Climate Tech Workshop Coordinator
McColm and Company, United States
Job Description
LEVEL:Senior - Subject Matter Expert
LOCATION:Arlington, VA
TYPE:Consultant/Contract
McColm amp; Company (McCO) is a mission-driven and customer-focused consulting firm that equips change makers with the knowledge, skills, and insights they need to succeed in an increasingly complex world. McCO specializes in supporting U.S. federal customers with internationally and thematically focused portfolios by managing bespoke professional training programs, delivering effective capacity building solutions, and providing highly specialized technical advisory and analysis expertise to decision makers.
McCO supports the Area Studies Division at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State by providing essential Area Studies training to State Department and USG personnel and contractors. McCO seeks a subject matter expert instructor to serve as the Climate Tech Workshop Coordinator.
OVERVIEW
The objective of the workshop is to equip foreign affairs professionals with an understanding of current and future climate technologies to measure, mitigate, and store carbon emissions and how to facilitate more rapid development and deployment of those technologies.
The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize participants with the state of emerging technologies in renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon capture, industrial management, and nuclear energy, as well as how diplomatic efforts can facilitate more rapid technological development or deployment. It will also focus on the various technologies being developed to measure, mitigate, and store carbon emissions across various industries as well as provide new carbon-free energy sources. The goal of the course is to help foreign affairs professionals understand the various U.S. and global initiatives to accelerate technological development within a wide variety of local contexts, as well as evaluate various technology solutions, considering factors such as effectiveness, scalability, cost-effectiveness, and socio-economic implications within the context of USG priorities. The workshop combines short lectures, class discussions, documentaries, and other participatory activities such as debates and oral presentation in class and is supported by readings.
Requirements
The workshop is scheduled to be delivered in April 2024, and runs as a 2-consecutive day class with a virtual delivery. The successful candidate must be available to manage the course for the duration of the scheduled class time. The selected instructor may be called upon to deliver additional courses remotely or in person at FSI.
The responsibilities of the Workshop Coordinator include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following duties:
- Manage, organize, and conduct the workshop, virtually or in person.
- Ensure workshop delivery adheres to Area Studies instructional design and delivery pillars and is responsive to technical guidance from the Area Studies Chair and Leadership.
- Make substantive lecture presentations remotely/in person as part of the course in the areas of their own expertise and be prepared to substitute for any scheduled speaker or other activity in the event unforeseen circumstances prevent that speaker/activity from being presented as scheduled.
- Introduce guest lecturers, lead class discussion, and present study materials.
- Deliver the workshop using a variety of dynamic facilitation and instruction techniques that will ensure effective learning in an online classroom environment, such as presentations, facilitated class discussions, group exercises, and self-study and reading materials and other teaching methodologies, as appropriate.
- Identify qualified guest speakers from the government, academic, diplomatic, and business fields, as appropriate, for approval by the Chair. Manage and invite guest speakers to whom an honorarium may be paid.
- Ensure that workshop materials, including power point presentations, are well maintained with up-to-date information prior to each course delivery.
- Meet with the Area Studies Chair as required typically twice per delivery once for planning and once to undertake an after-action review of the most recent workshops and discuss workshop planning and revisions. This meeting may take place in person at FSI or remotely, according to the needs of the Chair.
- Coordinate with the Area Studies support staff to ensure that the online classroom has been set up and adequately programmed/resourced.
- Ensure that the workshop evaluations are electronically distributed by the Teaching Assistant and encourage students to complete the evaluations.
QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD preferred; Master's degree required.
- Evidence of substantive expertise and recognition as an expert on climate a