Description
This position is a partnership between Confluence Environmental Center, AmeriCorps Program, Columbia Slough Watershed Council (CSWC) and Nadaka Nature Park. This new AmeriCorps position will primarily focus on events and outreach that support both CSWC and Nadaka Nature Park. Expect 75% of time in the office and 25% of time in the field.
At the CSWC, the events range from large (500+ participants) festivals to smaller paddles and workshops. Our major festivals include: Aquifer Adventure (a pirate themed groundwater festival); Slough Celebration (annual gala); Explorando el Columbia Slough (bilingual nature and cultural festival); and Regatta (everyone welcome free paddling event). The Member will have a critical role in Explorando helping to translate and serve with the bilingual committee in planning the community co-created event. The Member will help facilitate event logistics, outreach and tabling and engaging volunteers. Many of our events have an on-the-water component and the Member will have the opportunity to lead short flat-water paddle trips. Workshops and smaller events include Groundwater 101, Evening Canoe the Slough, Owl Prowl, Raingardens 101, and several similar events. (40%)
At Nadaka Nature Park, the Member will help facilitate and lead a similar range of events and workshops such as the Annual Nadaka Community Festival, while building authentic relationships with the community and partner organizations. In the fall and winter, the Member will plan and lead various volunteer/intern restoration events such as tree planting or ivy clearing. The Member will collaborate with students, interns, and ambassadors on the creation and maintenance of education plots in the community garden. They will support our youth interns and the Nadaka Ambassadors; a program that will make the park more inclusive by providing multi-lingual information, improving park safety, and offering stipends to surrounding neighbors that volunteer in the park. (40%)
The Member will participate in Confluence led leadership development activities which include: Leadership Development Program, Change Agent Project, team meetings, National Service events and other self-directed development opportunities (20%).
This position is a partnership between Confluence Environmental Center, AmeriCorps Program, Columbia Slough Watershed Council (CSWC) and Nadaka Nature Park. This new AmeriCorps position will primarily focus on events and outreach that support both CSWC and Nadaka Nature Park. Expect 75% of time in the office and 25% of time in the field.
At the CSWC, the events range from large (500+ participants) festivals to smaller paddles and workshops. Our major festivals include: Aquifer Adventure (a pirate themed groundwater festival); Slough Celebration (annual gala); Explorando el Columbia Slough (bilingual nature and cultural festival); and Regatta (everyone welcome free paddling event). The Member will have a critical role in Explorando helping to translate and serve with the bilingual committee in planning the community co-created event. The Member will help facilitate event logistics, outreach and tabling and engaging volunteers. Many of our events have an on-the-water component and the Member will have the opportunity to lead short flat-water paddle trips. Workshops and smaller events include Groundwater 101, Evening Canoe the Slough, Owl Prowl, Raingardens 101, and several similar events. (40%)
At Nadaka Nature Park, the Member will help facilitate and lead a similar range of events and workshops such as the Annual Nadaka Community Festival, while building authentic relationships with the community and partner organizations. In the fall and winter, the Member will plan and lead various volunteer/intern restoration events such as tree planting or ivy clearing. The Member will collaborate with students, interns, and ambassadors on the creation and maintenance of education plots in the community garden. They will support our youth interns and the Nadaka Ambassadors; a program that will make the park more inclusive by providing multi-lingual information, improving park safety, and offering stipends to surrounding neighbors that volunteer in the park. (40%)
The Member will participate in Confluence led leadership development activities which include: Leadership Development Program, Change Agent Project, team meetings, National Service events and other self-directed development opportunities (20%).
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Living Allowance
$1248
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$1248 monthly
Benefits
Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Living allowance, Student loan forbearance, Training
Additional Benefits
$100 Training Fund
Education Requirements
Some College
Desired Languages
English, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Other Conditions
Car recommended
Subject to criminal background check