CIRES Education & Outreach based at the University of Colorado, Program coordinator for the CLEAN Climate Education project. Review of applications begins July 23, 2021. CIRES Education & Outreach based at the University of Colorado is hiring a program coordinator for the CLEAN Climate Education project. We are looking for someone with climate education background/experience to join our team. For more information, visit: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/CIRES-EDUCATION-AND-OUTREACH-CLEAN-Program-and-Communication-Coordinator/31779
Research Social Scientist, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Goods, Services & Values Program. Deadline to Apply: July 30, 2021. The Goods, Services and Values Program of the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station is conducting an outreach for a research Social Scientist to be based in Juneau Alaska. Please visit this link for more information. https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/?id=73DA168482384B8795014C92685DC717
Position Opening: NIHB Public Health Project Coordinator (Environmental Health). The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) seeks an experienced public health professional to work on current and future public health projects and initiatives. The Coordinator will create and coordinate projects that focus on improving the state of environmental health and Tribal environmental health systems. This position will work with a Public Health Project Manager, Director, and Deputy Director of Public Health Policy and Programs department. This position is open until filled. To learn more, click here.
TEK Experiential Educator. Position open until filled. Elderberry Wisdom Farm is seeking a TEK Experiential Educator to serve on our leadership team that will provide outdoor experiential learning with a cohort of eight Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander interns in September 2021. This is a key leadership position that will help our team evolve our culturally tailored multimedia learning model in preparation for the internship during Fall Term 2021. The educator will assist with curriculum development for outdoor activities; assist the TEK Educator in the morning educational classroom sessions; lead the interns in field-based experiential learning in the greenhouse and on the farm in the afternoons; and mentor interns as they strengthen emerging researcher skills, as well as microenterprise development. Classes will be held Fall term (Sep 2021) on the Native American owned two-acre organic farm south of Salem, OR and at Chemeketa Community College. The part-time position begins in September, 2021. Interested candidates can send their resume to: Rose at rose@elderberrywisdom.org. For more info, visit, https://www.elderberrywisdom.org/joinourteam.
Elderberry Wisdom Farm is Recruiting Native American Interns! Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Workforce Training Opportunity. Paid Internship through Chemeketa Community College. Deadline: September 1, 2021 - Internship starts October 5, 2021. This fall, a cohort of eight (8) Native Americans from Oregon’s tribal communities, plus urban Indians, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students will learn to integrate traditional ecological knowledge perspectives into agricultural and horticultural career plans. Native American educators at Elderberry Wisdom Farm will combine TEK with traditional Western views to develop horticultural practices so students can learn to cultivate and grow native plant species, especially threatened and/or endangered traditional First Foods species. Experiential activities will be completed in our outdoor classroom which includes the greenhouse, elderberry patch and pollinator beds in a Native American environment at Elderberry Wisdom Farm. You will become equipped with knowledge and experience needed to meaningfully and successfully enter Oregon’s agricultural and horticultural workforce. We especially encourage those interested in creating their own business and marketing plan to apply as they will receive a second year of mentoring, support and funding enabling them to form their own horticultural microenterprise or organic farm. Interns will receive stipends and tuition waivers to complete this culturally-tailored workforce training plus HOR 111 which introduces you to a broad view of horticultural science. Trainings will continue to be offered to cohorts of Native students plus students of color, including Latino, African American, etc. for a total of five (5) years in partnership with Chemeketa Community College with funding from USDA.
Interested applicants can email your interest and a resume to Rose at rose@elderberrywisdom.org. More information is available at our website: www.elderberrywisdom.org.
