Part-time State Coordinator, Project Wingspan: Expansion and Connectivity
Illinois
Due 1/10/2020
$500/month
Overview:
Pollinator Partnership (P2) seeks to hire motivated and detail-oriented individuals in Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The State Coordinators will provide programmatic support for Project Wingspan: Expansion and Connectivity (PWEC), a collaborative pollinator habitat initiative with numerous partners across a 10 state region. PW is a multi-component project to address the alarming decline in pollinators and the fragmentation of habitat through seed collection, technical training, enhancing and securing long-term habitat. This project is an expansion of Project Wingspan: Landscape Enhancement for Imperiled Pollinators of the Midwest (PW), and part of Pollinator Partnership's wider Monarch Wings Across America program.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- work with and repord to project leads
- collaborate with partners and project leads to develop and manage the temporary seed collection network in their state
- assist project lead in planning and leading 1 in-person volunteer training workshop
- promote seed collection training and volunteer opportunities
- identify, assemble, and track seed collection teams
- assist team leads to identify collection sites and obtain permits for collection events
Qualifications:
- degree in natural resource management, biology, botany, ecology or related field
- experience in conservation partnerships, pollinator habitat restoration, volunteer management, and technical training highly preferred
- excellent interpersonal skills
- strong planning and implementation skills
- excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to communicate directly with volunteers and landowners
- dependable, well-organized, and detail-oriented
- should be comfortable working outside, willing and able to work across various habitat settings
- computer literate (MS Office programs)
- occasional, multi-day travel may be required
- valid driver's license and clean driving record
- as a remote employee, individuals will need computer access and a work-space
Compensation:
This is a contact position at $500.00 per month. Travel, lodging, mileage, and per diem expenses will be reimbursed, but are not to exceed a set amount.
Schedule:
This position is part-time and seasonal, with an average commitment of 30 hours per month. Work schedule is flexible. This position will begin in February 2020 and continue through November 2021.
To apply:
Interested candidates schould email the following email to Amber Barnes at ab@pollinator.org:
- Resume
- Cover letter describing why you are a good fit for the position
- Attach the resume and cover letter as 1 PDF
- Please name the email subject and attached PDF " PWEC STATE Coordinator - Last Name" ** Please indicate which state you are applying for **
- An inability to following the instructions above will result in an automatically rejected application
