TerraCorps Youth Education Coordinator
TerraCorps
Lowell, Massachusetts
Job Type | AmeriCorps |
Salary Details | $27,000 |
Required Experience | 0 - 1 years |
Do you want to serve your community while protecting the environment and getting professional experience with an environmental nonprofit?
Whether you are passionate about conservation, land access, or sustainable agriculture, TerraCorps is here to help you serve local communities and build professional skills through transformative experiences.
TerraCorps is an AmeriCorps affiliated environmental nonprofit preparing and mobilizing emerging leaders to help communities gain access to and conserve land for people and nature. We do this by partnering with a network of 40+ nonprofits in Massachusetts and Rhode Island focused on community needs related to local land conservation and sustainable agriculture. These partners act as service sites for a new cohort of up to 60 AmeriCorps service members annually. Service members are paired with a site supervisor who provides guidance and mentorship while they build capacity for the organization and learn to manage community programs in one of 5 coordinator positions: Community Engagement Coordinators (CEC), Sustainable Agriculture Coordinators (SAC), Land Stewardship Coordinators (LSC), Youth Education Coordinators (YEC), Land Conservation Coordinator (LCC).
Youth Education Coordinators build the long-term capacity of their service sites by:
- Members may partner with public schools to lead students on interpretive and inquiry-based field trips to investigate local flora and fauna and evaluate environmental conditions.
- Members may use experiential education and service learning techniques to build school gardens and teach students to plant, grow, harvest, and eat vegetables.
- Members may partner with youth groups to lead land stewardship-focused service learning projects.
- And many other youth education projects and activities.
Members serve in full-time (38 hour/week), 11-month positions from August 26th, 2024- July 25th, 2025.
Member Benefits:
- Living allowance of $27,000 distributed over the course of the term
- Healthcare coverage
- Childcare coverage if eligible
- Money for college ($7,395)
- Student loan forbearance if the member qualifies
- Professional mentoring and coaching
- Professional development workshops and conferences
- Additional AmeriCorps benefits
Join the call to serve and create a future where land is the foundation for health and well-being for ALL people in EVERY community.
Click here to learn more, https://terracorps.my.site.com/terracorps/s/available-member-positions
Want to talk to us? Stop by during our next information session:
- Want to talk to us? Stop by during one our next information session on Wednesday, August 7th , 2024, @ 2-3 pm.
No need to register, just drop by. Here’s the link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81785363720. If you can’t make it on any of those dates, feel free to reach out with your questions. We’d be happy to chat.
TerraCorps prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, national origin, gender, age (40 and over), religion, sexual orientation, disability (mental or physical ), gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, pregnancy, reprisal, genetic information. Reasonable accommodations will be provided as needed for applications, interviews, and service. To request an accommodation, contact Maria Infante, Chief People and Culture Officer at minfante@terracorps.org
Applications for this position must be submitted via the TerraCorps online application. Position descriptions and application specifics can be found at https://terracorps.my.site.com/terracorps/s/available-member-positions
When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.
Category | Environmental Education, General / Stewardship |
Tags | Conservation Corps, Naturalist |