{"id":41321,"date":"2021-06-23T16:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T23:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=41321"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:44:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T23:44:42","slug":"job-americorps-positions-confluence-portland-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-americorps-positions-confluence-portland-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: AmeriCorps Positions, Confluence (Portland, OR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Confluence currently has\u00a0<u>ten<\/u>\u00a0new AmeriCorps positions based in Portland now open for applications, with a start date of September 8th, 2021. Each Confluence Environmental Center AmeriCorps position description and application instructions can be found on their website <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.confluencecenter.org%2Fapply-now&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKris.Hill%40evergreen.edu%7Ce73f7c171724434f2de008d936742dfd%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637600695293601181%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=tgY%2Fb%2BfluK5Fl6GEZoLJCbQHP4lqb%2Ftqt7h8EwhIp4Y%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>. Please see the brief positions descriptions below to get a sense for the type of work each position would carry out:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY OF PORTLAND, BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STORMWATER OUTREACH COORDINATOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recruit and train community volunteers in Green Street plantings and stewardship for maximum environmental benefits in under-resourced, racially diverse communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLACKAMAS COUNTY, SUSTAINABILITY &amp; SOLID WASTE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WASTE REDUCTION SPECIALIST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provide recycling\/waste reduction education in multifamily communities, through relationship building, food waste prevention education and developing inclusive resources to underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMUNITY GARDENS AND FOOD SECURITY COORDINATOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Engage housing residents in community garden work parties, health and wellness education, Youth Summer Lunch programs and assessing food systems for health and food security issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHNSON CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OUTREACH &amp; RIPARIAN SPECIALIST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plan and implement restoration projects, community science programs, volunteer events, and environmental education for watershed residents from underserved communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION\/ASSOCIATION OF NORTHWEST STEELHEADERS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION &amp; OUTREACH COORDINATOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Promote environmental justice by engaging communities and partners in opportunities that help develop stewardship, increase access to outdoors and restores\/protects wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SYLVANIA <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEARNING GARDEN COORDINATOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Establish systems that supply fresh produce to students experiencing food insecurity and provide education in the Learning Garden on organic food production, planting and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT COORDINATOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Energize students to save resources through behavior change, underscore a conservation ethic in schools, reduce the environmental footprint of the district, and educate about environmental justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>REYNOLDS LEARNING ACADEMY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM SPECIALIST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organize and coordinate environmental education opportunities to engage students from diverse backgrounds. Develop bilingual materials to meet the needs of second language learners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SANDY RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Develop outreach strategies to engage local populations in stewardship activities. Create partnerships with diverse groups, attend public outreach events and coordinate plantings and clean-up events. 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNITED WAY OF THE COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESILIENCE COORDINATOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provide logistical, communications, research, and reporting support to UWCW\u2019s natural disaster resilience work, the Disaster Resilience Learning Collaborative pilot and long-term strategic planning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON COUNTY SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Implement a waste prevention project for multifamily communities. Offer technical assistance to managers that include educational materials, presentations, outreach and tabling.<\/p>\n<p>Recruitment for Confluence positions begins in May and positions start in September. All positions are a fulltime, 11-month commitment unless otherwise determined. Please visit our website <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.confluencecenter.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKris.Hill%40evergreen.edu%7Ce73f7c171724434f2de008d936742dfd%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637600695293601181%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ogJFAtjRCvSKXqjY%2BGPFJ4o8Menmr%2F%2FUHiam%2FCGP5Rw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">http:\/\/www.confluencecenter.org\/<\/a>for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[4,17,28,33,141,13,131,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41321"}],"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\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41322,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41321\/revisions\/41322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}