Thurston Conservation District Position Description
South Sound GREEN will be coordinated through a job-sharing arrangement for a portion of the 2011-2012 school year. The job-sharing period is viewed as a transition to an eventual full-time position, upon retirement of the current program coordinator. Start date for the job-sharing arrangement is on or before January 3, 2012. The position becomes full time by June 1, 2012, pending satisfactory performance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in education, biology, environmental science, or related field.
- Three to five years of experience in environmental education.
- Community involvement or education experience desirable.
- Grant writing, management, and reporting skills required.
- Experience creating program budgets and maintaining a program within budget.
- Able to lift up to 40 pounds.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
Delivers the South Sound GREEN watershed education program to the community, including teachers, administrators, students, and parents.
Program Coordination
Develops, plans, coordinates, implements, and evaluates the following program activities:
- A water quality training for teachers
- Two teacher networking meetings
- Two water quality monitoring events
- The annual Student GREEN Congress
- Nearshore education field trips
- A Summer Teacher Institute
- Student watershed action projects
Community Partnerships
Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with schools, agencies, community organizations, and businesses. Most major events, such as the Student GREEN Congress, are produced in partnership with the Nisqually River Education Project and multiple community partners. This is a very important aspect of the work in coordinating South Sound GREEN.
Program Outreach
Develops and presents marketing materials and information, including overseeing outreach work by the AmeriCorps member for the web page, social media, and publications; provides audio-visual presentations for a variety of audiences.
Administrative Functions
Identifies and secures program funding; develops and monitors the annual budget; monitors and administers all grants.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Effective communicator, both oral and written
- Skilled at inter-personal relationships
- Skilled at event coordination
- Ability to align programs with the financial realities of an annual budget
- Ability to realistically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the program and to assess opportunities for improvement
Salary: $15.27/hour ($1,327.27/month, based on approximately 80 hrs worked per month)
Benefits: Retirement (PERS), paid holidays, vacation and sick leave are pro-rated for .5 employees. In addition, 50% of the costs of medical benefits for the employee are paid by Thurston Conservation District for a .5 employee. The employee is required to pay the other 50%. The employee medical benefits are paid in full by the employer once this employee transitions to full time.
For more information about this position, contact:
Anne Mills, Program Coordinator
South Sound GREEN
Thurston Conservation District
2918 Ferguson St. SW, Suite A
Tumwater, WA 98512
(360) 754-3588, ext. 108