The Boston Transportation and Public Works Departments are seeking a Director of Green Infrastructure to lead the City's green infrastructure programs, policies, and designs. 

Under the direction of the Chief of Streets or their designee, the Director of Green Infrastructure will collaborate across City Departments, particularly Environment, Energy, and Open Space Cabinet, and BWSC to lead the City’s efforts to plan, build, and maintain green infrastructure as part of the Mayor’s Green New Deal for Boston. The Director of Green Infrastructure will be responsible for defining the process and policy for green infrastructure to better incorporate it into the City of Boston’s project plans, regulations, and operations.

• Develop policy frameworks for green infrastructure in City-led projects. 
• Collaborate with Environment, Energy, and Open Space to develop and implement Green Infrastructure policies, programs, and projects. 
• Educate the City of Boston staff about Green Infrastructure and climate resilience across a wide variety of departments, such as BPS, Boston Planning, and others. 
• Provides guidance to enhance the “Green Infrastructure Job Pipeline,” in collaboration with the Worker Empowerment Cabinet and other relevant City departments. 
• Represents the OGI in City projects, programs, and initiatives (e.g. Climate-Ready Workforce).
• Revises existing regulations and develops new regulations and guidelines for green infrastructure implementation in private development projects. 
• Work with appropriate engineering and planning teams to update standard details and design guidelines to incorporate current green infrastructure best practice, including:
  • Establish a nomenclature for city of Boston Green Infrastructure
  • Draft city of Boston policies to increase Green Infrastructure implementation
  • Update city of Boston standard details across a wide swath of departments, including Boston Public Works, Boston Transportation Department, Boston Parks and Recreation, Boston Public Schools and more to include green infrastructure
• Relaunch the City’s Green Infrastructure Working Group to serve in both an advisory role and to increase knowledge-sharing; manage the group to develop Citywide green infrastructure plan.
• Oversee the creation of an asset database containing existing and future City of Boston green infrastructure. 
• Implement a Green Infrastructure maintenance program for existing and future Green Infrastructure, both for in-house activities and contracts. 
• Identify potential funding sources for Green Infrastructure construction, maintenance, and monitoring. 
• Collaborate with BWSC on stormwater policies and fees, and liaise with BWSC around implementation, and provide guidance to City leadership on stormwater policies. 
• Performs related work as required.

• Five (5) years of environmental planning, environmental science and/or engineering experience, of which at least three years of experience must have been in green infrastructure. A bachelor’s degree or higher with a major in environmental science, civil engineering, landscape architecture, or environmental engineering may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of the required experience. Education toward a degree will be pro-rated on the basis of degree requirements completed. 
• NGICP certification strongly preferred. 
• Background in policy and technical/engineering highly preferred. 
• Ability to interpret and make suggestions on drafting policy, regulations, and legislation.
• Demonstrated ability to manage fast-paced complex work environments and to model a respectful and professional approach to work. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of policies and programs related to building green infrastructure to increase resilience, health, and equity. 
• Demonstrated working knowledge of NACTO’s Transit, Street, Urban Street Stormwater, and Urban Bikeway Design guides, Boston Complete Streets guidelines, MUTCD, and relevant AASHTO and FHWA guidelines. 
• Demonstrated working knowledge on industry best practices for delivering green infrastructure projects in the public right of way. 
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; to prepare and deliver presentations in a variety of settings, including community organizations and public meetings. 
• Ability to research data and policies to make recommendations as well as prepare reports. 
• Ability to exercise good judgment and focus on detail as required by the job.

BOSTON RESIDENCY REQUIRED.

Terms:
Union/Salary Plan: MM2-10
Hours per week: 35