Education Assistant (52 Weeks) - AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy • Fort Collins, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This Science Communication Assistant is an AmeriCorps position. The position will help raise awareness of how NPS natural resource inventories and monitoring can and are contributing to improved park management, especially in the face of accelerated changing conditions. The Inventory & Monitoring Program has collected scientific information on NPS natural resources for nearly two decades, but the dissemination of information about the program’s impact has sometimes proved challenging, in part due to a lack of capacity for science communication. Yet science communication is essential for significant conservation impact. This position represents one way to help to fill that gap. The participant will serve directly with the program’s Science Communications Team and convey information intended for public audiences. There will be an opportunity to build templates and create model content that can further increase capacity for future communications.

Requirements

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien.
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of secondary school to enroll as an AmeriCorps participant and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Prior to starting the position, agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check for the employer of record, Conservation Legacy, and a separate government security background check for the host site.
• The applicant must be available to participate for the entire 52 Weeks in order to be considered and participate.

Nice To Haves

• This position requires strong reading comprehension, research, and writing skills suitable to translate technical scientific content into compelling stories for variety audience.
• It would be appropriate for a journalism student or someone with a liberal arts background, particularly someone interested in environmental journalism or science writing.
• A commitment to, and ability to convey, the meaning of ecological science in the 21st century is desired.
• Science writing experience is essential, with exceptional command of American English grammar.
• Experience with HTML is preferred, as is experience with running and generating content for social media accounts.
• An interest in the National Park Service and learning and innovating while working alongside a team of NPS and partnering scientists is essential, as is the patience and desire to learn about the practice of communication within a federal bureaucracy and its sideboards of policy and optics.

Responsibilities

• writing and producing web articles
• writing and producing social media content
• writing and producing internal communications that convey key stories about the impact of natural resource inventories and monitoring (I&M) in selected NPS units across the nation.
• Articles will be based on existing documents, research, and interviews with NPS scientists and other staff.
• Social media content will be produced in collaboration with staff from multiple offices.
• supporting the Inventory & Monitoring Program’s Science Communications Team

Benefits

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award : $ 7,395.00 upon successful completion of position
• Weekly Living Allowance: $ 700.00 per week, fixed rate
• Relocation Allowance: $ 450.00 (distributed as a one-time lump sum with first paycheck)
• Student Loan Forbearance if applicable (administered by MyAmeriCorps, directly)
• Student Loan Interest Payments if applicable (administered through MyAmeriCorps, directly)
• Free Healthcare Coverage (opt in)
• Childcare Coverage (opt in)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED