Position: Diverse Engagement Intern
Duration: January 2018 – June 2018
Hours: Approximately 5-10hours/week, not to exceed 150 hours total
Compensation: $15/hour
Position Summary:
Help us connect people to the watershed by recruiting volunteers for plantings, cleanups, and other events. The intention of this position is to increase the Council’s capacity to engage the diversity of populations who live in, near, and visit the watershed. The Diverse Engagement Intern will support spring events including winter plantings and events on the MHCC campus such as ivy removal, Earth Day Cleanup, Sandy River Delta Ecoblitz and a Depave event to kick-off the MHCC Clean Water Retrofit in June. At least two of these events (the Delta Planting and EcoBlitz) will be bilingual in English and Spanish. Depending on the candidate, the intern may support existing partnerships and build new ones to increase diverse recruitment and improve cultural relevance of events. Schedule is flexible.
Resumen de posición: (el enlace a la descripción completa de la posición está disponible a continuación)
Ayúdenos a conectar a las personas con la Cuenca, reclutando voluntarios para sembrar plantas nativas, limpiezas y otros eventos. La intención de este puesto es aumentar la capacidad del SRWC para involucrar a la diversidad de las poblaciones que viven en, cerca y visitan la cuenca. El pasante apoyará a eventos como plantaciones y eventos en el campus de MHCC como Earth Day Cleanup, Sandy River Delta Ecoblitz. Al menos dos de estos eventos (Delta Planting y EcoBlitz) serán bilingües en inglés y español. Dependiendo del candidato, el pasante puede apoyar asociaciones existentes y construir otras nuevas para aumentar la contratación diversa y mejorar la relevancia cultural de los eventos. Horario flexible.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with staff to develop a diverse outreach strategy
- Connect with existing and potential partners to broaden outreach effort
- Promote events via flyers, social media, online calendars, and other marketing strategies
- Attend events and support event implementation
- Lead groups in planting, trash pick up, ivy removal, etc. at events
(depending on comfort level) - Communicate schedule and activities with staff
- Other tasks as needed
Preferred Qualifications:
- Conversant in Spanish and English
- MHCC student or local resident preferred
To Apply:
Please submit either:
- Resume and cover letter to Sara Ennis via email sara@sandyriver.org
or mailed to: 26000 SE Stark Street, GE Annex, Gresham, OR 97030
— OR —
- Fill out the volunteer form online
https://sandyriver.org/get-involved/become-a-volunteer-form/
Be sure to include your relevant experience and interest in this position.
Applications may be submitted in Spanish or English
Application deadline: Tuesday January 22nd, 9:00 AM 2018
You can access this job description as a PDF here
Posición Descripción en español aqui
Questions? Preguntas?
Contact Sara Ennis, Community Stewardship Coordinator
sara@sandyriver.org or (971) 325-4224. Hablo español.
SRBWC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status.
