Island Institute Fellow
Maine Climate Corps Network
ApplyOpportunity summary
Term length
9/1/2025 - 8/31/2027
Application window
2/1/2025 - 3/17/2025
Location
Rockland, Maine
Hourly pay equivalent
$14.75
Project summary
Fellows live and work in coastal communities, providing critical capacity to address community-based climate challenges.
Opportunity description
The fellow will work with municipal officials or a community non-profit to plan, fundraise, and project manage climate-based projects that will help rural coastal communities better adapt to changing conditions.
Benefits
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Relocation expenses
Requirements and qualifications
Requirements
Earned an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree within five years. Ability and willingness to travel to off-site locations, including by boat. Eligibility to work in the US Ability to reside full time in the community where the fellowship is located.
Preferred qualifications
Comfort with technology. including systems such as Office 365 applications. Ability to manage time and work with minimal supervision. Ability to work collaboratively in multi-generational settings. Enthusiasm for living and working in small, rural communities.
Opportunity details
Focus area
- Waterway restoration
- Stormwater management
- Disaster preparedness recovery and response
- Economic development support for energy transition communities
- Grant-writing and fundraising
- Environmental education and training
- Environmental research and citizen science
Work environment
- Individual placement
- Rural
- Indoor