Environmental Ambassador

Lao Family Community Development, Inc.•Oakland, CA

20d

About The Position

The Oakland Community Environmental Research Project(OCERP) is an 18-month project working to empower underserved youth in Alameda County through hands on STEM education, environmental research, and public health advocacy. Targeting BIPOC, immigrant, foster, justice-involved, and unhoused youth, OCERP combines classroom learning, outdoor fieldwork, and urban gardening to address local issues like soil and water contamination and climate resilience. The Environmental ambassador will assist with all East Bay Academy of Young Scientists(EBAYS) program activities and work closely with the both the youth department staff and adult employment staff. This position reports to the Program Supervisor.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science or another related field is highly desired, or a minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience in youth services and/or counseling.
Have experience conducting research
Effective verbal, listening, and written communication skills. The candidate must be able to work with diverse populations, cultures, and families (youth, adolescents, parents, and elders, families), each with varying needs.
Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask. Good analytic skills, critical thinking skills, ability to create accurate and insightful data outcomes and evaluation (strong Excel, Word, PPT)
Creative, dedicated, energetic, organized, and motivated with youth and client tracking and record keeping.
Demonstrate ability to work with in and out of school youth of diverse ethnic and social backgrounds, and motivated in career counseling and coaching.
Ability to work late or on weekends as needed for program-related activities.
Work effectively under pressure, manage time management, and able to work as a team.
Proficient in Computer skills: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, database management, and Internet Explorer.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire; must pass background check.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and work on the computer; use hands to handle or feel and talk or hear; and move objects up to 25 pounds

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, and Tigrinya is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan and conduct major community outreach, attend resource fairs to recruit underserved Alameda County youth from 16 -26 years of age.
Contact youth, explain about the research project, and invite them to participate.
Provide orientation and work with youth participants to coordinate presentations, youth council meetings, and community education events
Assist the Environmental Education Specialist with delivering the EBAYS program curriculum
Assist the Environmental Education Specialist with Planning and coordinating outdoor fieldwork sessions, gardening activities, and field trips to various state parks.
Lead Peer outreach campaigns in order to reach out to additional youth.
Provide one-on-one mentorship and support
Cultivate, build trust, and maintain relationships with youth leaders
Community Support: Services to address members’ health-related social needs to improve health and well-being.
Assist in organizing the annual youth leadership empowering conference.
In-house tracking system, daily log, case notes, and all other activities follow program policy and procedure.
Represent LFCD at local collaborative community meetings, attend all the required trainings, related meetings, or conferences as assigned.
Prepare Monthly and Quarterly program reports
Other duties assigned by the Youth Supervisor