UF/IFAS Florida 4-H AmeriCorps Environmental Educator

Do you have an interest in positively impacting our natural ecosystems by teaching environmental education to communities? Are you looking for a position that can provide work and professional development experiences for a future environmental or youth development career? UF/IFAS Florida 4-H has new positions that can provide those opportunities for you! UF/IFAS Florida 4-H is a new AmeriCorps and Volunteer Florida grantee, and we are looking for people interested in serving their community through environmental education. AmeriCorps Environmental Educators will serve a critical role in delivering environmental education programs about Florida’s unique ecosystems, both on-site at the Florida 4-H camps and through outreach at schools, community events, and 4-H activities.

Job Description

Florida 4-H AmeriCorps members will help to book, organize, deliver, and evaluate environmental educational programs using Florida 4-H Environmental Education curriculum. These programs will be taught both on-site at the Florida 4-H camps and off-site at schools, community events, and 4-H activities. There are three Florida 4-H camps where AmeriCorps may serve – 4-H Camp Timpoochee (Niceville, FL), 4-H Camp Cloverleaf (Lake Placid, FL), and 4-H Camp Cherry Lake (Madison, FL). AmeriCorps members will be serving from one of these locations both on-site and off-site within their communities.

There are two different Member types available: Half-time members that must serve at least 900 hours and quarter-time members that must serve at least 450 hours. We will be filling member positions on a rolling basis until May 2023, with all member positions ending by July 31, 2023 at the latest.

Skills Preferred

• Experience teaching pre-designed environmental education curricula to a variety of ages and abilities
• Effective oral communication with both large and small groups
• Effective written communication
• Customer service
• Experience working with youth
• Knowledge, experience and/or interest in teaching environmental education

4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization.  There are 6.5 million young people in grades K-12 enrolled in the 4-H programs across America and approximately 200,000 within the State of Florida.  This non-formal, practical educational program for youth is the youth development program of Florida Cooperative Extension – part of the University of Florida IFAS. The Florida 4-H Youth Development Program uses a learn-by-doing approach and caring adults to help youth gain the knowledge and life skills they need to be productive, responsible citizens.

AmeriCorps is the federal agency connecting individuals and organizations through service and volunteering to tackle the nation’s most pressing challenges.

How to apply:

High School diploma or its equivalent is minimum requirements. Preferred qualification is a Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience, in sciences, education, natural resources, youth development, recreational leadership or other related fields is required.  Must pass a Background Screening prior to hire. Valid driver’s license preferred.

To apply, use this link to find the three different AmeriCorps applications (depending upon the camp you’d like to serve at). Applying for one camp does not limit nor guarantee service at a specific location, but it does provide us with your local preference.

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