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Job Appointment: Full Time, Regular
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Alternate schedules may be available.
Work Location: Hybrid. The Vanport Building located at 1810 SW 5th Avenue. Remote work must be performed within Oregon or Washington. For more information, click here.
Union Representation: City of Portland Professional Workers Union (CPPW).  To view current labor agreements, click here.
Starting Pay: The City of Portland follows the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Your salary is determined based on the experience listed in your resume that is directly related and equivalent to the position for which you are applying.

Position Summary:

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) is seeking a Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure Project Manager (Coordinator II - CPPW) to support the implementation of PCEF-funded regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure grants, contracts, and strategic programs that reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions, build climate resilience, strengthen local ecological and food systems, and advance social, economic, and environmental justice.

Guided by the Climate Investment Plan, PCEF is investing more than $200 million annually in climate action and climate justice. Funding areas include clean energy, transportation decarbonization, green infrastructure, regenerative agriculture, and workforce and contractor development. This position will be part of the team responsible for turning those investments into successful, accountable, community-centered projects and programs.

Regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure work at PCEF is broad and may include urban agriculture, support for culturally specific growing practices, food forests, fiber production, soil health, urban forestry, depaving, bioswales, habitat restoration, and other living-system approaches that sequester carbon, reduce climate impacts, and create community benefits.

Many PCEF grantees and contractors come from communities that have historically had limited access to climate-sector funding, public decision-making processes, land stewardship resources, and environmental infrastructure investments. This role requires strong project management, relationship building, communication, and problem-solving skills to help grantees and contractors succeed while ensuring public funds are stewarded for maximum climate and community benefit.

What Youll Do:

Support grants and contracts awarded for regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure projects and programs

• Serve as the primary point of contact for an assigned portfolio of grants and contracts. 
• Work with grantees and contractors to define detailed scopes, budgets, deliverables, and metrics; monitor progress; process invoices; support compliance; and ensure quality assurance. 
• This work will require troubleshooting, collaborative problem solving, and a commitment to helping projects move from award to successful implementation.

Support regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure strategic programs

• Help implement and coordinate PCEF regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure strategic programs, which may include the Urban Ag Land Access, Street Tree Care, Equitable Tree Canopy, and other regenerative agriculture/green infrastructure-related programs.
  

Review project proposals

• Participate as part of a team in reviewing and scoring project proposals, providing input on project feasibility, regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure outcomes, community benefits, budgets, implementation readiness, award recommendations, and management processes.
  

Participate in facilitated multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration

• Work with grantees, contractors, subcontractors, public agency partners, professional associations, coalitions, community members, and other stakeholders to support collaboration, improve outcomes, develop best practices, and share lessons learned.
  

Assist with program analysis and continuous improvement

• Work with other PCEF team members to identify implementation barriers, emerging needs, best practices, and opportunities to improve regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure grants, contracts, and strategic programs.
  

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure knowledgeable: Experienced in one or more regenerative agriculture or green infrastructure areas, such as urban agriculture, food systems, culturally relevant growing practices, soil health, ecological restoration, urban forestry, stormwater management, depaving, community-based land stewardship, climate resilience, or natural resource programs.
• Community-focused: hard working, flexible and committed to prioritizing frontline communities in addressing the causes and impacts of climate change.
• Socially Intelligent: Motivated, passionate, team-oriented, and empathetic. You communicate in a way that creates ease and can effectively work with people in many different roles, organizations, and communities.
• Collaborative and inclusive: Comfortable sharing power, partnering for collaborative outcomes, facilitating conflict, and working across community, public agency, nonprofit, and private-sector partners.
• Equity-driven: Commitment to advancing systemic changes that address historic and current discrimination. Experience evaluating processes through an equity lens and creating offerings and solutions that remove barriers and deliver more equitable outcomes. 
• Analytical and adaptable: Able to understand systems and relationships, respond to varied and sometimes conflicting needs, identify practical solutions, and move foundational work forward without perfect information.

About the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund:
As a first-in-the-nation community-led climate fund, PCEFs mission is to fulfill a vision that builds resilience and quality jobs with proactive steps to fight climate change while advancing economic and social justice. 
For more information on this innovative program, please visit the PCEF website.
Background 
The Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) is a leader in land use planning, climate action, environmental stewardship, and urban design. BPS centers racial equity in its work and is dedicated to creating a Portland that is more equitable, healthy, prosperous, and resilient. The bureau oversees a world-renowned waste and recycling system and leads the U.S. in its commitment to open data and protecting communities in the application of technologies. Staff collaborate with partners on neighborhood, economic, historic, and environmental planning and provide research, policy and technical services to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy, as well as policies and actions to address climate change.
  
BPS values a diverse workforce and seeks ways to promote equity and inclusion within the organization. We encourage candidates with knowledge, ability and experience working with abroad range of individuals and diverse communities to apply. Although not required, BPS encourages candidates that can fluently speak more than one language to include that information in your resume. BPS offers an excellent benefits package, flexible work schedules and support for training and skills development in a positive, engaging, and creative work environment. Studies have shown that women, non-binary people, and Black, Indigenous, and other people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet all the qualifications listed. BPS considers lived experience and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item is labeled as required. We are most interested in finding the best candidates for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply. 

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 Applicants must demonstrate how their education, training, and experience meet each of the minimum qualifications listed below:

1. Experience: At least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience implementing urban agriculture, regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, green infrastructure, or land stewardship projects.
2. Experience managing projects, tracking budgets, and ensuring compliance with project or program requirements (e.g., permitting, reporting, other requirements).  
3. Experience furthering an inclusive, respectful, and culturally responsive workplace and maintaining respectful working relationships with public agency officials, representatives of community-based organizations, contractors, grantees, or other partners.
4. Ability to apply relevant code, regulation, permitting requirements, administrative rules, and policies; exercise independent judgment, problem-solve, and take initiative within established procedures and guidelines.
5. Ability to help implement systems that reverse historic and current discrimination practices, or demonstration of a commitment to racial justice, diversity, equity, or inclusion, or lived or work experience supporting communities of color or historically marginalized communities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), or other relevant certifications

 

How to Apply:

• Submit your resume and responses to supplemental questions by the closing date. Note: Do not include your age, date of birth, or the dates you attended or graduated from school. Only provide this information if it is specifically requested to meet job requirements or to follow federal, state, or local laws or rules.
• (Optional) Submit Veterans Preference documents, if applicable.
  If this is your first time applying with the City of Portland, or if you havent requested veteran preference before (and would like to now), please attach your DD214-Member 4 and/or VA Benefit Letter to your application. Once we verify your eligibility, well record your veteran preference in our system, so it automatically applies to your future applications.
• Click here for application tips for resume, supplemental question response and/or cover letter.

What to Expect:

1. Application Review - August 3, 2026: We'll review your application materials to ensure you meet the minimum qualifications listed above. 
2. Notice/Feedback - Week of August 10, 2026: You will receive an email when the minimum qualification review is complete. If you disagree with the evaluation results, you may request a review within 14 days of the email notice, per City Administrative Rule 3.01.
3. Selection Process - Late August: The hiring bureau will review qualified applications, conduct interviews, and check references. 
4. Conditional Job Offer

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• Veteran Preference Information
• Total Compensation and Benefits
• Language Pay Differential Eligibility

Were committed to providing a fair, inclusive, and accessible hiring process. If you need assistance with your application or would like to request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, pregnancy, or religious belief, please contact the recruiter listed below.

Questions? We're here to help!
 If you have questions about this recruitment or need assistance, contact:

TroyLynn Craft, Senior Recruiter
troylynn.craft@portlandoregon.gov
Bureau of Human Resources

Compensation details: 85217.6-121617.6 Yearly Salary

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