Over Greenbelt Alliance’s 65-year history, we have stewarded this region’s beautiful natural landscapes while promoting the growth needed for thriving communities for generations to come. As a result, today, almost 3.3 million acres of the Bay Area’s nine counties are protected open spaces. Now, the Bay Area’s people, cities, and lands need critical help as our climate dramatically changes.
Joining our team means working with a bright and collaborative team who are dedicated to realizing a climate-resilient region—while having fun and enjoying great perks and benefits.
Open Opportunities:
Grants Manager
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a highly organized critical thinker to join our team as Grants Manager. This role will be instrumental in ensuring effective management of institutional grants and contracts from our growing body of government grants, philanthropic grants, and fee-for-service contracts. You’ll serve as our organizational point person for grants and contract administration, including vetting new grant opportunities and leading proposal development.
We are looking for someone who is great with details and organizing multiple, complex project components and excited to collaborate with colleagues, grant officers, and consultants. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives on proposal scoping and grant writing, as well as driving internal meetings and decision-making on grant proposals, budget and compliance tracking, and meeting deadlines with interim and final reports.
Annual Salary: $90,000 – $95,000
Projected Position Start Date: November 2025
Location: Hybrid based in Oakland, California: 2 days in office
Marin County Resilience Manager
Greenbelt Alliance is seeking a collaborative and community-focused leader to join our team as the Resilience Manager for Marin County. This role will primarily focus on bringing together housing, climate, and environmental advocates to tackle some of the County’s biggest challenges: rising housing costs, climate-related risks such as flooding and wildfires, and outdated land-use policies that exacerbate both problems.
The Resilience Manager will work directly with community partners, local advocates, and public agencies to educate and empower residents to advocate for climate-friendly growth that will increase housing supply and affordability in existing communities with protections from climate-related hazards. We are looking for someone familiar with Marin County and passionate about advocating for a vision for growth that centers people and nature.
Annual Salary: $78,000 – $86,000
Projected Position Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote, significant in person activities in Marin County
Resilience Fellowship Program
Greenbelt Alliance is excited to open three new opportunities in our Resilience Fellowship program—an initiative designed to engage and empower early career individuals to become climate leaders. The program provides participants with opportunities to learn about environmental issues, develop their leadership skills, and implement meaningful projects to address environmental challenges in their communities. The Climate Resilience Fellows will play a crucial role in advancing Greenbelt Alliance’s work at the intersection of climate resilience, nature-based solutions, and community advocacy. This position is ideal for someone eager to gain hands-on experience in climate adaptation, land-use policy, effective communications strategies, and community-centered planning. The fellowship program may also include networking opportunities, mentorship, and peer support to enable participants to connect with like-minded individuals, collaborate on projects, and build long-lasting relationships with environmental advocates and changemakers.
Duration: 4–6 months (flexible, with potential to start part time and ramp up hours in the summer)
Location: Hybrid, based in the Bay Area
APPLICATIONS CLOSED.
OUR VALUES
Just as Greenbelt Alliance works to create a better Bay Area, we also strive to better ourselves as an organization. To guide that continued improvement, our staff and Board of Directors have identified and adopted the following values. They reflect who we are as an organization, what we foster in our team members, and the internal standard we use to measure our work.
GROW TOGETHER
BE BOLD
COMMUNICATE WITH DEPTH & POSITIVITY
PRACTICE COMPASSION
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY
ADVANCE JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
HAVE FUN
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