Urban Forestry Education Specialist
$66,000–$66,000 year
On-siteStevens Point, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary
Lead the LEAF Program's K-12 forestry education initiatives by guiding schools through planning processes to enhance educational use of their grounds and delivering professional development on urban forestry curriculum. Identify and maintain external partnerships, oversee day-to-day program activities for staff and volunteers, and develop, evaluate, and facilitate outreach content and materials. Monitor budget spending, schedule resources, and communicate logistics to support program delivery while providing recommendations for curriculum improvement. This part-time, 32-hour weekly role ends 12/31/2027 with a starting rate of $25.43. The specialist supports Wisconsin's vision of inspiring community engagement in sustaining healthy forests through the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Forestry, Environmental Education, Science Education, Agriculture Education, Sustainability Education, or a closely related field
- Knowledge of forestry
- Experience working with K-12 teachers or schools
- Passion for and dedication to forestry and sustainability education
- Employment eligibility to work in the United States (citizen, national, or authorized foreign national)
- Criminal background check authorization
- Supply of a minimum of three (3) professional references (one (1) of which being a current or former supervisor)
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in a related field
- Understanding of urban forestry
- Experience facilitating adult learners or teacher professional development
- Experience with environmental education curriculum development and/or implementation
- Experience with innovative educational program development and delivery
- Proven ability leading project teams or committee leadership
- Experience integrating cultural relevancy and diversity into programming and curriculum
- Experience with GIS, the Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Classroom, or education and forestry related software, etc.
- Possess excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to work equally well behind a computer and with people
- Supply of five (5) professional references (two (2) of which being a current or former supervisors)
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