Heritage Conservancy, a member of the Alliance for Watershed Education (AWE), is seeking to hire a Fellow from the Lower Bucks/Bristol/Croydon area to help connect with local community members around protecting the Delaware River and its waterways. The Delaware River Watershed Fellowship is a 12-week, paid summer job opportunity designed to introduce young people from local communities to careers in environmental education.

Summary

Fellows are hired at one of 20 environmental education centers across the Delaware River Watershed. Fellows participate in training sessions to help prepare them for a summer of helping people connect with nature and informing their local communities about issues affecting the Delaware River, the source of drinking water for 15 million people living in the region.

Compensation: Fellows are paid $17.00/hr, 37.5 hours a week over the summer.

Essential Functions:

With guidance from their supervisor, Fellows will focus their efforts on a specific Capstone Project and present their work at the end-of-program Summit event (August 14).
Fellows will participate in a 3 day watershed education training, at the Pocono Environmental Education Center (overnight, June 10-12.) http://www.peec.org/
Fellows will help their host Center lead programs and activities, whether in-person or virtually, for community members and visitors to their site.
Fellows will attend in-person meetings with Fellows from other AWE Centers (second week in July there will be three regional meetings with locations TBD, and one All-region meeting on July 31 at Berks Nature Center)
Fellows will document their progress by completing a short log report every other week.

How to apply:
Complete our online application HERE and email a resume to:

Shannon Fredebaugh-Siller

Director of Education & Community Programs

sfredebaugh@heritageconservancy.org

Compensation Information

$17/hour; 37.5-hour work weeks