Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

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• 2021-2022 Campus Sustainability Job Openings, iSEE (deadlines vary)

  Mar 19, 2021 3:45 pm85 views

• Illinois Part-Time Job Fair - Fall 2021

  Aug 11, 2021 11:30 am76 views

  Tuesday, September 14 from 12-3 p.m. in Illini Union Rooms A, B, C

• Education Program Coordinator I, McHenry County Conservation District (Crystal Lake, IL; due Oct. 29)

  Oct 15, 2021 2:15 pm49 views

  Primary duties are:

  1. Develops, promotes, implements and evaluates public natural and cultural history educational programs for audiences of all ages at District sites throughout the County. 

  2. Supports education programs and process throughout the District and at District events.

  3. Prepares written copy for program promotion.

• Community Engagement and Environmental Education Coordinator, The Field Museum (Chicago, IL; open until filled)

  Oct 27, 2021 2:15 pm44 views

  The Field Museum’s Keller Science Action Center (KSAC) translates museum science into results for conservation and quality of life. The Community Engagement and Environmental Education Coordinator works in the Center’s Chicago Region team and is a member of the Youth Conservation Action initiative, which equips Chicago region youth with the knowledge, skills, and passion to become the region's environmental stewards and sustainability leaders of tomorrow. The Coordinator also coordinates with the Learning Center and the City of Chicago initiative. Primary responsibilities are event planning and design, production and dissemination of nature-based tools, and team support and coordination. Through these efforts, the Coordinator will provide meaningful, hands-on materials and engagement experiences for youth, families, and their communities to connect with green space and nature close to home in culturally relevant ways. 

• Natural Resource Officer I (Game Warden) Testing and Assessment Opportunity

  Oct 15, 2021 2:00 pm43 views

  Successful applicants will become part of a pool of eligible applicants that may receive offers for employment as a Natural Resource Officer I, commonly referred to as a Game Warden.

• SECS Career Panel (online)- WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20, 6:30-8 p.m.

  Oct 11, 2021 3:30 pm37 views

• Ecological Restoration Technician, Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (due Nov. 5)

  Oct 11, 2021 3:30 pm34 views

  The Northwest Illinois Stewardship Co-op (NISC), a program of the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF), is seeking a full time Restoration Technician.

• Life Sciences Career Trainee - Opt E (Upward Mobility), Illinois EPA (Springfield, IL; due Nov. 8)

  Oct 29, 2021 1:30 pm34 views

  35% 1. Receives training for a period of six to twelve months duration to gain knowledge in conducting stream and lake monitoring and assessment activities in the Northern, Central, and Southern Monitoring Unit/Central, Surface Water Section, for the Division of Water Pollution Control/Bureau of Water;

  25% 2. Receives training in stream and lake monitoring activities to support the Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Network, Intensive Basin Survey, Ambient Lake, Harmful Algal Bloom, and Facility-Related Stream Survey programs;

  20% 3. Receives training to assist in activities in support of stream, lake, and watershed related efforts

• Life Sciences Career Trainee (Upward Mobility), Illinois EPA (Des Plaines, IL; due Dec. 9)

  Dec 3, 2021 1:30 pm34 views

  Stream and Lake monitoring

• Conservation Coordinator, Kankakee County Soil & Water Conservation District (Bourbonnais, IL; due Nov. 19)

  Oct 29, 2021 1:45 pm32 views

  The candidate must have an associates or bachelor’s degree in agriculture, natural resources, or a related field, with experience in production agriculture preferred.

• Secrets of a Recruiter: Job Search Strategies to Get that Interview! (May 25)

  May 24, 2021 2:45 pm28 views

• Life Sciences Career Trainee Opt E (Upward Mobility), Illinois EPA (Des Plaines, IL; due Nov. 15)

  Nov 5, 2021 1:30 pm28 views

  Learn to conduct routine field inspections/investigations of hazardous and solid waste management and disposal facilities and remediation sites.  (Des Plaines, IL)

• Fisheries Wildlife Biologist II, Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks (Clinton, KS; due Oct. 29)

  Oct 15, 2021 2:45 pm21 views

  Work involves coordinating fisheries programs and projects, including trout and urban catfish stockings; conducting fish population surveys; supervision of seasonal employees; providing technical services to private landowners and local governing units; coordination and oversight of the cooperators in CFAP in assigned district; administering the Walk In Fishing Access (WIFA) program in assigned district; coordinating information/education efforts with constituents, other divisions and local media; conducting aquatic education programs for the Kansas public, etc.

• ANR (Agriculture and Natural Resources) Educator, Georgia Museum of Agriculture (Tifton, GA; open until filled)

  Oct 23, 2020 3:45 pm10 views

• GIS Day - November 12

  Oct 25, 2019 1:45 pm10 views

  GIS Day is set for Tuesday, November 12, 2019 in the Illini Union Rooms B & C.  Various events will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  There will be a panel discussion about career and internship opportunities from 1:00-1:50 p.m.  See http://gisday.illinois.edu/ for a complete schedule.

• Grand Calumet River Restoration Crew Member

  Feb 28, 2019 9:30 am2 views

  In northern Lake County, Indiana, The Nature Conservancy owns or helps manage more than 500 acres containing a mosaic of rich habitats, including globally rare dune and swale habitat.  Restoration efforts are geared toward helping delist the Grand Calumet River as an Area of Concern by reinstating beneficial uses related to wildlife and wildlife habitat.