Organizational Mission: Earth Force engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future.
Our Vision: In a time when communities face increasing environmental challenges, we believe it is critical that young people develop the civic skills necessary to be effective environmental citizens. Our vision is to grow the number of young people working within civic structures to solve environmental problems by ten times.
What We Do: We provide educators and organizations with training, support, and innovative tools to facilitate environmental action civics with youth.
Organizational Overview: The foundation of a functional democracy is representation of citizens’ voices in decision-making processes. Earth Force is committed to ensuring that young people whose voices have been historically excluded in environmental decision-making have the tools and skills to make their voices heard. Earth Force is a national organization dedicated to expanding the engagement of young people in civic decision making to address environmental concerns. Members of the team pride themselves on our commitment to the mission and ability to meet challenges head on. Earth Force strives to create a workspace that is reflective, creative, responsive and collaborative. Successful team members are those who set high standards for themselves, are comfortable with both giving and receiving feedback, and are willing to support other team members.
This position is responsible for developing and supporting Earth Force community partner organizations. This includes identifying organizations, building partnerships, and providing professional development and program support in a blended learning setting.
The successful candidate has the ability to work independently while being a part of a virtual team and is able to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds. Because we are a virtual organization, team members must have access to a comfortable (and efficient) workspace in their home/community. The position requires a highly organized and dynamic leader and strategic thinker who has the initiative to grow, enhance, and maintain current programs in order to achieve the organization’s strategic goals.
Duties generally include but are not limited to the following areas:
We are looking for individuals who are creative problem solvers, self-starters, capable of multi-tasking and taking initiative. In particular, we are looking for a person who can demonstrate that they are an innovative thinker, who can make a contribution to a high-functioning team, and above all wants to increase youth participation in environmental decision-making.
Compensation: Salary $47,000-$50,000; Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending account plan, and 401(k) plan
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