{"id":36292,"date":"2020-12-23T17:26:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=36292"},"modified":"2020-12-23T17:26:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T01:26:51","slug":"work-study-environmental-restoration-opportunity-planning-and-public-works-tacoma-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/work-study-environmental-restoration-opportunity-planning-and-public-works-tacoma-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Study: Environmental Restoration Opportunity, Planning and Public Works (Tacoma, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"summary container\" data-printing-url=\"http:\/\/agency.governmentjobs.com\/piercecountywa\/job_bulletin.cfm?jobID=2903048&amp;sharedWindow=0\" data-location=\"Tacoma, WA\" data-job-hits-counter-url=\"\">\n<div class=\"term-container\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid summary-section\">\n<div class=\"term-block term-block-left\">\n<div class=\"span4\">\n<div class=\"term-description\">Job Type<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span8\">\n<div class=\"term-value\">Work Study<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"term-block term-block-right\">\n<div class=\"span4\">\n<div class=\"term-description\">Department<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span8\">\n<div class=\"term-value department-name\">Planning and Public Works (PW)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid summary-section\">\n<div class=\"term-block term-block-left\">\n<div class=\"span4\">\n<div class=\"term-description\">Job Number<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span8\">\n<div class=\"term-value\">Environmental Restoration<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row-fluid summary-section\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">Apply here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/piercecountywa\/jobs\/2903048\/environmental-restoration-opportunity\">https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/piercecountywa\/jobs\/2903048\/environmental-restoration-opportunity<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"summary container\" data-printing-url=\"http:\/\/agency.governmentjobs.com\/piercecountywa\/job_bulletin.cfm?jobID=2903048&amp;sharedWindow=0\" data-location=\"Tacoma, WA\" data-job-hits-counter-url=\"\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid summary-section\">\n<div class=\"span2\">\n<div class=\"term-description\">Closing<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span4\">\n<div class=\" closing-info term-value\">Continuous<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entity-details-buttons\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container entity-details-content tab-content\">\n<div id=\"details-info\" class=\"tab-pane active fr-view\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Description<\/dt>\n<dd>\n<p>\n<strong><em>All the qualifications you really need for these opportunities are enthusiasm and ability to work in the great outdoors, a great attitude, and a desire to make this world a better\u00a0place.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This isn\u2019t an easy job or an easy feat, but every day on the job you will return home knowing you made your community better.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Pierce County Parks Department and Planning and Public Works in conjunction with Americorp\/Washington Service Corps has some work for you<\/em>\u00a0<strong>*CLICK ON JOB TITLE TO APPLY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.americorps.gov\/mp\/listing\/viewListing.do?id=95260\"><strong>Riparian (Rivers and Streams) Restoration Technician<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0You will be a part of an 8-person crew performing removal of invasive vegetation by manual and\/or mechanical means from riverbanks, river levees, streams, ditches, ponds, floodplain properties, and other related areas. When necessary performing soil and substrate preparation of designed and appropriate native planting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some Notable AmeriCorps Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monthly stipend of $1,450 before deductions and withholdings<\/li>\n<li>$6,195 education award that can be used for future schooling or to pay off existing qualified student loan debt (upon successful completion of the service term, subject to federal tax)<\/li>\n<li>Basic health insurance (not including vision coverage)<\/li>\n<li>Workers compensation coverage<\/li>\n<li>Assistance with childcare costs<\/li>\n<li>Forbearance (temporarily postponing paying off a loan) of qualified student loans during the service term<\/li>\n<li>Payment of interest on qualified student loans that accrued during the service term (paid after successful completion of service term)<\/li>\n<li>Serving in a full-time AmeriCorps position qualifies as &#8220;employment&#8221; towards the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong>\u00a0Contact Peter Asai, Recruitment Manager:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Peter.asai@piercecountywa.gov\">Peter.asai@piercecountywa.gov<\/a><br \/>\n253-798-8532\u00ad<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8699,"featured_media":34061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[15,26],"tags":[4,33,19,37,7,8,9,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36293,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36292\/revisions\/36293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}