{"id":49897,"date":"2023-06-23T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T23:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=49897"},"modified":"2023-06-23T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T23:14:09","slug":"internship-outreach-riparian-specialist-confluence-americorps-member-johnson-creek-watershed-council-portland-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/internship-outreach-riparian-specialist-confluence-americorps-member-johnson-creek-watershed-council-portland-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship: Outreach &amp; Riparian Specialist &#8211;  Confluence AmeriCorps Member, Johnson Creek Watershed Council (Portland, OR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a passion for environmental restoration and environmental justice? Are you interested in serving a diverse and vibrant community? Are you looking to jump start your career and gain experience working for a non-profit? Look no further!<\/p>\n<p>The Johnson Creek Watershed Council was established in 1995 by community members committed to restoring Johnson Creek, a thriving urban stream faced with many challenges. Our mission is to promote restoration and stewardship of a healthy Johnson Creek through sound science and community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re currently recruiting our next AmeriCorps member, who will serve one 11-month term from September 2023-July 2024. Our AmeriCorps member leads our environmental education program, conducts community outreach, supports our riparian restoration program, and much more. This is a fantastic opportunity for an early-career professional to gain wide-ranging work experience and collaborate with many amazing community partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$18,300 living allowance paid over the course of the 11-month term (approx $1,660\/month)<\/li>\n<li>$6,895 Segal Education Award to apply to qualified student loans or education expenses<\/li>\n<li>Student loan forbearance<\/li>\n<li>Health care insurance &amp; child care reimbursement<\/li>\n<li>Over $1000 toward professional development<\/li>\n<li>Reimbursement of work-related travel and communications expenses (internet connection, cell phone, up to $100\/month)<\/li>\n<li>$1,300 in additional compensation<\/li>\n<li>Professional Leadership Certificate, Trainings and Networking opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Apply by Sunday, June 25th at midnight<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Read the full<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/54405678e4b0635ae5d5c4c2\/t\/646d0c5483d1c349f9c50911\/1684868181438\/PD+-+JCWC+23-24+-+1700+HR+Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0position description &amp; directions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Submit your cover letter, resume, and references to Johnson Creek Watershed Council<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcwc.org\/americorps\/\">https:\/\/www.jcwc.org\/americorps\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9909,"featured_media":34096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[18],"tags":[17,1687,775,1520,50,1112,1299,242,277,246,901,1022,454,58,271,993,1056,234,756,9,5660,334],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49897"}],"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\/9909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49898,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49897\/revisions\/49898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}