Kearns & West, a strategic collaboration and communications firm specializing in water, energy, natural resources and environmental facilitation/mediation, collaboration and public involvement, seeks a seasoned mediator/facilitator with complementary clients to join our firm’s Portland, Oregon office. Kearns & West also has offices in San Francisco, CA, Sacramento, CA and Washington, DC.
The Senior Mediator/Facilitator will serve as part of a team and will have an existing and complementary client base and experience managing and facilitating collaborative processes involving stakeholders from state and federal natural resource and regulatory agencies, tribes, environmental organizations, industry and local interests.
Criteria for Successful Candidate
- Experienced, effective mediator/facilitator with a reputation for integrity, fairness, and achieving results.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in facilitation, mediation, dispute resolution and collaborative processes.
- Proven ability to design and lead collaborative processes with senior-level stakeholders.
- Client base that complements and expands K&W’s existing practice areas in natural resources, water resource management and energy projects.
- A proven ability to develop business and an interest in proactively developing new business.
- Ability to practice in Portland, Oregon location/Western U.S. practice area.
- Proven ability to manage a team of professionals assigned to collaboration/mediation projects.
- Proven ability to analyze and explain complex environmental issues and regulations.
- A style that fits with the Kearns & West positive team culture, both within the Firm and with the stakeholder teams we work with. Is confident, pro-active, energetic, flexible, and a team player.
- Professional experience in some of the following areas: natural resources, environment, water or energy and public policy. A master’s degree or legal background would be a plus.
- Interested in the professional development of others on staff and in building the firm’s capabilities.
About Kearns & West
-Kearns & West, established in 1984, is a strategic collaboration and communications firm specializing in water, energy, natural resources, and environmental mediation, collaboration, public involvement, and communications.
-Experience in a number of areas including energy/renewable energy, water, marine resources, and other natural resources/land management areas.
-Collaborative process experts with demonstrated results in large, multi-party, multi-year decision making and dispute resolution including national policy negotiations, rulemakings, on-the-ground negotiations, and in public involvement and outreach efforts associated with siting, developing management plans, or local and regional decision making.
-Experienced professionals with a team of more than 30 mediators/facilitators, public involvement and communications specialists with backgrounds in government, engineering, law, communications and environmental sciences.
-Collegial, energetic, team-spirited culture – supporting mediators/facilitators with teams experienced in meeting management, process management and consensus management.
-Superior support systems: process management, marketing, billing, training, HR and benefits managements.
-Excellent benefits: profit-sharing, 401K, bonuses, health, dental, short- and long-term disability insurance, vacation, and more.
Please e-mail resume & cover letter to personnelor@kearnswest.com. No faxes or phone calls please.
