Essential Duties<\/strong><\/p>\nWork with Community Collaboration Team to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Strengthen relationships with diverse communities by growing partnerships, fostering meaningful connections, and addressing barriers.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Develop strategies that improve\u00a0diversity,\u00a0equity,\u00a0access to promote inclusion, especially in historically oppressed communities.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Collaboratively foster relationships with local historically oppressed communities by listening, learning and working together to further awaken the care and protection of Wild Life.<\/li>\n
- Expand and deepened partnerships with (in community gathering points in the community. \u00a0(e.g; schools, libraries, community centers)<\/li>\n
- Build empathy and action for Wild Life both internally (ZEED) and externally in the community.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Engage in storytelling highlighting the positive impact of community engagement efforts and the importance of conservation.<\/li>\n
- Build and enhance pathways for local communities to explore careers in conservation, wildlife care, and zoo operations. Specifically at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Northwest Trek Wildlife Park.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Partner and collaborate with educational institutions to create opportunities for hands-on learning, internships, and career development in the field of wildlife and environmental science.<\/li>\n
- Perform additional duties as needed to further the mission of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and the success of community outreach initiatives.<\/li>\n
- Recruit and train volunteers (youth & adult) to support community programs and initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Minimum Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- At least two years of experience in natural sciences, education, or related field, may include college coursework, volunteering, or work experience.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Passion to engage communities in science and nature experiences that are exciting, rewarding and impactful.<\/li>\n
- Experience working\u00a0with diverse populations in\u00a0nature settings or conservation organizations, specifically historically\u00a0oppressed communities<\/li>\n
- Experience with delivery of community programming to individuals, families and groups from a variety of ages, abilities and backgrounds.<\/li>\n
- Experience with environmental education program development and delivery in formal or informal settings.<\/li>\n
- Experience working with community partners to achieve shared goals.<\/li>\n
- Must exhibit consistent characteristics such as a positive attitude, ability to show initiative, emotional maturity, self-responsibility, and ability to work as part of a team.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Ability to work outdoors, in a variety of weather conditions and frequently stand and walk for extended periods of time.<\/li>\n
- Availability to work a flexible schedule, including some evenings and weekends.<\/li>\n
- First Aid and CPR certification required, training available upon hire.<\/li>\n
- Must present a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record upon offer of position.<\/li>\n
- Ability to operate a 10-passenger vehicle after training with both adult and youth.<\/li>\n
- Reliable Transportation to both facilities, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma & Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Desired\u00a0Qualifications:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Knowledge of current conservation issues relevant to local wildlife as well as species represented at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Bilingual or use of a language other than English (such as Spanish, ASL, Russian, Korean)\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Experience in applying JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) principles to your work.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\nThis is a limited term, part-time benefitted position that will end 12.31.2026 – Based on our internal equity review process, the anticipated starting wage for this position is $23.28 hourly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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HOW TO APPLY<\/div>\n
If you are interested in this position please apply via:<\/p>\n
Community Collaboration Specialist-Job Detail Tab-Career Pages (governmentjobs.com)<\/a><\/p>\nWe are seeking someone who can effectively engage with diverse community groups and make meaningful long-term relationships. If you or someone you know is looking to join a great team, unleash your creativity, and positively impact the lives of students and Tacoma\u2019s local community, please apply today!\u00a0 We are accepting applications until July 3, 2025<\/p>\n
When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8089,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55907"}],"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\/8089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55908,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55907\/revisions\/55908"}],"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=55907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}