accessible
• Embracing distributed leadership, stepping up while creating space for others to contribute and collaborate
• Channeling systems thinking by connecting perspectives to make sense of complexity
• Harnessing technology creatively, using current and emerging tools to advance projects and organizational goals
• Engaging with and understanding the land, natural resources, and local communities within the Eastern North Carolina Sentinel Landscape to inform effective partnership and conservation strategies that support the military mission